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Related Parties
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Parties
TVA is a wholly-owned corporate agency of the federal government, and because of this relationship, TVA's revenues and expenses are included as part of the federal budget as a revolving fund.  TVA's purpose and responsibilities as an agency are described under the "Other Agencies" section of the federal budget.

TVA's power program and stewardship (nonpower) programs were originally funded primarily by appropriations from Congress.  In 1959, Congress passed an amendment to the TVA Act that required TVA's power program to be self-financing from power revenues and proceeds from power program financings.  While TVA's power program did not directly receive appropriated funds after it became self-financing, TVA continued to receive appropriations for certain multipurpose and other nonpower mission-related activities as well as for its stewardship activities.  TVA has not received any appropriations from Congress for any activities since 1999, and since that time, TVA has funded stewardship program activities primarily with power revenues.

The 1959 amendment to the TVA Act also required TVA, beginning in 1961, to make annual payments to the U.S. Treasury from net power proceeds as a repayment of and as a return on the Power Program Appropriation Investment until a total of $1.0 billion of the Power Program Appropriation Investment has been repaid in accordance with the 1959 amendment.   TVA fulfilled its requirement to repay $1.0 billion of the Power Program Appropriation Investment in 2014. The TVA Act requires TVA to continue making payments to the U.S. Treasury as a return on the remaining $258 million of the Power Program Appropriation Investment.

TVA paid the U.S. Treasury $6 million, $4 million, and $4 million in 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, as a return on the Power Program Appropriation Investment.  The amount of the return on the Power Program Appropriation Investment is based on the Power Program Appropriation Investment balance at the beginning of that year and the computed average interest rate payable by the U.S. Treasury on its total marketable public obligations at the same date.  The interest rates payable by TVA on the Power Program Appropriation Investment were 1.99 percent, 1.47 percent, and 1.64 percent for 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

TVA also has access to a financing arrangement with the U.S. Treasury pursuant to the TVA Act.  TVA and the U.S. Treasury entered into a memorandum of understanding under which the U.S. Treasury provides TVA with a $150 million credit facility.  This credit facility has a maturity date of September 30, 2024, and is typically renewed annually.  Access to this credit facility or other similar financing arrangements has been available to TVA since the 1960s.  See Note 14 — Debt and Other Obligations — Credit Facility Agreements.

In the normal course of business, TVA contracts with other federal agencies for sales of electricity and other services.   Transactions with agencies of the federal government were as follows:
Related Party Transactions
At or for the years ended September 30
(in millions)
 202320222021
Revenue from sales of electricity$120 $134 $109 
Other income282 296 280 
Expenditures
Operating expenses234 228 214 
Additions to property, plant, and equipment8 11 10 
Cash and cash equivalents31 30 30 
Accounts receivable, net87 78 65 
Investment funds391 358 573 
Long-term accounts receivable38 43 31 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities42 42 15 
Long-term power bonds, net1 1 1 
Return on power program appropriation investment6 4 4