Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Note 18. Subsequent Events Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic On March 18, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we temporarily suspended operations at our Torrington, Connecticut manufacturing facility and also ordered those employees that could work from home to do so. This suspension was subsequently extended following the guidance of Connecticut’s stay at home orders, and we now are tentatively planning to resume operations in the manufacturing facility on June 22, 2020. We continue to evaluate our plans based on federal, state and local guidance, evolving data concerning the pandemic and the best interests of our employees, customers and stockholders. All employees that are not able to work from home due to their job function are still receiving full wages and benefits. To date, we have not implemented any furlough, layoff or shared work program supported by the State of Connecticut. If production resumes as currently planned on June 22, 2020, we do not expect a material adverse impact to current project schedules as a result of the shutdown. However, if we do not resume production as planned, our project schedules and associated financing could be adversely affected. Additionally, while we have attempted to continue business development activities during the pandemic, state and local shut downs, shelter in place orders and travel restrictions have impeded our ability to meet with customers and solicit new business and certain bids and solicitations in which we typically participate have been postponed. We expect these impacts to continue until such shut downs, shelter in place orders and travel restrictions are fully lifted and bids and solicitations are allowed to proceed. On April 20, 2020, we entered into the PPP Note evidencing a loan to us from Liberty Bank under the CARES Act. Pursuant to the PPP Note, we received total proceeds of approximately $6.5 million on April 24, 2020. In order to obtain the consent of the Agent and the Orion Lenders under the Orion Facility to enter into the PPP Note, the Agent and the Orion Lenders have required the Company to apply for forgiveness within 30 days after the last day of the loan forgiveness period as designated under the PPP regulations in effect as of June 6, 2020. If we seek forgiveness of the loan, we must apply for such forgiveness by October 31, 2020. On June 5, 2020, the PPP Flexibility Act was signed into law, extending the loan forgiveness period from 8 weeks to 24 weeks after loan origination, reducing the required amount of payroll expenditures from 75% to 60%, removing the prior ban on borrowers taking advantage of payroll tax deferral after loan forgiveness and allowing for the amendment of the maturity date on existing loans from two years to five years. The Company is evaluating the impact of these changes on its PPP Note. While we may apply for forgiveness of the PPP Note in accordance with the requirements and limitations under the CARES Act and the SBA regulations and requirements, no assurance can be given that any portion of the PPP Note will be forgiven. Based on guidance from the United States Department of the Treasury, since the total PPP Note proceeds exceeded $2.0 million, our forgiveness application will be subject to audit by the SBA. Increase in Authorized Shares The Company obtained stockholder approval on May 8, 2020 at the reconvened Annual Meeting of Stockholders to increase the number of shares of common stock we are authorized to issue under our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. Our stockholders approved a 112,500,000 increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock. Accordingly, on May 11, 2020, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company with the Delaware Secretary of State increasing the total number of authorized shares of common stock from 225,000,000 shares to 337,500,000 shares. Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan At the reconvened Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 8, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the FuelCell Energy, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as so amended and restated, the “Plan”), which authorizes the Company to issue up to 4,000,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to awards under the Plan and provides for an increase in the annual limit on the grant-date fair value of awards to any non-employee director of the Company from $200,000 to $250,000. Following the approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, the Plan provides the Company with the authority to issue a total of 4,333,333 shares of the Company’s common stock, 1,000,000 shares of which have been reserved for settlement of restricted stock units granted pursuant to an employment agreement, effective as of August 26, 2019, between the Company and Jason Few, our President and Chief Executive Officer (the “Sign-On Award”). The Sign-On Award was contingent upon obtaining stockholder approval of a sufficient number of additional shares under the Plan. The Plan authorizes grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, shares, performance shares, performance units, incentive awards and dividend equivalent units to officers, other employees, directors, consultants and advisors. Fifth Amendment to Orion Credit Agreement On October 31, 2019, the Company and certain of its affiliates as guarantors entered into the Orion Credit Agreement with the Agent and certain lenders affiliated with the Agent for the $200.0 million Orion Facility, which is structured as a delayed draw term loan to be provided by the lenders primarily to fund certain of the Company’s construction and related costs for fuel cell projects which meet the requirements of the Orion Facility. The Orion Credit Agreement was amended on November 22, 