Tennessee Valley Authority

The Office of the Inspector General previously conducted a review of Human Resources (Evaluation Report 2016-15445-05, issued September 26, 2017) to identify operational and cultural strengths and areas for improvement that could impact Human Resources’ organizational effectiveness. Our report...

In 2016, TVA implemented an individual performance multiplier (IPM) that allows managers to adjust employees’ annual Short-Term Incentive lump-sum payouts based on performance. Since alignment between the multiplier and performance are important to the success of the initiative, we scheduled an...

Based on the importance of the System Operations Center to the transmission system, we performed an evaluation of the site-selection process to determine if the selected site (1) met regulatory requirements and established criteria and (2) provided financial or operational benefits over other...

The Office of the Inspector General audited TVA’s Hydro Generation’s cybersecurity controls. We found TVA had (1) a potential single point of failure that could affect TVA’s ability to operate effectively in the event of a disaster, (2) not configured network devices in a consistent manner, and (3)...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of Shawnee Fossil Plant (SHF) to identify operational and cultural strengths and areas for improvement that could impact SHF’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified strengths that positively affected the day-to-day activities of...

Due to the risk of incorrectly dispositioning nuclear outage materials, we initiated an evaluation of nuclear outage material management. Our objective was to determine if TVA is managing designated outage material following an outage to maximize use and minimize cost. We determined TVA generally...

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) previously conducted an evaluation of Sourcing (Evaluation 2017-15514, August 17, 2018) to identify strengths and risks that could affect Sourcing’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified several strengths and risks along with recommendations...

Due to potential risks associated with employee separations where some Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) employees ceased active work prior to their last official day of employment, we included an audit of timely access removal as part of our annual audit plan. Our audit objective was to determine if...

We audited the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) executive travel expenses to determine if they complied with Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) and TVA’s policies and procedures. Our audit scope included approximately $1.8 million in TVA executive travel expenses occurring from October 1, 2016...

The Office of the Inspector General audited TVA’s transmission system’s Internet security. We (1) identified vulnerabilities that increase TVA’s risk of successful cyberattacks, (2) found a gap in how TVA’s cybersecurity monitoring system detects cyberattacks against the transmission system, and (3)...