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Leases | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Leases [Abstract] |
Leases | Leases Leases as Lessee SCE enters into various agreements to purchase power, electric capacity and other energy products that may be accounted for as leases when SCE has dispatch rights that determine when and how a plant runs. Prior to January 1, 2019, a power purchase agreement contained a lease when SCE purchased substantially all of the output from a specific plant and did not otherwise meet a fixed price unit of output exception. SCE also leases property and equipment primarily related to vehicles, office space and other equipment. The terms of the contracts included in the table below are primarily 10 to 20 years for PPA leases, 5 to 72 years for office leases, and 5 to 12 years for the remaining other operating leases. The following table summarizes SCE's lease payments for operating and finance leases as of December 31, 2019:
(in millions) | PPA Operating Leases 1,2 |  | Other Operating Leases 3 |  | PPA Finance Leases 1
2020 | $ | 70 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 1 |
2021 | 48 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 1 |
2022 | 48 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 1 |
2023 | 47 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 2 |
2024 | 47 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 2 |
Thereafter | 489 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 8 |
Total lease payments | 749 |  |  | 219 |  |  | 15 |
Amount representing interest 4 | 220 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 6 |
Lease liabilities | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | 160 |  |  | $ | 9 |
At December 31, 2018, SCE's future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases were as follows:
(in millions) | PPA Operating Leases 1 |  | Other Operating Leases 3 |  | PPA Capital Leases 1
2019 | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 5 |
2020 | 124 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 6 |
2021 | 103 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 6 |
2022 | 79 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 6 |
2023 | 47 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 5 |
Thereafter | 536 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 66 |
Total lease payments | $ | 1,037 |  |  | $ | 240 |  |  | $ | 94 |
Amount representing executory costs |  |  |  |  | 25 |
Amount representing interest |  |  |  |  | 33 |
Net commitments |  |  |  |  | $ | 36 |
1 | Excludes expected purchases from most renewable energy contracts, which do not meet the definition of a lease payment since renewable power generation is contingent on external factors.
2 | During the second quarter of 2019, SCE amended three power contracts that resulted in a $161 million reduction in ROU assets and lease liabilities as these contracts no longer qualify as leases.
3 | Excludes escalation clauses based on consumer price or other indices and residual value guarantees that are not considered probable at the commencement date of the lease.
4 | Lease payments are discounted to their present value using SCE's incremental borrowing rates.
Supplemental balance sheet information related to SCE's leases was as follows:
(in millions) | December 31, 2019
Operating leases: |
Operating lease ROU assets | $ | 689 |
Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 79 |
Operating lease liabilities | 610 |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 689 |
Finance leases included in: |
Utility property, plant and equipment, gross | $ | 14 |
Accumulated depreciation | (5 | )
Utility property, plant and equipment, net | 9 |
Other current liabilities | 1 |
Other long-term liabilities | 8 |
Total finance lease liabilities | $ | 9 |
The timing of SCE's recognition of the lease expense conforms to ratemaking treatment for SCE's recovery of the cost of electricity and is included in purchased power for operating leases and interest and amortization expense for finance leases. The following table summarizes the components of SCE's lease expense:
(in millions) | Year ended December 31, 2019
PPA leases: |
Operating lease cost | $ | 118 |
Finance lease cost | 1 |
Variable lease cost 1 | 2,087 |
Total PPA lease cost | 2,206 |
Other operating leases cost | 46 |
Total lease cost | $ | 2,252 |
1 | Includes lease costs from renewable energy contracts where payments are based on contingent external factors such as wind, hydro and solar power generation.
