That is true. The federal government is no longer collecting the waste fee from nuclear ENERGY generators. The waste fee of 1 mill/kWh was set to zero by DOE in May 2014. This action was the result of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision in a LAWSUIT brought by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the Nuclear Energy Institute. The court found that because the Obama ADMINISTRATION’s termination of the YUCCA Mountain PROGRAM, for which the fee was intended, DOE could not continue collecting the waste fee. Setting the waste fee to zero complied with the Court’s intention.

That is true. The federal government is no longer collecting the waste fee from nuclear energy generators. The waste fee of 1 mill/kWh was set to zero by DOE in May 2014. This action was the result of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision in a lawsuit brought by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the Nuclear Energy Institute. The court found that because the Obama administration’s termination of the Yucca Mountain program, for which the fee was intended, DOE could not continue collecting the waste fee. Setting the waste fee to zero complied with the Court’s intention.