Company: TVC
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001376986-25-000056
Chunk: 411

Company: Tennessee Valley Authority
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 411
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 the payments of principal or interest on Bonds.Power bonds and discount notes rank on parity and have first priority of payment from net power proceeds, which are defined as the remainder of TVA's gross power revenues after deducting the costs of operating, maintaining, and administering its power properties and tax equivalent payments, but before deducting depreciation accruals or other charges representing the amortization of capital expenditures, plus the net proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any power facility or interest therein.TVA considers its scheduled payments under its lease financing arrangements involving John Sevier CCF, Southaven CCF, and Johnsonville Facility as costs of operating, maintaining, and administering its power properties.  Costs of operating, maintaining, and administering TVA's power properties have priority over TVA's payments on the Bonds.  Once net power proceeds have been applied to payments on power bonds and discount notes as well as any other Bonds that TVA may issue in the future that rank on parity with or subordinate to power bonds and discount notes, Section 2.3 of the Basic Resolution provides that the remaining net power proceeds shall be used only for (1) minimum payments into the U.S. Treasury required by the TVA Act as repayment of, and as a return on, the Power Program Appropriation Investment; (2) investment in power system assets; (3) additional reductions of TVA's capital obligations; and (4) other lawful purposes related to TVA's power business.The TVA Act and the Basic Resolution each contain two bond tests: the rate test and the bondholder protection test.  Under the rate test, TVA must charge rates for power which will produce gross revenues sufficient to provide funds for, among other things, debt service on outstanding Bonds.  As of September 30, 2025, TVA was in compliance with the rate test.  Under the bondholder protection test, TVA must, in successive five-year periods, use an amount of net power proceeds at least equal to the sum of (1) the depreciation accruals and other charges representing the amortization of capital expenditures and (2) the net proceeds from any disposition of power facilities for either the reduction of its capital obligations (including Bonds and the Power Program Appropriation Investment) or investment in power assets.  TVA met the bondholder protection test for the five-year period ended September 30, 2025 and must next meet the bondholder protection test for the five-year period ending September 30, 2030.Sec