For the year ended 2018 and 2017, operating lease expense for PPAs was $2.3 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively (including contingent rents of $2.1 billion and 1.8 billion, respectively), contingent rents for capital leases were $104 million and $99 million, respectively, and operating lease expense for other leases was $57 million and $59 million, respectively. Other information related to leases was as follows:
(in millions, except lease term and discount rate) | Year ended December 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |
Operating cash flows from operating leases |
PPA leases | $ | 118 |
Other leases | 44 |
Financing cash flows from PPA finance leases | 1 |
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: |
Other operating leases | 34 |
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years): |
Operating leases |
PPA leases | 16.05 |
Other leases | 12.73 |
PPA Finance leases | 11.51 |
Weighted average discount rate: |
Operating leases |
PPA leases | 4.46 | %
Other leases | 3.88 | %
PPA Finance leases | 8.76 | %
Leases as Lessor SCE also enters into operating leases to rent certain land and facilities as a lessor. These leases primarily have terms that range from 15 to 65 years. During the year ended December 31, 2019, SCE recognized $18 million in lease income, which is included in operating revenue on the consolidated statements of income. At December 31, 2019, the undiscounted cash flow expected to be received from lease payments for the remaining years is as follows:
(in millions) |
2020 | $ | 11 |
2021 | 10 |
2022 | 10 |
2023 | 9 |
2024 | 8 |
Thereafter | 148 |
Total | $ | 196 |
Leases | Leases Leases as Lessee SCE enters into various agreements to purchase power, electric capacity and other energy products that may be accounted for as leases when SCE has dispatch rights that determine when and how a plant runs. Prior to January 1, 2019, a power purchase agreement contained a lease when SCE purchased substantially all of the output from a specific plant and did not otherwise meet a fixed price unit of output exception. SCE also leases property and equipment primarily related to vehicles, office space and other equipment. The terms of the contracts included in the table below are primarily 10 to 20 years for PPA leases, 5 to 72 years for office leases, and 5 to 12 years for the remaining other operating leases. The following table summarizes SCE's lease payments for operating and finance leases as of December 31, 2019:
(in millions) | PPA Operating Leases 1,2 |  | Other Operating Leases 3 |  | PPA Finance Leases 1
2020 | $ | 70 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 1 |
2021 | 48 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 1 |
2022 | 48 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 1 |
2023 | 47 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 2 |
2024 | 47 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 2 |
Thereafter | 489 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 8 |
Total lease payments | 749 |  |  | 219 |  |  | 15 |
Amount representing interest 4 | 220 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 6 |
Lease liabilities | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | 160 |  |  | $ | 9 |
At December 31, 2018, SCE's future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases were as follows:
(in millions) | PPA Operating Leases 1 |  | Other Operating Leases 3 |  | PPA Capital Leases 1
2019 | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 5 |
2020 | 124 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 6 |
2021 | 103 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 6 |
2022 | 79 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 6 |
2023 | 47 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 5 |
Thereafter | 536 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 66 |
Total lease payments | $ | 1,037 |  |  | $ | 240 |  |  | $ | 94 |
Amount representing executory costs |  |  |  |  | 25 |
Amount representing interest |  |  |  |  | 33 |
Net commitments |  |  |  |  | $ | 36 |
1 | Excludes expected purchases from most renewable energy contracts, which do not meet the definition of a lease payment since renewable power generation is contingent on external factors.
2 | During the second quarter of 2019, SCE amended three power contracts that resulted in a $161 million reduction in ROU assets and lease liabilities as these contracts no longer qualify as leases.
3 | Excludes escalation clauses based on consumer price or other indices and residual value guarantees that are not considered probable at the commencement date of the lease.
4 | Lease payments are discounted to their present value using SCE's incremental borrowing rates.
Supplemental balance sheet information related to SCE's leases was as follows:
(in millions) | December 31, 2019
Operating leases: |
Operating lease ROU assets | $ | 689 |
Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 79 |
Operating lease liabilities | 610 |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 689 |
Finance leases included in: |
Utility property, plant and equipment, gross | $ | 14 |
Accumulated depreciation | (5 | )
Utility property, plant and equipment, net | 9 |
Other current liabilities | 1 |
Other long-term liabilities | 8 |
Total finance lease liabilities | $ | 9 |
The timing of SCE's recognition of the lease expense conforms to ratemaking treatment for SCE's recovery of the cost of electricity and is included in purchased power for operating leases and interest and amortization expense for finance leases. The following table summarizes the components of SCE's lease expense:
(in millions) | Year ended December 31, 2019
PPA leases: |
Operating lease cost | $ | 118 |
Finance lease cost | 1 |
Variable lease cost 1 | 2,087 |
Total PPA lease cost | 2,206 |
Other operating leases cost | 46 |
Total lease cost | $ | 2,252 |
1 | Includes lease costs from renewable energy contracts where payments are based on contingent external factors such as wind, hydro and solar power generation.
For the year ended 2018 and 2017, operating lease expense for PPAs was $2.3 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively (including contingent rents of $2.1 billion and 1.8 billion, respectively), contingent rents for capital leases were $104 million and $99 million, respectively, and operating lease expense for other leases was $57 million and $59 million, respectively. Other information related to leases was as follows:
(in millions, except lease term and discount rate) | Year ended December 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |
Operating cash flows from operating leases |
PPA leases | $ | 118 |
Other leases | 44 |
Financing cash flows from PPA finance leases | 1 |
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: |
Other operating leases | 34 |
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years): |
Operating leases |
PPA leases | 16.05 |
Other leases | 12.73 |
PPA Finance leases | 11.51 |
Weighted average discount rate: |
Operating leases |
PPA leases | 4.46 | %
Other leases | 3.88 | %
PPA Finance leases | 8.76 | %
Leases as Lessor SCE also enters into operating leases to rent certain land and facilities as a lessor. These leases primarily have terms that range from 15 to 65 years. During the year ended December 31, 2019, SCE recognized $18 million in lease income, which is included in operating revenue on the consolidated statements of income. At December 31, 2019, the undiscounted cash flow expected to be received from lease payments for the remaining years is as follows:
(in millions) |
2020 | $ | 11 |
2021 | 10 |
2022 | 10 |
2023 | 9 |
2024 | 8 |
Thereafter | 148 |
Total | $ | 196 |

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