Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions	3. Related Party Transactions During 2013, we sold the majority of our investment in Real Goods Solar, Inc. (“RSOL”) for total net proceeds of approximately $25 million. Following the sale of the first portion in May 2013, our voting ownership percentage declined to below 20% and our Chairman resigned as Chairman of RSOL’s board and, thus, we no longer had significant influence over Real Goods Solar. Therefore, we changed our accounting for our investment in RSOL from the equity to cost method. Due to this accounting method change, we no longer report our portion of RSOL’s net income or loss each period.

Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

3. Related Party Transactions

During 2013, we sold the majority of our investment in Real Goods Solar, Inc. (“RSOL”) for total net proceeds of approximately $25 million. Following the sale of the first portion in May 2013, our voting ownership percentage declined to below 20% and our Chairman resigned as Chairman of RSOL’s board and, thus, we no longer had significant influence over Real Goods Solar. Therefore, we changed our accounting for our investment in RSOL from the equity to cost method. Due to this accounting method change, we no longer report our portion of RSOL’s net income or loss each period.

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The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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