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Segment and geographic information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Segment and geographic information  
Segment and geographic information

20. Segment and geographic information

        We revised our reportable business segments during the fourth quarter of 2011 subsequent to our acquisition of the Partnership. The operating segments are Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Un-allocated Corporate. Financial results for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 have been presented on this basis. We revised our segments to align with changes in management's resource allocation and assessment of performance. These changes reflect our current operating focus. The segment classified as Un-allocated Corporate includes activities that support the executive offices, capital structure and costs of being a public registrant. Un-allocated Corporate also includes Rollcast, a 60% owned company, which develops, owns and operates renewable power plants that use wood or biomass fuel and Ridgeline, which develops and operates wind and solar power projects. These costs are not allocated to the operating segments when determining segment profit or loss.

        We analyze the performance of our operating segments based on Project Adjusted EBITDA which is defined as project income plus interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (including non-cash impairment charges) and changes in fair value of derivative instruments. Project Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure recognized under GAAP and does not have a standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and is therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. We use Project Adjusted EBITDA to provide comparative information about project performance without considering how projects are capitalized or whether they contain derivative contracts that are required to be recorded at fair value. Path 15, a component of the Southwest segment, and the Auburndale, Lake and Pasco projects, which are components of the Southeast segment, are included in the income from discontinued operations line item in the table below. We have adjusted prior periods to reflect this reclassification. A reconciliation of project income to Project Adjusted EBITDA is included in the table below:

 
  Northeast   Southeast   Northwest   Southwest   Un-allocated
Corporate
  Consolidated  

Year ended December 31, 2012

                                     

Project revenues

  $ 221,043   $   $ 59,814   $ 158,092   $ 1,428   $ 440,377  

Segment assets

    1,126,320     378,564     1,198,007     1,158,853     140,908     4,002,652  

Goodwill

    135,268         138,263     57,602     3,535     334,668  

Capital expenditures

    510     24,914     106     441,765     792     468,087  

Project Adjusted EBITDA

  $ 128,611   $ 8,840   $ 48,422   $ 52,841   $ (13,144 )   225,570  

Change in fair value of derivative instruments

    53,765     2,814                 56,579  

Depreciation and amortization

    78,434     5,675     42,591     38,110     148     164,958  

Interest, net

    18,373     55     5,110     545     39     24,122  

Other project (income) expense

    1,186     29     7,325     2,927     352     11,819  
                           

Project (loss) income

    (23,147 )   267     (6,604 )   11,259     (13,683 )   (31,908 )

Administration

                    28,267     28,267  

Interest, net

                    89,868     89,868  

Foreign exchange gain

                    547     547  

Other income, net

                    (5,728 )   (5,728 )
                           

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

    (23,147 )   267     (6,604 )   11,259     (126,637 )   (144,862 )

Income tax benefit

                    (28,083 )   (28,083 )
                           

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

    (23,147 )   267     (6,604 )   11,259     (98,554 )   (116,779 )

Income from discontinued operations

        8,341         8,118         16,459  
                           

Net income (loss)

  $ (23,147 ) $ 8,608   $ (6,604 ) $ 19,377   $ (98,554 ) $ (100,320 )
                           


 

 
  Northeast   Southeast   Northwest   Southwest   Un-allocated
Corporate
  Consolidated  

Year ended December 31, 2011:

                                     

Project revenues

  $ 58,201   $   $ 8,983   $ 25,414   $ 1,297   $ 93,895  

Segment assets

    1,153,627     428,996     798,475     743,574     123,755     3,248,427  

Goodwill

    135,268         138,263     66,520     3,535     343,586  

Capital expenditures

    965     113,826     65     169     82     115,107  

Project Adjusted EBITDA

  $ 59,299   $ 6,567   $ 11,363   $ 10,228   $ (2,546 ) $ 84,911  

Change in fair value of derivative instruments

    3,624     13,849             (321 )   17,152  

Depreciation and amortization

    30,818     5,724     9,554     9,442     70     55,608  

Interest, net

    11,512     (2 )   2,877     750     41     15,178  

Other project (income) expense

    2,406     70     (206 )   26     120     2,416  
                           

Project income

    10,939     (13,074 )   (862 )   10     (2,456 )   (5,443 )

Administration

                    37,688     37,688  

Interest, net

                    25,953     25,953  

Foreign exchange loss

                    13,838     13,838  
                           

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

    10,939     (13,074 )   (862 )   10     (79,935 )   (82,922 )

Income tax benefit

                    (11,104 )   (11,104 )
                           

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

    10,939     (13,074 )   (862 )   10     (68,831 )   (71,818 )

Income from discontinued operations

        31,774         4,403         36,177  
                           

Net income (loss)

    10,939     18,700     (862 )   4,413     (68,831 )   (35,641 )
                           


 

 
  Northeast   Southeast   Northwest   Southwest   Un-allocated
Corporate
  Consolidated  

Year ended December 31, 2010:

                                     

Project revenues

  $ 596   $   $   $   $ 455   $ 1,051  

Segment assets

    285,711     342,608     47,687     222,437     114,569     1,013,012  

Goodwill

                8,918     3,535     12,453  

Capital expenditures

    123     46,397             175     46,695  

Project Adjusted EBITDA

  $ 36,030   $ 7,873   $ 736   $ 9,733   $ (457 ) $ 53,915  

Change in fair value of derivative instruments

    3,470     (3,149 )               321  

Depreciation and amortization

    15,653     5,719     364     3,713     44     25,493  

Interest, net

    8,321     (3 )   (1 )   585     711     9,613  

Other project (income) expense

    1,592     135     47     2,524     (656 )   3,642  
                           

Project income

    6,994     5,171     326     2,911     (556 )   14,846  

Administration

                    16,149     16,149  

Interest, net

                    11,701     11,701  

Foreign exchange gain

                    (1,014 )   (1,014 )

Other income, net

                    (26 )   (26 )
                           

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

    6,994     5,171     326     2,911     (27,366 )   (11,964 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

                    16,018     16,018  
                           

Net income (loss) from continued operations

    6,994     5,171     326     2,911     (43,384 )   (27,982 )

Income from discontinued operations

        19,524         4,603         24,127  
                           

Net income (loss)

    6,994     24,695     326     7,514     (43,384 )   (3,855 )
                           

        The table below provides information, by country, about our consolidated operations for each of the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Revenue is recorded in the country in which it is earned and assets are recorded in the country in which they are located.

 
  Revenue   Property, Plant &
Equipment, net
 
 
  2012   2011   2010   2012   2011  

United States

  $ 227,212   $ 58,109   $ 1,051   $ 1,504,809   $ 816,744  

Canada

    213,165     35,786         550,701     571,510  
                       

Total

  $ 440,377   $ 93,895   $ 1,051   $ 2,055,510   $ 1,388,254  

        Ontario Electricity Financial Corp ("OEFC") and BC Hydro provide 34.7% and 13.6%, respectively, of total consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012. OEFC provided for 28.0% of total consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011. Consumers Energy provided 57% of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010. OEFC purchases electricity from the Calstock, Kapuskasing, Nipigon, North Bay and Tunis projects in the Northeast segment. BC Hydro purchases electricity from the Mamquam, Moresby Lake, and Williams Lake projects in the Northwest segment. Consumers Energy purchases electricity from the Cadillac project in the Northeast segment.