Atlantic City Electric Company, Austin Energy, Central Maine Power Company, Delmarva Power & Light Company, South Mississippi Electric Power Association, and Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking

Résumé

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received and requests public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed by the Atlantic City Electric Company, Austin Energy, Central Maine Power Company, Delmarva Power & Light Company, South Mississippi Electric Power Association, and Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. (petitioners). The petition has been docketed by the Commission and has been assigned Docket No. PRM-50-64. The petitioners are all non- operating joint owners of nuclear plants who have concerns about potential safety impacts that could result from economic deregulation and restructuring of the electric utility industry. The petitioners are requesting that the enforcement provisions of NRC regulations be amended to clarify NRC policy regarding the potential liability of joint owners if other joint owners become financially incapable of bearing their share of the burden for safe operation or decommissioning of a nuclear power plant.