Income Taxes - Deferred income tax assets and liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
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| Deferred tax assets: | ||
| Compensation accruals | $ 4,259 | $ 3,330 |
| Reserves | 4,597 | 3,651 |
| Other accruals | 732 | 2,252 |
| Net operating losses | 8,044 | 8,220 |
| Interest rate swaps | 1,500 | 1,804 |
| Energy efficiency | 14,449 | 18,110 |
| Deferred revenue | 1,351 | 1,479 |
| Gross deferred income tax assets | 34,932 | 38,846 |
| Valuation allowance | (7,344) | (7,122) |
| Total deferred income tax assets | 27,588 | 31,724 |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| Depreciation | (30,974) | (32,542) |
| Contract refinancing | (217) | (304) |
| Acquisition accounting | (80) | (116) |
| Total deferred income tax liabilities | (36,625) | (37,867) |
| Deferred income tax liabilities, net | (9,037) | (6,143) |
| Canada | ||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| Foreign Authority | (1,901) | (2,234) |
| UNITED KINGDOM | ||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| Foreign Authority | (697) | (538) |
| Outside basis difference | $ (2,756) | $ (2,133) |
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from derivative instruments. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of a valuation allowances, of deferred tax assets attributable to deductible tax credit carryforwards including, but not limited to, research, foreign, general business, alternative minimum tax, and other deductible tax credit carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from compensation and benefits costs. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from loss reserves other than estimated credit losses. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from reserves and accruals, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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