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Investment Opportunities

The Tennessee Valley Authority is a wholly-owned, but self-funded agency of the U.S. government. TVA meets its funding needs with operating revenues and power program financings. TVA debt securities are obligations of its power system and are only issued for power program purposes, including refinancing of existing debt. TVA debt securities are not obligations of the U.S. government, and do not carry a government guarantee.

TVA issues a variety of debt securities. TVA Discount Notes have maturities of less than one year. TVA may issue long-term bonds with final maturities of up to 50 years. These bonds and notes are available to investors through banks, brokers and investment dealers. Information about the specific types of bonds and notes TVA issues is provided below.

TVA Power Bonds

 

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This retail bond program offers a series of issues with a variety of structures targeted to individual investors, generally issued once a month (this link takes you off the TVA Web site).

Putable Automatic Rate Reset Securities (PARRS)

Bonds that trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “TVC” and “TVE”

Other TVA Power Bonds (27 total)

Global and domestic issues offered with varying maturities, structures, and interest payment time frames and in several different currencies

Short Term Notes

Discount Notes

Offered for sale on a periodic basis through participating investment dealers and dealer banks.

Find a Broker

TVA does not sell securities directly to the public. However, TVA securities may be purchased through a number of brokers, banks, and other financial institutions. Some of the organizations that may sell TVA securities include:

Barclays Capital

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Edward Jones

E-Trade Financial

Goldman Sachs

Hilliard Lyons Inc.

Merrill Lynch (Bank of America)

Morgan Keegan

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

TD Ameritrade

UBS

Wells Fargo Advisors

Notice: TVA is not able to recommend financial institutions to investors and does not endorse any financial institution. Links to third party sites are provided here for convenience and should not be viewed as an endorsement or recommendation of these institutions. Institutions other than those referenced may sell TVA securities.

 

Key Strengths of TVA Securities

• TVA's rated Power Bonds receive the highest ratings (Aaa, AAA) from major credit rating agencies.

• The TVA Act requires TVA to set power rates sufficient to pay debt service on outstanding bonds.

• Both principal and interest on TVA securities are generally exempt from state and local income taxes.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Power Bond Resolution

Read about bondholder protections and other provisions relating to TVA's Evidences of Indebtedness. (PDF, 362 kb).

Tax Table

Compare yields on state and local tax-exempt TVA securities to non-exempt investments.

Investor's Guide to Bond Basics

Learn more about bonds with this publication from SIFMA.

Investor's Guide to GSE Securities

Learn more about bonds issued by government agencies and sponsored enterprises, with this publication from SIFMA.

           
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