Revolving Line of Credit and Term Loan	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Revolving Line of Credit and Term Loan	6. Revolving Line of Credit and Term Loan Under a loan agreement, as amended, with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB Loan”), the Company has a revolving line of credit that provides for advances not to exceed $6.5 million based upon a borrowing base of 75% of eligible accounts receivable. All borrowings are collateralized by a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets other than its interests in Alteris Project Financing Company LLC, and bear interest at the greater of the bank’s prime rate or 4.00% plus 4.75%. The interest rate accruing on borrowings during a Streamline Period (as defined in the SVB Loan) is the greater of the bank’s prime rate or 4.00% plus 2.00%. The original maturity date for the SVB Loan was October 30, 2012 and the maturity date was first extended to March 31, 2013 on October 30, 2012, then to September 30, 2013 on March 27, 2013, and then to September 30, 2014 on September 29, 2013. The line of credit has a facility fee of 0.5% per year of the average daily unused portion of the available line of credit during the applicable calendar quarter. We may reserve up to $500,000 for stand-by letters of credit under the line of credit. The SVB Loan establishing the line of credit contains various covenants, including a covenant requiring compliance with a liquidity ratio. The fourth amendment to the SVB Loan required the borrowers to pay a final payment fee of $60,000 in cash upon termination or maturity of the revolving line of credit, which was reduced to $40,000 following our equity funding during June 2013 of $8.4 million in net proceeds. The Company paid the final payment of $40,000 in conjunction with the Fifth Loan Modification Agreement. At December 31, 2013, RGS had zero of outstanding borrowings under this facility. Also under the Fifth Loan Modification Agreement, SVB agreed to extend to RGS a term loan of up to $2.0 million under the terms of the loan agreement (the “Term Loan”) in addition to the $6.5 million revolving line of credit. The Term Loan matures on September 29, 2014. RGS is required to make monthly payments of interest only on the Term Loan and may prepay the Term Loan in whole or in part at any time without penalty. The proceeds of the Term Loan were used to repay in full the outstanding indebtedness owed to Gaiam, as required (see Note 8. – Related Party Debt). On March 23, 2014, our wholly-owned subsidiaries Real Goods Energy Tech, Inc., Real Goods Trading Corporation, Alteris Renewables, Inc. and Real Goods Syndicated, Inc. entered into a Waiver Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank pursuant to which Silicon Valley Bank waived (i) our failure to comply with the minimum EBITDA financial covenant contained in Section 6.9(b) of the Loan Agreement, for the quarterly compliance period ended December 31, 2013, and (ii) testing of the minimum EBITDA financial covenant contained in Section 6.9(b) of the Loan Agreement solely for the quarterly compliance period ending March 31, 2014. In connection with executing the Waiver Agreement, we paid to Silicon Valley Bank a fee of $10,000. As of March 21, 2014, we had no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility, and $2.0 million outstanding under the Term Loan, under the Loan Agreement.

6. Revolving Line of Credit and Term Loan

Under a loan agreement, as amended, with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB Loan”), the Company has a revolving line of credit that provides for advances not to exceed $6.5 million based upon a borrowing base of 75% of eligible accounts receivable. All borrowings are collateralized by a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets other than its interests in Alteris Project Financing Company LLC, and bear interest at the greater of the bank’s prime rate or 4.00% plus 4.75%. The interest rate accruing on borrowings during a Streamline Period (as defined in the SVB Loan) is the greater of the bank’s prime rate or 4.00% plus 2.00%. The original maturity date for the SVB Loan was October 30, 2012 and the maturity date was first extended to March 31, 2013 on October 30, 2012, then to September 30, 2013 on March 27, 2013, and then to September 30, 2014 on September 29, 2013. The line of credit has a facility fee of 0.5% per year of the average daily unused portion of the available line of credit during the applicable calendar quarter. We may reserve up to $500,000 for stand-by letters of credit under the line of credit. The SVB Loan establishing the line of credit contains various covenants, including a covenant requiring compliance with a liquidity ratio. The fourth amendment to the SVB Loan required the borrowers to pay a final payment fee of $60,000 in cash upon termination or maturity of the revolving line of credit, which was reduced to $40,000 following our equity funding during June 2013 of $8.4 million in net proceeds. The Company paid the final payment of $40,000 in conjunction with the Fifth Loan Modification Agreement. At December 31, 2013, RGS had zero of outstanding borrowings under this facility.

Also under the Fifth Loan Modification Agreement, SVB agreed to extend to RGS a term loan of up to $2.0 million under the terms of the loan agreement (the “Term Loan”) in addition to the $6.5 million revolving line of credit. The Term Loan matures on September 29, 2014. RGS is required to make monthly payments of interest only on the Term Loan and may prepay the Term Loan in whole or in part at any time without penalty. The proceeds of the Term Loan were used to repay in full the outstanding indebtedness owed to Gaiam, as required (see Note 8. – Related Party Debt).

On March 23, 2014, our wholly-owned subsidiaries Real Goods Energy Tech, Inc., Real Goods Trading Corporation, Alteris Renewables, Inc. and Real Goods Syndicated, Inc. entered into a Waiver Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank pursuant to which Silicon Valley Bank waived (i) our failure to comply with the minimum EBITDA financial covenant contained in Section 6.9(b) of the Loan Agreement, for the quarterly compliance period ended December 31, 2013, and (ii) testing of the minimum EBITDA financial covenant contained in Section 6.9(b) of the Loan Agreement solely for the quarterly compliance period ending March 31, 2014. In connection with executing the Waiver Agreement, we paid to Silicon Valley Bank a fee of $10,000. As of March 21, 2014, we had no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility, and $2.0 million outstanding under the Term Loan, under the Loan Agreement.