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Other Long-Term Assets
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
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
 
2016
 
2015
EnergyRight® receivables
$
112

 
$
124

Loans and other long-term receivables, net
136

 
126

Commodity contract derivative assets
3

 
1

Prepaid capacity payments
42

 
52

Currency swap assets, net

 
25

Other
93

 
75

Total other long-term assets
$
386

 
$
403



In association with the EnergyRight® Solutions program, LPCs offer financing to end-use customers for the purchase of energy-efficient equipment. Depending on the nature of the energy-efficiency project, loans may have a maximum term of five years or ten years. TVA purchases the resulting loans receivable from its LPCs. The loans receivable are then transferred to a third-party bank with which TVA has agreed to repay in full any loan receivable that has been in default for 180 days or more or that TVA has determined is uncollectible. Given this continuing involvement, TVA accounts for the transfer of the loans receivable as secured borrowings. The current and long-term portions of the loans receivable are reported in Accounts receivable, net and Other long-term assets, respectively, on TVA’s consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, the carrying amount of the loans receivable, net of discount, reported in Accounts receivable, net was approximately $29 million and $32 million, respectively. See Note 10 for information regarding the associated financing obligation.