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Accounts Receivable
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current [Abstract]  
Accounts Receivable
RECEIVABLES
 
Successor
 
 
Predecessor
($ millions)
December 31,
2014
 
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
Utility customers and other
$
36.3

 
 
$
129.3

DOE cost share of Cooperative Agreement funding
—

 
 
20.1

Contract services, primarily DOE
22.6

 
 
13.6

Accounts receivable, net
$
58.9

 
 
$
163.0


 
Accounts receivable are net of valuation allowances and allowances for doubtful accounts totaling $0.6 million as of December 31, 2014 and $4.0 million as of December 31, 2013.

Certain overdue receivables from DOE are included in other long-term assets based on the extended timeframe expected to resolve claims for payment. Unpaid invoices to DOE totaled approximately $75 million at December 31, 2014 and approximately $81 million at December 31, 2013 related to filed claims. Due to the lack of a resolution with DOE and uncertainty regarding the timing and amount of future collections, the long-term receivable for accounting purposes is $19.9 million as of December 31, 2014 and $25.8 million as of December 31, 2013.
 
Centrus believes DOE has breached its agreements by failing to establish appropriate provisional billing and final indirect cost rates on a timely basis and the Company has filed claims with DOE for payment under the Contract Disputes Act ("CDA"). DOE denied the Company's initial claim for payment of $38.0 million for the periods through 2011, and on May 30, 2013, the Company appealed DOE's denial of its claims to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The Company has been able to reach a resolution on a portion of the amounts claimed and DOE has now paid approximately $6 million of claims for work performed in 2003 through 2005. The Court dismissed claims against DOE related to approximately $3.8 million due from prime subcontractors to DOE and the Company intends to pursue payment of such claims directly from the DOE subcontractors.

On August 30, 2013, the Company submitted an additional claim to DOE under the CDA for payment of $42.8 million, representing DOE's share of pension and postretirement benefits costs related to the transition of Portsmouth site employees to DOE's decontamination and decommissioning ("D&D") contractor. On August 27, 2014, the DOE contracting officer denied the Company's claim. As a result, the Company filed an appeal of the decision in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in January 2015. As noted in Note 20, Centrus has potential pension plan funding obligations under Section 4062(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") related to the Company's de-lease of the former Portsmouth GDP and transition of employees to DOE's D&D contractor and related to the transition of employees in connection with the Paducah GDP transition. Centrus believes that DOE is responsible for a significant portion of any pension and postretirement benefit costs associated with the transition of employees at Portsmouth. The receivable for DOE's share of pension and postretirement benefits costs has a full valuation allowance due to the lack of a resolution with DOE and uncertainty regarding the amounts owed and the timing of collection. The amounts owed by DOE may be more than the amounts invoiced by the Company to date.

Further, on February 5, 2015, the Company filed claims with DOE for payment under the CDA for approximately $1.6 million related to services performed in 2013. The Company believes that DOE improperly reduced its payment by applying a duplicative credit that had previously been applied to a 2011 invoice. The Company also filed a complaint in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims since the DOE action relates to the pending litigation and to preserve the Company’s rights.

Centrus has unapplied payments from DOE to be applied, at the direction of DOE, (a) as revenue is recognized in the Company’s contract services segment as services are provided or (b) to existing receivables balances due from DOE in the Company’s contract services segment. The payments balance of $19.6 million as of December 31, 2014 and $19.7 million as of December 31, 2013 is included in other long-term liabilities pending resolution of the long-term receivables from DOE described above.