Revenues | 3. Revenues Our revenues are derived primarily from the sale of natural gas and electricity to customers, including affiliates. Revenue is measured based upon the quantity of gas or power delivered at prices contained or referenced in the customer's contract, and excludes any sales incentives (e.g. rebates) and amounts collected on behalf of third parties (e.g. sales tax). Our revenues also include asset optimization activities. Asset optimization activities consist primarily of purchases and sales of gas that meet the definition of trading activities per FASB ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. They are therefore excluded from the scope of FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Revenues for electricity and natural gas sales are recognized under the accrual method when our performance obligation to a customer is satisfied, which is the point in time when the product is delivered and control of the product passes to the customer. Electricity and natural gas products may be sold as fixed-price or variable-price products. The typical length of a contract to provide electricity and/or natural gas is twelve months. Customers are billed and typically pay at least monthly, based on usage. Electricity and natural gas sales that have been delivered but not billed by period end are estimated and recorded as accrued unbilled revenues based on estimates of customer usage since the date of the last meter read provided by the utility. Volume estimates are based on forecasted volumes and estimated residential and commercial customer usage. Unbilled revenues are calculated by multiplying these volume estimates by the applicable rate by customer class (residential or commercial). Estimated amounts are adjusted when actual usage is known and billed. The following table discloses revenue by primary geographical market, customer type, and customer credit risk profile (in thousands). The table also includes a reconciliation of the disaggregated revenue to revenue by reportable segment (in thousands). Reportable Segments Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 Retail Electricity Retail Natural Gas Total Reportable Segments Retail Electricity Retail Natural Gas Total Reportable Segments Primary markets (a) New England $ 21,398 $ 1,402 $ 22,800 $ 40,161 $ 2,729 $ 42,890 Mid-Atlantic 23,309 3,223 26,532 38,743 5,929 44,672 Midwest 9,362 2,910 12,272 14,506 4,191 18,697 Southwest 17,620 3,085 20,705 18,845 3,514 22,359 $ 71,689 $ 10,620 $ 82,309 $ 112,255 $ 16,363 $ 128,618 Customer type Commercial $ 11,171 $ 4,982 $ 16,153 $ 29,408 $ 7,290 $ 36,698 Residential 57,390 9,640 67,030 78,909 14,965 93,874 Unbilled revenue (b) 3,128 (4,002) (874) 3,938 (5,892) (1,954) $ 71,689 $ 10,620 $ 82,309 $ 112,255 $ 16,363 $ 128,618 Customer credit risk POR $ 41,404 $ 4,980 $ 46,384 $ 73,694 $ 8,376 $ 82,070 Non-POR 30,285 5,640 35,925 38,561 7,987 46,548 $ 71,689 $ 10,620 $ 82,309 $ 112,255 $ 16,363 $ 128,618 Reportable Segments Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 Retail Electricity Retail Natural Gas Total Reportable Segments Retail Electricity Retail Natural Gas Total Reportable Segments Primary markets (a) New England $ 47,639 $ 5,779 $ 53,418 $ 86,754 $ 9,783 $ 96,537 Mid-Atlantic 51,859 16,678 68,537 84,585 21,733 106,318 Midwest 20,421 13,148 33,569 29,495 17,798 47,293 Southwest 30,525 9,405 39,930 33,189 11,641 44,830 $ 150,444 $ 45,010 $ 195,454 $ 234,023 $ 60,955 $ 294,978 Customer type Commercial $ 26,387 $ 16,498 $ 42,885 $ 69,423 $ 22,807 $ 92,230 Residential 130,662 36,130 166,792 172,137 48,328 220,465 Unbilled revenue (b) (6,605) (7,618) (14,223) (7,537) (10,180) (17,717) $ 150,444 $ 45,010 $ 195,454 $ 234,023 $ 60,955 $ 294,978 Customer credit risk POR $ 92,254 $ 24,580 $ 116,834 $ 158,607 $ 31,413 $ 190,020 Non-POR 58,190 20,430 78,620 75,416 29,542 104,958 $ 150,444 $ 45,010 $ 195,454 $ 234,023 $ 60,955 $ 294,978 (a) The primary markets include the following states: • New England - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire; • Mid-Atlantic - Delaware, Maryland (including the District of Colombia), New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania; • Midwest - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio; and • Southwest - Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and Texas. (b) Unbilled revenue is recorded in total until it is actualized, at which time it is categorized between commercial and residential customers. We record gross receipts taxes on a gross basis in retail revenues and retail cost of revenues. During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, our retail revenues included gross receipts taxes of $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively, and our retail cost of revenues included gross receipts taxes of $1.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, our retail revenues included gross receipts taxes of $0.5 million and $0.7 million, respectively, and our retail cost of revenues included gross receipts taxes of $2.2 million and $3.1 million, respectively. Accounts receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses The Company conducts business in many utility service markets where the local regulated utility purchases our receivables, and then becomes responsible for billing the customer and collecting payment from the customer (“POR programs”). These POR programs result in substantially all of the Company’s credit risk being linked to the applicable utility, which generally has an investment-grade rating, and not to the end-use customer. The Company monitors the financial condition of each utility and currently believes its receivables are collectible. In markets that do not offer POR programs or when the Company chooses to directly bill its customers, certain receivables are billed and collected by the Company. The Company bears the credit risk on these accounts and records an appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts to reflect any losses due to non-payment by customers. The Company’s customers are individually insignificant and geographically dispersed in these markets. The Company writes off customer balances when it believes that amounts are no longer collectible and when it has exhausted all means to collect these receivables. For trade accounts receivables, the Company accrues an allowance for doubtful accounts by business segment by pooling customer accounts receivables based on similar risk characteristics, such as customer type, geography, aging analysis, payment terms, and related macro-economic factors. Expected credit loss exposure is evaluated for each of our accounts receivables pools. Expected credits losses are established using a model that considers historical collections experience, current information, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The Company writes off accounts receivable balances against the allowance for doubtful accounts when the accounts receivable is deemed to be uncollectible. A rollforward of our allowance for credit losses for the six months ended June 30, 2021 are presented in the table below (in thousands): Balance at December 31, 2020 $ (3,942) Current period bad debt provision 353 Write-offs 1,521 Recovery of previous write offs (313) Balance at June 30, 2021 $ (2,381) |