Sunrun Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Derivatives

Derivatives

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Interest Rate Swaps

The Company uses interest rate swaps to hedge variable interest payments due on certain of its term loans and aggregation facility. These swaps allow the Company to incur fixed interest rates on these loans and receive payments based on variable interest rates with the swap counterparty based on the one or three month LIBOR on the notional amounts over the life of the swaps.

Certain interest rate swaps have been designated as cash flow hedges. The credit risk adjustment associated with these swaps is the risk of non-performance by the counterparties to the contracts. In the year ended December 31, 2020, the majority of hedge relationships on the Company’s interest rate swaps have been assessed as highly effective as the quarterly assessment performed determined changes in cash flows of the derivative instruments have been highly effective in offsetting the changes in the cash flows of the hedged items and are expected to be highly effective in the future. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of income taxes. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are subsequently reclassified into earnings, and are included in interest expense, net in the Company’s statements of operations, in the period that the hedged forecasted transactions affects earnings. To the extent that the hedge relationships are not effective, changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recorded in other expenses, net in the Company's statements of operations on a prospective basis.

The Company’s master netting and other similar arrangements allow net settlements under certain conditions. When those conditions are met, the Company presents derivatives at net fair value. As of December 31, 2020, the information related to these offsetting arrangements were as follows (in thousands):


Instrument Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets / Liabilities		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet		Net Amounts of Assets / Liabilities Included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet		Notional Amount (1)
Assets:
Derivatives	$	5,218	$	(19)	$	5,199	$	357,875

Liabilities:
Derivatives	(175,444)		19		(175,425)		1,987,126
Total	$	(170,226)	$	—	$	(170,226)	$	2,345,001

(1)Comprised of 52 interest rate swaps which effectively fix the LIBOR portion of interest rates on outstanding balances of certain loans under the senior and securitized sections of the debt footnote table (see Note 11, Indebtedness) at 0.57% to 3.33% per annum. These swaps mature from April 30, 2021 to January 31, 2043.

As of December 31, 2019, the information related to these offsetting arrangements were as follows (in thousands):


Instrument Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets / Liabilities		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet		Net Amounts of Assets / Liabilities Included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet		Notional Amount
Assets:
Derivatives	$	683	$	(615)	$	68	$	11,605

Liabilities:
Derivatives	(64,361)		615		(63,746)		1,161,092
Total	$	(63,678)	$	—	$	(63,678)	$	1,172,697

The losses (gains) on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges recognized into OCI, before tax effect, consisted of the following (in thousands):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
Interest rate swaps	$	86,367	$	65,809	$	(8,602)

The losses (gains) on derivatives financial instruments recognized into the consolidated statements of operations, before tax effect, consisted of the following (in thousands):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2020				2019				2018
	Interest expense, net		Other expense, net		Interest expense, net		Other expense, net		Interest expense, net		Other expense, net
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
Interest rate swaps
Losses (gains) reclassified from AOCI into income	$	12,971	$	—	$	(785)	$	—	$	295	$	(7,549)
Derivatives not designated as cash flow hedges:
Interest rate swaps
Gains recognized into income	—		(2,911)		—		—		—		—
Total losses (gains)	$	12,971	$	(2,911)	$	(785)	$	—	$	295	$	(7,549)

All amounts in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ("AOCI") in the consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity relate to derivatives, refer to the consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income. The net (loss) gain on derivatives includes the tax effect of $19.4 million, $17.7 million and $0.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

During the next 12 months, the Company expects to reclassify $28.2 million of net losses on derivative instruments from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings. There were six undesignated derivative instruments recorded by the Company as of December 31, 2020.