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NATURE OF OPERATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
NATURE OF OPERATIONS

NOTE 1—NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

(a) Description of Business

 

Acorn Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries, OMX Holdings, Inc. and OmniMetrix, LLC (collectively, “Acorn” or “the Company”) is a Delaware corporation which is a holding company focused on technology-driven solutions for energy infrastructure asset management. The Company provides the following products and Internet of Things (“IoT”) applications and services through its OmniMetrix, LLC (“OmniMetrix”) subsidiary:

 

Power Generation (“PG”). OmniMetrix’s PG services provide wireless remote monitoring and control systems and IoT applications for residential and commercial/industrial power generation equipment. This includes OmniMetrix’s TrueGuard power generator monitors and AIRGuard product, which remotely monitors and controls industrial air compressors, and its Smart Annunciator product, which is typically sold to commercial customers that require a visual representation of the generator’s status and has a touchscreen display that indicates the current state of that generator.

 

Cathodic Protection (“CP”). OmniMetrix’s CP services provide remote monitoring and control products for cathodic protection systems on gas pipelines serving the gas utilities market and pipeline operators. The CP product lineup includes solutions to remotely monitor and control rectifiers, test stations and bonds. OmniMetrix also offers the industry’s first RADTM (Remote AC Mitigation Disconnect) that mounts onto existing Solid-state Decouplers in the field and can remotely disconnect/connect these AC mitigation tools, which can drastically reduce a company’s expense while increasing employee safety.

 

See Notes 12 and 13 for segment information and major customers.

 

Acorn’s shares are traded on the OTCQB marketplace under the symbol ACFN.

 

(b) Liquidity

 

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $2,326,000 of consolidated cash.

 

At December 31, 2024, the Company had working capital of $1,115,000. Its working capital includes $2,326,000 of cash and deferred revenue of $3,521,000. Such deferred revenue does not require a significant cash outlay for the revenue to be recognized. Total deferred revenue decreased by $1,351,000, from $5,584,000 at December 31, 2023 to $4,233,000 at December 31, 2024, as a result of the sales mix of products sold. Based on the current products being sold, the Company expects continued decreases in the deferred revenue balance in the foreseeable future. The balance of deferred hardware revenue at December 31, 2024 will continue to be amortized over the months remaining in the three-year period since the hardware’s original date of shipment. Net cash increased during the year ended December 31, 2024 by $877,000, with $905,000 provided by operating activities, $56,000 used in investing activities, and $28,000 provided by financing activities.

 

As of March 4, 2025, the Company had cash of $2,800,000. The Company believes that such cash, plus the cash expected to be generated from operations, will provide sufficient liquidity to finance the corporate activities of Acorn and operating activities of OmniMetrix at their current level of operations for at least the twelve-month period from the issuance of these audited consolidated financial statements. The Company may, at some point, elect to obtain a new line of credit or other source of financing to fund additional investments in the business. If the Company decides to pursue additional financing in the future, it may be in the form of a bank line, a new loan or investment by others, an equity raise by Acorn which could then facilitate a loan by Acorn to OmniMetrix, or any combination thereof. Whether alternative funds, such as third-party loans or investments, will be available at the time and on terms acceptable to Acorn and OmniMetrix cannot be determined at this time.