The old standby, Vermont Yankee, will be closed by the end of 2014. Due to low natural gas prices resulting from fracking and harassment from the VT legislature, Entergy, the same owner of Pilgrim I, has decided to close this 600+ megawatt plant.
Vermont Yankee has been a fixture along the CT River since 1972, producing 70% of Vermont’s total electrical power. This old workhorse received a 20 operating license a few years ago, but VT politicians tried to step in and overrule the NRC. VT has never been the same since New Yorkers began moving there back in the 80’s.
VT Yankee employes 630 workers. Let’s hope by 2014, most can find something better than a part-time Obama job (waiters, bartenders, paper or plastic).
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