Cash Flow Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

15. Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:


	For the Year Ended
	December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Cash paid during the year:
Income taxes paid	$	—	$	—	$	—
Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized		14,666		13,706		16,178
Non-cash investing activities - capital assets acquired under installment contracts		2,497		1,309		90
Non-cash financing activities - common shares issued for performance based compensation, net of withholding taxes paid		400		—		—

The Company includes restricted cash with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown in the statement of cash flows. The following is a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported in the consolidated balance sheets to the total of such amounts in the consolidated statements of cash flows (dollars in thousands):


	December 31,
	2017		2016
Cash and cash equivalents	$	40,759	$	15,821
Restricted cash included in other current assets
Escrow deposits for capacity sales		—		5,000
Restricted cash included in other assets
Other		250		325
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	41,009	$	21,146

The escrow deposits for capacity sales are more fully described in Note 13. The restriction on the escrow deposits was removed in 2017.