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(dollars in millions; customer and per customer values in units)
For more information about metrics and important notes regarding our financial statements please refer to our periodic reports filed with the SEC and our quarterly earnings presentations available on our website at investors.sunnova.com.
Cumulative Customer Count includes each customer that is party to an in-service solar service agreement. For our leases, power purchase agreements ("PPA") and loan agreements, in-service means the related solar energy system and, if applicable, energy storage
system, must have met all the requirements to begin operation and be interconnected to the electrical grid. For our Sunnova Protect services, in-service means the customer's system must have met the requirements to have the service activated. We do not include in our
number of customers any customer under a lease, PPA or loan agreement for whom we have terminated the contract and removed the solar energy system. We also do not include in our number of customers any customer of our Sunnova Protect services that has been in
default under his or her solar service agreement in excess of six months.
Weighted Average Customer Count is calculated based on the number of months a given customer is in-service during a given measurement period. The weighted average customer count reflects the number of customers at the beginning of the period, plus the total
number of new customers deployed during the period adjusted by a factor that accounts for the partial period nature of those new customers. For purposes of this calculation, we assume all new customers deployed during a month were added in the middle of that month.
New Customers Deployed includes all systems placed in-service during a given measurement period.
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as net income (loss) plus net interest expense, depreciation and amortization expense, income tax expense, financing deal costs, disaster losses and related charges, net, legal settlements and excluding the effect of certain non-recurring
items we do not consider to be indicative of our ongoing operating performance such as, but not limited to, costs of the initial public offering ("IPO) and other non-cash items such as asset retirement obligation ("ARO") accretion expense and non-cash compensation
expense.
Interest Income and Principal Payments on Customer Notes Receivable, less Amounts Recorded in Revenue are considered key performance metrics because under our loan agreements, the customer obtains financing for the purchase of a solar energy system
from us, and we agree to operate and maintain the solar energy system throughout the duration of the agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the loan agreement, the customer makes scheduled principal and interest payments to us and has the option to prepay principal at
any time in part or in full. Whereas we typically recognize payments from customers under our leases and PPAs as revenue, we recognize payments received from customers under our loan agreements (i) as revenue, to the extent attributable to payments for operations
and maintenance services provided by us; (ii) as interest income, to the extent attributable to earned interest on the contract that financed the customer's purchase of the solar energy system; and (iii) as a reduction of a note receivable on the balance sheet, to the extent
attributable to a return of principal (whether scheduled or prepaid) on the contract that financed the customer's purchase of the solar energy system.
Adjusted Operating Cash Flow is calculated as net cash used in operating activities plus principal proceeds from customer notes receivable and distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests less payments to dealers for exclusivity and other bonus arrangements and
inventory purchases.
Adjusted Operating Expense is calculated as total operating expense less depreciation and amortization expense, non-cash compensation expense, ARO accretion expense, financing deal costs, disaster losses and related charges, net, IPO costs and legal settlements.
Estimated Gross Contracted Customer Value represents the sum of the present value of the remaining estimated future net cash flows we expect to receive from existing customers during the initial contract term of our leases and PPAs, which are typically 25 years in
length, plus the present value of future net cash flows we expect to receive from the sale of related solar renewable energy certificates ("SREC"), either under existing contracts or in future sales, plus the carrying value of outstanding customer loans on our balance sheet.
From these aggregate estimated initial cash flows, we subtract the present value of estimated net cash distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests and estimated operating, maintenance and administrative expenses associated with the solar service agreements.
These estimated future cash flows reflect the projected monthly customer payments over the life of our solar service agreements and depend on various factors including but not limited to solar service agreement type, contracted rates, expected sun hours and the projected
production capacity of the solar equipment installed. For the purpose of calculating this metric, we discount all future cash flows at 6%. The anticipated operating, maintenance and administrative expenses included in the calculation of estimated gross contracted customer
value include, among other things, expenses related to accounting, reporting, audit, insurance, maintenance and repairs. In the aggregate, we estimate these expenses are $20 per kilowatt per year initially, with 2% annual increases for inflation. We do not include
maintenance and repair costs for inverters and similar equipment as those are largely covered by the applicable product and dealer warranties for the life of the product, but we do include additional cost for energy storage systems, which are only covered by a 10-year
warranty.
Estimated Gross Renewal Customer Value represents the sum of the present value of future net cash flows we would receive from customers during two five-year renewal terms of our leases and PPAs, plus the present value of future net cash flows we expect to receive
from the sale of related SRECs, either under existing contracts or in future sales. From these aggregate estimated renewal cash flows we subtract the present value of estimated net cash distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests and the estimated operating,
maintenance and administrative expenses associated with the solar service agreements. For the purpose of calculating this metric, we discount all future cash flows at 6%. To calculate estimated renewal gross customer value, we use the established industry convention,
which assumes 100% of solar leases and PPAs are renewed, due to the expected useful life of the system and costs to the customer associated with an election to purchase or remove the equipment. We further assume that these contracts are renewed at 90% of the
contractual price in effect at expiration of the term of the solar service agreement. Because the customer has two renewal options of five years each, for the second renewal period we assume a contractual price of 90% of the price in the first renewal period. Our loan
agreements do not contain a renewal feature, and therefore are not included in estimated renewal gross customer value.
Estimated Net Contracted Customer Value represents gross total contracted value, less debt and tax equity, plus cash and restricted cash and construction in progress.
Estimated Net System Value Deployed represents the sum of estimated gross customer value, plus expected or received utility and up-front governmental incentives, to the extent not included in such estimated gross customer value, plus expected or received
contributions from tax equity fund investors for redeemable noncontrolling interests in tax equity vehicles, as each relates to new customers placed in service within a specified period. From these aggregate estimated values, we subtract payments made or expected to be
made to our dealers associated with customer solar energy systems.
Estimated Net System Value Deployed, Leases and PPAs represents the Estimated Net System Value Deployed attributable to our lease and PPA contracts and excludes amounts attributable to our loan contracts.
Creation Costs represents the property and equipment attributable to solar energy systems over the period plus all cash paid for customer notes receivable during the period plus the average amount recognized in each quarter for the trailing twelve months of payments to
dealers for exclusivity and other bonus arrangements.
Creation Costs, Leases and PPAs represents Creation Costs attributable to our lease and PPA contracts and excludes amounts attributable to our loan contracts.
Cumulative Capital Deployed represents the property and equipment attributable to solar energy systems plus net customer notes receivable, less deferred revenue in other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities, plus payments to dealers for exclusivity and other
bonus arrangements.
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