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Note 5 - Other Investments

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Notes to Financial Statements

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure [Text Block]

5. Other Investments

Midstream owns a less than 1% equity investment in the LLC that owns and operates the MVP.  The Company accounts for its interest in the LLC under the equity method of accounting given the LLC maintains specific ownership accounts for each investor, and also considering the Company's rights under the LLC management agreement.  The Company has been using the equity method since the inception of its investment in fiscal 2016.  Following receipt of authorization from the FERC, the MVP entered commercial operation on June 14, 2024 and became available for interruptible or short-term firm transportation service.  On July 1, 2024, the MVP commenced long-term firm capacity obligations.  Midstream is also a less than 1% investor, accounted for under the cost method, in Southgate, which is in the design and permitting phase.  Completion of the Southgate project is targeted for 2028.

While under construction, AFUDC provided the majority of the income recognized by Midstream.  The amount of AFUDC recognized during the prior year was included in the equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate in the tables below.  AFUDC ceased in June 2024 when the pipeline went into commercial operation.

The Company participates in the earnings of the LLC proportionate to its level of investment.  With the MVP now in operation, the Company recognizes its share of earnings from the LLC, favorably adjusted for a basis difference between the Company's capital account and its carrying value that arose when the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment of its investment in 2022.  This basis difference amortization is a favorable non-cash adjustment to income over the operational life of the MVP, which is 40 years.  The Company's share of earnings from the LLC and the basis difference amortization are presented under equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate on the condensed consolidated statements of income.  The Company received two quarterly cash distributions totaling approximately $1.8 million from the LLC during the first half of fiscal 2025 and expects future quarterly distributions to be of a similar magnitude to those received to date.

Midstream assesses the value of its investment in the LLC on at least a quarterly basis, and no impairment indicators were identified in fiscal 2025 or 2024.

Investment balances of MVP and Southgate, as of March 31, 2025 and  September 30, 2024, are reflected in the table below:

Balance Sheet location:		March 31, 2025				September 30, 2024
Other Assets:
MVP		$	20,819,153			$	20,948,347
Southgate			144,039				108,875
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates		$	20,963,192			$	21,057,222

The change in the investment in unconsolidated affiliates is provided below:

		Six Months Ended March 31,
		2025				2024
Cash investment		$	35,164			$	3,381
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate			1,655,388				2,697,219
Distribution from unconsolidated affiliate			(1,784,582	)			—
Change in investment in unconsolidated affiliates		$	(94,030	)		$	2,700,600

Summary unaudited financial statements of MVP are presented below. Southgate financial statements, which are accounted for under the cost method, are not included.

		Income Statements
		Three Months Ended March 31,								Six Months Ended March 31,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Revenue		$	144,610,866			$	—			$	284,668,826			$	—
Operating expenses			(76,360,453	)			—				(146,337,662	)			—
AFUDC			39,057				146,538,660				65,535				305,100,801
Other income, net			1,526,125				3,236,493				3,377,185				5,900,062
Net income		$	69,815,595			$	149,775,153			$	141,773,884			$	311,000,863

		Balance Sheets
		March 31, 2025				September 30, 2024
Assets:
Current assets		$	229,740,457			$	263,966,727
Construction work in progress			302,321				1,568,267
Property, plant and equipment, net			9,486,837,781				9,522,815,742
Other assets			11,900,719				13,732,299
Total assets		$	9,728,781,278			$	9,802,083,035
Liabilities and Equity:
Current liabilities		$	94,781,771			$	168,645,751
Noncurrent liabilities			2,011,116				68,965
Capital			9,631,988,391				9,633,368,319
Total liabilities and equity		$	9,728,781,278			$	9,802,083,035

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The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group.

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