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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). All dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand and, thus, are approximate.

Principles of Consolidation and Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Acorn Energy, Inc. (“Acorn”) and its subsidiaries, OmniMetrix, LLC (“OmniMetrix”) and OMX Holdings, Inc. (collectively, with Acorn and OmniMetrix, “the Company”). Intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation; profits from intercompany sales are also eliminated; and non-controlling interests are included in equity.

Use of Estimates in Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.

As applicable to these consolidated financial statements, the most significant estimates and assumptions relate to uncertainties with respect to valuation allowance.

Accounts Receivable and Credit Losses

Accounts receivable consists of trade receivables. Trade receivables are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of any allowance for credit losses.

The Company’s trade receivables primarily arise from the sale of our products to a national telecommunications company, independent residential dealers, industrial distributors and dealers, national and regional retailers, equipment distributors, and certain end users with payment terms generally ranging from 30 to 60 days. Certain very large commercial customers have 90 day terms. The Company evaluates the credit risk of a customer when extending credit based on a combination of various financial and qualitative factors that may affect the customer’s ability to pay. These factors include the customer’s financial condition and past payment experience.

The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses, which represents an estimate of expected losses over the remaining contractual life of its receivables considering current market conditions and estimates for supportable forecasts when appropriate. The Company measures expected credit losses on its trade receivables on an entity-by-entity basis. The estimate of expected credit losses considers a historical loss experience rate that is adjusted for delinquency trends, collection experience, and/or economic risk where appropriate. Additionally, management develops a specific allowance for trade receivables known to have a high risk of expected future credit loss.

For the Company, the contract assets of accounts receivable, deferred COGS and deferred sales commissions are subject to review under ASC 326 however, no credit losses on contract assets were incurred.

Inventory

Inventories are comprised of components (raw materials) and finished goods, which are measured at the lower cost or net realizable value.

Raw materials inventory is generally comprised of radios, cables, antennas, and electrical components. Finished goods inventory consists of fully assembled systems ready for final shipment to the customer. Costs are determined at cost of acquisition on a weighted average basis and include all outside production and applicable shipping costs.

All inventories are periodically reviewed to identify slow-moving and obsolete inventory. Management conducts an assessment at the end of each reporting period of the Company’s inventory reserve and writes off any inventory items that are deemed obsolete.

All inventories are periodically reviewed to identify slow-moving and obsolete inventory. Management conducted an assessment and wrote-off inventory valued at $12,000 and $8,000 for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, intangible assets subject to amortization, and right-of-use assets on operating leases for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. These events or changes in circumstances include, but are not limited to, significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of use of the acquired assets or the strategy for the overall business, and significant negative industry or economic trends. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset group to the estimated undiscounted cash flows over the estimated remaining useful life of the primary asset included in the asset group. If the asset group is not recoverable, the impairment loss is calculated as the excess of the carrying value over the fair value.

Non-Controlling Interests

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) requires that non-controlling interests be reported as a component of equity, changes in a parent’s ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling interest be accounted for as equity transactions, and upon a loss of control, retained ownership interest be re-measured at fair value, with any gain or loss recognized in earnings. The Company attributes the applicable percentage of income and losses to the non-controlling interests associated with OmniMetrix (see Note 3).

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are presented at cost at the date of acquisition. Depreciation and amortization are calculated based on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets, or in the case of leasehold improvements, the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life of the asset, a portion of which is allocated to cost of sales. Improvements are capitalized while repairs and maintenance are charged to operations as incurred.

Capitalization of Software

The Company capitalizes certain implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract to develop or obtain internal-use software. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company capitalized internal-use software costs totaling $17,000 and $29,000, respectively.

Deferred Sales Commissions

The Company pays its employees sales commissions for sales of hardware and for first sales of monitoring services (not for renewals). In accordance with Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC 606”), the Company capitalizes as a contract asset the sales commissions on these sales. Commissions earned from the sales of the new hardware products will be recognized when the product is shipped. Commissions earned from the sales of monitoring services continue to be deferred and amortized over the period of service. Contract assets associated with monitoring services are amortized over the expected monitoring life, including renewals.

The contract assets of accounts receivable, deferred COGS and deferred sales commissions are subject to review under ASC 326 however, no credit losses on contract assets were incurred.

Leases

The Company determines if a contractual arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, current operating lease liabilities, and noncurrent operating lease liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company evaluates and classifies leases as operating or finance leases for financial reporting purposes. The classification evaluation begins at the commencement date and the lease term used in the evaluation includes the non-cancellable period for which the Company has the right to use the underlying asset, together with renewal option periods when the exercise of the renewal option is reasonably certain and failure to exercise such option would result in an economic penalty. All of the Company’s real estate leases are classified as operating leases.

ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease based on the present value of the lease payments over the lease term. The lease payments included in the present value are fixed lease payments. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company estimates its collateralized incremental borrowing rate, based on information available at the commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company applies the portfolio approach in applying discount rates to its classes of leases. The operating lease ROU assets include any payments made before the commencement date. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not currently have residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants in its leases.

