Company: ENBSF
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000895728-25-000006
Chunk: 74

Company: ENBRIDGE INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 74
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.DEFERRED AMOUNTS AND OTHER ASSETSDeferred amounts and other assets primarily consists of costs that regulatory authorities have permitted, or are expected to permit, to be recovered through future rates (Note 7), overfunded defined benefit pension and OPEB plan assets (Note 25), operating lease ROU assets (Note 26) and long-term gross derivative asset balances (Note 23).INTANGIBLE ASSETSIntangible assets consist primarily of certain software costs, customer relationships and biogas rights agreements. We capitalize costs incurred during the application development stage of internal use software projects. Customer relationships represent the underlying relationship from long-term agreements with customers that are capitalized upon acquisition. Biogas rights agreements are long-term gas supply agreements with landfill owners of our landfill gas-to-RNG production facilities that are capitalized upon acquisition. Intangible assets are generally amortized on a straight-line basis over their expected lives, commencing when the asset is available for use.GOODWILLGoodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net identifiable assets upon acquisition of a business. The carrying value of goodwill, which is not amortized, is assessed for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances arise that suggest the carrying value of goodwill may be impaired. We perform our annual review of the goodwill balance on April 1.We perform our annual review for impairment at the reporting unit level, which is identified by assessing whether the components of our operating segments constitute businesses for which discrete information is available, whether segment management regularly reviews the operating results of those components, and whether the economic and regulatory characteristics are similar. Our reporting units are Liquids Pipelines, Gas Transmission, Gas Distribution and Storage, and Renewable Power Generation.We have the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative goodwill impairment assessment. When performing a qualitative assessment, we determine the drivers of fair value for each reporting unit and evaluate whether those drivers have been positively or negatively affected by relevant events and circumstances since the last fair value assessment. Our evaluation includes, but is not limited to, the assessment of macroeconomic trends (including the impact of changes in discount rates and rate base multiple), changes to regulatory environments, capital accessibility, operating income trends (including changes to projected cash flows from operations, expected future capital expenditures and forecasted rate base), and changes to industry conditions. Based on our assessment of qualitative factors, if we determine it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, a quantitative