RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST I
10-Q, 1999-08-16
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                                    FORM 10-Q

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OFTHE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                  For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1999

                         Commission file Number 0-24240

                        RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST I
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter.)

         Delaware                                    22-3105824
        (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)       Identification No.)

   947 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey                07450-2939
   (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

                                 (201) 447-9000
              Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days. YES [X] NO [ ]

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                         PART I. - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

                        Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I

                              Financial Statements

                                  June 30, 1999
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Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I
Balance Sheet
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                  June 30,     December 31,
                                                   1999            1998
                                                ------------    -----------
                                                 (unaudited)
Assets:
Investments in power generation projects .....   $ 6,329,677    $ 6,560,616
Cash and cash equivalents ....................     1,350,216      1,138,102
Due from affiliates ..........................         4,914          5,342
Other assets .................................        12,689          6,822
                                                 -----------    -----------

    Total assets .............................   $ 7,697,496    $ 7,710,882
                                                 -----------    -----------


Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses ........   $    33,878    $    29,409
Due to affiliates ............................        64,451         48,670
                                                 -----------    -----------

    Total liabilities ........................        98,329         78,079
                                                 -----------    -----------


Shareholders' equity:
Shareholders' equity (105.5 shares issued and
    outstanding) .............................     7,613,334      7,646,634
Managing shareholder's accumulated deficit ...       (14,167)       (13,831)
                                                 -----------    -----------

    Total shareholders' equity ...............     7,599,167      7,632,803
                                                 -----------    -----------

    Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   $ 7,697,496    $ 7,710,882
                                                 -----------    -----------


                 See accompanying note to financial statements.

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Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I
Statement of Operations (unaudited)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                Six Months Ended     Three Months Ended
                               -------------------   -------------------
                               June 30,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
                                 1999       1998       1999       1998
                               --------   --------   --------   --------
Revenue:
   Income from power
     generation projects ...   $576,601   $744,209   $276,838   $396,390
   Interest income .........     41,113     30,067     16,386      9,165
                               --------   --------   --------   --------
      Total revenue ........    617,714    774,276    293,224    405,555
                               --------   --------   --------   --------
Expenses:
   Accounting and legal fees     25,928     25,303      6,190     15,621
   Management fee ..........     31,804     37,248     12,722     18,624
   Miscellaneous ...........     28,813     21,606     21,578     15,126
                               --------   --------   --------   --------
      Total expenses .......     86,545     84,157     40,490     49,371
                               --------   --------   --------   --------

Net income .................   $531,169   $690,119   $252,734   $356,184
                               --------   --------   --------   --------



                 See accompanying note to financial statements.
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Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (unaudited)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                             Managing
                            Shareholders   Shareholder       Total
                            -----------    -----------    -----------

Shareholders' equity,
   December 31, 1998 ....   $ 7,646,634    $   (13,831)   $ 7,632,803

Cash distributions ......      (559,157)        (5,648)      (564,805)

Net income for the period       525,857          5,312        531,169
                            -----------    -----------    -----------
Shareholders' equity,
  June 30, 1999 .........   $ 7,613,334    $   (14,167)   $ 7,599,167
                            -----------    -----------    -----------


                 See accompanying note to financial statements.


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Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I
  Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                               Six Months Ended
                                           --------------------------
                                          June 30, 1999  June 30, 1998
                                           -----------    -----------
Cash flows from operating activities:
    Net income .........................   $   531,169    $   690,119
                                           -----------    -----------
    Adjustments to  reconcile  net
   income  to net  cash  flows  from
   operating activities:
   Additional investment in power
      generation project ...............          --         (290,199)
    Return of investment in power
      generation project ...............       230,939           --
    Changes in assets and liabilities:
      Decrease (increase) in due from
         affiliates ....................           428        (12,264)
      Increase) decrease in other assets        (5,867)        79,155
      Increase in accounts payable and
        accrued expenses ...............         4,469          9,125
      Increase (decrease) in due to
         affiliates ....................        15,781       (113,710)
                                           -----------    -----------
           Total adjustments ...........       245,750       (327,893)
                                           -----------    -----------
      Net cash provided by operating
        activities .....................       776,919        362,226
                                           -----------    -----------

Cash flows from financing activities:
     Cash distributions to shareholders       (564,805)      (645,792)
                                           -----------    -----------
      Net cash used in financing
        activities .....................      (564,805)      (645,792)
                                           -----------    -----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
  cash equivalents .....................       212,114       (283,566)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
  of year ..............................     1,138,102      1,042,568
                                           -----------    -----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
  period ...............................   $ 1,350,216    $   759,002
                                           -----------    -----------



                 See accompanying note to financial statements.

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Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I
Note to Financial Statements (unaudited)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.  General

In the opinion of management,  the accompanying  unaudited financial  statements
contain  all  adjustments,   which  consist  of  normal  recurring  adjustments,
necessary for the fair  representation  of the results for the interim  periods.
Additional footnote disclosure  concerning  accounting polices and other matters
are  disclosed  in  Ridgewood  Electric  Power  Trust I's  financial  statements
included  in the 1998  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K,  which  should  be read in
conjunction with these financial statements. The year-end balance sheet data was
derived from audited financial statements,  but does not include all disclosures
required by generally accepted accounting principles. Certain prior year amounts
have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

The results of operations for an interim period should not  necessarily be taken
as  indicative  of the results of  operations  that may be expected for a twelve
month period.




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Item 2. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations

Dollar amounts in this discussion are generally rounded to the nearest $1,000.

