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Other Long-Term Assets

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Long-Term Assets

Other Long-Term Assets

The table below summarizes the types and amounts of TVA’s other long-term assets:

Other Long-Term Assets
	At June 30, 2012				At September 30, 2011
Loans and other long-term receivables, net	$	200			$	74
Coal contract derivative assets	111				285
Other	138				13
Total other long-term assets	$	449			$	372

TVA guarantees repayment on certain loans receivable from end-use customers in association with the EnergyRight^® Solutions program.  TVA sells the loans receivable to a third party bank and has agreed with the bank to purchase any loan receivable that has been in default for 180 days or more or that TVA has determined is uncollectible. The loans receivable and the associated obligation to purchase those loans are shown in Other long-term assets and Other long-term liabilities, respectively, on TVA's consolidated balance sheets.  The current portion of the loans receivable and the associated obligation to purchase those loans are shown in Current assets and Current liabilities, respectively, on TVA's consolidated balance sheets.  As of June 30, 2012, the carrying amount of the loans receivable, net of discount, was approximately $148 million.  The carrying amount of the associated obligation to purchase those loans was approximately $182 million.

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