As Vermont Yankee Vice President of Operations Mark Savoff was having a press conference this week pledging new "openness and transparency,” another effort was afoot in the opposite direction. The Vermont PSB had been notified on Wednesday of Entergy’s request for a protective order for their recent internal report into the miscommunication (AKA lies) about the underground/buried pipes. All of it hits the Rutland Herald news quietly on a Saturday. Nicely done.
Entergy Nuclear attorney John Marshall, and three other attorneys from Downs Rachlin Martin, requested the protective order from the board Wednesday, a day before Entergy Nuclear executive Mark Savoff reiterated a pledge Thursday during a press conference for openness and full communication.
Entergy specifically is seeking to seal the report from its internal investigation conducted by its law firm, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, into whether Entergy Nuclear Vermont executives lied to state regulators, state consultants and legislators over the existence of buried underground pipes at Vermont Yankee.
Pretty cute. No wonder they didn’t want any troublesome interlopers at their “openness and transparency” press conference!
be interesting to see how the PSB responds; the governor has talked about re-establishing trust; this a good opportunity for someone to ask him if he has an opinion about this
If the internal attorneys had found that the executives had not lied, why would they now want to bury the report? Obviously, the report does not clear the executives; otherwise, they would welcome the opportunity to tell the world of their innocence. But don’t plan on the PSB taking any strong action.