Various factors could contribute to construction-cost overruns, construction halts or delays or failure to commence commercial operations, including: •delays in obtaining, or the inability to obtain, necessary permits and licenses; •delays and increased costs related to the interconnection of new projects to the transmission system; •the inability to acquire or maintain land use and access rights; •the failure to receive contracted third-party services; •interruptions to dispatch at the projects; •supply interruptions, including as a result of changes in international trade laws, regulations, agreements, treaties or policies of the U.S. or other countries in which NEP's suppliers are located; •work stoppages; •labor disputes; •weather interferences; •unforeseen engineering, environmental and geological problems, including, but not limited to, discoveries of contamination, protected plant or animal species or habitat, archaeological or cultural resources or other environment-related factors; •unanticipated cost overruns in excess of budgeted contingencies; and •failure of contracting parties to perform under contracts.