Restructuring

TVA is undertaking cost reduction initiatives with the goal of keeping rates low, keeping reliability high, and continuing to fulfill its broader mission of environmental stewardship and economic development. TVA’s current focus is on reducing operating and maintenance costs through further efficiency gains and streamlining the organization. The goal is to reduce TVA’s operating and maintenance costs by $500 million by the end of 2015 as compared to its 2013 budget. As part of these cost reduction initiatives, an organizational restructuring occurred in 2014, which resulted in approximately 2,000 position reductions achieved through attrition, elimination of vacant positions, and employees leaving TVA either voluntarily or involuntarily. Certain employees were eligible for severance payments as a result of these cost reduction initiatives. These severance amounts are included in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the March 31, 2015 and 2014 Consolidated Balance Sheets and the restructuring expenses are included in Operating and maintenance on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The table below summarizes the activity related to severance costs:



Severance Cost Liability Activity
	Three Months Ended March 31						Six Months Ended March 31
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Severance cost liability at beginning of period	$	4		$	12		$	45		$	—
Liabilities incurred during the period	—			17			—			29
Actual costs paid during the period	(3		)	(4		)	(43		)	(4		)
Adjustments to estimate during the period	—			—			(1		)	—
Severance cost liability at end of period	$	1		$	25		$	1		$	25

TVA plans to continue to evaluate its operations after reaching its 2015 cost reduction goal. These evaluations could include additional staff restructuring and severance costs.