Balance Sheet Excerpts (a) The equity ratio is calculated, pursuant to Oglethorpe’s First Mortgage Indenture, by dividing patronage capital and membership fees by total capitalization plus unamortized debt issuance costs and bond discounts and long-term debt due within one year (Total Long-Term Debt and Equities in the table above). Oglethorpe has no financial covenant that requires it to maintain a minimum equity ratio; however, a covenant in the Indenture restricts distributions of equity (patronage capital) to its Members if its equity ratio is below 20%. Oglethorpe also has a covenant in a credit agreement that currently requires a minimum total patronage capital of $675 million. The equity ratio is less than that of many investor-owned utilities because Oglethorpe operates on a not-for-profit basis and has a significant amount of authority to set and change rates to ensure sufficient cost recovery to produce margins to meet financial coverage requirements. 33 December 31, ($ in thousands) 2015 2014 2013 Balance Sheet Data: Assets: Electric Plant: Net Plant in Service $4,670,310 $4,582,551 $4,434,728 CWIP 2,868,669 2,374,392 2,212,224 Nuclear Fuel 373,145 369,529 341,012 Total Electric Plant 7,912,124 7,326,472 6,987,964 Cash and Cash Equivalents 213,038 237,391 408,193 Total Assets $10,059,783 $9,448,820 $9,048,453 Capitalization: Patronage Capital and Membership Fees $809,465 $761,124 $714,489 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Margin (Deficit) 58 468 (549) Subtotal $809,523 $761,592 $713,940 Long-term Debt and Obligations under Capital Leases 7,387,655 7,116,033 6,892,490 Other 17,561 16,434 15,379 Total Capitalization $8,214,739 $7,894,059 $7,621,809 Plus: Unamortized debt issuance costs and bond discounts on LT debt 97,988 101,939 49,862 Plus: Long-term debt and capital leases due within one year 189,840 160,754 152,153 Total Long-Term Debt and Equities $8,502,567 $8,156,752 $7,823,824 Equity Ratio(a) 9.5% 9.3% 9.1%
