1.	Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements

Basis of Presentation

InfraREIT, Inc. is a Maryland corporation and the surviving corporation of a merger (Merger) with InfraREIT, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, completed on February 4, 2015 in connection with the initial public offering (IPO) of InfraREIT, Inc. and related transactions effected during the first quarter of 2015 (collectively, the Reorganization). For additional information related to our IPO and Reorganization, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 3, 2016.

The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition, which means for accounting purposes we treated the assets and liabilities of InfraREIT, Inc. as assumed and incorporated with the assets and liabilities of InfraREIT, L.L.C. The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements of InfraREIT, Inc. (which may be referred to as the “Company,” “InfraREIT,” “we,” “our” and “us”) include our accounts and the accounts of all other entities in which we have a controlling financial interest with noncontrolling interest of consolidated subsidiaries reported separately. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q presents the operations of InfraREIT, L.L.C. prior to the Merger and the operations of InfraREIT, Inc. after the Merger.

These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2016. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the SEC on March 3, 2016.

We hold 71.9% of the outstanding partnership units (OP Units) in the InfraREIT Partners, LP (Operating Partnership or InfraREIT LP) as of March 31, 2016 and are its general partner. We include the accounts of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements. MC Transmission Holdings, Inc., which is a subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation, seven members of our board of directors and affiliates of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (HCI) hold the other 28.1% of the outstanding OP Units as of March 31, 2016.

Recent Accounting Guidance

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance

In February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) – Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This amendment affects reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. ASU 2015-02 was effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. We adopted the guidance on January 1, 2016. The adoption of the new guidance did not have an impact on our current consolidation.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. ASU 2015-03 was effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. The adoption of the new guidance was applied on a retrospective basis with each balance sheet presented reflecting the new guidance along with transitional disclosures. The adoption did change the presentation of our financial position. As a result, $0.2 million of unamortized deferred financing costs were reclassed from other assets to long-term debt, less deferred financing costs on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The adoption of the new guidance did not have an impact on our results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805), Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments. ASU 2015-16 requires an acquirer to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The change in provisional amounts will be recorded in the period in which they are determined with changes to the income statement for any effect on earnings for changes in depreciation, amortization or other income effect calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. ASU 2015-16 was effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. The new guidance was adopted as of January 1, 2016 and will be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur for any future business combination. The adoption of the new guidance has not affected our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases. ASU 2016-02 amended the existing accounting standard for lease accounting, including requiring lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets and making targeted changes to lessor accounting. ASU 2016-02 is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted. The new standard requires a modified retrospective transition approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to use certain transition relief. We are currently evaluating the new guidance and have not determined the impact this standard may have on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. ASU 2016-09 identifies areas for simplification involving several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, classification on the statement of cash flows and an option to recognize gross stock compensation expense with actual forfeitures recognized as they occur. We are currently evaluating the new guidance and have not determined the impact this standard may have on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.