Introduction

The Trust carries its  investment in the Projects it owns at fair value and does
not  consolidate its financial  statements with the financial  statements of the
Projects.  Revenue is recorded by the Trust as cash  distributions  are received
from the Projects.  Trust revenues may fluctuate from period to period depending
on the  operating  cash flow  generated  by the  Projects and the amount of cash
retained to fund capital expenditures.

Results of Operations

Total revenue  decreased  20.2% to $618,000 in the first six months of 1999 from
$774,000  in the first six months of 1998 due to a $169,000  decrease  in income
from the Olinda Project  partially  offset by an increase of $11,000 in interest
income. Total revenue decreased 27.8% to $293,000 in the three months ended June
30, 1999 from $406,000 in the same period in 1998 due to a $120,000  decrease in
income  from the Olinda  Project  partially  offset by an  increase of $5,000 in
interest income.  The decreased revenue from the Olinda Project in 1999 reflects
slightly lower revenues  resulting  from  shutdowns for  maintenance  and higher
maintenance costs.

Total  expenses  of $87,000  in the first six months of 1999 and  $40,000 in the
three  months  ended June 30, 1999 were  comparable  to the $84,000 and $49,000,
respectively, incurred in the same periods in 1998.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

In 1997, the Olinda Project entered into a revolving credit agreement with Fleet
Bank,  N.A. (the "Bank") whereby the Bank provided a five year committed line of
credit facility of $750,000 which  decreases by $100,000 on each  anniversary of
the facility.  Outstanding borrowings bear interest at the Bank's prime rate or,
at the  Olinda  Project's  choice,  at LIBOR plus  2.5%.  The  credit  agreement
requires  the Olinda  Projects to maintain a ratio of total debt to tangible net
worth of no more than 1 to 1. The Trust guaranteed the obligations of the Olinda
Project under the credit facility.  There were no borrowings  outstanding  under
this line of credit facility in the first quarter of 1999.

Obligations  of the Trust are  generally  limited  to  making  distributions  to
shareholders  of available  operating  cash flow  generated by its  investments,
payment of the management fee to the Managing Shareholder and payment of certain
accounting and legal  services to third  parties.  The Trust's policy is to make
regular quarterly distributions to shareholders of as much cash as is prudent.

The Trust  anticipates  that its cash flow  during 1999 will be adequate to fund
its obligations.

Year 2000 remediation

Please refer to the Trust's disclosures at Item 7 - Management's  Discussion and
Analysis  of its Annual  Report on Form 10-K for 1998 for a  discussion  of year
2000 issues affecting the Trust.  Since that report was filed, the only material
change in the Trust's year 2000  compliance  is that the changes to the Managing
Shareholder's  investor  distribution  system have been  completed.  No material
changes in the Trust's remediation efforts or its plans for year 2000 compliance
have occurred.

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                          PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 5. Other Information.

Ridgewood Power  Corporation has been the managing  shareholder of the Trust. It
organized  the Trust and acted as managing  shareholder  until April 1999. On or
about  April 20,  1999 it was  merged  into  Ridgewood  Power  LLC, a New Jersey
limited  liability  company,  which thus became the Managing  Shareholder of the
Trust. Ridgewood Power LLC was organized in early April 1999 and has no business
other than acting as the successor to Ridgewood Power  Corporation.  No material
change in the Trust's operations or business will result from the merger.

Robert E. Swanson has been the President,  sole director and sole stockholder of
Ridgewood Power  Corporation since its inception in February 1991 and is now the
controlling member, sole manager and President of the Managing Shareholder.  Mr.
Swanson  currently is the sole equity owner of the Managing  Shareholder  but is
considering a transfer of 53% of the equity  ownership to two family trusts.  If
that  transfer is made, he will have the power on behalf of those trusts to vote
or dispose of the membership equity interests owned by them and accordingly will
continue to have sole control of the Managing Shareholder.  Further, Mr. Swanson
is designated as the sole manager of the Managing  Shareholder  in its operating
agreement.

Ridgewood Power LLC is also the managing  shareholder of the other five business
trusts   organized  by  Ridgewood  Power   Corporation  to  participate  in  the
independent  electric power  industry.  Similarly,  Ridgewood  Power  Management
Corporation,  which  operates  the Olinda  Project  on behalf of the Trust,  was
merged  on or about  April  20,  1999 into a new New  Jersey  limited  liability
company,  Ridgewood Power Management LLC. The ownership and control of Ridgewood
Power  Management LLC are the same as those of Ridgewood  Power LLC and its only
business is to be the successor to Ridgewood Power  Management  Corporation.  No
material change in the operation of the Projects is expected as a result of that
merger.


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                                   SIGNATURES
Pursuant  to the  requirement  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934,  the
registrant  as duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                        RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST I
                                   Registrant






August 13, 1999                     By /s/ Martin V. Quinn
Date                                Martin V. Quinn

                                            Senior  Vice   President  and  Chief
                                    Financial  Officer (signing on behalf of the
                                    Registrant   and  as   principal   financial
                                    officer)

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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Registrant's  unaudited  interim  financial  statements for the six month period
ended June 30,  1999 and is  qualified  in its  entirety by  reference  to those
financial statements.
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<FN>
<F1>Investments in power project partnerships.
<F2>Includes $4,914 due from affiliates.
<F3>Includes $64,451 due to affiliates.
<F3>Represents Investor Shares of beneficial interest
in Trust with capital accounts of $7,613,334 less
managing shareholder's accumulated deficit of $14,167.
</FN>


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