Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Leases as Lessee

SCE has entered into various agreements to purchase power, electric capacity and other energy products that may be accounted for as leases as SCE has dispatch rights that determine when and how a plant runs. Prior to January 1, 2019, a power purchase agreement contained a lease when SCE purchased substantially all of the output from a specific plant and did not otherwise meet a fixed price unit of output exception. SCE also leases property and equipment primarily related to vehicles, office space and other equipment. The terms of the contracts included in the table below are 5 to 20 years for PPA leases, 5 to 72 years for office leases, and 5 to 12 years for the remaining other operating leases.

The following table summarizes SCE's lease payments for operating and finance leases as of March 31, 2019.



(in millions)	PPA Operating Leases¹		Other Operating Leases²		PPA Finance Leases¹
2019	$	118	$	32	$	1
2020	124		33		1
2021	103		27		1
2022	79		22		2
2023	47		17		2
Thereafter	536		101		9
Total lease payments	$	1,007	$	232	$	16
Amount representing interest³	249		62		6
Lease liabilities	$	758	$	170	$	10

At December 31, 2018, SCE's future expected minimum lease commitments under non-cancellable leases were as follows:



(in millions)	PPA Operating Leases¹		Other Operating Leases²		PPA Capital Leases¹
2019	$	148	$	42	$	5
2020	124		31		6
2021	103		27		6
2022	79		22		6
2023	47		17		5
Thereafter	536		101		66
Total lease payments	$	1,037	$	240	$	94
Amount representing executory costs					(25		)
Amount representing interest					(33		)
Net commitments⁴					$	36


¹	Excludes expected purchases from most renewable energy contracts, which do not meet the definition of a lease payment since renewable power generation is contingent on external factors.


²	Excludes escalation clauses based on consumer price or other indices and residual value guarantees that are not considered probable at the commencement date of the lease.


³	Lease payments are discounted to their present value using SCE's incremental borrowing rates.


⁴	Includes two contracts with net commitments of $26 million that will commence in 2019.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to SCE's leases was as follows:



(in millions)	March 31, 2019
Operating leases:
Operating lease ROU assets	$	928
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	156
Operating lease liabilities	772
Total operating lease liabilities	$	928

Finance leases included in:
Utility property, plant and equipment, gross	$	14
Accumulated depreciation	(4		)
Utility property, plant and equipment, net	10
Other current liabilities	1
Other long-term liabilities	9
Total finance lease liabilities	$	10

The timing of SCE's recognition of the lease expense conforms to ratemaking treatment for SCE's recovery of the cost of electricity and is included in purchased power for operating leases and interest and amortization expense for finance leases. The following table summarizes the components of SCE's lease expense:



(in millions)	Three months ended March 31, 2019
PPA leases:
Operating lease cost	$	30
Variable lease cost	372
Total PPA lease cost	402
Other operating leases cost	11
Total lease cost	$	413

Other information related to leases was as follows:



(in millions, except lease term and discount rate)	Three months ended March 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases
PPA leases	$	30
Other leases	11

ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Other operating leases	9

Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):
Operating leases
PPA leases	12.85
Other leases	12.54
PPA Finance leases	12.14

Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases
PPA leases	4.24		%
Other leases	3.85		%
PPA Finance leases	8.70		%

Leases as Lessor

SCE also enters into operating leases to rent certain land and facilities as a lessor. These leases primarily have terms that range from 15 to 65 years. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, SCE recognized $5 million in lease income, which is included in operating revenue on the consolidated statements of income. At March 31, 2019, the undiscounted cash flow expected to be received from lease payments for the remaining years is as follows:



(in millions)
2019	$	11
2020	15
2021	10
2022	10
2023	9
Thereafter	141
Total	$	196

Leases