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Other operating income and expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Other operating income and expenses [Abstract] |
Other operating income and expenses | Note 20.- Other operating income and expenses The table below shows the detail of Other operating income and expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015:
| For the twelve-month year ended December 31, |
Other operating income | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Grants |  |  | 59,707 |  |  |  | 59,085 |  |  |  | 67,859 |
Income from various services and insurance proceeds |  |  | 21,137 |  |  |  | 6,453 |  |  |  | 998 |
Total |  |  | 80,844 |  |  |  | 65,538 |  |  |  | 68,857 |
|  | For the twelve-month year ended December 31, |
Other operating expenses |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Leases and fees |  |  | (6,641 | ) |  |  | (5,309 | ) |  |  | (3,865 | )
Operation and maintenance |  |  | (129,873 | ) |  |  | (133,292 | ) |  |  | (116,405 | )
Independent professional services |  |  | (36,178 | ) |  |  | (30,515 | ) |  |  | (19,046 | )
Supplies |  |  | (20,350 | ) |  |  | (17,177 | ) |  |  | (18,001 | )
Insurance |  |  | (24,289 | ) |  |  | (23,390 | ) |  |  | (20,277 | )
Levies and duties |  |  | (52,409 | ) |  |  | (44,440 | ) |  |  | (32,352 | )
Other expenses |  |  | (14,721 | ) |  |  | (6,195 | ) |  |  | (14,882 | )
Total |  |  | (284,461 | ) |  |  | (260,318 | ) |  |  | (224,828 | )
Grants income mainly relate to ITC cash grants and implicit grants recorded for accounting purposes in relation to the FFB loans with interest rates below market rates in Solana and Mojave projects (See Note 16). Residual increase in other operating income relates primarily to insurance proceeds from claims in some assets of the Company. The Company changed the presentation of “Other operating expenses” in 2016 to better reflect the nature of its business and costs. Prior years amounts have been reclassified to conform to the new classification presented in the table above.

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