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Debt and Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | Debt at October 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Hercules Loan and Security Agreement |  | $ | 20,521 |  |  | $ | — |
State of Connecticut Loan |  | 10,000 |  |  | — |
PNC obligation of Company's finance subsidiary |  | 41,603 |  |  | — |
NRG loan agreement |  | 1,755 |  |  | 3,763 |
Connecticut Clean Energy and Finance Investment Authority Note |  | 6,050 |  |  | 6,052 |
Connecticut Development Authority Note |  | 2,589 |  |  | 2,817 |
Revolving credit facility |  | — |  |  | 2,945 |
Capitalized lease obligations |  | 660 |  |  | 726 |
Total debt |  | $ | 83,178 |  |  | $ | 16,303 |
Current portion of long-term debt |  | (5,275 | ) |  | (7,358 | )
Long-term debt |  | $ | 77,903 |  |  | $ | 8,945 |
schedule of future minimum debt and lease payments [Text Block] | Aggregate annual principal payments under our loan agreements and capital lease obligations for the years subsequent to October 31, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):
Year 1 | $ | 5,275 |
Year 2 | 26,530 |
Year 3 | 3,426 |
Year 4 | 3,954 |
Year 5 | 3,743 |
Thereafter | 40,250 |
| $ | 83,178 |

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