Other Long-Term Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018
Other Long-Term Assets
EnergyRight® receivables		$ 112	$ 109
Other long-term assets	$ 373	362
Other long-term assets
Other Long-Term Assets
Loans and other long-term receivables, net(1)	136	125
EnergyRight® receivables	88	90
Prepaid capacity payments	25	27
Commodity contract derivative assets	27	31
Other	74	66
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent	23	$ 23
Accounts Receivable
Other Long-Term Assets
EnergyRight® receivables	$ 22

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the asset arising from commodity contracts such as futures contracts tied to the movement of a particular commodity, which are expected to be converted into cash or otherwise disposed of after a year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of other miscellaneous assets expected to be realized or consumed after one year or normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of cash and cash equivalents restricted as to withdrawal or usage, classified as noncurrent. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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