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Other Long-Term Assets
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
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
 
2018
 
2017
EnergyRight® receivables
$
90

 
$
100

Loans and other long-term receivables, net
135

 
115

Commodity contract derivative assets
31

 
2

Prepaid capacity payments
27

 
34

Other
66

 
72

Total other long-term assets
$
349

 
$
323



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 10 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 receivables as secured borrowings. The current and long-term portions of the receivables are reported in Accounts receivable, net and Other long-term assets, respectively, on TVA's consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2018 and 2017, the carrying amount of the receivables, net of discount, reported in Accounts receivable, net was approximately $22 million and $25 million, respectively. See Note 11 for information regarding the associated financing obligation.