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Our Portfolio - Financing Receivables, Investments, Real Estate and Equity Method Investments

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Our Portfolio - Financing Receivables, Investments, Real Estate and Equity Method Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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Our Portfolio - Financing Receivables, Investments, Real Estate and Equity Method Investments

6. Our Portfolio—Financing Receivables, Investments, Real Estate and Equity Method Investments

As of December 31, 2014, our Portfolio included approximately $900 million of financing receivables, investments, real estate and equity method investments on our balance sheet. The financing receivables and investments are typically collateralized contractually committed debt obligations of government entities or private high credit quality obligors and are often supported by additional forms of credit enhancement, including security interests and supplier guaranties. The real estate is typically land and related lease intangibles for long-term leases to sustainable infrastructure projects with high credit quality obligors. The equity method investment represents our investment in a partnership that holds minority equity investments in wind projects.

The following is an analysis of our Portfolio by type of obligor and credit quality as of December 31, 2014, with 98% of the debt and real estate portion of our Portfolio rated investment grade as shown below:

 

     Investment Grade                           
     Government (1)     Commercial
Investment
Grade (2)
    Commercial
Non-Investment
Grade (3)
    Subtotal,
Debt and
Real
Estate
    Equity
Method
Investment (4)
     Total  
     (dollar amounts in millions)  

Financing receivables

   $ 284      $ 268      $ 1      $ 553      $ —         $ 553   

Financing receivables held-for-sale

     62        —          —          62        —           62   

Investments

     —          13        14        27        —           27   

Real estate (5)

     —          114        —          114        —           114   

Equity method investment

     —          —          —          —          144         144   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 346    $ 395    $ 15    $ 756    $ 144    $ 900   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

% of Debt and Real Estate Portfolio

  46   52   2   100   N/A      N/A   

Average Remaining Balance (6)

$ 11    $ 9    $ 14    $ 10    $ 14    $ 11   

 

(1) Transactions where the ultimate obligor is the U.S. federal government or state or local governments where the obligors are rated investment grade (either by an independent rating agency or based upon our internal credit analysis). This amount includes $263 million of U.S. federal government transactions and $83 million of transactions where the ultimate obligors are state or local governments. Transactions may have guaranties of energy savings from third party service providers, the majority of which are entities rated investment grade by an independent rating agency.
(2) Transactions where the projects or the ultimate obligors are commercial entities, including institutions such as hospitals or universities, that have been rated investment grade (either by an independent rating agency or based on our internal credit analysis). Of this total, $56 million of the transactions have been rated investment grade by an independent rating agency.
(3) Transactions where the projects or the ultimate obligors are commercial entities, including institutions such as hospitals or universities, that have ratings below investment grade either by an independent rating agency or using our internal credit analysis. Financing receivables are net of an allowance for credit losses of $1.2 million.
(4) Consists of minority ownership interest in operating wind projects in which we earn a preferred return.
(5) Includes the real estate and the lease intangible assets through which we receive scheduled lease payments, typically under long-term triple net lease agreements.
(6) Average Remaining Balance excludes 75 transactions each with outstanding balances that are less than $1.0 million and that in the aggregate total $21.0 million.

The components of financing receivables of December 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

 

    December 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  
    (amounts in millions)  

Financing receivables

   

Financing or minimum lease payments (1)

  $ 723.1      $ 504.7   

Unearned interest income

    (166.0     (142.3

Allowance for credit losses

    (1.2     (11.0

Unearned fee income, net of initial direct costs

    (3.2     (3.5
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing receivables (1)

$ 552.7    $ 347.9   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Excludes $62.3 million and $24.8 million in financing receivables held-for-sale at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

In accordance with the terms of certain financing receivables purchase agreements, payments of the purchase price is scheduled to be made over time, generally within twelve months of entering into the transaction, and as a result, we have recorded deferred funding obligations of $88.3 million and $74.7 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Under the terms of certain of these arrangements, we have $3.0 million and $49.9 million in restricted cash as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which will be used to pay these funding obligations.

As of December 31, 2013, investments consisted of debt securities that were classified as held-to-maturity and thus recorded at their amortized cost. During the first quarter ended March 31, 2014, we sold a debt security of $3.2 million that was recorded at fair value and classified as available-for-sale as of December 31, 2013. The fair value of that debt security approximated its carrying value as of December 31, 2013. During the three months ended June 30, 2014, as part of our portfolio management process, we sold certain investments classified as held-to-maturity for $15.5 million with a carrying value of $14.7 million and realized a gain of $0.8 million. As a result, we transferred all of our remaining investments in debt securities to investments available-for-sale at the fair value of such securities on the transfer date. From the date of this transfer through December 31 2014, we sold certain available-for-sale debt securities with a fair value of $59.6 million and a cost of $56.3 million and realized a gain of $3.3 million. As of December 31, 2014, all of our investments in debt securities are classified as investments available-for-sale and we are carrying them on our balance sheet at fair value. There were no investments in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2014 or 2013.