2019, January 20, 2020, February 11, 2020 and April 30, 2020. Refer to Note 16 – “Debt and Financing Obligations” for detailed descriptions of the Orion Credit Agreement and each of these amendments thereto. In order to alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, on June 8, 2020, the Company, certain of its affiliates as guarantors, the Agent and the lenders entered into the Fifth Orion Amendment. Pursuant to the terms of the Fifth Orion Amendment, the lenders agreed to make a commitment to make certain loans to the Company in an aggregate principal amount of up to $35 million (which are referred to herein as the “Secondary Facility Loans”), and the Company, the guarantors, the Agent and the lenders agreed to amend the Orion Credit Agreement to facilitate the provision of such Secondary Facility Loans. Pursuant to the Orion Credit Agreement, as amended by the Fifth Orion Amendment, the lenders have committed to make Secondary Facility Loans up to an aggregate amount of $35 million available to the Company for general corporate purposes of the Company or the guarantors in accordance with either (i) the then effective Operating Budget (as defined in the Orion Credit Agreement) of the Company or the guarantors or (ii) the cash use forecast delivered by the Company to the Agent on June 6, 2020. The Secondary Facility Loan commitment allows the Company to draw on the Secondary Facility Loans commencing on June 5, 2020 (the “Commencement Date”) and terminating on September 14, 2020 (the “Termination Date”). The Company may make draws on the Secondary Facility Loans in amounts of no less than $5 million, and no more than $15 million may be drawn in any 30 day period, provided that the Company may draw any remaining available funds under the Secondary Facility Loans between August 15, 2020 and the Termination Date. Any drawn amounts must be fully repaid on or before September 1, 2021 (the “Secondary Facility Repayment Date”). The amended Orion Credit Agreement contains representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants and events of default, including failure to make payments when due and termination of or default under certain material agreements as specified in the Orion Credit Agreement, that entitle the Agent and the lenders to cause the Company’s indebtedness under the amended Orion Credit Agreement to become immediately due and payable. In exchange for the Secondary Facility Loan commitment, the Company will pay to the lenders an option premium of $1 million on the earlier of September 14, 2020 and the date of full repayment of all amounts drawn on the Secondary Facility Loans. Such option premium is fully earned on the Commencement Date and non-refundable and non-creditable thereafter, and is due and payable whether or not any draw is ever made under the Secondary Facility Loan commitment. Additionally, for each draw made on the Secondary Facility Loans, the Company must pay to the lenders an initial draw discount of 5% of the amount drawn. In the event that full repayment of all amounts drawn under the Secondary Facility Loans has not occurred within 6 months of the date of initial draw, the Company must pay to the lenders an additional draw discount in the amount of 10% of any amount outstanding under the Secondary Facility Loans as of such date. In the event that full repayment has not occurred within 9 months of the date of initial draw under the Secondary Facility Loans, the Company must pay to the lenders an additional draw discount in the amount of 20% of any amount outstanding as of such date. All of such draw discounts will be fully earned on the respective dates and non-refundable and non-creditable thereafter, and will be due on the earlier of the Secondary Facility Repayment Date and the date of full repayment of all amounts drawn under the Secondary Facility Loans. In connection with the lenders making the commitment to make Secondary Facility Loans, the Company is providing additional collateral to the lenders by a pledge of all of the Company’s intellectual property assets. All liens on the Company’s intellectual property will be released upon full repayment of all amounts drawn on the Secondary Facility Loans or upon termination of the Secondary Facility Loan commitment if no amounts are drawn. Under the amended Orion Credit Agreement, cash interest of 9.9% per annum will be paid quarterly on all outstanding amounts under the Secondary Facility Loans. In addition to the cash interest, payment-in-kind interest of 2.05% per annum will accrue which will be added to the outstanding principal balance under the existing Orion Facility, but will be paid quarterly in cash to the extent of available cash after payment of the Company’s operating expenses and the funding of certain reserves for payment of outstanding indebtedness to the State of Connecticut and Connecticut Green Bank. Any drawn amounts on the Secondary Facility Loans may be prepaid at any time without penalty. The Company is required to prepay any draws on the Secondary Facility Loans in the event that the Company (i) issues or incurs any indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness as defined in the Orion Credit Agreement) (“Debt”) or (ii) issues or sells any capital stock or any option, warrant or other instrument, security or right that is convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock (“Equity”), by applying 100% of the net proceeds of any such Debt issuance and 50% of the net proceeds of any such Equity issuance to pay down the outstanding amounts under the Secondary Facility Loans. Termination of At Market Issuance Sales Agreement On June 5, 2020, the Company provided written notice to B. Riley FBR, Inc. of the Company’s determination to terminate the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated October 4, 2019, effective as of 5 p.m. Eastern Time on June 12, 2020.

Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2020

Note 18. Subsequent Events

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 18, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we temporarily suspended operations at our Torrington, Connecticut manufacturing facility and also ordered those employees that could work from home to do so. This suspension was subsequently extended following the guidance of Connecticut’s stay at home orders, and we now are tentatively planning to resume operations in the manufacturing facility on June 22, 2020. We continue to evaluate our plans based on federal, state and local guidance, evolving data concerning the pandemic and the best interests of our employees, customers and stockholders. All employees that are not able to work from home due to their job function are still receiving full wages and benefits. To date, we have not implemented any furlough, layoff or shared work program supported by the State of Connecticut. If production resumes as currently planned on June 22, 2020, we do not expect a material adverse impact to current project schedules as a result of the shutdown. However, if we do not resume production as planned, our project schedules and associated financing could be adversely affected. Additionally, while we have attempted to continue business development activities during the pandemic, state and local shut downs, shelter in place orders and travel restrictions have impeded our ability to meet with customers and solicit new business and certain bids and solicitations in which we typically participate have been postponed. We expect these impacts to continue until such shut downs, shelter in place orders and travel restrictions are fully lifted and bids and solicitations are allowed to proceed.

On April 20, 2020, we entered into the PPP Note evidencing a loan to us from Liberty Bank under the CARES Act. Pursuant to the PPP Note, we received total proceeds of approximately $6.5 million on April 24, 2020. In order to obtain the consent of the Agent and the Orion Lenders under the Orion Facility to enter into the PPP Note, the Agent and the Orion Lenders have required the Company to apply for forgiveness within 30 days after the last day of the loan forgiveness period as designated under the PPP regulations in effect as of June 6, 2020. If we seek forgiveness of the loan, we must apply for such forgiveness by October 31, 2020.

On June 5, 2020, the PPP Flexibility Act was signed into law, extending the loan forgiveness period from 8 weeks to 24 weeks after loan origination, reducing the required amount of payroll expenditures from 75% to 60%, removing the prior ban on borrowers taking advantage of payroll tax deferral after loan forgiveness and allowing for the amendment of the maturity date on existing loans from two years to five years. The Company is evaluating the impact of these changes on its PPP Note.

While we may apply for forgiveness of the PPP Note in accordance with the requirements and limitations under the CARES Act and the SBA regulations and requirements, no assurance can be given that any portion of the PPP Note will be forgiven. Based on guidance from the United States Department of the Treasury, since the total PPP Note proceeds exceeded $2.0 million, our forgiveness application will be subject to audit by the SBA.

Increase in Authorized Shares

The Company obtained stockholder approval on May 8, 2020 at the reconvened Annual Meeting of Stockholders to increase the number of shares of common stock we are authorized to issue under our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. Our stockholders approved a 112,500,000 increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock. Accordingly, on May 11, 2020, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company with the Delaware Secretary of State increasing the total number of authorized shares of common stock from 225,000,000 shares to 337,500,000 shares.

Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan

At the reconvened Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 8, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the FuelCell Energy, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as so amended and restated, the “Plan”), which authorizes the Company to issue up to 4,000,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to awards under the Plan and provides for an increase in the annual limit on the grant-date fair value of awards to any non-employee director of the Company from $200,000 to $250,000.

Following the approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, the Plan provides the Company with the authority to issue a total of 4,333,333 shares of the Company’s common stock, 1,000,000 shares of which have been reserved for settlement of restricted stock units granted pursuant to an employment agreement, effective as of August 26, 2019, between the Company and Jason Few, our President and Chief Executive Officer (the “Sign-On Award”). The Sign-On Award was contingent upon obtaining stockholder approval of a sufficient number of additional shares under the Plan. The Plan authorizes grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, shares, performance shares, performance units, incentive awards and dividend equivalent units to officers, other employees, directors, consultants and advisors.

Fifth Amendment to Orion Credit Agreement

On October 31, 2019, the Company and certain of its affiliates as guarantors entered into the Orion Credit Agreement with the Agent and certain lenders affiliated with the Agent for the $200.0 million Orion Facility, which is structured as a delayed draw term loan to be provided by the lenders primarily to fund certain of the Company’s construction and related costs for fuel cell projects which meet the requirements of the Orion Facility. The Orion Credit Agreement was amended on November 22, 2019, January 20, 2020, February 11, 2020 and April 30, 2020. Refer to Note 16 – “Debt and Financing Obligations” for detailed descriptions of the Orion Credit Agreement and each of these amendments thereto.

