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Revenues from Contracts with Customers

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Revenues from Contracts with Customers
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenues from Contracts with Customers REVENUES FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue earned from contracts with customers (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022 2021
LNG revenues $ 2,488  $ 1,669 
LNG revenues—affiliate 757  214 
Regasification revenues 68  67 
Other revenues 15  13 
Total revenues $ 3,328  $ 1,963 
Contract Assets and Liabilities

The following table shows our contract assets, net of current expected credit losses, which are classified as other current assets and other non-current assets, net on our Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
March 31, December 31,
2022 2021
Contract assets, net of current expected credit losses $ 1  $ 1 

The following table reflects the changes in our contract liabilities, which we classify as deferred revenue on our Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Deferred revenue, beginning of period $ 155 
Cash received but not yet recognized in revenue 116 
Revenue recognized from prior period deferral (155)
Deferred revenue, end of period $ 116 

The following table reflects the changes in our contract liabilities to affiliate, which we classify as deferred revenue—affiliate and other non-current liabilities—affiliate on our Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Deferred revenue—affiliate, beginning of period $ 3 
Cash received but not yet recognized in revenue 3 
Revenue recognized from prior period deferral (3)
Deferred revenue—affiliate, end of period $ 3 

Transaction Price Allocated to Future Performance Obligations

Because many of our sales contracts have long-term durations, we are contractually entitled to significant future consideration which we have not yet recognized as revenue. The following table discloses the aggregate amount of the transaction price that is allocated to performance obligations that have not yet been satisfied:
March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
Unsatisfied
Transaction Price
(in billions)		 Weighted Average Recognition Timing (years) (1) Unsatisfied
Transaction Price
(in billions)		 Weighted Average Recognition Timing (years) (1)
LNG revenues $ 51.2  8 $ 49.3  9
LNG revenues—affiliate 2.0  3 2.1  3
Regasification revenues 1.8  4 1.9  4
Total revenues $ 55.0  $ 53.3 
(1)The weighted average recognition timing represents an estimate of the number of years during which we shall have recognized half of the unsatisfied transaction price.
We have elected the following exemptions which omit certain potential future sources of revenue from the table above:
(1)We omit from the table above all performance obligations that are part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.
(2)The table above excludes substantially all variable consideration under our SPAs and TUAs. We omit from the table above all variable consideration that is allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation or to a wholly unsatisfied promise to transfer a distinct good or service that forms part of a single performance obligation when that performance obligation qualifies as a series. The amount of revenue from variable fees that is not included in the transaction price will vary based on the future prices of Henry Hub throughout the contract terms, to the extent customers elect to take delivery of their LNG, and adjustments to the consumer price index. Certain of our contracts contain additional variable consideration based on the outcome of contingent events and the movement of various indexes. We have not included such variable consideration in the transaction price to the extent the consideration is considered constrained due to the uncertainty of ultimate pricing and receipt. Approximately 67% and 51% of our LNG revenues from contracts included in the table above during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, were related to variable consideration received from customers. 100% of our LNG revenues—affiliate from contracts included in the table above during both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were related to variable consideration received from customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, approximately 6% and 3%, respectively, of our regasification revenues were related to variable consideration received from customers.

We may enter into contracts to sell LNG that are conditioned upon one or both of the parties achieving certain milestones such as reaching a final investment decision on a certain liquefaction Train, obtaining financing or achieving substantial completion of a Train and any related facilities. These contracts are considered completed contracts for revenue recognition purposes and are included in the transaction price above when the conditions are considered probable of being met.