Credit Losses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Credit Losses [Abstract]

Credit Losses

Credit Losses

The Partnership is exposed to credit losses through collection of its short-term 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 March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, NRP had the following current expected credit loss (“CECL”) allowance related to its receivables and long-term contract receivable:

	March 31, 2021						December 31, 2020
(In thousands)	Gross		CECL Allowance		Net		Gross		CECL Allowance		Net
Receivables	$	20,986	$	(2,763)	$	18,223	$	18,512	$	(2,358)	$	16,154
Long-term contract receivable	34,255		(1,529)		32,726		34,818		(1,554)		33,264
Total	$	55,241	$	(4,292)	$	50,949	$	53,330	$	(3,912)	$	49,418

NRP recorded $0.4 million and $(0.4) million in operating and maintenance expenses on its Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income related to the change in the CECL allowance during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 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 reconciliation, bankruptcy monitoring, lessee audits and dispute resolution. The Partnership may employ legal counsel or collection specialist to pursue recovery of defaulted receivables.