FERC last week gave the go-ahead for Entergy Arkansas to collect the wholesale portion of its service company’s annual decommissioning requirement for Arkansas Nuclear One’s Unit 2 (ER16-644).

The commission’s June 16 order addressed a December request by Entergy Services to allow Entergy’s Arkansas operating company to recover the annual decommissioning requirement in its rates.

Entergy told FERC the Arkansas Public Service Commission recently slapped a $2.87 million annual decommissioning requirement on Unit 2. It asked the commission to allow Entergy Arkansas to collect the $155,554 owed under its Tariff by Entergy’s Louisiana and New Orleans subsidiaries.

The New Orleans City Council protested Entergy’s initial filing, opposing the company’s waiver request of the notice requirements for future changes to the annual decommissioning requirement. Entergy responded by clarifying it would give the council the opportunity to review and participate when making future changes.

FERC ordered Entergy to make a compliance filing within 30 days and said any increases in the annual revenue requirement would require a new filing and updated studies.

Nuclear One’s 987-MW Unit 2 went online in 1980, and its current licenses expires in 2038. It is one of two nuclear units at the site along the Arkansas River in western Arkansas.

– Tom Kleckner