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Ehtan Allen Institute commentaries on energy issues - Yes Vermont Yankee: March 17 Rally In Support of Vermont Yankee
- Vermont Tiger: The Other Part of the Yankee Decision
- Yes Vermont Yankee: Vermont and the Supreme Court: A Guest Post by Representative Thomas Koch
- Vermont Tiger: Vermont's Energy Plan
- Reflections on the Cedar Creek Room | ANS Nuclear Cafe
- The Mountains of Vermont Yankee | ANS Nuclear Cafe
- The Rally for Vermont Yankee: At the Plant Gates During the Refueling Outage | ANS Nuclear Cafe
- Vermont Tiger: Vermont Yankee: Let's Talk Safety
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Vermont Yankee
Vermont Yankee nuclear plant
Citizens of Vermont must soon make very important choices about energy. To ensure a prosperous and environmentally sound future for Vermont, we must make choices that are informed and realistic.
The Energy Education Project is part of the Ethan Allen Institute. The Project provides reliable and unbiased information about energy in Vermont.
For a recent and sobering projection of Vermont's electricity future, see Vermont's Committed Resources for Electricity, part of a recent presentation at the Department of Public Service.
Rally in Support of Vermont Yankee, Sunday October 23
At 4:30 Sunday afternoon October 23,,we showed our support for Vermont Yankee, the employees and contract workers, and the decision to refuel,.
The rally was well attended, enjoyable, and appreciated by the people at Vermont Yankee!
Save Vermont Yankee Facebook Page
Meredith Angwin and Howard Shaffer were administrators of a Facebook Group called Save Vermont Yankee. However, Facebook is phasing out certain Groups, and recommending that Pages be made instead. The new Save Vermont Yankee Facebook Page is now up! We hope you Like it! (small pun)
The Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan
The Vermont Department of Public Service has drafted a new Comprehensive Energy Plan for Vermont without Vermont Yankee. Link to the plan here.
Reviews of the plan by John McClaughry, Meredith Angwin, Peg Flory and Art Woolf. Appendixes and background for McClaughry's comments are here.
The Politics of Vermont Yankee: Economics and Shakedown
State Senator Peg Flory wrote a powerful essay showing that Vermont Yankee is an important engine for Vermont's prosperity, and people should stop using it as a political football. John McClaughry points out the political shakedown of Vermont Yankee in his essay: Shumlin's Vermont Yankee Coercion Scheme. We are happy to host both these essays on this site.
FAQ's about Vermont Yankee
Now that the NRC has renewed Vermont Yankee's license for twenty more years, the focus for the future is on the decisions of the people in Vermont.
We are pleased to present an important new document about Vermont Yankee, written by Richard Schmidt, a nuclear engineer, and edited by George Angwin. FAQs about Vermont Yankee includes information about
-nuclear power advantages and disadvantages
-HydroQuebec issues
- what types of power are most likely to replace Vermont Yankee if it closes
Information on Vermont Yankee
The Joint Fiscal Committee of the Vermont Legislature keeps this somewhat incomplete list of official Vermont Yankee documents. The base document does not appear on that website at this time, but you can download it here: the Memorandum of Understanding that was agreed upon when Entergy purchased the power plant in 2002.
History of recent legislative votes concerning Vermont Yankee (relicensing, decommissioning, etc.)
In early February, several business organizations in Vermont wrote an Open Letter to Governor Shumlin about Vermont Yankee.
In April, Vermont Yankee filed suit against the State of Vermont for breach of contract and pre-emption of the federal right to regulate nuclear plants. The purpose of the suit is to allow Vermont Yankee to keep operating past 2012. You can download the main filing here