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Revenue Recognition
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Revenue Recognition  
Revenue Recognition

Note 4 – Revenue Recognition

Revenue Streams

The Company’s revenue streams, respective performance obligations and methods of recognition are summarized below. All the Company’s revenues are sourced from the U.S.

Charging Revenue, Retail. EVgo sells electricity directly to drivers who access EVgo’s publicly available networked chargers. Various pricing plans exist for customers and drivers have the choice to charge as members (with monthly fees and reduced per-minute or kilowatt-hour (“kWh”) pricing) through a subscription service or as non-members. Revenue for these sales is recognized at a point in time upon delivery of electricity and is charged to the customer based on electrical power delivered, minutes of charging, or on a fee basis. Monthly membership fees are charged to the customer and recognized on a monthly basis.

Charging Revenue, Commercial. Commercial revenue is derived from contracts with high volume fleet customers, such as transportation network companies (“TNCs”) or delivery services, that can access EVgo’s charging infrastructure through EVgo’s public network. In addition to offering access to its public network, EVgo offers dedicated charging solutions to fleets. As part of this offering, EVgo typically builds, owns and operates charging infrastructure for the exclusive use of a dedicated customer and is currently offering flexible ownership models, such as its charging as a service (“ChaaS”) offering. Any lease components that are identified for dedicated fleet hubs are accounted for in accordance with ASC 842. Non-lease components and fulfillment costs are accounted for in accordance with ASC 606 and are recognized upon delivery of electricity and charged to the fleet customer based on electrical power delivered or minutes of charging and may be subject to a minimum usage requirement.

Charging Revenue, OEM. The Company contracts with various automobile manufacturers (“OEMs”) to provide charging services to purchasers of their vehicles (“OEM Customers”) through charging credits or charging memberships, generally ranging up to five years in duration, and revenues are recognized as electricity is provided to the OEM Customers. At the end of the contract, the OEM Customer can convert the account to a monthly subscription service or a “pay as you go” account. Certain OEM contracts provide charging credits for OEM Customers and revenue is recognized at a point in time when OEM Customers use the credits for charging sessions. Other charging memberships provide OEM customers with a stand-ready obligation and revenue is recognized over time based on the membership period.

Regulatory Credit Sales. As a charging station owner and operator, the Company earns revenue from the sale of regulatory credits such as LCFS credits in states where such programs are enacted currently, including the Fast Charging Infrastructure (“FCI”) program in California. These credits are generated through charging stations based on the volume of kWh sold. EVgo earns revenue through the sale of these credits to buyers obligated to purchase the credits to comply with the FCI program mandates. The Company’s performance obligation is to sell regulatory credits to certain of its customers. As such, revenue is recognized at the point of sale. The Company records the value of the credits generated from operations based on an incremental cost basis and determined this cost to be nominal.

Network Revenue, OEM. Network revenue, OEM is related to contracts that have significant charger infrastructure build programs, which may represent set-up costs under ASC 606 for chargers that are owned by the Company. The transaction prices from these contracts are allocated to performance obligations including, but not limited to, marketing activities, branding services, memberships and reservations. Revenue from marketing activities is recognized at a point in time on a net basis as the marketing services are rendered. Memberships are stand-ready obligations and revenue is recognized over time. For reservations, revenue is recognized at a point in time once the performance obligation is satisfied. Branding is recognized over time as the customer receives the benefit. Prepaid charging credits that expire unused are recognized as breakage using the proportional method or, for programs where there is not enough information to determine the pattern of rights exercised by the customer, the remote method.

eXtend Revenue. Through EVgo eXtend, EVgo provides hardware, design, and construction services for charging sites, as well as ongoing operations, maintenance and networking and software integration solutions, while the Company’s customers purchase and retain ownership of the charging assets. For some eXtend customers, EVgo also provides grant

application support and related services. In 2022, EVgo announced an eXtend deal with the Pilot Company to deploy up to 2,000 fast charging stalls that the Pilot Company will own and EVgo will build, network, operate and maintain.

For the eXtend offering, the Company generally has multiple performance obligations including, but not limited to, the sales of equipment, the provision of engineering, procurement, and construction services during the construction lifecycle, and the provision of operations and maintenance services once the charging network is operational. Revenue from sales of equipment is generally recognized at a point in time when the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company’s performance obligation under development contracts is to develop and deliver a completed site with installed charging hardware. The build-out fee can be structured as firm-fixed price or cost-plus arrangements and becomes payable as certain contract and/or construction milestones are achieved or as construction costs are incurred monthly. Development and project management revenue is recognized over time using the relevant input method, which is generally either time-based or cost-based. Under the time-based and cost-based methods, all costs incurred in the period that relate to a contract are charged to cost of sales and the related revenue is recognized based on the measured progress to completion. EVgo may provide latent defect warranties for equipment and installation labor services related to EVgo’s charger installation services. EVgo’s warranty obligations are generally not accounted for as separate performance obligations as warranties cannot be separately purchased and warranties do not provide a service in addition to the assurance that the charging stations will function as expected. The operations and maintenance fees generally commence once the charging stations become operational with recurring fees generally based upon a fixed or variable rate. For maintenance services that are invoiced monthly, the Company has elected to recognize revenue using the as-invoiced practical expedient.

