Tennessee Valley Authority

We reviewed TVA's decision to construct a gas plant in northeast Tennessee to determine if TVA's analyses supporting its decision were reasonable. TVA's decision was initiated by a court-ordered accelerated schedule to install emission control equipment at John Sevier Fossil Plant, which would...

Based on reports of government and contractor employees obtaining phony/counterfeit educational degrees, we conducted a review of Bechtel and subcontractor employees assigned to the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 Construction Completion Project (WBN U2 Project). Our objective was to validate, for...

Based upon questions posed to OIG personnel regarding TVA's criteria for the adjustment of tributary water levels, the OIG conducted a review of TVA's Reservoir Operations. Our objectives were to determine (1) whether criteria exist to balance the competing objectives of managing water in TVA...

The OIG performed a review of Tullahoma Utilities Board (Tullahoma) which is a distributor for TVA power based in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Our review of Tullahoma found issues involving customer classification and metering that could impact (1) the proper reporting of electric sales and (2)...

The OIG performed a review of the Princeton Electric Plant Board (Princeton), which is a distributor for Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) power based in Princeton, Kentucky. Our review of Princeton found issues involving customer classification and metering that could impact (1) the proper reporting...

We audited $147.7 million of costs billed to TVA by a contractor for providing security services for TVA facilities. In summary, we found (1) TVA made an erroneous payment of $206,531 to the contractor for costs related to another contract, (2) the contractor overbilled TVA an estimated $72,645 due...

In comparison to the fiscal year (FY) 2008 FISMA report, we found TVA had generally improved in the area of establishing its inventory of systems requiring certification and accreditation and general security awareness training for network users. However, we identified several areas during this year...

We audited $10.16 million in costs billed to TVA by a contractor for providiing professional engineering and technical support services associated with the detailed, scoping, estimating, and planning study related to the potential completion of Unit 2 at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. In summary, we found...

As part of our annual audit plan, our office reviewed the risks associated with the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) pension plan and how those risks are mitigated. Our audit covered areas such as (1) controls designed to mitigate pension risk, (2) the TVA Retirement System's (TVARS) financial...

To facilitate public understanding of TVA's efforts to promote the use of green power in the Tennessee Valley, we reviewed the Green Power Switch? program. Specifically, we reviewed the program to determine whether (1) the methods used by TVA to market the program disclosed that green power goes...