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Other Long-Term Assets
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
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 September 30
 
2013
 
2012
EnergyRight® receivables
$
117

 
$
115

Unamortized debt issue cost of power bonds
75

 
70

Loans and other long-term receivables, net
73

 
76

Coal contract derivative assets
1

 
107

Prepaid capacity payments
62

 
59

Currency swap assets
28

 
21

Other
89

 
61

Total other long-term assets
$
445

 
$
509



TVA guarantees repayment on certain loans receivable from customers of TVA's LPCs 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 transaction is accounted for as a financing arrangement. The loans receivable, and the financing obligation, 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 financing obligation are shown in Current assets and Current liabilities, respectively, on TVA's consolidated balance sheets.  At September 30, 2013, and 2012, the carrying amount of the loans receivable, net of discount, was approximately $150 million. The carrying amount of the financing obligation was approximately $186 million and $185 million at September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. See Note 10.