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Debt and Finance Obligation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2017
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | Debt as of January 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, consisted of the following:
|  | January 31, 2017 |  | October 31, 2016
Connecticut Development Authority Note |  | $ | 2,530 |  |  | $ | 2,589 |
CT Green Bank Note |  | 6,052 |  |  | 6,050 |
NRG Energy, Inc. Loan Agreement |  | — |  |  | 1,755 |
PNC Energy Capital, LLC Finance Obligation |  | 47,252 |  |  | 41,603 |
State of Connecticut Loan |  | 10,000 |  |  | 10,000 |
Hercules Loan and Security Agreement |  | 20,760 |  |  | 20,521 |
New Britain Renewable Energy Term Loan |  | 2,140 |  |  | — |
Capitalized lease obligations |  | 774 |  |  | 660 |
Deferred finance costs |  | (1,459 | ) |  | (1,408 | )
Total debt |  | $ | 88,049 |  |  | $ | 81,770 |
Current portion of long-term debt and finance obligation |  | (9,428 | ) |  | (5,010 | )
Long-term debt |  | $ | 78,621 |  |  | $ | 76,760 |

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