Grants and other liabilities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Grants and other liabilities [Abstract]

Note 16. - Grants and other liabilities

	Balance as of March 31,		Balance as of December 31,
	2023		2022
	($ in thousands)
Grants		896,970		911,593
Other liabilities and provisions		349,463		340,920
Dismantling provision		141,113		140,595
Lease liabilities		70,318		63,076
Accruals on Spanish market prices differences		94,192		91,884
Others		43,840		45,365
Grants and other non-current liabilities		1,246,433		1,252,513

As of March 31, 2023, the amount recorded in Grants primarily corresponds to the ITC Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to Solana and Mojave for a total amount of $602 million ($610 million as of December 31, 2022). The amount recorded in Grants as a liability is progressively recorded as other income over the useful life of the asset.

The remaining balance of the “Grants” account corresponds to loans with interest rates below market rates for Solana and Mojave for a total amount of $293 million as of March 31, 2023 ($299 million as of December 31, 2022). Loans with the Federal Financing Bank guaranteed by the Department of Energy for these projects bear interest at a rate below market rates for these types of projects and terms. The difference between proceeds received from these loans and its fair value, is initially recorded as “Grants” in the consolidated statement of financial position, and subsequently recorded progressively in “Other operating income”.

Total amount of income for these two types of grants for Solana and Mojave is $14.6 million and $14.6 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively (Note 20).

The “Accruals on Spanish market prices differences” corresponds to the payables related to the high market prices in Spain at which the solar assets in Spain invoiced electricity up to March 31, 2023, as a result of a negative adjustment to the regulated revenues for the deviation from the estimated market prices used by the Administration in Spain, which is expected to be compensated over the remaining regulatory life of the solar assets of the Company.