Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The table below provides a summary of the components of the net loss from discontinued operations for 2014 and excludes certain shared overhead costs that were previously allocated to the Grid segment as ASC 205-20 prohibits the allocation of general overhead costs to discontinued operations.

	Year ended December 31,
	2014
Revenues (1)	$	18,392
Cost of revenues	11,774
Operating expenses	15,614
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	(8,996		)
Income taxes	—
Loss on sale of Grid business	(254		)
Net loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(9,250		)
Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interest, net of income taxes	535
Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to Echelon Corporation Stockholders, net of income taxes	$	(8,715	)

⁽¹⁾ Includes related party amounts of $112,000 for the year ended December 31, 2014.