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Debt and Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | Debt at October 31, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
Revolving credit facility |  | $ | 2,945 |  |  | $ | 945 |
Connecticut Development Authority Note |  | 2,817 |  |  | 3,033 |
Connecticut Clean Energy and Finance Investment Authority Note |  | 6,052 |  |  | 6,052 |
NRG loan agreement |  | 3,763 |  |  | — |
Capitalized lease obligations |  | 726 |  |  | 721 |
Total debt |  | $ | 16,303 |  |  | $ | 10,751 |
Current portion of long-term debt |  | (7,358 | ) |  | (1,439 | )
Long-term debt |  | $ | 8,945 |  |  | $ | 9,312 |
schedule of future minimum debt and lease payments [Text Block] | Aggregate annual principal payments under our loan agreements (excluding payments relating to the revolving credit facility) and capital lease obligations for the years subsequent to October 31, 2015 are as follows (in thousands):
Year 1 | $ | 4,412 |
Year 2 | 482 |
Year 3 | 2,411 |
Year 4 | — |
Year 5 | — |
Thereafter | 6,053 |
|  | $13,358 |

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