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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income Tax Provision From Continuing Operations
The income tax provision consisted of the following amounts:
 Year Ended December 31,
 202520242023
 (In millions)
Current  
U.S. Federal$(1)$$(13)
State(2)
Total — current(15)
Deferred 
U.S. Federal$42 $22 $13 
State10 — 
Total — deferred52 25 13 
Total income tax expense (benefit) $56 $30 $(2)
Schedule of Reconciliation of the U.S. Federal Statutory Rate to the Company's Effective Rate The following table is a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% to the Company’s effective rate in accordance with the guidance in ASU 2023-09:
 Year Ended December 31,Year Ended December 31,
 20252024
 (In millions, except percentages)(In millions, except percentages)
Loss Before Income Taxes$(175)$(33)
Tax at 21%(37)21.1 %(7)21.0 %
State taxes, net of federal benefit (a)
12 (6.8)%(18.2)%
Tax credits(1)0.6 %(4)12.1 %
Nontaxable/nondeductible items:
HLBV impact84 (48.0)%32 (96.9)%
Tax credit sales, net(3)1.7 %— — %
Employee share-based payments— — %(6.0)%
Other (0.6)%(2.9)%
Income tax expense$56 (32.0)%$30 (90.9)%
Effective income tax rate(32.0)%(90.9)%
(a) State taxes in California made up the majority of the tax effect in this category.
The following table is a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% to the Company’s effective rate in accordance with the guidance prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09:
 Year Ended December 31, 2023
(In millions, except percentages)
Loss Before Income Taxes$(16)
Tax at 21%(3)
State taxes, net of federal benefit(2)
Impact of non-taxable partnership earnings21 
Valuation allowance
Investment tax credits(1)
Production tax credits (a)
(16)
Rate change
State taxes assessed at subsidiaries(3)
Other (2)
Income tax benefit$(2)
Effective income tax rate12.5 %
(a) On December 6, 2023, the Company executed an agreement with a third party to sell the PTCs generated by the Alta X and Alta XI wind facilities, which resulted in a $14 million income tax benefit (reduction to income tax expense) during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Schedule of Company's Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The temporary differences, which gave rise to the Company’s deferred tax balances consisted of the following:
 As of December 31,
 20252024
 (In millions)
Deferred tax liabilities:
Investment in projects$245 $191 
Total deferred tax liabilities245 191 
Deferred tax assets: 
Interest expense disallowance carryforward - Investment in Projects$24 $18 
Production tax credits 12 16 
Investment tax credits
Investment tax credits subject to transferability 304 — 
U.S. Federal net operating loss carryforwards44 58 
State net operating loss carryforwards
Total deferred tax assets397 106 
Valuation allowance(25)(4)
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance372 102 
Net deferred non-current tax asset (liability)$127 $(89)
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The following table summarizes the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits activity:
(In millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2024$— 
Increase due to prior year positions19 
Balance as of December 31, 2025$19