Other Long-Term Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities consist primarily of liabilities related to certain derivative agreements as well as for environmental remediation liabilities and liabilities under agreements related to compliance with certain environmental regulations. See Note 12 — Asset Retirement Obligations, Note 15 — Risk Management Activities and Derivative Transactions — Derivatives Not Receiving Hedge Accounting Treatment — Interest Rate Derivatives, and Note 22 — Commitments and Contingencies — Legal Proceedings — Environmental Agreements. The table below summarizes the types and amounts of Other long-term liabilities:



Other Long-Term Liabilities At September 30
	2019		2018
Interest rate swap liabilities	$	1,676	$	1,122
Gallatin coal combustion residual facilities liability	—		862
Capital lease obligations	182		178
Currency swap liabilities	193		81
EnergyRight® financing obligation	90		102
Paradise pipeline financing obligation⁽¹⁾	80		80
Accrued long-term service agreements⁽¹⁾	66		74
Other⁽¹⁾	203		216
Total other long-term liabilities	$	2,490	$	2,715

Note

(1) Certain amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation.

Interest Rate Swap Liabilities. TVA uses interest rate swaps to fix variable short-term debt to a fixed rate. The values of these derivatives are included in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities and Other long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2019 and 2018, the carrying amount of the interest rate swap liabilities reported in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities was approximately $88 million and $77 million, respectively. See Note 15 — Risk Management Activities and Derivative Transactions — Derivatives Not Receiving Hedge Accounting Treatment — Interest Rate Derivatives for information regarding the interest rate swap liabilities. As of September 30, 2019, Interest rate swap liabilities increased $554 million as compared to September 30, 2018, primarily due to significant decreases in market interest rates used to discount future expected net cash flows in mark-to-market valuations.

Gallatin Coal Combustion Residual Facilities Liability. As of September 30, 2018, the estimated cost of the potential

Gallatin CCR project was $900 million. The current and long-term portions of the resulting obligation were reported in Accounts

payable and accrued liabilities and Other long-term liabilities, respectively, on TVA's Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2018, related liabilities of $30 million were recorded in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities. As a result of the

subsequent decision in TVA's favor by the Sixth Circuit, as well as the June 2019 consent order filed in the case brought by

TDEC, Gallatin CCR project costs are now recorded in Asset retirement obligations. See Note 12 — Asset Retirement Obligations.

EnergyRight^®Financing Obligation. TVA purchases certain loans receivable from its LPCs in association with the EnergyRight^® Solutions program. The current and long-term portions of the resulting financing obligation are reported in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities and Other long-term liabilities, respectively, on TVA's Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2019 and 2018, the carrying amount of the financing obligation reported in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities was approximately $23 million and $25 million, respectively. See Note 7 — Other Long-Term Assets for information regarding the associated loans receivable.

Paradise Pipeline Financing Obligation. TVA reserves firm pipeline capacity on an approximately 19 mile pipeline

owned by Texas Gas, which serves TVA's Paradise CC. The capacity contract contains a lease component

due to TVA's exclusive right to use the pipeline. TVA accounts for this lease component as a financing transaction. The current

and long-term portions of the resulting financing obligation are reported in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities and Other

long-term liabilities, respectively, on TVA's Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of both September 30, 2019 and 2018,

related liabilities of less than $1 million were recorded in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

Accrued Long-Term Service Agreement. TVA has entered into various long-term service agreements for major

maintenance activities at certain of its combined cycle plants. TVA uses the direct expense method of accounting for these

arrangements. TVA accrues for parts when it takes ownership and for contractor services when they are rendered. Under

certain of these agreements, parts received and services rendered exceed payments made. The current and long-term portions

of the resulting obligation are reported in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities and Other long-term liabilities, respectively, on

TVA's Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2019 and 2018, related liabilities of $12 million and $30 million, respectively, were recorded in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities.