Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Leases

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Leases
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Leases  
Leases

12. Leases

Lessor

The Company rents microturbine equipment to our customer  for twelve to thirty six months with an extension option, which may impact the lease term.  Monthly rental payments are fixed; however, the leases may include variable payments for fuel, excess labor, additional equipment, or technician labor and engineering support. As further described below, the Company rents certain microturbine equipment back from customers and subleases this equipment to end users as a part of its Energy-as-a-Service business.

At March 31, 2023, the Company’s minimum rental revenue to be received under operating leases were as follows (in thousands):

Operating

Year Ending March 31,

    

Leases

 

2024

$

1,756

2025

 

1,756

2026

 

466

2027

 

2028

 

Thereafter

Total minimum rental revenue

$

3,978

 Lessee

The Company leases facilities and equipment under various non-cancelable operating and finance leases expiring at various times through Fiscal 2037. All of the leases require the Company to pay maintenance, insurance and property taxes. The lease agreements for primary office and manufacturing facilities provide for rent escalation over the lease term and renewal options for five-year periods. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease, which may include extension periods.

During Fiscal 2023, the Company entered into several rental agreements to rent used microturbine equipment from customers where that equipment was not currently in use. These rental agreements provide the Company an option to extend the lease, however, the Company is not likely to exercise these options and they are therefore not included in the determination of the lease term. These agreements totaled approximately 9.8 MW of microturbines and have an average term of 36 months, and a total commitment value of approximately $8.9 million.

The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

Year Ended March 31,

    

2023

    

2022

Finance lease costs (1)

$

697

    

$

80

Operating lease costs

2,291

    

1,157

Total lease costs

$

2,988

    

$

1,237

(1) Interest expense is included in finance lease costs.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the leases was as follows (in thousands):

March 31, 2023

March 31, 2022

Finance lease right-of-use assets

$

4,529

$

246

Operating lease right-of-use assets

8,808

5,959

Total right-of-use assets

$

13,337

$

6,205

Finance lease liability, current

$

773

$

89

Operating lease liability, current

2,492

586

Finance lease liability, non-current

2,903

190

Operating lease liability, non-current

 

6,588

 

5,619

Total lease liabilities

$

12,756

$

6,484

Finance leases:

Weighted average remaining lease life

 

2.27 years

 

3.49 years

Weighted average discount rate

13.00%

5.00%

Operating leases:

Weighted average remaining lease life

 

4.86 years

 

8.35 years

Weighted average discount rate

12.00%

12.00%

Supplemental cash flow information related to the leases was as follows (in thousands):

Year Ended March 31,

2023

2022

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

    

Financing cash flows from finance leases

$

803

$

92

Operating cash flows from finance leases

$

45

$

17

Operating cash flows from operating leases

$

2,258

$

1,106

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations

Finance leases

$

3,991

$

Operating leases

$

4,179

$

1,877

Other supplemental operating lease information consists of the following:

At March 31, 2023, the Company’s minimum commitments under non-cancelable operating and finance leases were as follows (in thousands):

Finance

Operating

Year Ending March 31,

    

Leases

    

Leases

2024

$

1,017

$

3,477

2025

1,017

3,424

2026

 

1,963

 

2,412

2027

 

 

255

2028

 

 

256

Thereafter

2,138

Total lease payments

$

3,997

$

11,962

Less: imputed interest

(321)

(2,882)

Present value of lease liabilities

$

3,676

$

9,080