RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST I
10-Q, 2000-08-14
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                                     FORM 10-Q

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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

                  For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2000

                         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, 2000



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Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I
Balance Sheet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                    December 31,
                                                  June 30, 2000         1999
                                                     ----------     -----------
                                                    (unaudited)
Assets:
Investments in power generation projects .........   $ 6,654,468    $ 6,583,781
Cash and cash equivalents ........................     1,122,714      1,142,009
Other assets .....................................        63,133         41,055
                                                     -----------    -----------

          Total assets ...........................   $ 7,840,315    $ 7,766,845
                                                     -----------    -----------


Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses ............   $    23,945    $    61,116
Due to affiliates ................................        66,993         50,227
                                                     -----------    -----------

     Total liabilities ...........................        90,938        111,343
                                                     -----------    -----------

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders' equity:
Shareholders' equity (105.5 shares issued and
    outstanding) .................................     7,762,043      7,669,106
Managing shareholder's accumulated deficit .......       (12,666)       (13,604)
                                                     -----------    -----------

     Total shareholders' equity ..................     7,749,377      7,655,502
                                                     -----------    -----------

     Total liabilities and shareholders' equity ..   $ 7,840,315    $ 7,766,845
                                                     -----------    -----------










                 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,
                                      2000       1999        2000        1999
                                    --------    --------    --------    --------
Revenue:
Income from power
 generation projects ...........    $870,479    $576,601    $439,510    $276,838
Interest income ................      41,996      41,113      29,267      16,386
                                    --------    --------    --------    --------
 Total revenue .................     912,475     617,714     468,777     293,224
                                    --------    --------    --------    --------

Expenses:
Accounting and legal fees ......      19,589      25,928       9,328       6,190
Management fee .................      38,278      31,804      19,139      12,722
Miscellaneous ..................      13,968      28,813      11,108      21,578
                                    --------    --------    --------    --------
 Total expenses ................      71,835      86,545      39,575      40,490
                                    --------    --------    --------    --------

Net income .....................    $840,640    $531,169    $429,202    $252,734
                                    --------    --------    --------    --------














                 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, 1999 .............    $ 7,669,106     $   (13,604)    $ 7,655,502

Cash distributions .............       (739,297)         (7,468)       (746,765)

Net income for the period ......        832,234           8,406         840,640
                                    -----------     -----------     -----------

Shareholders' equity,
 June 30, 2000 .................    $ 7,762,043     $   (12,666)    $ 7,749,377
                                    -----------     -----------     -----------
















                 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, 2000    June 30, 1999
                                                    -----------    ------------
Cash flows from operating
  activities:
Net income .....................................    $   840,640     $   531,169
                                                    -----------     -----------
Adjustments to  reconcile
 net  income  to net  cash
 flows  from  operating
 activities:
 Additional investment in power
  generation project ...........................        (70,687)           --
 Return of investment in power
  generation project ...........................           --           230,939
 Changes in assets and liabilities:
  Decrease in due from affiliates ..............           --               428
  Increase in other assets .....................        (22,078)         (5,867)
  (Decrease) increase in accounts
   payable and accrued expenses ................        (37,171)          4,469
  Increase in due to affiliates ................         16,766          15,781
                                                    -----------     -----------

  Total adjustments ............................       (113,170)        245,750
                                                    -----------     -----------

  Net cash provided by operating
   activities ..................................        727,470         776,919
                                                    -----------     -----------


Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash distributions to shareholders .............       (746,765)       (564,805)
                                                    -----------     -----------

  Net cash used in financing activities ........       (746,765)       (564,805)
                                                    -----------     -----------


Net (decrease) increase in
 cash and cash equivalents .....................        (19,295)        212,114

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year ...      1,142,009       1,138,102
                                                    -----------     -----------

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period .......    $ 1,122,714     $ 1,350,216
                                                    -----------     -----------











                 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 1999  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K,  which  should  be read in
conjunction with these financial statements.

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

Introduction

The  Trust  carries  its  investment  in  Projects  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 by the Projects to fund capital expenditures.

Results of Operations

Total revenue  increased  47.6% to $912,000 in the first six months of 2000 from
$618,000  in the first six months of 1999 due to a $203,000  increase  in income
from the Olinda  Project and $91,000 of income from the Hawthorne  engines which
were  acquired  in the second half of 1999.  Total  revenue  increased  60.1% to
$469,000  in the three  months  ended June 30,  2000 from  $293,000  in the same
period in 1999 due to a $129,000  increase in income from the Olinda Project and
$34,000 of income from the  Hawthorne  engines which were acquired in the second
half of 1999.  The increased  revenue from the Olinda  Project  reflects  higher
revenues  and lower  maintenance  costs  resulting  from reduced  shutdowns  for
maintenance.

Total  expenses  of $72,000  in the first six months of 2000 and  $40,000 in the
three  months  ended June 30, 2000 were  comparable  to the $87,000 and $40,000,
respectively, incurred in the same periods in 1999.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

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 2000 will be adequate to fund
its obligations.

Forward-looking statement advisory

This Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q, as with some other  statements  made by the
Trust from time to time, contains forward-looking  statements.  These statements
discuss business trends and other matters relating to the Trust's future results
and the  business  climate and are found,  among other  places,  in the notes to
financial  statements  and at  Part  I,  Item  2,  Management's  Discussion  and
Analysis.  In  order  to  make  these  statements,  the  Trust  has  had to make
assumptions  as to the future.  It has also had to make  estimates in some cases
about events that have already  happened,  and to rely on data that may be found
to be inaccurate at a later time. Because these  forward-looking  statements are
based on assumptions,  estimates and changeable data, and because any attempt to
predict the future is subject to other errors,  what happens to the Trust in the
future may be materially different from the Trust's statements here.

The Trust  therefore warns readers of this document that they should not rely on
these  forward-looking  statements  without  considering  all of the things that
could make them  inaccurate.  The Trust's other filings with the  Securities and
Exchange  Commission and its Confidential  Memorandum discuss many (but not all)
of  the  risks  and  uncertainties  that  might  affect  these   forward-looking
statements.

Some of these are changes in political and economic conditions, federal or state
regulatory  structures,  government  taxation,  spending and budgetary policies,
government  mandates,  demand for electricity and thermal energy, the ability of
customers  to pay for  energy  received,  supplies  of fuel and prices of fuels,
operational status of plant,  mechanical  breakdowns,  availability of labor and
the  willingness  of  electric  utilities  to perform  existing  power  purchase
agreements in good faith.  Some of the  cautionary  factors that readers  should
consider are described in the Trust's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

By making these statements now, the Trust is not making any commitment to revise
these forward-looking statements to reflect events that happen after the date of
this document or to reflect unanticipated future events.



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                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
None.


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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 14, 2000                     By /s/ Christopher I. Naunton
Date                                Christopher I. Naunton
                                            Vice President and
                                    Chief Financial Officer
                                    (signing on behalf of the
                                    Registrant and as
                                    principal financial
                                    officer)



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