The Company also made accounting policy elections by class of underlying asset to not apply the recognition requirements of the standard to leases with terms of 12 months or less and to not separate non-lease components from lease components. Consequently, each separate lease component and the non-lease components associated with that lease component will be accounted for as a single lease component for lease classification, recognition, and measurement purposes.

The lease obligation liability was $98,000 and $221,000 as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, which includes the office space lease and, in 2023, an office equipment lease entered into in April 2019.

Treasury Stock

Shares of common stock repurchased are recorded at cost as treasury stock. When shares are reissued, the cost method is used for determining cost. In accordance with GAAP, the excess of the acquisition cost over the reissuance price of the treasury stock, if any, is charged to additional paid-in capital, limited to the amount previously credited to additional paid-in capital, if any. Any excess is charged to accumulated stockholders’ deficit.

Segment Reporting

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available and that is evaluated on a regular basis by the chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The Company’s operations are organized into two reportable segments: PG and CP. See Note 1, Nature of Operations, for the description of each of these segments. The Company’s organizational structure is based on factors that the CODM uses to evaluate, view and run the business operations, which include, but are not limited to, the customer base, market share, competitive landscape and technology. The CODM uses several metrics to evaluate the performance of the overall business, including number of connections, revenue and profit margin and uses these results to allocate resources to each of the segments.

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s revenue recognition policy is consistent with applicable revenue recognition guidance and interpretations. The core principle of ASC 606 is to recognize revenue when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods or services. ASC 606 defines a five-step process to achieve this core principle, which includes: (1) identifying contracts with customers, (2) identifying performance obligations within those contracts, (3) determining the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligation in the contract, which may include an estimate of variable consideration, and (5) recognizing revenue when or as each performance obligation is satisfied. The Company assesses whether payment terms are customary or extended in accordance with normal practice relative to the market in which the sale is occurring. The Company’s sales arrangements generally include standard payment terms. These terms effectively relate to all customers, products, and arrangements regardless of customer type, product mix or arrangement size. See Note 13, Revenue, for further discussion.

Revenue from sales of the hardware products that are distinct products are recorded when shipped (with the exception of the hardware products under a material contract with one customer for which revenue is recognized when the unit is accepted) while the revenue from sales of the hardware products (product versions sold prior to September 1, 2023) that were not separable from the Company’s monitoring services was deferred and amortized over the estimated unit life. Product revenues are recognized at the point in time when control of the product is transferred to the customer, which typically occurs upon shipment or delivery to the one customer under a material contract. To determine when control has transferred, the Company considers if there is a present right to payment and if legal title, physical possession, and the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the asset has transferred to the customer. Revenue from the prepayment of monitoring fees (generally paid twelve months in advance) are recorded as deferred revenue upon receipt of payment from the customer and then amortized to revenue over the monitoring service period. This method provides a faithful depiction of the transfer of services as it aligns the recognition of revenue with the period in which the monitoring services are provided. By deferring the revenue and recognizing it over the service period, the financial statements accurately reflect the company’s performance and obligations to its customers. See Notes 12 and 13 for the disaggregation of the Company’s revenue for the periods presented.

Any sales tax, value added tax, and other tax the Company collects concurrent with revenue producing activities are excluded from revenue.

Warranty Provision

OmniMetrix generally grants their customers a one-year warranty on their products; however, large volume contracts may receive a longer-term warranty. Estimated warranty obligations are provided for as a cost of sales in the period in which the related revenues are recognized, based on management’s estimate of future potential warranty obligations and historical experience. Adjustments are made to accruals as warranty claim data and historical experience warrant. The Company’s warranty obligations may be materially affected by product or service failure rates and other costs incurred in correcting a product or service failure. Should actual product or service failure rates or other related costs differ from the Company’s estimates, revisions to the accrued warranty liability would be required.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company’s financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivable. The Company’s cash was deposited with a U.S. bank and amounted to $2,326,000 at December 31, 2024. The Company does not believe there is a significant risk of non-performance by these counterparties. See Note 12(d) with respect to revenue from significant customers and concentrations of trade accounts receivables.

Financial Instruments

Fair values of financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities are estimated to approximate their book values, due to the short maturity of such instruments.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses consist primarily of labor and related expenses and are charged to operations as incurred.

Advertising Expenses

Advertising expenses are charged to operations as incurred. Advertising expense was $18,000 and $24,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based awards to employees in accordance with applicable accounting principles, which requires compensation expense related to share-based transactions, including employee stock options, to be measured and recognized in the consolidated financial statements based on a determination of the fair value of the stock options. The grant date fair value is determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton (“Black-Scholes”) pricing model. For all employee stock options, the Company recognizes expense over the requisite service period on an accelerated basis over the employee’s requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant). Stock-based compensation expense is included in selling, general and administrative expenses. The Company’s option pricing model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected stock price volatility, expected term, and forfeiture rate. Any changes in these highly subjective assumptions significantly impact stock-based compensation expense.

Options awarded to purchase shares of common stock issued to non-employees in exchange for services are accounted for as variable awards in accordance with applicable accounting principles. Such options are valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model when the services are performed.

See Note 9(b) for the assumptions used to calculate the fair value of stock-based employee compensation. Upon the exercise of options, it is the Company’s policy to issue new shares rather than utilizing treasury shares.

