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                              November 12, 2020

       Jim Mutrie
       Chief Commercial Officer
       Switchback Energy Acquisition Corp
       5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010
       Dallas, TX 75225

                                                        Re: Switchback Energy
Acquisition Corp
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form S-4
                                                            Filed October 19,
2020
                                                            File No. 333-249549

       Dear Mr. Mutrie:

              We have reviewed your 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 amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. 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 any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form S-4

       Cover Page

   1.                                                   Please disclose the
total number of shares that will be issued in connection with the
                                                        transactions. See Item
501(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.
       Summary Term Sheet, page ix

   2.                                                   We note your disclosure
that the PIPE Investors will be purchasing 22,500,000 shares of
                                                        Class A Common Stock
for $10.00 per share. Please revise your disclosure to state the
                                                        value of the 22,500,000
shares based on the most recent trading price of the Class A
                                                        Common Stock.
 Jim Mutrie
FirstName
SwitchbackLastNameJim   MutrieCorp
            Energy Acquisition
Comapany 12,
November   NameSwitchback
               2020         Energy Acquisition Corp
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The Business Combination
Background of the Business Combination, page 116

3.       We note your disclosure that the Switchback Board ultimately
determined ChargePoint
         was the most attractive potential transaction partner. Please revise
to clarify the timing of
         this decision. Please provide more detail regarding any substantive
discussions with the
         other potential acquisition targets that you considered.
4.       Similarly, we note your disclosure on page 117 that ChargePoint
received a number of
         unsolicited inquires from other SPACs. Please revise to explain
whether and to what
         extent ChargePoint discussed potential transactions with other
entities.
Proposal Nos. 2 - 6 -- The Charter Proposals, page 148

5.       We note that Proposal No. 6 relates to "certain other changes" that
the Switchback Board
         deems appropriate for a public operating company. Please provide more
information with
         respect to the changes to be made if this proposal is approved.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

       You may contact Heather Clark at 202-551-3624 or Martin James at
202-551-3671 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Erin Purnell at 202-551-3454 or Jay Ingram at 202-551-3397 with any
other questions.



                                                                Sincerely,

                                                                Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                                Office of
Manufacturing