Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

LEASES

The Company leases land, property and equipment under certain operating leases. The Company's leases consist primarily of access to distribution terminals, bio-based diesel and feedstock storage tanks, railcars and vehicles. The Company determines at the inception of a lease whether an arrangement that provides the Company control over the use of an asset is a lease. The Company recognizes at lease commencement a right-of-use ("ROU") asset and lease liability based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term. The Company has elected not to recognize a ROU asset and lease liability for leases with terms of 12 months or less. At the end of the lease term the Company, generally, has the option to (a) return the leased equipment to the lessor, (b) purchase the property at its then fair value or (c) renew its lease at the fair rental value on a year-to-year basis or for an agreed upon term. When it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option, the impact of the option is included in the lease term for purposes of determining total future lease payments. As most of its lease agreements do not explicitly state the discount rate implicit in the lease, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate on the commencement date to calculate the present value of future payments.

The Company's leases commonly include payments that are based on the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") or other similar indices. If the indices are known at inception of the leases, they are included in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability. Other variable lease payments, such as usage-based amounts or when the indices are not known at inception, are excluded from the ROU asset and lease liability, and are expensed as incurred.

In addition to the base rent, office equipment leases typically contain provisions for maintenance services, which are considered non-lease components for accounting purposes. For these leases, non-lease components are excluded from our ROU assets and lease liabilities and expensed as incurred. For all other types of leases, we apply a practical expedient to include these non-lease components in calculating the ROU asset and lease liability.

The following table summarizes information about the Company's lease expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:


	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Lease expense:
Operating lease expenses	$	19,348	$	18,022
Variable lease expenses	1,885		1,682
Short-term and other lease expenses	974		1,778
Total lease expense	$	22,207	$	21,482

The weighted-average remaining lease term for the Company's operating leases is 5.70 years as of December 31, 2021. The weighted-average discount rate for the Company's operating leases is 3.24% as of December 31, 2021.

For each of the next five calendar years and thereafter, future minimum lease payments and scheduled maturities under operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year are as follows:


	Total payments		Less: Discount		Operating lease obligation
2022	$	14,407	$	1,381	$	13,026
2023	11,767		1,002		10,765
2024	8,847		732		8,115
2025	6,183		546		5,637
2026	3,931		410		3,521
2027 and thereafter	11,764		813		10,951
Total	$	56,899	$	4,884	$	52,015