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Pending content is not necessarily effective.","topic":"818","topic_title":"Environmental Credits and Environmental Credit Obligations","subtopic":"818-20","subtopic_title":"Environmental Credits","section":{"number":"50","label":"50 Disclosure","anchor":"50-disclosure","is_sec":false,"groups":[{"block":null,"heading":null,"paragraphs":[{"citation":"818-20-50-1","para":"50-1","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"div pending-text\" id=\"pgroup_d351e28__GUID-D6B18BB9-A85F-415F-8D35-6CF1DDE30A31\"><div class=\"div date-effective\"><span class=\"transition-header\">Transition date:</span><span class=\"p-alphabet\">(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028</span><span class=\"transition-header pipe-separator\">Transition guidance:</span></div><a href=\"/asc/818/10/#818-10-65-1\" class=\"xref\">818-10-65-1</a><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-C0DCBF70-21AA-4E08-9AF4-C7BCD036C563\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">For annual reporting periods, an entity shall disclose the types of <a href=\"/glossary/e/#environmental-credit\" class=\"term\" title=\"(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028818-10-65-1An enforceable right that is acquired, internally generated, granted by a regulatory agency or its designee(s), or received in a nonreciprocal transfer that is not a grant from a regulator or its designee(s) that meets all of the following criteria:Lacks physical substance and is not a financial asset.Is represented to prevent, control, reduce, or remove emissions or other pollution.Is, or previously was, separately transferable in an exchange transaction. If an item is no longer separately transferable in an exchange transaction, an entity must be able to use that item to satisfy an environmental credit obligation to meet this criterion.Is not an income tax credit that may be used to settle an entity’s income tax liability, regardless of whether the entity has a tax liability or intends to use the credit for that purpose.An environmental credit that meets the above criteria may exist in a variety of forms, including (but not limited to) credits, certificates, allowances, and offsets.\"><span>environmental credits</span></a> owned by the entity and all of the following: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-F4ACAABA-6301-4E57-824D-7767A2D8025F\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">How the entity obtained the environmental credits (acquired, granted, internally generated, or received in a <a href=\"/glossary/n/#nonreciprocal-transfer\" class=\"term\" title=\"Nonreciprocal transfer is a transfer of assets or services in one direction, either from an entity to its owners (whether or not in exchange for their ownership interests) or to another entity, or from owners or another entity to the entity. An entity's reacquisition of its outstanding stock is an example of a nonreciprocal transfer.\"><span>nonreciprocal transfer</span></a>) </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-1E4F5DCD-8937-4BC2-948A-BCE9A5033530\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">How the entity intends to use the environmental credits (to settle <a href=\"/glossary/e/#environmental-credit-obligation\" class=\"term\" title=\"(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028818-10-65-1A regulatory compliance obligation arising from existing or enacted laws, statutes, or ordinances represented to prevent, control, reduce, or remove emissions or other pollution that may be settled with environmental credits. Obligations within the scope of Subtopic 410-30 are not environmental credit obligations.\"><span>environmental credit obligations</span></a>, to transfer in an <a href=\"/glossary/e/#exchange\" class=\"term\" title=\"An exchange (or exchange transaction) is a reciprocal transfer between two entities that results in one of the entities acquiring assets or services or satisfying liabilities by surrendering other assets or services or incurring other obligations.\"><span>exchange</span></a> transaction, to use in a nonreciprocal transfer, or to meet voluntary environmental initiatives) </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-DBBC3F37-1213-404C-9201-541F926D62CC\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The accounting policies used to account for the environmental credits in accordance with Topic <a altsource=\"GUID-1F1D7CAF-6E05-4ECA-9FC2-6AE06A642580.