Cheniere Energy, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Restricted Cash

Restricted Cash

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

RESTRICTED CASH

Restricted cash consists of funds that are contractually restricted as to usage or withdrawal and have been presented separately from cash and cash equivalents on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, restricted cash consisted of the following (in millions):



	March 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
Current restricted cash
SPL Project	$	531	$	358
CQP and cash held by guarantor subsidiaries	225		247
CCL Project	143		197
Cash held by our subsidiaries restricted to Cheniere	101		58
Total current restricted cash	$	1,000	$	860

Non-current restricted cash
SPL Project	$	1,000	$	—
CCL Project	—		73
Other	18		18
Total non-current restricted cash	$	1,018	$	91

- Definition

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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