Below is a summary of the carrying value and allowance by type of receivable or "Portfolio Segment", as defined by Topic 326, as of March 31, 2020 and January 1, 2020:
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March 31, 2020 |
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January 1, 2020 |
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Carrying Value |
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Allowance |
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Carrying Value |
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Allowance |
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(in millions) |
Government (1)
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$ |
259 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
270 |
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$ |
— |
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Commercial (2)
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899 |
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26 |
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892 |
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25 |
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Total |
$ |
1,158 |
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$ |
26 |
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$ |
1,162 |
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$ |
25 |
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(1) |
As of March 31, 2020, our government receivables include $150 million of U.S. federal government transactions and $109 million of transactions where the ultimate obligors are state or local governments.
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Risk characteristics of our government receivables include the energy savings or the power output of the projects and the ability of the government obligor to generate revenue for debt service, via taxation or other means. Transactions may have guarantees of energy savings or other performance support from third-party service providers, which typically are entities, directly or whose ultimate parent entity is, rated investment grade by an independent rating agency. All of our government receivables are included in Performance Rating 1 in the Portfolio Performance table above. Our allowance for government receivables is primarily calculated by using PD/LGD methods as discussed in Note 2. Our expectation of credit losses for these receivables is immaterial given the high credit-quality of the obligors.
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(2) |
This category of assets includes $453 million of mezzanine loans made on a non-recourse basis to special purpose subsidiaries of residential solar companies which are secured by residential solar assets where we rely on certain limited indemnities, warranties, and other obligations of the residential solar companies or their other subsidiaries. Approximately $367 million of our commercial receivables are loans made to entities in which we also have non-controlling equity investments of approximately $25 million. This total also includes $88 million of lease agreements where we hold legal title to the underlying real estate which are treated under GAAP as receivables since they were deemed to be failed sale/leaseback transactions as described in Note 2.
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Risk characteristics of our commercial receivables include a project’s operating risks, which include the impact of the overall economic environment, the sustainable infrastructure sector, the effect of local, industry, and broader economic factors, the impact of any variation in weather and trends in interest rates. We use assumptions related to these risks to estimate an allowance using a discounted cash flow analysis or the PD/LGD method as discussed in Note 2. All of our commercial receivables are included in Performance Rating 1 in the Portfolio Performance table above, except for the $8 million of receivables we have placed on non-accrual status which are included in Performance Rating 3. For those assets in Performance Rating 1, the credit worthiness of the obligor combined with the various structural protections of our assets cause us to believe we have a low risk we will not receive our invested capital, however we recorded an $18 million allowance on these $891 million in assets as a result of lower probability assumptions utilized in our Allowance methodology.
The following table reconciles our allowance for loss on receivables by type of receivable:
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Government |
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Commercial |
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(in millions) |
Beginning Balance - January 1, 2020 |
$ |
— |
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$ |
25 |
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Provision for loss on receivables |
— |
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1 |
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Ending balance - March 31, 2020 |
$ |
— |
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$ |
26 |
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