TVA's coal-procurement practices: more-effective management needed
Technical Report
·
OSTI ID:5694006
The Tennessee Valley Authority is one of the largest coal-buying utilities in the Nation. Coal costs are a major expense to TVA and thus affect power rates. The coal purchasing program should be managed more effectively in order to keep down coal costs. TVA has purchased a great deal of its coal during times that were least favorable for buying coal. Consequently, TVA paid premium prices. The lack of a long-range comprehensive plan for buying coal has led to other problems as well. GAO points out problems TVA has had with respect to its coal-buying practices and recommends that a long-range plan for coal purchases be developed and that procurement practices be improved.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5694006
- Report Number(s):
- EMD-81-65; ON: DE82901930
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Report to the Congress of the United States by the Comptroller General
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
TVA's coal procurement practice--more effective management needed. Report to the congress
Energy vision 2020 - Integrated resource plan environmental impact statement. Volume 1 and 2, Draft
Triumph and irony: the TVA
Technical Report
·
Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 1981
·
OSTI ID:5694006
Energy vision 2020 - Integrated resource plan environmental impact statement. Volume 1 and 2, Draft
Book
·
Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995
·
OSTI ID:5694006
Triumph and irony: the TVA
Journal Article
·
Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1976
· Proc. IEEE; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:5694006
Related Subjects
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
COAL
ENERGY SUPPLIES
PROCUREMENT
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
MANAGEMENT
COST
PLANNING
RECOMMENDATIONS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
US ORGANIZATIONS
015000* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects
200106 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Economics
296000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
COAL
ENERGY SUPPLIES
PROCUREMENT
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
MANAGEMENT
COST
PLANNING
RECOMMENDATIONS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
US ORGANIZATIONS
015000* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects
200106 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Economics
296000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power