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Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets - Text Block | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Other Current Assets | 5. Other Current Assets Other current assets consisted of the following:
Other Current Assets At September 30
| 2021 |  | 2020
Commodity contract derivative assets | $ | 210 |  |  | $ | 26 |
Other | 77 |  |  | 58 |
Other current assets | $ | 287 |  |  | $ | 84 |
Commodity Contract Derivative Assets. TVA enters into certain derivative contracts for natural gas that require physical delivery of the contracted quantity of the commodity. See Note 16 — Risk Management Activities and Derivative Transactions — Derivatives Not Receiving Hedge Accounting Treatment — Commodity Derivatives for a discussion of TVA's commodity contract derivatives.

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