Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
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14. Leases

Lessor

The Company rents microturbine equipment to its customers for terms up to thirty-nine 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 December 31, 2024, the Company’s minimum rental revenue to be received was as follows (in thousands):

Leased

Owned and

Year Ending March 31,

    

Assets

 

Financed Assets

2025 (remainder of fiscal year)

$

860

$

2,781

2026

 

1,369

 

4,900

2027

 

 

672

2028

 

 

550

2029

 

 

286

Thereafter

792

Total minimum rental revenue

$

2,229

$

9,981

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 the nine months ended December 31, 2024, the Company did not enter into any rental agreements to rent used microturbine equipment from customers where that equipment was not currently in use. The existing rental agreements provide the Company an option to extend the lease, however, the Company is not likely to exercise these options and therefore not included in the determination of the lease term. As of December 31, 2024, lease commitments totaled approximately 18.4 megawatts of microturbines and had an average term of 36 months and a total remaining commitment value of approximately $9.7 million.

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

Three Months Ended December 31,

Nine Months Ended December 31,

    

2024

    

2023

    

2024

    

2023

Finance lease costs (1)

$

177

$

207

$

552

$

608

Operating lease costs

1,324

1,362

4,011

3,585

Total lease costs

$

1,501

$

1,569

$

4,563

$

4,193

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

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

    

December 31,

    

March 31,

2024

2024

Finance lease right-of-use assets

$

3,938

$

4,391

Operating lease right-of-use assets

9,321

12,279

Total right-of-use assets

$

13,259

$

16,670

Finance lease liability, current

$

595

$

964

Operating lease liability, current

3,775

4,041

Finance lease liability, non-current

1,933

2,300

Operating lease liability, non-current

 

5,806

 

8,527

Total lease liabilities

$

12,109

$

15,832

Finance leases:

Weighted average remaining lease life

 

0.66 years

 

1.41 years

Weighted average discount rate

12.77%

13.00%

Operating leases:

Weighted average remaining lease life

 

4.34 years

 

4.48 years

Weighted average discount rate

12.40%

13.00%

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

Nine Months Ended December 31,

    

2024

    

2023

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

Finance cash flows from finance leases

$

736

$

764

Operating cash flows from finance leases

$

98

$

33

Operating cash flows from operating leases

$

4,041

$

3,568

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

Finance leases

$

$

447

Operating leases

$

$

6,901

At December 31, 2024, 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

2025 (remainder of fiscal year)

$

278

$

1,339

2026

2,052

4,368

2027

 

252

 

1,747

2028

 

 

1,636

2029

 

 

1,337

Thereafter

1,882

Total lease payments

$

2,582

$

12,309

Less: imputed interest

(54)

(2,728)

Present value of lease liabilities

$

2,528

$

9,581