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">235</a> on notes to financial statements (for example, whether the environmental credits are subsequently measured using the average cost; first-in, first-out; or specific identification costing methods) </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">d</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-F7B89DD0-45C6-4163-B8C4-936C5BE54FEB\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Significant estimates and judgments used in applying the guidance. </span></span></div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"Transition date:(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028Transition guidance:818-10-65-1For annual reporting periods, an entity shall disclose the types of environmental credits owned by the entity and all of the foll…","pending":true,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:e7beb73dad9e353edffc2426ed8652e70f1c4a21b366fb9644ab61072cddd76e","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}},{"citation":"818-20-50-2","para":"50-2","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"div pending-text\" id=\"pgroup_d351e28__GUID-67584C5E-E728-46B7-97C9-15C451B80E8E\"><div class=\"div date-effective\"><span class=\"transition-header\">Transition date:</span><span class=\"p-alphabet\">(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028</span><span class=\"transition-header pipe-separator\">Transition guidance:</span></div><a href=\"/asc/818/10/#818-10-65-1\" class=\"xref\">818-10-65-1</a><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-7DABC68E-DE56-4448-A07B-83124FB8FA1A\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">For annual reporting periods, an entity shall disclose, if not separately presented on the entity’s balance sheet, the current and noncurrent assets portion of both of the following: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-FDA77EF1-66F4-4AA4-A3DA-5587CA184ED0\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\"><a href=\"/glossary/c/#compliance-environmental-credit\" class=\"term\" title=\"(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028818-10-65-1An environmental credit recognized as an asset in accordance with Topic 818 and probable of being used to settle an environmental credit obligation.\"><span>Compliance environmental credits</span></a></span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-C39A2F22-40B0-41DA-A9EA-9AB1B4979648\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\"><a href=\"/glossary/n/#noncompliance-environmental-credit\" class=\"term\" title=\"(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028818-10-65-1An environmental credit recognized as an asset in accordance with Topic 818 that is not a compliance environmental credit.\"><span>Noncompliance environmental credits</span></a>. </span></span></div></li></ol><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-5AD96E50-7C89-4519-A93A-DD175FC1FF16\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">An entity also shall disclose the line item or items on the balance sheet that include the current asset and noncurrent assets portion of the amounts in (a) and (b).</span></span></div></div></div>","snippet":"Transition date:(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028Transition guidance:818-10-65-1For annual reporting periods, an entity shall disclose, if not separately presented on the entity’s balance sheet, the current an…","pending":true,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:908d9636e460e2ffffa0308931ba0ce4cbcead312400421158133431756b173a","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}},{"citation":"818-20-50-3","para":"50-3","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"div pending-text\" id=\"pgroup_d351e28__GUID-D6E16A45-62AF-4723-AECD-A83D720C08CC\"><div class=\"div date-effective\"><span class=\"transition-header\">Transition date:</span><span class=\"p-alphabet\">(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028</span><span class=\"transition-header pipe-separator\">Transition guidance:</span></div><a href=\"/asc/818/10/#818-10-65-1\" class=\"xref\">818-10-65-1</a><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-6E70E3F2-E9AB-454B-8836-2D998B2DE0FF\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">For annual reporting periods, an entity shall disclose all of the following: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-918FCC0A-07BC-47A9-9368-D61068CCA020\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Total expense recognized for environmental credits not initially recognized as an asset in accordance with paragraph <a href=\"/asc/818/20/#818-20-25-1\" class=\"xref\">818-20-25-1</a> or subsequently derecognized in accordance with paragraph <a href=\"/asc/818/20/#818-20-40-2\" class=\"xref\">818-20-40-2</a>. </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-BC894811-00A0-4F8F-B8A2-A8C25EB956CD\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Total impairment expense recognized during the reporting period, the nature of the environmental credits that were impaired, and a description of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the impairment. </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-643465E0-0263-4901-B92E-A08A421EC795\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The line item or items in the income statement that include the amounts in (a) and (b). </span></span></div></li></ol><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-FA3B5400-8478-4DFD-BFC6-7680B6E24525\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">See paragraphs <div class=\"xref-range displayInline\"><a href=\"/asc/220/40/#220-40-50-21\" class=\"xref\">220-40-50-21 through 50-25</a></div> for additional disclosure requirements. </span></span></div></div></div>","snippet":"Transition date:(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028Transition guidance:818-10-65-1For annual reporting periods, an entity shall disclose all of the