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Accounts Receivable, Net | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss [Abstract] |
Accounts Receivable, Net | 3. Accounts Receivable, Net Accounts receivable primarily consist of amounts due from customers for power sales. The table below summarizes the types and amounts of TVA's accounts receivable:
Accounts Receivable, Net At September 30
| 2019 |  | 2018
Power receivables | $ | 1,624 |  |  | $ | 1,570 |
Other receivables | 115 |  |  | 87 |
Accounts receivable, net(1) | $ | 1,739 |  |  | $ | 1,657 |
Note (1) Allowance for uncollectible accounts was less than $1 million at September 30, 2019 and 2018, and therefore is not represented in the table above.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for claims held for amounts due a entity, excluding financing receivables. Examples include, but are not limited to, trade accounts receivables, notes receivables, loans receivables. Includes disclosure for allowance for credit losses. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2196772 + Details
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