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Over the past 35 years, OIG reviews have focused on helping TVA improve the efficiency and effectiveness of TVA operations, save or recover money, and serve as a deterrent to misconduct and fraud.
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MAKING TVA BETTER
The TVA Office of Inspector General performs a crucial mission by providing independent and objective reporting to the TVA Board, the Congress, and other stakeholders.
For more than 35 years, the TVA OIG has stayed committed to providing an independent analysis of TVA operations and programs to help identify more efficient and effective ways to do business and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse. In those years, we have seen many changes in TVA and TVA OIG. One constant is the focus on making TVA better by helping TVA save or recover money, reduce risks, and improve operations and working to bring justice to those who commit fraud. Making TVA better is a mutual purpose we share with TVA management, employees, and the TVA Board. It is important to the 10 million people of the Tennessee Valley served by TVA that we approach our work with that purpose every day.
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AUDITS
The Audits team generates and oversees comprehensive financial and performance audits of TVA programs and operations, providing an inclusive picture of TVA's overall fiscal and operational health.
EVALUATIONS
The Evaluation team assesses both operational and management oversight of projects across TVA to ensure objectives and operational functions are achieved effectively and efficiently.
INVESTIGATIONS
The Investigations team proactively and reactively uncovers activity related to fraud, waste, and abuse in TVA programs and operations.
RECENT SEMIANNUAL REPORTS
Semiannual Report – October 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025
We are pleased to present our report for the period October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025. In this semiannual period, our audit, evaluation, and investigative activities identified more than $75.1 million in questioned costs; funds put to better use; restitutions, recoveries, fees, and fines; and opportunities for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to improve its programs and operations.
Office of the Inspector General Semiannual Report - Fall 2024
We are pleased to present our report for the period April 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024. In this semiannual period, our audit, evaluation, and investigative activities identified more than $48.4 million in questioned costs; funds put to better use; recoveries, fees, and fines; and opportunities for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to improve its programs and operations.
LATEST OIG REPORTS
TVA’s Process for Issuing Purchase Orders Under Blanket Contracts
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Supply Chain organization enters into blanket contracts with vendors to support TVA goals and lower total costs to TVA. Blanket contracts are defined as open-scope contracts under which TVA may place multiple orders for designated products or services over a set timeframe. Defined scopes of work and TVA’s commitment to buy are established through purchase orders (PO) issued against existing blanket contracts.
TVA Dam Maintenance and Inspections
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has developed a dam safety program to protect lives and property by ensuring that structures within the program are designed, constructed, and maintained as safely and reliably as practicable. This program applies to dams, dikes, impoundments, levees, water barrier components, pumping stations, and other appurtenant structures that are included in TVA’s Dam Safety Program inventory. Due to the importance of maintenance and inspections to the reliable operation of assets, we performed an evaluation of TVA dams to determine if maintenance
Cloud Inventory
The Office of the Inspector General conducted an audit of TVA’s cloud inventory due to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) increased use of cloud services. Our objective was to determine if TVA maintained an accurate and complete cloud inventory. Although we determined TVA’s (1) defined processes related to managing cloud inventory were designed in alignment with identified best practices, and (2) access controls for the cloud inventory were operating effectively, TVA does not maintain an accurate and complete cloud inventory. Specifica
Condition of Fire Protection and Ammonia Safety Systems at Coal Plants
The Office of the Inspector General conducted an evaluation to determine if fire‑protection and ammonia safety systems at TVA coal plants were being properly maintained and identified issues were being addressed. We determined ammonia systems were being properly maintained and identified issues were being addressed. However, we determined fire protection systems were not always properly maintained and issues were not always being addressed timely. Specifically, (1) some inspections and testing of fire-protection syst
For over 35 years, the TVA OIG has stayed committed to providing an independent analysis of TVA operations and programs to help identify more efficient and effective ways to do business and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse. Making TVA better is a mutual purpose we share with TVA management, employees, and the TVA Board. It is important to the 10 million people of the Tennessee Valley served by TVA that we approach our work with that purpose every day.
Ben R. Wagner
Inspector General