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| Number of ethanol plants | Number | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ethanol production capacity per year | 605 million gallons per year | 605 million gallons of annual production capacity, of which plant assets representing 355 million gallons of capacity are either unencumbered, or their entire sales proceeds would be used to repay the senior secured notes. The Company has engaged an independent third party to help facilitate the marketing of certain of these assets; and in excess of $20 million of equity available under the Company’s shelf registration statement, including under its at-the-market equity program. | ||||||||||
| Ethanol market capacity per year | Markets nearly 1.0 billion gallons of ethanol | Markets nearly 1.0 billion gallons of ethanol | ||||||||||
| Other products produced per year | Produces over 3.0 million tons of co-products | Produces over 3.0 million tons of co-products | ||||||||||
| Accounts receivable used as collateral | $ 61,743 | $ 61,743 | $ 54,820 | $ 64,501 | ||||||||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | 39 | 39 | 12 | 19 | ||||||||
| Bad debt expense | 0 | $ 1 | 27 | $ 44 | 45 | 5 | $ 306 | |||||
| Benefit for income taxes | $ 563 | (562) | (321) | (981) | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 69,297 | 69,297 | $ 67,636 | [1] | 80,344 | |||||||
| Employees covered by collective bargaining agreement | 35.00% | |||||||||||
| Net inventory valuation adjustment | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 2,328 | 2,678 | ||||||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 900 | 503 | $ 137 | |||||||||
| Unamortized deferred financing costs | $ 1,377 | $ 1,925 | ||||||||||
| Potentially dilutive shares from convertible securities outstanding | shares | 635,000 | 425,000 | 635,000 | 635,000 | 635,000 | 719,000 | 704,000 | |||||
| Cash | $ 18,921 | $ 56,093 | $ 18,921 | $ 56,093 | $ 26,627 | [1] | $ 49,489 | $ 64,259 | $ 51,550 | |||
| Bad debts recovery | 0 | $ 1 | ||||||||||
| Ethanol production plant assest | 355 million gallons | |||||||||||
| Customer A and B [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable | $ 13,405 | $ 17,792 | ||||||||||
| Concentration risk percentage | 20.00% | 24.00% | ||||||||||
| ACEC [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest owned | 26.07% | 26.07% | ||||||||||
| Pacific Aurora [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Ownership interest | 73.93% | 73.93% | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Pacific Aurora [Member] | ACEC [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Ownership interest | 26.07% | 26.07% | ||||||||||
| Kinergy Marketing LLC [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Cash | 18,900 | $ 18,900 | ||||||||||
| Line of credit | $ 2,200 | $ 2,200 | $ 10,200 | |||||||||
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