Sales Taxes

The Company accrues sales taxes based on determination of which of its products/services are subject to sales tax, and in which states and jurisdictions the tax applies. Further, the Company must determine which of its customers are exempt from the Company charging sales tax because the customer is a reseller or self-assesses and direct pays to states and other jurisdictions on purchases the customer makes from the Company. These determinations contain estimates and are subject to judgment and interpretation by taxing authorities in various states and other jurisdictions, which could result in recognizing materially different amounts in future periods. At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the amount of such accrual was $36,000 and $13,000, respectively.

Deferred Income Taxes

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, as well as operating loss, capital loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as non-current. Valuation allowances are established against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates or laws is recognized in operations in the period that includes the date of the enactment. See Note 10(d) for the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had a full valuation allowance of $16,086,000. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a reduction in the valuation allowance of $4,686,000 that was previously recorded against our deferred tax assets. The Company considered all the positive and negative evidence related to the likelihood of realization of the deferred tax assets and determined, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some of the deferred tax assets will be realized. Therefore, the Company has released valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets (other than as stated above) in the amount of $4,435,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2024, we believe, based on our projections, that a partial valuation allowance of $11,400,000 is necessary against our deferred tax assets. Management will continue to assess the need for the valuation allowance and will make adjustments when appropriate. Management’s projections and beliefs are based upon a variety of estimates and numerous assumptions made by our management with respect to, among other things, interest rates, forecasted revenue of the hardware sales and monitoring revenue or revenue streams that could generate sufficient income so that the Company can utilize our net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards and other matters, many of which are difficult to predict, are subject to significant uncertainties and are beyond our control. As a result, there is inherently uncertainty that the estimates and assumptions upon which these projections and beliefs are based will prove to be accurate, that the anticipated results will be realized or that the actual results will not be substantially higher or lower than the Company projected.

Income Tax Uncertainties

The calculation of the Company’s tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations. The Company recognizes liabilities for uncertain tax positions based on the two-step process prescribed by applicable accounting principles. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step requires the Company to estimate and measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more likely than not being realized upon ultimate settlement. It is inherently difficult and subjective to estimate such amounts, as this requires the Company to determine the probability of various possible outcomes. The Company reevaluates these uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. This evaluation is based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law, effectively settled issues under audit, and new audit activity. Such a change in recognition or measurement would result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an additional charge to the tax provision in the period. The Company recognizes interest and penalties as incurred in interest income, net in the consolidated statements of operations.

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, no interest or penalties were accrued on the consolidated balance sheets related to uncertain tax positions.

During the years ending December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had no changes in unrecognized tax benefits or associated interest and penalties as a result of tax positions made during the current or prior periods with respect to its continuing operations.

The Company is subject to U.S. Federal and state income tax. As of January 1, 2024, the Company is no longer subject to examination by U.S. Federal taxing authorities for years before 2021, or for years before 2020 for state income taxes.

Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Share

Basic net income per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to Acorn Energy, Inc. by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year, excluding treasury stock. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of shares outstanding plus the dilutive potential of common shares which would result from the exercise of stock options and warrants. The dilutive effects of stock options and warrants are excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share if doing so would be antidilutive.

The combined weighted average number of options and warrants that were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share, as they had an antidilutive effect, was 3,000 (which have a weighted average exercise price of $11.25) and 17,000 (which had a weighted average exercise price of $9.42) for the years ending December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The following data represents the amounts used in computing earnings per share and the effect on net loss and the weighted average number of shares of dilutive potential common stock (in thousands):


	Year ended December 31,
	2024		2023
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	6,294	$	119

Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		2,487		2,484
Add: Stock options		25		19
Diluted		2,512		2,503

Basic net income per share	$	2.53	$	0.05
Diluted net income per share	$	2.51	$	0.05

Fair Value Measurement

The Company follows the provisions of the accounting standard which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and enhances fair value measurement disclosure. Under these provisions, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The standard establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use on unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The hierarchy is described below:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets but corroborated by market data.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

The carrying amounts for cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximate their fair value because of their short-term maturity. The Company determined that the carrying amount of the lease liabilities approximate fair value since the applicable interest rate approximated fair value at the time the leases were entered into. While the Company believes the carrying value of the assets and liabilities are reasonable, considerable judgment is used to develop estimates of fair value; thus, the estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized in a current market exchange.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”), and in January 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date (“ASU 2025-01”). ASU 2024-03 requires additional disclosure of the nature of expenses included in the income statement as well as disclosures about specific types of expenses included in the expense captions presented in the income statement. ASU 2024-03, as clarified by ASU 2025-01, is effective for us for our annual reporting for fiscal 2027 and for interim period reporting beginning in fiscal 2028 on a prospective basis. Both early adoption and retrospective application are permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of these standards will have on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation, as well as information related to income taxes paid to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. This ASU will be effective for the annual period ending December 31, 2025. The Company is currently evaluating the timing and impacts of adoption of this ASU.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”). ASU 2023-07 updates reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses and information used to assess segment performance. This update is effective and was adopted for this annual reporting period, fiscal year-ended December 31, 2024.