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If you know about fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, or whistleblower reprisal relating to a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) program, contract, or employee, you may report it to the TVA OIG EMPOWERLINE. Examples of topics investigated include: contractor fraud; employee wrongdoing; workers’ compensation fraud; environmental crimes; healthcare/prescription drug fraud; partisan political activity; and conflict of interest. TVA OIG also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving employees of TVA contractors or subcontractors.
• Emergencies involving imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury (911 emergencies) • EEO Complaints • Union Grievances
The OIG performed an interim audit of costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Bechtel Power Corporation for providing engineering, procurement, and construction services in support of the completion of TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2. Our audit included about $397 million in...
The OIG audited Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) craft labor staffing, which was identified by TVA as one of its top five risks in two risk categories, talent management and capacity expansion and construction. Our objectives were to assess TVA's mitigation of craft labor risks associated with...
With the age of TVA generating assets, the need to understand the condition of these assets and use this information to effectively plan is critical. As a result, the OIG initiated a review to determine how TVA assesses the condition of electric assets and uses this information in planning. This...
We audited $10.4 million in costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Connecticut for nuclear Authorized Inspection Agency service under several contracts. The $10.4 million billed included (1) $4.8 million billed between...
TVA established the Direct Load Control (DLC) program in the 1970s as a means to shift load from on-peak/high-priced periods to off-peak/low-priced periods. At the time of our audit, there were 12 distributors participating in the DLC program. Credits provided to these distributors during 2011...
Because of the importance of successful capital project management, and in light of recent capital project cost overruns and schedule delays, we initiated a review of Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) capital project management. The objective of our work was to determine whether the Project...
TVA's Board of Directors approved a Financial Trading Pilot Program in September 2003 to hedge or otherwise limit the economic risks associated with the price of commodities covered by TVA's Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA). At that time, the maximum Value at Risk (VaR) was not to exceed $5 million on an...
The OIG reviewed TVA's storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia to determine whether (1) TVA's policies and procedures complied with relevant ammonia-related Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other federal regulations, and (2) TVA fossil plants were in compliance with TVA's...
This review was the result of broad interest surrounding the safety and condition of TVA dams after the ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant. The objectives of this review were to determine if TVA's Dam Safety Program identified and adequately addressed significant risks, was in compliance with...
We audited $6.9 million in payments TVA made to a contractor for providing labor, material, and equipment to reclear or provide maintenance for existing transmission line right-of-way areas under two contracts from January 5, 2004, through April 19, 2010. In summary, we found the contractor had...
