Judge Rules in Favor of Entergy in Vermont Yankee Case; Plant May Operate Beyond 2012
Entergy has won a preliminary injunction against the state of Vermont to keep the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant open beyond March of this year. U.S. District Court Judge J. Garvan Murtha handed down the decision this afternoon, ruling that the federal Atomic Energy Act preempts state law.
Staff writer Andy Bromage will have more on this story later this evening.
Click here to view the full 102-page ruling.
Here's Gov. Peter Shumlin's statement on the decision:
"I am very disappointed in today’s ruling from the federal court. Entergy has not been a trustworthy partner with the state of Vermont. Vermont Yankee needed legislative approval 40 years ago. The plant received approval to operate until March, 2012. I continue to believe that it is in Vermont's best interest to retire the plant. I will await the Attorney General’s review of the decision to comment further on whether the state will appeal."