Tennessee Valley Authority

The OIG audited $2.5 million in costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by G&A Environmental Contractors, Inc., for vacuuming services. Our objective was to determine if the costs billed to TVA for the period January 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011, were in compliance with the terms...

As part of a series of reviews to evaluate the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) actions to address key risks, we evaluated TVA's outage scheduling risk. The objective of this review was to evaluate TVA's outage scheduling risk to identify opportunities to improve mitigation strategies and assess...

Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Facilities Management (FM) business unit is responsible for managing TVA's facilities portfolio and providing services across TVA, such as building maintenance and grounds and property management. Within FM, Facilities Programs and Projects manages efforts for...

At the request of Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Supply Chain, we audited AREVA NP, Inc.'s calendar year 2011 rate adjustments required under the terms in its contract. The contract provided for AREVA to complete engineering, licensing, construction, and startup operations of a single Bellefonte...

In May 2004, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) incorporated the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Standard 805 as a voluntary alternative to the existing fire protection standards as published in Section 50.48, "Fire Protection," and Appendix R of the 10 Code of Federal Regulations...

The OIG audited TVA's fiscal year 2012 compliance with the Improper Payment Information Act of 2002, as amended. In summary, we found TVA was in compliance with applicable IPIA requirements.

TVA's meter testing was identified as a key internal control in the revenue recognition process after TVA moved from end-use to wholesale billing. The OIG audited the adequacy of TVA's process for testing meters owned and read by TVA. The audit included (1) evaluating whether TVA meter testing...

This investigation was initiated after the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) received a complaint alleging the TVA Board of Directors (Board) failed to give proper notice as required by the Government in the Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) when the Board selected...

TVA provides biweekly vehicle allowances to eligible officers and key managers in accordance with Vehicle Allowance Guidelines that were put into effect April 1, 2006. Additionally, TVA maintains a light fleet of about 2,900 vehicles, which are available for assignment to any TVA employee with a...

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 (WBN2) management requested the Office of the Inspector General to perform a review of the commodity tracking process being implemented for the WBN2 construction project. This review was intended to help TVA gain confidence in their...