VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Assets and Liabilities for the Company's VIEs, Combined by VIE Classifications, that were Included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets

The tables below detail the assets and liabilities (excluding intercompany balances which are eliminated in consolidation) for the Company’s VIEs, combined by VIE classifications, that were included in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010:

	December 31, 2011
	Project Debt		PPAs		Less than Majority- owned Subsidiary
	(Dollars in thousands)
Assets:
Restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	75,521	$	—	$	—
Other current assets		78,013		12,725		—
Property, plant and equipment, net		1,019,082		428,498		—
Construction-in-process		236,101		24,585		11,173
Other long-term assets		57,386		272		—
Total assets	$	1,466,103	$	466,080	$	11,173
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	13,621	$	4,590	$	—
Long-term debt		476,753		—		—
Other long-term liabilities		84,619		7,998		—
Total liabilities	$	574,993	$	12,588	$	—

	December 31, 2010
	Project Debt		PPAs		Less Than Majority- Owned Subsidiary
	(Dollars in thousands)
Assets:
Restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	25,049	$	—	$	—
Other current assets		55,696		15,530		—
Property, plant and equipment, net		933,560		437,840		—
Construction-in-process		113,937		29,985		5,929
Other long-term assets		52,484		270		—
Total assets	$	1,180,726	$	483,625	$	5,929
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	11,195	$	4,533	$	—
Long-term debt		361,024		—		—
Other long-term liabilities		85,373		7,121		—
Total liabilities	$	457,592	$	11,654	$	—