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Capacity of plant due to technical improvement plan.

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Amount of initial draw from tax equity financing commitment.

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The amount of amendment fee paid to Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative.

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The amount of reimbursement under a research and development arrangement accounted for as a contract to perform research and development.

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The aggregate fee relating to tax equity financing agreement.

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Amount of tax equity financing commitment by bank.

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The amount contributed by bank for tax equity financing commitments.

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Technical Improvement Plan Term.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 16, 2022 USD ($) MW	Jul. 07, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 04, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2021 USD ($) MW	Dec. 19, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 18, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2022 USD ($)
East West Bank
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity Of Plant \| MW				7.4
Tax Equity Financing Commitment		$ 12,000		$ 15,000
Initial draw			$ 3,000
Tax equity financing, Aggregate fee		500
East West Bank \| First Anniversary of Project Achieving Commercial Operations [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tax equity financing commitment, Contributions		4,000
East West Bank \| Second Anniversary of Project Achieving Commercial Operations [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tax equity financing commitment, Contributions		4,000
East West Bank \| Third Anniversary of Project Achieving Commercial Operations [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tax equity financing commitment, Contributions		4,000
Emre joint development agreement [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Research costs reimbursement amount							$ 50,000	$ 45,000
Groton Project [Member] \| East West Bank
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tax Equity Financing Commitment		12,000
Initial draw				3,000
Tax equity financing commitment, Contributions				$ 15,000
Groton Project [Member] \| East West Bank \| First Anniversary of Project Achieving Commercial Operations [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tax equity financing commitment, Contributions		4,000
Groton Project [Member] \| East West Bank \| Second Anniversary of Project Achieving Commercial Operations [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tax equity financing commitment, Contributions		4,000
Groton Project [Member] \| East West Bank \| Third Anniversary of Project Achieving Commercial Operations [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tax equity financing commitment, Contributions		$ 4,000
Subsequent Event \| Emre joint development agreement [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Research costs reimbursement amount					$ 60,000	$ 50,000
Subsequent Event \| Groton Project [Member] \| East West Bank
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tax equity financing, Aggregate fee	$ 500
Subsequent Event \| Groton Project [Member] \| Amended and Restated PPA
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity Of Plant \| MW	6
Capacity of plant due to Technical Improvement Plan \| MW	7.4
Term of improvement plan	1 year
Payment of amendment fee	$ 1,225