Legal Opinion

National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. United States Department of Energy

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 1, 2012No. 11-1066, 11-1068PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioners, nuclear power plant owners and operators, ask us to review a November 2010 determination by the Secretary of Energy finding that there was no basis for suspending, or otherwise adjusting, annual fees collected from them totaling some $750 million a year. Those fees are intended to cover the full costs of the government’s long-term disposal of civilian nuclear waste. But the Administration has discontinued development of Yucca Mountain, which was the designated location for the disposal…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. ChadhaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Indiana Michigan Power Company v. Department of Energy and United States of America, Northern States Power Company (Minnesota), IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  3. Alabama Power Co. v. United States Department of EnergyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002

3Cited by12 opinions

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  4. National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. United States Department of EnergyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
  5. Anthony Gagliano & Co. v. Openfirst, LLCCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2013

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