June 28, 2018
NextEra Energy Inc. cannot claim its routine disposal of nuclear fuel rods qualified as a decommissioning cost entitling it to $90 million in tax refunds from nuclear waste disposal fees the utility and plant operator paid the federal government, a panel of Eleventh Circuit judges ruled Thursday.
October 25, 2017
The federal government told the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday that nuclear plant operator NextEra should not receive about $90 million in tax refunds for income taxes paid dating back to 1969, arguing the company couldn't claim nuclear waste disposal fees as losses under a special provision for decommissioning a plant.
July 31, 2017
Power giant NextEra has urged the Eleventh Circuit to revive its bid for nearly $98 million in tax refunds claimed for nuclear waste disposal costs, arguing that a lower court “ignored” the law that governs how nuclear plants are to be decommissioned.