RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2023 | |
| Related Party Transactions [Abstract] | |
| RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS As previously disclosed, Mr. Grier, a director and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, together with the Grier Members, own the Crimson Class A-1, Class A-2, and Class A-3 equity ownership interests in Crimson, which the Company has a right to acquire in the future following receipt of CPUC Approval. The Grier Members also retain equity interests in Crescent Midstream Holdings, LLC ("Crescent Midstream Holdings") which they held prior to the Crimson Transaction, as well as Crescent Louisiana Midstream, LLC ("CLM"), Crimson Renewable Energy, L.P. ("CRE") and Delta Trading, L.P. ("Delta").
As of September 30, 2023, the Company was owed $6 thousand from related parties, including CLM, CRE and Delta, which is included in "due from affiliated companies" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These balances are primarily related to payroll, employee benefits and other services discussed below. The amounts billed to CLM are cash-settled and the amounts billed to Crescent Midstream Holdings will reduce a prepaid TSA (as defined below) liability on the Company's books until such time as the TSA liability is reduced to zero. As of September 30, 2023, the prepaid TSA liability related to Crescent Midstream Holdings was $138 thousand and recorded in "due to affiliated companies" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, Crimson billed costs and services related to TSAs and the Services Agreement (each as defined below) to related parties totaling $110 thousand and $363 thousand, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, Crimson billed costs and services related to TSAs and the Services Agreement to related parties totaling $206 thousand and $890 thousand, respectively.
Total transition services reimbursements for the TSAs discussed below are presented on a net basis in the Consolidated Statements of Operations within transportation and distribution expense and general and administrative expense.
Transition Services Agreements
The subsidiaries of Crescent Midstream Holdings were formerly a part of Crimson prior to the Crimson Transaction and received various business services from Crimson or certain of its subsidiaries. Effective February 4, 2021, Crimson and certain of Crimson's subsidiaries entered into several transition services agreements (collectively, the "Transition Services Agreements" or "TSAs") with Crescent Midstream Holdings to facilitate its transition to operating independently. Each of the TSAs are described in more detail below. Also, effective February 4, 2021, Crimson and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an assignment and assumption agreement (the "Assignment and Assumption Agreement") to assign all of the TSAs to Crimson's direct, wholly owned TRS, Crimson Midstream I Corporation ("Crimson Midstream I"). Crimson and/or certain of its subsidiaries were reimbursed approximately $156 thousand per month for services provided under the TSAs during 2021, for which the billed amount was allocated 50.0% to Crescent Midstream, LLC ("Crescent Midstream"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Midstream Holdings, and 50.0% to CLM, a 70.0%-owned subsidiary of Crescent Midstream. These TSA agreements ended on February 3, 2022 and Crimson entered into the Services Agreement (as defined below) for some of the business services previously provided, as described below.
Employee TSA - Crimson and Crescent Midstream Holdings entered into a transition services agreement (the "Employee TSA") whereby an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Crimson provided payroll, employee benefits and other related employment services to Crescent Midstream Holdings and its subsidiaries. Under the Employee TSA, Crimson's indirect, wholly owned subsidiary made available and assigned to Crescent Midstream Holdings and its subsidiaries certain employees to provide services primarily to Crescent Midstream Holdings and its subsidiaries. While the Employee TSA was in effect, Crescent Midstream Holdings was responsible for the daily supervision of and assignment of work to the employees providing services to Crescent Midstream Holdings and its subsidiaries. Additionally, Crimson's indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, Crimson Midstream Services, entered into an employee sharing agreement with Crimson Midstream I (the "Employee Sharing Agreement") to make available all employees performing services under the Employee TSA to Crimson Midstream I. The Employee Sharing Agreement was effective beginning February 1, 2021. The Employee Sharing Agreement, together with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement described above, effectively bound Crimson Midstream I to the terms of the Employee TSA in the same manner as Crimson's indirect, wholly owned subsidiary. The Employee TSA and the Employee Sharing Agreement ended on February 3, 2022.
Control Center TSA - Crimson Midstream Operating, LLC ("Crimson Midstream Operating"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Crimson, entered into a transition services agreement (the "Control Center TSA") with Crescent Midstream Holdings to provide certain customary control center services and field transition support services necessary to operate a pipeline system. The
Control Center TSA was assigned from Crimson Midstream Operating to Crimson Midstream I by the Assignment and Assumption Agreement discussed above. This agreement ended on February 3, 2022.
Services Agreement
Effective February 4, 2022, Crimson Midstream Operating entered into a services agreement (the "Services Agreement") to provide administrative-related services to Crescent Midstream Holdings through February 3, 2023, or upon receipt of Crescent Midstream Holdings' written notice to terminate the Services Agreement prior to February 3, 2023. Under the Services Agreement, Crimson and/or certain of its subsidiaries are reimbursed at a fixed fee of approximately $44 thousand per month.
Effective February 1, 2023, Crimson Midstream Operating entered into a first amendment to the Services Agreement (the "Amended Services Agreement") to provide administrative-related services to Crescent Midstream Holdings through February 1, 2024, or upon receipt of Crescent Midstream Holdings' written notice to terminate the Amended Services Agreement prior to February 1, 2024. Under the Amended Services Agreement, Crimson and/or certain of its subsidiaries are reimbursed at a fixed fee of approximately $13 thousand per month.
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