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Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiary | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiary | Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries On January 21, 2011, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Darling entered into a limited liability company agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation (“Valero”) to form Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC (“DGD” or the “DGD Joint Venture”). The DGD Joint Venture is owned 50% / 50% with Valero. Selected financial information for the Company's DGD Joint Venture is as follows:
(in thousands) |  | September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022
Assets: |  |  |
Total current assets |  | $ | 1,641,934 |  | $ | 1,304,805 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  | 3,831,367 |  | 3,866,854 |
Other assets |  | 94,149 |  | 61,665 |
Total assets |  | $ | 5,567,450 |  | $ | 5,233,324 |
Liabilities and members' equity: |  |  |
Total current portion of long term debt |  | $ | 228,365 |  | $ | 217,066 |
Total other current liabilities |  | 391,027 |  | 515,023 |
Total long term debt |  | 744,451 |  | 774,783 |
Total other long term liabilities |  | 16,408 |  | 17,249 |
Total members' equity |  | 4,187,199 |  | 3,709,203 |
Total liabilities and members' equity |  | $ | 5,567,450 |  | $ | 5,233,324 |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
(in thousands) |  | September 30, 2023 | September 30, 2022 |  | September 30, 2023 | September 30, 2022
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenues |  | $ | 1,430,666 |  | $ | 1,470,036 |  |  | $ | 5,356,827 |  | $ | 3,906,614 |
Expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total costs and expenses less depreciation, amortization and accretion expense |  | 1,257,766 |  | 1,229,371 |  |  | 4,430,485 |  | 3,311,608 |
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense |  | 55,118 |  | 31,793 |  |  | 172,040 |  | 89,602 |
Total costs and expenses |  | 1,312,884 |  | 1,261,164 |  |  | 4,602,525 |  | 3,401,210 |
Operating income |  | 117,782 |  | 208,872 |  |  | 754,302 |  | 505,404 |
Other income |  | 2,701 |  | 1,215 |  |  | 6,863 |  | 1,926 |
Interest and debt expense, net |  | (11,705) |  | (3,259) |  |  | (37,785) |  | (9,534) |
Net income |  | $ | 108,778 |  | $ | 206,828 |  |  | $ | 723,380 |  | $ | 497,796 |
As of September 30, 2023, under the equity method of accounting, the Company has an investment in the DGD Joint Venture of approximately $2,096.9 million on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company has recorded equity in net income from the DGD Joint Venture of approximately $54.4 million and $103.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022, respectively. The Company has recorded equity in net income from the DGD Joint Venture of approximately $361.7 million and $248.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022, respectively. In December 2019, the blender tax credits were extended for calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022. On August 16, 2022, the U.S. government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act ( the “IR Act”). As part of the IR Act, the blender tax credits were extended as is until December 31, 2024. After 2024, the Clean Fuels Production Credit (the “CFPC”) becomes effective from 2025 through 2027. Under the CFPC, on-road transportation fuel receives a base credit of up to $1.00 per gallon of renewable diesel multiplied by the fuel's emission reduction percentage as long as it is produced at a qualifying facility and it meets prevailing wage requirements and apprenticeship requirements. In contrast to the blenders tax credits, the CFPC requires that production must take place in the United States. For the three months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, the DGD Joint Venture recorded approximately $266.4 million and $190.3 million of blenders tax credits, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, the DGD Joint Venture recorded approximately $900.0 million and $544.6 million of blenders tax credits, respectively. The blenders tax credits are recorded as a reduction of cost of sales by the DGD Joint Venture. In the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022, respectively, the Company made $75.0 million and $239.8 million capital contributions to the DGD Joint Venture. In the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022, the Company received $163.6 million and $90.5 million dividend distributions from the DGD Joint Venture, respectively. As of September 30, 2023, the DGD Joint Venture has borrowings outstanding of $200.0 million under their unsecured revolving credit facility. In addition to the DGD Joint Venture, the Company has investments in other unconsolidated subsidiaries that are insignificant to the Company.

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