Entergy seeks injunction to allow Vermont Yankee to run pending decision on action filed earlier this week:
Vermont Yankee nuclear plant’s owners, who filed suit this week over whether the state can legally close the plant, are now seeking a court order that would prevent that from happening until courts have ruled on the jurisdiction challenge.
http://www.reformer.com/localn…
The previous court action filed by Entergy earlier this week in US District Court in Burlington against the State of Vermont
takes direct aim at Vermont’s unique law that gives the Legislature a role in nuclear plant operations.
http://www.vpr.net/news_detail…
Entergy has stated it needs to keep operating until that case can be decided & so that they can purchase fuel for next refueling outage:
The court filing notes that Entergy needs to decide by July 7 whether to buy more fuel for the plant if it is to keep running after next March.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress…
State officials say they have every right to exercise control over the continued operation of Vermont Yankee, whose original permit expires in March 2012. The state Senate voted 26-4 last year against renewing it. Under a 2006 state law, Entergy’s owners need the OK of the Legislature to continue operating the plant past March 2012.
Hopefully a judge will recognize this & put the kabosh on Entergy Lousiana’s bald attempt to manipulate the process, making them wait until a decision is handed down.
The fact is, this could take years & would span election cycle(s) which is likely why they are seeking to manipulate the process. A Supreme Court challenge would very likely be included.
Fortunatly statehouse makeup will not likely change, in the unlikely event of a Republican governor he would fare no better than Douglas.
In any case, a decision on the injunction would have to come fairly soon. Never a dull moment in VT.
it’s about making a case that VY shouldn’t be responsible for clean-up costs because the state forced them to close when the decommissioning fund was insufficient for the task. They’ll claim that we prevented them from operating to the capacity necessary to shore up the fund and blame Vermont for their liability.