All Reports

We audited $3.9 million of costs billed by a TVA contractor who provided engineering, materials, and installation support for automating TVA's hydro system. We found TVA was billed $380,000 for costs and associated fees that were either excessive, unsupported, or not in accordance with the contract. The overbillings included excessive labor markups, unsupported labor costs, unallowable or unsupported travel costs, excessive facility rental costs, duplicate billings, overstated retroactive billing adjustments, and fees. Summary Only

We completed agreed-upon procedures to assist the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) in determining TVA's compliance with the annual reporting requirements of CRS' Green Pricing Accreditation Program for the year ended December 31, 2006. The required information on TVA's renewable energy initiative, "Green Power Switch," was provided to CRS.

We evaluated the design, implementation, and effectiveness of TVA's Ethics and Compliance Program and found:TVA's current ethics program was limited to the Office of Government Ethics' standards and requirements. The Designated Agency Ethics Officer (DAEO), currently within the General Counsel's office, is responsible for making sure the appropriate employees are trained in these standards. Currently, about 20 percent of TVA employees are required to participate in annual ethics training.

We determined: Personally identifiable information (PII) and other sensitive information were not properly secured thus exposing the information to anyone with a TVA network ID;Temporary shares were being used to store non-business related information;TVA does not have a policy or guidance for management of temporary shares to address the proper use of the share (i.e., types of information that can be stored and the unsecured nature of the share), responsibilities of the users, and maintenance (i.e., maximum time frame for retention of files on the share); TVA Standard

We audited $23.2 million of costs billed by a TVA contractor for providing construction and modification services for TVA's generating plant switchyards, substations, electrical transmission system, and power control communication facilities. We found the costs billed by the contractor were fairly stated except for a minor overbilling of craft labor costs that occurred as a result of a clerical error. Summary Only

Full-time annual employees are eligible to participate in TVA's Tuition Reimbursement Program (TRP). The use of the program has grown significantly since fiscal year (FY) 2003. Payments to employees increased from about $339,000 in FY 2003 to over $985,000 in FY2006. The objective of our review was to assess compliance with TRP policies and procedures. In summary, we identified opportunities for improvement in TRP program controls.

Gold Cards are issued to TVA Board members, officers, and other designated employees for travel, entertainment, hospitality, and incidental miscellaneous expenses and these charges are directly billed to TVA. Our review included Gold Card purchases made from October 1, 2004, to August 28, 2006. Of the 272 cardholders with charges during this period, 10 accounted for about 34 percent of all charges.

We audited $37.4 million of costs billed by a TVA contractor for providing specialty fire protection systems and determined the contractor had billed TVA an estimated $408,100 of excessive or unsupported costs.

We performed a review to determine whether River Systems Operation & Environment (RSO&E) permitting policies and procedures (1) ensure reviews and approvals are conducted consistently and in accordance with applicable requirements and (2) are being followed. Our review included Reservoir Land Records (RSLR) established in RSO&E's Automated Land Information System during the period October 1, 2004, through July 31, 2006. In summary, we found:RSO&E has implemented permitting guidelines which, if followed, should ensure (1) that TVA regulations (18 C.F.R.

This report to the TVA Board and to Congress concludes a full year for the newly constituted TVA Boardwhich was sworn in on March 31, 2006. Legislation signed by President Bush in 2004 expanded the Board fromthree full-time members to nine part-time members with a full-time chief executive officer to run TVA on a day-todaybasis. As Director Skila Harris recently noted in an address to the TVA OIG, this change amounted to a“reinvention” of the TVA Board.