FORM 10-Q SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2000 Commission file Number 0-24240 RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST I (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter.) Delaware 22-3105824 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 947 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450-2939 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (201) 447-9000 Registrant's telephone number, including area code: Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES [X] NO [ ] PART I. - FINANCIAL INFORMATION Item 1. Financial Statements Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I Financial Statements June 30, 2000 Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I Balance Sheet - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, June 30, 2000 1999 ---------- ----------- (unaudited) Assets: Investments in power generation projects ......... $ 6,654,468 $ 6,583,781 Cash and cash equivalents ........................ 1,122,714 1,142,009 Other assets ..................................... 63,133 41,055 ----------- ----------- Total assets ........................... $ 7,840,315 $ 7,766,845 ----------- ----------- Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity: Accounts payable and accrued expenses ............ $ 23,945 $ 61,116 Due to affiliates ................................ 66,993 50,227 ----------- ----------- Total liabilities ........................... 90,938 111,343 ----------- ----------- Commitments and contingencies Shareholders' equity: Shareholders' equity (105.5 shares issued and outstanding) ................................. 7,762,043 7,669,106 Managing shareholder's accumulated deficit ....... (12,666) (13,604) ----------- ----------- Total shareholders' equity .................. 7,749,377 7,655,502 ----------- ----------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity .. $ 7,840,315 $ 7,766,845 ----------- ----------- See accompanying note to financial statements. Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I Statement of Operations (unaudited) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Six Months Ended Three Months Ended -------------------- -------------------- June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2000 1999 2000 1999 -------- -------- -------- -------- Revenue: Income from power generation projects ........... $870,479 $576,601 $439,510 $276,838 Interest income ................ 41,996 41,113 29,267 16,386 -------- -------- -------- -------- Total revenue ................. 912,475 617,714 468,777 293,224 -------- -------- -------- -------- Expenses: Accounting and legal fees ...... 19,589 25,928 9,328 6,190 Management fee ................. 38,278 31,804 19,139 12,722 Miscellaneous .................. 13,968 28,813 11,108 21,578 -------- -------- -------- -------- Total expenses ................ 71,835 86,545 39,575 40,490 -------- -------- -------- -------- Net income ..................... $840,640 $531,169 $429,202 $252,734 -------- -------- -------- -------- See accompanying note to financial statements. Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (unaudited) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managing Shareholders Shareholder Total ----------- ----------- ----------- Shareholders' equity, December 31, 1999 ............. $ 7,669,106 $ (13,604) $ 7,655,502 Cash distributions ............. (739,297) (7,468) (746,765) Net income for the period ...... 832,234 8,406 840,640 ----------- ----------- ----------- Shareholders' equity, June 30, 2000 ................. $ 7,762,043 $ (12,666) $ 7,749,377 ----------- ----------- ----------- See accompanying note to financial statements. Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Six Months Ended --------------------------- June 30, 2000 June 30, 1999 ----------- ------------ Cash flows from operating activities: Net income ..................................... $ 840,640 $ 531,169 ----------- ----------- Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities: Additional investment in power generation project ........................... (70,687) -- Return of investment in power generation project ........................... -- 230,939 Changes in assets and liabilities: Decrease in due from affiliates .............. -- 428 Increase in other assets ..................... (22,078) (5,867) (Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses ................ (37,171) 4,469 Increase in due to affiliates ................ 16,766 15,781 ----------- ----------- Total adjustments ............................ (113,170) 245,750 ----------- ----------- Net cash provided by operating activities .................................. 727,470 776,919 ----------- ----------- Cash flows from financing activities: Cash distributions to shareholders ............. (746,765) (564,805) ----------- ----------- Net cash used in financing activities ........ (746,765) (564,805) ----------- ----------- Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents ..................... (19,295) 212,114 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year ... 1,142,009 1,138,102 ----------- ----------- Cash and cash equivalents, end of period ....... $ 1,122,714 $ 1,350,216 ----------- ----------- See accompanying note to financial statements. Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I Note to Financial Statements (unaudited) 1. General In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments, which consist of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair representation of the results for the interim periods. Additional footnote disclosure concerning accounting polices and other matters are disclosed in Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I's financial statements included in the 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which should be read in conjunction with these financial statements. The results of operations for an interim period should not necessarily be taken as indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for a twelve month period. Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsDollar amounts in this discussion are rounded to the nearest $1,000. Introduction The Trust carries its investment in Projects at fair value and does not consolidate its financial statements with the financial statements of the Projects. Revenue is recorded by the Trust as cash distributions are received from the Projects. Trust revenues may fluctuate from period to period depending on the operating cash flow generated by the Projects and the amount of cash retained by the Projects to fund capital expenditures. Results of Operations Total revenue increased 47.6% to $912,000 in the first six months of 2000 from $618,000 in the first six months of 1999 due to a $203,000 increase in income from the Olinda Project and $91,000 of income from the Hawthorne engines which were acquired in the second half of 1999. Total revenue increased 60.1% to $469,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2000 from $293,000 in the same period in 1999 due to a $129,000 increase in income from the Olinda Project and $34,000 of income from the Hawthorne engines which were acquired in the second half of 1999. The increased revenue from the Olinda Project reflects higher revenues and lower maintenance costs resulting from reduced shutdowns for maintenance. Total expenses of $72,000 in the first six months of 2000 and $40,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2000 were comparable to the $87,000 and $40,000, respectively, incurred in the same periods in 1999. Liquidity and Capital Resources Obligations of the Trust are generally limited to making distributions to shareholders of available operating cash flow generated by its investments, payment of the management fee to the Managing Shareholder and payment of certain accounting and legal services to third parties. The Trust's policy is to make regular quarterly distributions to shareholders of as much cash as is prudent. The Trust anticipates that its cash flow during 2000 will be adequate to fund its obligations. Forward-looking statement advisory This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as with some other statements made by the Trust from time to time, contains forward-looking statements. These statements discuss business trends and other matters relating to the Trust's future results and the business climate and are found, among other places, in the notes to financial statements and at Part I, Item 2, Management's Discussion and Analysis. In order to make these statements, the Trust has had to make assumptions as to the future. It has also had to make estimates in some cases about events that have already happened, and to rely on data that may be found to be inaccurate at a later time. Because these forward-looking statements are based on assumptions, estimates and changeable data, and because any attempt to predict the future is subject to other errors, what happens to the Trust in the future may be materially different from the Trust's statements here. The Trust therefore warns readers of this document that they should not rely on these forward-looking statements without considering all of the things that could make them inaccurate. The Trust's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and its Confidential Memorandum discuss many (but not all) of the risks and uncertainties that might affect these forward-looking statements. Some of these are changes in political and economic conditions, federal or state regulatory structures, government taxation, spending and budgetary policies, government mandates, demand for electricity and thermal energy, the ability of customers to pay for energy received, supplies of fuel and prices of fuels, operational status of plant, mechanical breakdowns, availability of labor and the willingness of electric utilities to perform existing power purchase agreements in good faith. Some of the cautionary factors that readers should consider are described in the Trust's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. By making these statements now, the Trust is not making any commitment to revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events that happen after the date of this document or to reflect unanticipated future events. PART II - OTHER INFORMATION None. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant as duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST I Registrant August 14, 2000 By /s/ Christopher I. Naunton Date Christopher I. Naunton Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (signing on behalf of the Registrant and as principal financial officer)