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Supplemental Cash Flow Information	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]
Supplemental Cash Flow Information	Supplemental Cash Flow Information Interest paid was $1.3 billion for 2016, 2015 and 2014. These amounts differ from interest expense due to the timing of payments and interest capitalized of $235 million in 2016, $214 million in 2015, and $175 million in 2014 as a part of major capital expenditures.  Construction in progress and Nuclear fuel expenditures included in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities at September 30, 2016, 2015, and 2014 were $526 million, $530 million, and $391 million, respectively, and are excluded from the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the years ended September 30, 2016, 2015, and 2014 as non-cash investing activities.  Excluded from the Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows for the years ended September 30, 2016, 2015, and 2014 as non-cash financing activities, were capital lease obligations incurred related to purchase power assets of $81 million, less than $1 million, and $70 million, respectively. Also excluded from the Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows for the year ended September 30, 2016, were $78 million of notes payable related to TVA's recent acquisition of equity interests in certain SPEs. See Note 8.      Cash flows from futures contracts, forward contracts, option contracts, and swap contracts that are accounted for as hedges are classified in the same category as the item being hedged or on a basis consistent with the nature of the instrument.

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The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 50
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