Company: TVC
Filing Date: 2025-02-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001376986-25-000011
Chunk: 8

Company: Tennessee Valley Authority
Filing Date: 2025-02-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part II, Item 13
Chunk 8
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 coal is sourced from several geographic regions of the U.S. and is delivered via barge and rail.  As a result of emerging technologies, environmental regulations, industry trends, and natural gas market volatility over the past few years, coal suppliers are facing increased financial pressure, which has led to relatively poor credit ratings and bankruptcies, restructuring, mine closures, or other scenarios.  A long-term continued decline in demand for coal could result in more consolidations, additional bankruptcies, restructuring, mine closures, or other scenarios.Nuclear Fuel.  Nuclear fuel is obtained predominantly through long-term uranium concentrate supply contracts, contracted conversion services, contracted enrichment services, or a combination thereof, and contracted fuel fabrication services.  The supply markets for uranium concentrates and certain nuclear fuel services are subject to price fluctuations and availability restrictions.  Supply market conditions may make procurement contracts subject to credit risk related to the potential nonperformance of counterparties.  In the event of nonperformance by these or other suppliers, TVA believes that replacement uranium concentrate and nuclear fuel services can be obtained, although at prices that may be unfavorable when compared to the prices under the current supply agreements.Purchased Power.  TVA acquires power from a variety of power producers through long-term and short-term PPAs as well as through spot market purchases.  Because of the reliability risk of purchased power, TVA requires that the PPAs contain certain counterparty performance assurance requirements to help insure counterparty performance during the term of the agreements.   Other Suppliers.  Mounting solar supply chain constraints, commodity price increases, and the trade policy investigations into solar panel imports have created challenges for the U.S. solar industry.  TVA's existing solar PPA portfolio is 

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not immune from these challenges.  Similar to the experience of the rest of the industry, the majority of TVA's contracted PPAs from previous requests for proposals ("RFPs") that are not yet online have been impacted by project delays and price increases.

Derivative Counterparties.  TVA has entered into physical and financial contracts that are classified as derivatives for hedging purposes, and TVA's NDT, ART, and qualified defined benefit plan ("pension plan") have entered into derivative contracts for investment purposes.  If a counterparty to one of the physical or financial derivative transactions defaults, TVA might incur costs in connection with entering into a replacement transaction.  If a counterparty to the derivative contracts into which the NDT, the ART, or the pension plan have entered for investment purposes defaults