Variable Interest Entities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]

Variable interest entities significant balance sheet accounts

MGE has included the following significant accounts on its consolidated balance sheets related to its interest in these VIEs as of December 31:


	MGE Power Elm Road				MGE Power West Campus
(In thousands)	2022		2021		2022			2021
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	161,167	$	163,325	$	77,280		$	79,183
Construction work in progress		3,410		898		809			493
Affiliate receivables		—		—		1,668			2,211
Accrued interest and accrued (prepaid) taxes		51		37		(8	)		(75	)
Deferred income taxes		30,770		30,696		14,986			14,726
Long-term debt(a)		46,343		48,968		33,354			35,563
Noncontrolling interest		103,333		101,507		44,830			47,080

(a)

MGE Power Elm Road's long-term debt includes debt issuance costs of $0.3 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. The debt is secured by a collateral assignment of lease payments that MGE makes to MGE Power Elm Road for use of the Elm Road Units pursuant to the related long-term leases. MGE Power West Campus's long-term debt includes debt issuance costs of $0.1 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. The debt is secured by a collateral assignment of lease payments that MGE makes to MGE Power West Campus for use of the cogeneration facility pursuant to the long-term lease. See Footnote 14 for further information on the long-term debt securities.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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