In order to alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, on June 8, 2020, the Company, certain of its affiliates as guarantors, the Agent and the lenders entered into the Fifth Orion Amendment. Pursuant to the terms of the Fifth Orion Amendment, the lenders agreed to make a commitment to make certain loans to the Company in an aggregate principal amount of up to $35 million (which are referred to herein as the “Secondary Facility Loans”), and the Company, the guarantors, the Agent and the lenders agreed to amend the Orion Credit Agreement to facilitate the provision of such Secondary Facility Loans.

Pursuant to the Orion Credit Agreement, as amended by the Fifth Orion Amendment, the lenders have committed to make Secondary Facility Loans up to an aggregate amount of $35 million available to the Company for general corporate purposes of the Company or the guarantors in accordance with either (i) the then effective Operating Budget (as defined in the Orion Credit Agreement) of the Company or the guarantors or (ii) the cash use forecast delivered by the Company to the Agent on June 6, 2020. The Secondary Facility Loan commitment allows the Company to draw on the Secondary Facility Loans commencing on June 5, 2020 (the “Commencement Date”) and terminating on September 14, 2020 (the “Termination

Date”). The Company may make draws on the Secondary Facility Loans in amounts of no less than $5 million, and no more than $15 million may be drawn in any 30 day period, provided that the Company may draw any remaining available funds under the Secondary Facility Loans between August 15, 2020 and the Termination Date. Any drawn amounts must be fully repaid on or before September 1, 2021 (the “Secondary Facility Repayment Date”). The amended Orion Credit Agreement contains representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants and events of default, including failure to make payments when due and termination of or default under certain material agreements as specified in the Orion Credit Agreement, that entitle the Agent and the lenders to cause the Company’s indebtedness under the amended Orion Credit Agreement to become immediately due and payable.

In exchange for the Secondary Facility Loan commitment, the Company will pay to the lenders an option premium of $1 million on the earlier of September 14, 2020 and the date of full repayment of all amounts drawn on the Secondary Facility Loans. Such option premium is fully earned on the Commencement Date and non-refundable and non-creditable thereafter, and is due and payable whether or not any draw is ever made under the Secondary Facility Loan commitment. Additionally, for each draw made on the Secondary Facility Loans, the Company must pay to the lenders an initial draw discount of 5% of the amount drawn. In the event that full repayment of all amounts drawn under the Secondary Facility Loans has not occurred within 6 months of the date of initial draw, the Company must pay to the lenders an additional draw discount in the amount of 10% of any amount outstanding under the Secondary Facility Loans as of such date. In the event that full repayment has not occurred within 9 months of the date of initial draw under the Secondary Facility Loans, the Company must pay to the lenders an additional draw discount in the amount of 20% of any amount outstanding as of such date. All of such draw discounts will be fully earned on the respective dates and non-refundable and non-creditable thereafter, and will be due on the earlier of the Secondary Facility Repayment Date and the date of full repayment of all amounts drawn under the Secondary Facility Loans.

In connection with the lenders making the commitment to make Secondary Facility Loans, the Company is providing additional collateral to the lenders by a pledge of all of the Company’s intellectual property assets. All liens on the Company’s intellectual property will be released upon full repayment of all amounts drawn on the Secondary Facility Loans or upon termination of the Secondary Facility Loan commitment if no amounts are drawn.

Under the amended Orion Credit Agreement, cash interest of 9.9% per annum will be paid quarterly on all outstanding amounts under the Secondary Facility Loans. In addition to the cash interest, payment-in-kind interest of 2.05% per annum will accrue which will be added to the outstanding principal balance under the existing Orion Facility, but will be paid quarterly in cash to the extent of available cash after payment of the Company’s operating expenses and the funding of certain reserves for payment of outstanding indebtedness to the State of Connecticut and Connecticut Green Bank. Any drawn amounts on the Secondary Facility Loans may be prepaid at any time without penalty.

The Company is required to prepay any draws on the Secondary Facility Loans in the event that the Company (i) issues or incurs any indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness as defined in the Orion Credit Agreement) (“Debt”) or (ii) issues or sells any capital stock or any option, warrant or other instrument, security or right that is convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock (“Equity”), by applying 100% of the net proceeds of any such Debt issuance and 50% of the net proceeds of any such Equity issuance to pay down the outstanding amounts under the Secondary Facility Loans.

Termination of At Market Issuance Sales Agreement

On June 5, 2020, the Company provided written notice to B. Riley FBR, Inc. of the Company’s determination to terminate the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated October 4, 2019, effective as of 5 p.m. Eastern Time on June 12, 2020.