Carolina Power & Light Co. v. United States

OPINION

FIRESTONE, Judge.

In this action, plaintiff, Carolina Power & Light Company (“CP & L”) challenges the legality of an assessment imposed on certain domestic utilities under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (“EPACT”), 42 U.S.C. § 2297g-l (1994), to help pay for the decontamination and decommissioning of the government’s uranium enrichment facilities. EPACT requires domestic utilities that purchased uranium enrichment services from the government in the past to contribute up to $2.5 billion over a fifteen-year period for cleanup of the facilities. The remaining funds necessary for the cleanup…