 

The following table provides a summary of our anticipated maturity dates of our financing receivables and investments and the weighted average yield for each range of maturities as of December 31, 2014:

 

     Total     Less than 1 year     1-5 years     5-10 years     More than 10
years
 

Financing Receivables (1)

    

Payment due by period

   $ 552.7      $ 14.0      $ 46.8      $ 46.9      $ 445.0   

Weighted average yield by period (2)

     5.47     5.88     7.67     5.73     5.20

Investments

      

Payment due by period

   $ 27.3      $ —        $ 14.1      $ —        $ 13.2   

Weighted average yield by period

     5.57     —       5.76     —       5.37

 

(1) Excludes financing receivables held-for-sale of $62.3 million and the allowance for credit losses of $1.2 million.
(2) Excludes yield on remaining $0.8 million loan balance that is on non-accrual status after the $1.2 million allowance for loan loss recorded as of December 2014.

The components of our real estate portfolio as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2014      2013  
     (amounts in million)  

Real Estate

     

Land

   $ 90.9       $ —     

Real estate related intangibles

     23.3         —     

Accumulated amortization of real estate intangibles

     (0.2      —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Real Estate

$ 114.0    $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The real estate related intangible assets will be amortized on a straight-line basis over the lease terms with expirations dates that range between the years 2047 and 2061 assuming expected extensions. There is a conservation easement agreement covering one of our properties acquired that limits the use of the property at the expiration of the lease that is expected to be in 2061. As of December 31, 2014, the future amortization expense to be recognized related to these intangible assets was:

 

     (amounts in millions)  

Year Ending December 31,

  

2015

   $ 0.6   

2016

     0.6   

2017

     0.6   

2018

     0.6   

2019

     0.6   

Thereafter

     20.1   
  

 

 

 

Total

$ 23.1   
  

 

 

 

 

Our real estate is rented under long-term land lease agreements with expiration dates that range between the years 2033 and 2044 under the initial terms and 2047 and 2061 assuming anticipated extensions by the lessees. As of December 31, 2014, the future minimum rental income under our land lease agreements was as follows:

 

     (amounts in millions)  

Year Ending December 31,

  

2015

   $ 8.7   

2016

     8.7   

2017

     8.7   

2018

     8.7   

2019

     8.7   

Thereafter

     293.5   
  

 

 

 

Total

$ 337.0   
  

 

 

 

In December 2013, we recorded an allowance of $11.0 million on the remaining $11.8 million balance of a $24 million loan made in May 2013 to a wholly owned subsidiary of EnergySource LLC (“EnergySource”) to be used for a geothermal project. In November 2014, we entered into a Forbearance and Mutual Release Agreement with EnergySource under which in full satisfaction of the remaining balance of our loan, we would realize a portion of the proceeds from the sale of land held by EnergySource. We expect our recovery from the land sale to equal the net balance of $0.8 million and have agreed to cap the recovery at $2.0 million. However, there can be no assurance as to the actual timing or ultimate recovery from any land sale or whether any land sale will in fact occur. As a result of this agreement, we charged off $9.8 million of the receivable against the allowance, resulting in a remaining allowance of $1.2 million. The project is considered a variable interest entity and the maximum exposure to loss is the net balance of $0.8 million, which represents our current estimate of the realizable sale value of assets and was the average balance for the year, net of the allowance. No interest income was accrued or collected in cash on the loan for the year ended December 31, 2014. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the loan had an average balance of $24.7 million and we recorded and collected interest income on the loan of $2.4 million. Certain of our executive officers and directors own an indirect minority interest in EnergySource following the distribution of the Predecessor’s ownership interest prior to our IPO.

We had no other financing receivables, investments or leases on nonaccrual status at December 31, 2014 or 2013. There was no allowance for credit losses as of September 30, 2012, or provision for credit losses for the three months ended December 31, 2012 or for the year ended September 30, 2012. We evaluate any modifications to our financing receivables in accordance with the guidance in ASC 310, Receivables. We evaluate modifications of financing receivables to determine if the modification is more than minor, whereby any related fees, such as prepayment fees, would be recognized as income at the time of the modification. We did not have any loan modifications that qualify as trouble debt restructurings for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and September 30, 2012, or for the three months ended December 31, 2012.