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15. Leases

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.

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.  The Company is then renting this equipment to end users

as part of its Energy as a Service business. These agreements totaled approximately 12.8 MW of microturbines and have an average term of 36 months, and a total commitment value of approximately $9.8 million.

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

Three Months Ended December 31,

Nine Months Ended December 31,

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Operating lease costs

$

84

    

$

295

$

635

    

$

799

Finance lease costs

293

    

702

    

Total lease costs

$

377

    

$

295

$

1,337

    

$

799

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

December 31, 2022

March 31, 2022

Operating lease right-of-use assets

$

8,702

$

5,959

Finance lease right-of-use assets (1)

6,497

Total right-of-use assets

$

15,199

$

5,959

Operating lease liability, current

$

1,292

$

586

Finance lease liability, current

843

Operating lease liability, non-current

7,572

5,619

Finance lease liability, non-current

 

3,322

 

Total lease liabilities

$

13,029

$

6,205

Operating leases:

Weighted average remaining lease life

 

5.95 years

 

8.35 years

Weighted average discount rate

12.00%

12.00%

(1) Included in property, plant, equipment and rental assets in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. Also see Note 6 – Property, Plant, Equipment and Rental Assets.

The Company records its operating lease right-of-use assets within other assets (non-current) and its operating lease liabilities within current and long-term portion of notes payable and lease obligations. As of December 31, 2022, the Company offset $1.3 million of its customer accounts receivable against its notes payable related to its rental obligations that are contractually satisfied by reducing the customers’ accounts receivable and qualify to be offset.

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

Nine Months Ended December 31,

2022

2021

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

    

Operating cash flows from operating leases

$

701

$

805

Operating cash flows from finance leases

$

671

$

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

Operating leases

$

3,590

$

1,877

Finance leases

$

6,174

$

Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2022 were as follows (in thousands):

Operating

Year Ending March 31,

    

Leases

2023 (remainder of fiscal year)

$

688

2024

2,760

2025

 

2,685

2026

 

1,653

2027

 

1,279

Thereafter

3,358

Total lease payments

$

12,423

Less: imputed interest

(3,559)

Present value of operating lease liabilities

$

8,864