Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and include the accounts of all consolidated subsidiaries after the elimination of all intercompany accounts and transactions. In management’s opinion, all necessary adjustments to fairly present our results of operations, financial position and cash flows for the periods presented have been made and all such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Significant Accounting Policies

There were no material changes in our significant accounting policies from those described in our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Below is an update of our accounting policies related to Goodwill and Unit-Based Compensation, and a description of Crestwood Equity's Long Term Incentive Plan.

Goodwill. The goodwill impairments recorded during the first quarter of 2016 primarily resulted from increasing the discount rates utilized in determining the fair value of the reporting units considering the significant, sustained decrease in the market price of our common units and the continued decrease in commodity prices and its impact on the midstream industry and our customers during that period. We utilized the income approach to determine the fair value of our reporting units given the limited availability of comparable market-based transactions as of March 31, 2016, and we utilized discount rates ranging from 10% to 19% in applying the income approach to determine the fair value of our reporting units with goodwill as of March 31, 2016.

The following table summarizes goodwill impairments of certain of our reporting units recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 (in millions):



Gathering and Processing
Marcellus	$	8.6
Storage and Transportation
COLT	13.7
Marketing, Supply and Logistics
Supply and Logistics	65.5
Storage and Terminals	14.1
Trucking	7.8
Total	$	109.7

Unit-Based Compensation. Effective January 1, 2017, we adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions, including the classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and the presentation on the statement of cash flows. The adoption of this accounting standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Crestwood Equity Long Term Incentive Plan. As of September 30, 2017, Crestwood Equity had 404,847 performance units outstanding under the Crestwood Equity Partners LP Long Term Incentive Plan (Crestwood LTIP) that were issued in 2017. The performance units are designed to provide an incentive for continuous employment to certain key employees. The vesting of performance units is subject to the attainment of certain performance and market goals over a three-year period, and entitle a participant to receive common units of Crestwood Equity without payment of an exercise price upon vesting. As of September 30, 2017, we had total unamortized compensation expense of approximately $7.6 million related to these performance units, which we expect will be amortized during the next three years. We recognized compensation expense of approximately $0.9 million and $2.9 million under the Crestwood LTIP related to these performance units during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, which is included in general and administrative expenses on our consolidated statements of operations.

New Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not Yet Adopted

As of September 30, 2017, the following accounting standards had not yet been adopted by us:

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes current revenue recognition guidance. We anticipate utilizing the modified retrospective method to adopt the provisions of this standard effective January 1, 2018 and are currently applying the provisions of the standard to our aggregated listing of gathering and processing, storage and transportation, and marketing, supply and logistics revenue contracts that involve revenue generating activities that occur after January 1, 2018. We are also in the process of implementing appropriate changes to our processes, systems and controls to support the accounting and disclosure requirements of the new standard. We are currently evaluating the impact that this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements, and currently believe that the standard will require us to begin classifying certain capital expenditure reimbursements received from our customers as deferred revenue rather than as reductions of property, plant and equipment in our consolidated financial statements. We currently anticipate that approximately $60 million to $70 million of these net reimbursements will be reclassified to net deferred revenue on January 1, 2018, which would result in a $15 million to $25 million cumulative effect of accounting change being recorded as an increase to partners' capital on January 1, 2018. In addition, we currently believe that the standard will require us to begin classifying service revenues on certain of our gathering and processing contracts as reductions of costs of product sold prospectively beginning January 1, 2018. We continue to evaluate the impact that this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements, especially as it relates to non-cash consideration received under certain of our gathering, processing, storage and transportation contracts.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which revises the accounting for leases by requiring certain leases to be recognized as assets and liabilities on the balance sheet, and requiring companies to disclose additional information about their leasing arrangements. We expect to adopt the provisions of this standard effective January 1, 2019 and are currently evaluating the impact that this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, which clarifies how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. We expect to adopt the provisions of this standard effective January 1, 2018 and are currently evaluating the impact that this standard may have on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which changes the annual quantitative goodwill impairment test to eliminate the current two step method and replace it with a single test to determine if goodwill is impaired and the amount of any impairment. We are required to adopt the provisions of this standard by January 1, 2020 and are currently evaluating the impact that this standard may have on our consolidated financial statements.