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Inventories, Net (Tables)

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Mar. 31, 2016

Inventory, Net [Abstract]

Inventories, Net

The table below summarizes the types and amounts of TVA’s inventories:

Inventories, Net
	At March 31, 2016				At September 30, 2015
Materials and supplies inventory	$	680			$	651
Fuel inventory	442				414
Emission allowance inventory, net	15				13
Allowance for inventory obsolescence	(56		)		(47		)
Inventories, net	$	1,081			$	1,031

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6361739&loc=d3e7789-107766

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 2
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph a,b,c
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