Reports

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has set a goal of increasing its solar capacity to 10,000 megawatts by 2035. Due to issues in the solar industry resulting in project delays and price increases, we performed an audit of TVA’s solar power purchase agreements (PPAs). Our audit objectives were to determine (1) how supply chain disruptions, construction and in‑service delays, contract restructuring, and other factors have affected TVA’s solar PPAs and (2) if any restructured PPAs are still in TVA’s financial interest. Our audit scope included solar PPAs that were in place as of February 8...