Ancillary Revenue. EVgo has a number of offerings that currently include customization of digital applications, charging data integration, micro-targeted advertising services, smart charging reservations, loyalty programs and access to chargers behind parking lot pay gates. EVgo also offers equipment procurement and operations services for customers who operate dedicated networks.

For software-driven digital, equipment procurement and operations services, the Company recognizes revenue at a point in time or over time based on when the performance obligation is met. The Company provides research and consulting services to its PlugShare customers. These are generally short-term projects and the Company recognizes revenue at a point in time upon delivery of the results of the research and consulting services to the customer. The Company enters into short-term and long-term contracts with PlugShare customers to provide charging data integration services. The contract fees for the data integration services are generally structured as a fixed fee arrangements over a specified licensing period and revenue is generally recognized for the single performance obligation monthly, on a straight-line basis, over the licensing period.

The Company generally enters into short-term cancelable insertion orders with its advertising customers for advertising campaigns that are served through the PlugShare software platform. Sponsorship advertising arrangements are generally priced under a cost per engagement structure, which is a set price per click or engagement. Advertising customer contracts may contain multiple performance obligations with each distinct service. The performance obligations are generally considered a series of distinct services as the performance obligations are satisfied over time and revenue is recognized in the period of delivery. The contract transaction price is comprised of variable consideration based on the stated rates applied against the number of units delivered inclusive of the bonus units subject to the maximums provided in the contract. The contractual rates and actual units delivered are used to determine the transaction price each period end. The transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation based on the SSP of each performance obligation. Advertising revenue is recognized ratably over the service period based on actual units delivered subject to the maximums under the contract.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The table below presents a disaggregation of EVgo’s revenue for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

Years Ended

December 31, 

(in thousands)

    

2022

    

2021

Charging revenue, retail

  

$

18,895

  

$

11,041

Charging revenue, commercial

 

3,363

 

2,420

Charging revenue, OEM

 

941

 

812

Regulatory credit sales1

 

5,652

 

3,023

Network revenue, OEM

 

2,451

 

1,510

eXtend revenue

18,443

789

Ancillary revenue2

 

4,843

 

2,619

Total revenue

$

54,588

$

22,214

1There were no amounts earned from related parties for the year ended December 31, 2022. The amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes $0.6 million of revenue earned from related parties.

2Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes $0.1 million of revenue earned from a related party and there was no related party revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The following table provides information about contract assets and liabilities from contracts with customers as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:

December 31, 

December 31, 

Change

(dollars in thousands)

2022

    

2021

    

$

    

%

Contract assets

$

2,861

$

32

$

2,829

*

%

Contract liabilities

$

57,790

$

38,445

$

19,345

50

%

*Percentage greater than 999%.

Contract assets as of December 31, 2022 increased to $2.9 million compared to a de minimis balance as of December 31, 2021 from new contracts that began in 2022. Contract liabilities as of December 31, 2022 increased $19.3 million, or 50%, to $57.8 million compared to $38.4 million as of December 31, 2021 due to additional payments from customers with existing long-term contracts and contracts entered into during 2022.

The following table provides the activity for the contract liabilities recognized during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

Years Ended

December 31, 

(in thousands)

2022

    

2021

Balance as of December 31, 2021

$

38,445

$

12,028

Additions

 

26,397

 

30,999

Recognized in revenue

(5,796)

(3,883)

Marketing activities recognized on a net basis

 

(1,256)

 

(699)

Balance as of December 31, 2022

$

57,790

$

38,445

Revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 include the following:

Years Ended

December 31, 

(in thousands)

2022

    

2021

Amounts included in the beginning of period contract liability balance

$

4,605

$

3,138

Amounts associated with performance obligations satisfied in previous periods

$

5

$

186

It is anticipated that deferred revenue as of December 31, 2022 will be recognized for the following years ending December 31, as follows:

(in thousands)

2023

$

9,410

2024

 

10,510

2025

 

11,297

2026

 

17

$

31,234

ASC 606 does not require disclosure of the transaction price to remaining performance obligations if the contract contains variable consideration allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation. Under many customer contracts, each unit of product represents a separate performance obligation and therefore future volumes are wholly unsatisfied and thus disclosure of the transaction price allocated to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligations is not required. Under these contracts, variability arises as both volume and pricing are not known until the product is delivered. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there was $8.7 million and $22.9 million, respectively, in variable consideration for wholly unsatisfied performance obligations, which is included in deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.