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Accounts Receivable, Net

12 Months Ended

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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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.

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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

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