Credit Losses

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Credit Losses [Abstract]

Credit Losses

Credit Losses

The Partnership is exposed to credit losses through collection of its trade receivables resulting from contracts with customers and a long-term receivable resulting from a financing transaction with a customer. The Partnership records an allowance for current expected credit losses on these receivables based on the loss-rate method. NRP assessed the likelihood of collection of its receivables utilizing historical loss rates, current market conditions that included the estimated impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, industry and macroeconomic factors, reasonable and supportable forecasts and facts or circumstances of individual customers and properties. Examples of these facts or circumstances include, but are not limited to, contract disputes or renegotiations with the customer and evaluation of short and long-term economic viability of the contracted property. For its long-term contract receivable, management reverts to the historical loss experience immediately after the reasonable and supportable forecast period ends.

As of September 30, 2020, NRP recorded the following current expected credit loss (“CECL”) related to its receivables and long-term contract receivable:

(In thousands)	Gross		CECL Allowance		Net
Receivables	$	24,172	$	(2,324)	$	21,848
Long-term contract receivable	35,370		(1,579)		33,791
Total	$	59,542	$	(3,903)	$	55,639

NRP recorded $0.3 million and $0.0 million in operating and maintenance expenses on its Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) related to the change in CECL allowance during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. In addition, the Partnership recorded $0.0 million and $3.9 million of bad debt expense due to balances deemed to be non-collectible in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

NRP has procedures in place to monitor its ongoing credit exposure through timely review of counterparty balances against contract terms and due dates, account and financing receivable reconciliations, bankruptcy monitoring, lessee audits and dispute resolution. The Partnership may employ legal counsel or collection specialists to pursue recovery of defaulted receivables.