Tennessee Valley Authority OIG

We identified nine contractor employees who were H-1B visa nonimmigrants betweenJanuary 31, 2017, and January 31, 2019. We determined the nine contractor employees we identified as being H-1B nonimmigrants met selected criteria of the visa regulations. However, we could not confirm the actual number...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Hydro Dispatch Control Center (HDCC) to identify operational and cultural strengths and risks that could impact HDCC’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified strengths within HDCC related to (1) organizational alignment, (2)...

In keeping with its responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, the OIG monitored the audit of TVA's fiscal year 2019 financial statements performed by Ernst and Young LLP (EY) to assure their work complied with Government Auditing Standards. Our review of EY's work...

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

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) contracted with ATC Group Services LLC (ATC) to conduct a review of groundwater monitoring activities at Shawnee Fossil Plant to determine the quality of the program and adherence to regulatory standards. ATC stated that in their opinion, monitoring...

The Office of the Inspector General previously conducted an evaluation of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN) Site Security (Evaluation 2018-15550, issued September 24, 2018) to identify strengths and risks that could affect SQN Site Security’s organizational effectiveness. Our report identified several...

The Office of the Inspector General previously conducted an evaluation 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...

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...