Securities and Equity Investments

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

7. SECURITIES AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Our financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, notes receivable, investments, accounts payable and a loan agreement. We believe that the carrying value of these financial instruments in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets approximates their fair value due to their short-term nature. Additionally, we have a cost method investment in EnerTech Capital Partners II L.P. (“EnerTech”). We estimate the fair value of our investment in EnerTech (Level 3) using quoted market prices for underlying publicly traded securities, and estimated enterprise values are determined using cash flow projections and market multiples of the underlying non-public companies.

Investment in EnerTech

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we collected a distribution of $361, reducing our carrying value. The following table presents the reconciliation of the carrying value and unrealized gains to the fair value of the investment in EnerTech as of March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016:

	March 31,		September 30,
	2017		2016
Carrying value	$	558	$	919
Unrealized gains		183		159
Fair value	$	741	$	1,078

At each reporting date, the Company performs evaluations of impairment for this investment to determine if any unrealized losses are other-than-temporary. There was no impairment as of March 31, 2017 or September 30, 2016.