Tennessee Valley Authority

The OIG performed a review of the City of Scottsboro Electric Power Board (Scottsboro) which is a distributor for TVA power based in Scottsboro, Alabama. Scottsboro also operates a telecommunications department that offers cable, internet, and telephone services. Also, Scottsboro is one of four...

We reviewed the design of a TVA contractor's process for administering subcontracted work for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 construction project. Specifically, we reviewed the contractor's (1) invoice review process, (2) process for scheduling work, and (3) process for ensuring subcontractor...

OIG reviewed the Lenoir City Utilities Board (LCUB), a distributor for TVA power based in Lenoir City, Tennessee. LCUB also operates nonelectric businesses that include gas, water, and sewer utilities. The OIG's review found multiple concerns, including (1) customer classification and metering...

Since 1933, Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) dam and reservoir construction program has acquired approximately 1.3 million acres of land for the creation of 34 reservoirs in five of the seven states in the Tennessee Valley region. Water flooded approximately 470,000 acres as part of the...

The Inspector General (IG) Criminal Investigator Academy (IG Academy) was officially established in February 1994 by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE). The training academy is...

Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc. (Marshall Miller) was engaged by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Office of Inspector General to review the adequacy and completeness of environmental recovery plans prepared by TVA in response to the ash spill that occurred on December 22, 2008, at the...

Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc. (Marshall Miller) was engaged by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Office of Inspector General to review the Transportation and Disposal Plans prepared by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in response to the ash release that occurred on December 22, 2008 at...

As part of the Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) ongoing commitment to provide oversight in this area, we assessed Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Kingston ash spill clean-up and recovery efforts. We assessed TVA's progress in two areas: (1) the clean-up of the ash and returning the area to...

TVA OIG retained Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc. (Marshall Miller) to conduct a peer review of the Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. (Stantec) stability calculations and construction documents for the Dike C Buttress at the Kingston Fossil Plant (Kingston). Dike C refers to the remaining section...

As part of our annual audit plan, we reviewed the process for ensuring that counterparty credit analysis is performed and monitored. We identified issues related to the cultural factors affecting the credit risk monitoring process, performance of initial credit analysis, and monitoring of...