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Inventories, Net

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Inventory, Net [Abstract]

Inventories, Net

Inventories, Net

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

Inventories, Net
	At March 31, 2018				At September 30, 2017
Materials and supplies inventory	$	763			$	734
Fuel inventory	322				355
Renewable energy certificates/emission allowance inventory, net	12				15
Allowance for inventory obsolescence	(50		)		(39		)
Inventories, net	$	1,047			$	1,065

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998

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