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Project Assets | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2018
Project Assets [Abstract] |
Project Assets | Note 5. Project Assets Project assets as of July 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017 were $89.7 million and $73.0 million, respectively. Project assets as of July 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017 included five completed, commissioned installations generating power with respect to which we have a power purchase agreement (“PPA”) with the end-user of power and site host with an aggregate value of $30.0 million and $32.1 million as of July 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017, respectively. Certain of these assets are the subject of sale-leaseback arrangements with PNC Energy Capital, LLC (“PNC”), which are recorded under the financing method of accounting for a sale-leaseback. Under the financing method, the Company does not recognize the proceeds received from the lessor as a sale of such assets. The Project assets balance as of July 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017 also includes assets with an aggregate value of $59.7 million and $40.9 million, respectively, which are being developed and constructed by the Company and have not been placed in service. On April 5, 2018, the Company sold a project asset to NRG Yield which resulted in the recognition of product revenue of $10.8 million. The total reduction in project assets relating to the sale to NRG Yield was $9.8 million which was recorded as product cost of revenues. The Company also recorded a $0.5 million impairment of a project asset during the nine months ended July 31, 2018 due to the termination of the project. The impairment was recorded as generation cost of revenues. Project construction costs incurred for the long-term project assets are reported as investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The proceeds received from the sale and subsequent leaseback of project assets are classified as “Cash flows from financing activities” within the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and are classified as a financing obligation within “Current portion of long-term debt” and “Long-term debt and other liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (refer to Note 15, “Debt and Financing Obligation” for more information). Refer also to Note 19, “Subsequent Events” for more information regarding the Company’s sale of a project asset subsequent to July 31, 2018.

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