NEI, utilities want collection of nuclear-waste fees suspended

NEI, utilities want collection of nuclear-waste fees suspended
The Nuclear Energy Institute and 16 utilities filed a lawsuit seeking to suspend the Energy Department's collection of about $750 million worth of fees per year for a nuclear-waste program now that the Yucca Mountain repository project in Nevada is being terminated. The fee, which is paid by ratepayers through a surcharge of 1/10th of a cent per kilowatt-hour on monthly power bills, should be put off until the U.S. implements a nuclear-waste plan, the policy organization said. Reuters