Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) performed the procedures, which were requested and agreed to by Tennessee Valley Authority management solely to assist management in determining the validity of the Winning Performance/Executive Annual Incentive Plan (WP) Measures for fiscal year (FY) ending...

On August 20, 2020, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) created the Pandemic Relief Credit (PRC) to provide a measure of relief to local power companies (LPCs), industries, businesses, and people of TVA’s seven state service region. Relief was...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of TVA’s Technology Portfolio Management (TPfM) organization to identify factors that could impact TPfM’s organizational effectiveness. Interviews with TPfM personnel revealed positive interactions within TPfM. However, we identified issues that...

Based on our review of Preventive Maintenance (PM) metric data provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), we determined PMs were generally being performed within established schedules at TVA’s nuclear plants; however, some metrics indicated performance could be improved. In addition, we found...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Power Service Shop (PSS) organization to identify factors that could impact PSS’s organizational effectiveness. During our evaluation, PSS personnel commented positively on interactions within and outside of PSS and the safety environment...

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires each agency’s Inspector General (IG) to conduct an annual independent evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the information security program (ISP) and practices of its respective agency. Our objective was to determine...

For most Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) employees, annual compensation consists of two components: base pay (salary) and pay at risk (Winning Performance [WP]). WP is a performance management program designed to promote teamwork, encourage high performance behaviors, and motivate and reward TVA...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Magnolia Combined Cycle Plant (MCC) to identify factors that could impact MCC’s organizational effectiveness. During interviews, MCC personnel revealed positive interactions with team members and most management. However, we identified...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) defines critical spares as components or parts needed to (1) prevent loss of generation or transmission, (2) prevent unsafe operating conditions, and/or (3) return critical components to service. TVA identified 45,934 critical components for its 18 natural gas...

We determined the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) coal plants have taken steps to reduce combustible coal dust since dedicated Combustible Dust Program funding was provided by TVA in 2018. Specifically, coal plants have dedicated combustible dust housekeeping crews to help mitigate combustible...