June 18, 2019

Scott McNeill
Chief Executive Officer
Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation
5221 N. O'Connor Boulevard, 11th Floor
Irving, TX 75039

       Re: Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation
           Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
           Submitted May 24, 2019
           CIK No. 0001777393

Dear Mr. McNeill:

       We have reviewed your draft registration statement and have the
following comments. In
some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may
better
understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and
either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration
statement on
EDGAR. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances
or do not
believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.

      After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments
and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may
have additional
comments.

Draft Registration Statement filed May 24, 2019

Our Company, page 2

1.     We note your disclosure regarding your management team's experience with
RSP, and we
       refer to the fourth paragraph of this section. Please remove this
paragraph from the
       summary section, as it appears to be marketing language and not directly
related to the
       company.
Risk Factors, page 28

2.     Please add a risk factor describing the risk that the low acquisition
cost of the founder
       shares creates an economic incentive whereby your officers and directors
could potentially
       make a substantial profit even if you select an acquisition target that
subsequently declines
 Scott McNeill
Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation
June 18, 2019
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         in value and is unprofitable for public investors. We note that you
have a risk factor on
         page 48 addressing the separate risk that the founder shares will be
worthless if you do not
         complete an initial business combination.
General

3.       Please provide us with copies of all written communications, as
defined in Rule 405 under
         the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your
behalf, present to
         potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act,
whether or not they
         retain copies of the communications.
       You may contact Amy Geddes at 202-551-3304 or Lyn Shenk at 202-551-3380
if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Susan Block at 202-551-3210 or Anne Parker at 202-551-3611 with any
other questions.



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