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Debt and Other Obligations
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Other Obligations
Debt and Other Obligations

Debt Outstanding

Total debt outstanding at June 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018, consisted of the following:
Debt Outstanding 
 
At June 30, 2019
 
At September 30, 2018
Short-term debt
 
 
 
Short-term debt, net
$
1,444

 
$
1,216

Current maturities of power bonds
1,030

 
1,032

Current maturities of long-term debt of variable interest entities
39

 
38

Current maturities of notes payable
23

 
46

Total current debt outstanding, net
2,536

 
2,332

Long-term debt
 

 
 

Long-term power bonds(1)
19,249

 
20,300

Long-term debt of variable interest entities, net
1,108

 
1,127

Long-term notes payable

 
23

Unamortized discounts, premiums, issue costs, and other
(134
)
 
(143
)
Total long-term debt, net
20,223

 
21,307

Total outstanding debt
$
22,759

 
$
23,639


Note
(1) Includes net exchange gain from currency transactions of $167 million and $147 million at June 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018, respectively.

Debt Securities Activity

The table below summarizes the long-term debt securities activity for the period from October 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019:
Debt Securities Activity
 
 
Date
 
Amount(1)
 
Interest Rate
Redemptions/Maturities
 
 
 
 
 
 
electronotes®
 
First Quarter 2019
 
$
1

 
2.65
%
electronotes®
 
Second Quarter 2019
 
1

 
3.48
%
electronotes®
 
Third Quarter 2019
 
2

 
2.89
%
2013 Series A
 
October 2018
 
1,000

 
1.75
%
2009 Series B
 
December 2018
 
1

 
3.77
%
2009 Series B
 
June 2019
 
29

 
3.77
%
Total redemptions/maturities of power bonds
 
 
 
1,034

 


Notes payable
 
 
 
46

 
1.27
%
Debt of variable interest entities
 
 
 
19

 
4.31
%
Total redemptions/maturities of debt
 
 
 
$
1,099

 


Note
(1) All redemptions were at 100 percent of par.

Credit Facility Agreements

TVA and the U.S. Treasury, pursuant to the TVA Act, have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which the U.S. Treasury provides TVA with a $150 million credit facility. This credit facility was renewed in 2018 with a maturity date of September 30, 2019. Access to this credit facility or other similar financing arrangements with the U.S. Treasury has been available to TVA since the 1960s. TVA can borrow under the U.S. Treasury credit facility only if it cannot issue Bonds in the market on reasonable terms, and TVA considers the U.S. Treasury credit facility a secondary source of liquidity. The interest rate on any borrowing under this facility is based on the average rate on outstanding marketable obligations of the U.S. with maturities from date of issue of one year or less. There were no outstanding borrowings under the facility at June 30, 2019. The availability of this credit facility may be impacted by how the U.S. government addresses the possibility of approaching its debt limit.

TVA also has funding available under four long-term revolving credit facilities totaling $2.7 billion: a $150 million credit facility that matures on December 11, 2021, a $500 million credit facility that matures on February 1, 2022, a $1.0 billion credit facility that matures on June 13, 2023, and a $1.0 billion credit facility that matures on September 28, 2023. The interest rate on any borrowing under these facilities varies based on market factors and the rating of TVA's senior unsecured, long-term, non-credit-enhanced debt. TVA is required to pay an unused facility fee on the portion of the total $2.7 billion that TVA has not borrowed or committed under letters of credit. This fee, along with letter of credit fees, may fluctuate depending on the rating of TVA's senior unsecured, long-term, non-credit-enhanced debt. At June 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018, there were approximately $1.1 billion and $921 million, respectively, of letters of credit outstanding under these facilities, and there were no borrowings outstanding. See Note 14Other Derivative Instruments Collateral.

The following table provides additional information regarding TVA's funding available under the four long-term revolving credit facilities:
Summary of Long-Term Credit Facilities
At June 30, 2019
 
Facility Limit
 
Letters of Credit Outstanding
 
Cash Borrowings
 
Availability
Maturity Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 December 2021
$
150

 
$
38

 
$

 
$
112

 February 2022
500

 
500

 

 

 June 2023
1,000

 
242

 

 
758

 September 2023
1,000

 
310

 

 
690

Total
$
2,650

 
$
1,090

 
$

 
$
1,560



Lease/Leasebacks
    
TVA previously entered into leasing transactions to obtain third-party financing for 24 peaking combustion turbine units ("CTs") as well as certain qualified technological equipment and software (collectively, "QTE"). Due to TVA's continuing involvement with the combustion turbine facilities and the QTE during the leaseback term, TVA accounted for the lease proceeds as financing obligations. At June 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018, the outstanding leaseback obligations related to the remaining CTs and QTE were $263 million and $301 million, respectively. In March 2019, TVA made final rent payments under lease/leaseback transactions involving eight CTs, and TVA had previously acquired the equity interests related to these transactions. These transactions were terminated in July 2019. Final rent payments are scheduled to be made under the remaining CT lease/leaseback transactions on various dates from May 2020 to January 2022. TVA has already acquired the equity interests related to transactions involving eight of these CTs and will have the option to acquire the equity interests related to transactions involving the remaining eight CTs for additional amounts.