following:\n(a) Total expense recognized for environmental credi…","pending":true,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:c75a0527558f9d2a91bab424771402a50534d78864201dba7ec3f0f40123c609","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}},{"citation":"818-20-50-4","para":"50-4","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"div pending-text\" id=\"pgroup_d351e28__GUID-1A440030-CE6B-4BA8-8B14-27D017580C15\"><div class=\"div date-effective\"><span class=\"transition-header\">Transition date:</span><span class=\"p-alphabet\">(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028</span><span class=\"transition-header pipe-separator\">Transition guidance:</span></div><a href=\"/asc/818/10/#818-10-65-1\" class=\"xref\">818-10-65-1</a><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-77BE78EB-C902-411F-83BD-9BEDE40F6CCE\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">For annual reporting periods, if as a result of applying the guidance in paragraphs <div class=\"xref-range displayInline\"><a href=\"/asc/818/20/#818-20-35-3\" class=\"xref\">818-20-35-3 through 35-4</a></div> and paragraph <a href=\"/asc/818/20/#818-20-40-2\" class=\"xref\">818-20-40-2</a> an entity changes its use or intended use of its environmental credits, it shall disclose the nature of that change as of the date that it occurs and the related effect on earnings on that date, if any. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"Transition date:(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028Transition guidance:818-10-65-1For annual reporting periods, if as a result of applying the guidance in paragraphs 818-20-35-3 through 35-4 and paragraph 818-20…","pending":true,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:24ad6af7f818138f5766e28e03a3f0cf24de4837b60315b8a6d0a5a07ac1875b","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}},{"citation":"818-20-50-5","para":"50-5","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"div pending-text\" id=\"pgroup_d351e28__GUID-EFC302D7-E413-47D2-85C9-94F630B75FEC\"><div class=\"div date-effective\"><span class=\"transition-header\">Transition date:</span><span class=\"p-alphabet\">(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028</span><span class=\"transition-header pipe-separator\">Transition guidance:</span></div><a href=\"/asc/818/10/#818-10-65-1\" class=\"xref\">818-10-65-1</a><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-4D842C1C-39F7-4328-913C-6446799E7389\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">An entity shall apply the <a href=\"/glossary/f/#fair-value\" class=\"term\" title=\"The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.\"><span>fair value</span></a> disclosure requirements in Topic <a altsource=\"GUID-0C8D9651-1182-4A36-827F-0C71E4C9D9F4.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">820</a> for any fair value measurements made in accordance with this Subtopic. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"Transition date:(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028Transition guidance:818-10-65-1An entity shall apply the fair value disclosure requirements in Topic 820 for any fair value measurements made in accordance with…","pending":true,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:277294329a5f3416d0cda9e3ca1c99208dda828eb6acf624a59147e664e46906","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}},{"citation":"818-20-50-6","para":"50-6","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"div pending-text\" id=\"pgroup_d351e28__GUID-B02C0EB8-0848-45A2-AF35-133F1903CF0F\"><div class=\"div date-effective\"><span class=\"transition-header\">Transition date:</span><span class=\"p-alphabet\">(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028</span><span class=\"transition-header pipe-separator\">Transition guidance:</span></div><a href=\"/asc/818/10/#818-10-65-1\" class=\"xref\">818-10-65-1</a><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"GUID-56983030-F184-42A7-9725-0C5582BDF1C5\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">See paragraph <a href=\"/asc/818/20/#818-20-55-14\" class=\"xref\">818-20-55-14</a> for an illustration of the quantitative disclosures required by this Subtopic. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"Transition date:(P) December 16, 2027; (N) December 16, 2028Transition guidance:818-10-65-1See paragraph 818-20-55-14 for an illustration of the quantitative disclosures required by this Subtopic.","pending":true,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:532b91d227b35170aca2c679b96ac867e9f01397a88814bd8d91a13cdecf1a1c","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:6524c615e4f1c9c1186e3bd618df75a56ef6e3981628f120c82fd9892d01457b","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:ca1e0068820a1de92f49f16357f7e066f68d3a41fb40576d23128957267c0b1c","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}},"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:ca1e0068820a1de92f49f16357f7e066f68d3a41fb40576d23128957267c0b1c","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T01:42:28.544Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147476108","source_sha256":"93e50b739fe33b34ed6ab44cb0f5718bfedf058fb2e4d276b7f0d846d39d4514"}}