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Vermont Energy Plan Review: Hurry Up, Renewables!
Comments on the Comprehensive Energy PlanThe Vermont Department of Public Service (DPS) has issued a draft Comprehensive Energy Plan for Vermont, and they have opened it for public comment. This document covers all types of energy use in Vermont: home heating, transportation, electricity. It is the document Governor Shumlin wanted:... [read more]
Vermont Gov. Shumlin Seeks To Close Nuclear Plant AND Reduce GHGs- Illogical!
Yesterday, Vermont Governor Peter Shumulin appeared on Democracy Now to talk about the effect of Hurricane Irene on his Green Mountain State. Twice in the interview, he used the words irrational, but throughout the interview he and his interviewer were remarkably illogical.Though many parts of his state were being... [read more]
Sanders The Sole Vote Against Small Modular Reactor Research
Bernie Sanders and Small Modular Reactors Senator Bernie Sanders often speaks about his opposition to Vermont Yankee as having something to do with the age of the plant, the fact it is owned by Entergy, or his "state's rights" stance about regulating nuclear power plants.Recently, however, Sanders made it clear that he is against nuclear... [read more]
Slide Show on Vermont's Energy Future
I recently recorded a 45 minute slide show about Vermont's Energy Future. I had been meaning to do this for a long time. I want to thank the people at CATV studio of White River Junction for their work and patience in recording this, and Cavan Stone for his thoughtful editing. I hope you enjoy it!The show covers Vermont Yankee issues... [read more]
Was Vermont's Lowell Mountain Wind Turbine Facility A Good Idea?
The Green Mountain Power-proposed 63 MW Lowell Mountain wind turbine facility with (21) 3 MW Danish, Vestas V-112 wind turbines, 367.5-ft (112 m) rotor diameter, 275.6-ft (84 m) hub height, total height (275.6 + 367.5/2) = 459 ft, stretched along about 3.5 miles on 2,600 ft high ridge lines, has nothing to do with community-scale wind,... [read more]
The Nuclear Safety Paradox
Over the past several months, a thought has been at the back of my mind about nuclear safety. I feel is important to enter this issue into the ongoing discussion about Nuclear Power in our country. [read more]
Entergy Files Suit To Keep Vermont Yankee Open
This morning, Entergy filed suit to keep the Vermont Yankee plant open by requiring Vermont to honor its signed contracts. The State of Vermont signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Entergy in 2002. The State has attempted to amend that contract on a one-sided basis. Entergy's lawsuit was described in a Burlington Free Press... [read more]
A Bad Deal with Hydro-Québec
Vermont Yankee Might Close, and Vermont Was DesperateAs I pointed in in a recent post, in previous power agreements with Hydro-Québec (HQ), Vermont took 10% of HQ power, and in return, gave HQ 40% of its profits. Not good for Vermont.New power agreements with HQ were announced this year. Are they better? No. They were deals struck by... [read more]
Why Peter Shumlin will save Vermont Yankee
The high cost of closing the reactor will be keenly felt in the state’s economyVermont Governor-elect Peter Shumlin (right) must have woken up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night over the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor.In troubled sleep, the newly elected top state official might have seen the size of the electric... [read more]
Vermont Yankee Closing?: The Debate Goes On
This morning, Howard Shaffer wrote an excellent post at the ANS Nuclear Cafe blog: Vermont's nuclear debate, continued. In Howard's blog post, he mentioned the real-time debate/discussion that we had on the Walking Through Life local access television show about a week ago. This show, hosted by Linda Carbino, often deals with issues of... [read more]
Howard Shaffer - Vermont’s nuclear debate, continued
With Vermont’s governor-elect, Peter Shumlin (D.)—the self-described number one opponent of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant—picking his cabinet and maintaining a high profile, the struggle continues unabated by the plant’s proponents who want to keep it from being shut down. Vermont Energy and the Climate Action Conference On... [read more]
Shumlin Won. Scott Won. Referendum on Vermont Yankee? I Don't Think So.
Election is Over! Thank Heavens!And I think I can speak for many when I say I thought the campaign would never end. It's been negative. Very negative.Shumlin Won.Oh yeah. It's over and Peter Shumlin won the race for governor. Did I mention that?Peter Shumlin stated, over and over, that he was against Vermont Yankee being relicensed.... [read more]
Will IBM Stay In Vermont if Yankee Leaves?
Liar Liar Two Years Ago?IBM's wafer fab plant employs thousands of people in Essex Junction. It is the biggest private employer in the state. If Vermont Yankee is voted off the island, will IBM sail away?Today, Vermont Public Radio (VPR) described this issue in a short article: Shumlin Works to Change Image. VPR has these quotes from... [read more]
Vermont Yankee, Reliability and Connecticut: De-Mystified
ISO-NE Insists on Vermont YankeeYesterday's post described how ISO-NE (the New England grid operator) required Vermont Yankee to stay in the 2013 forward electricity auction. Yankee had asked to drop out because it has neither a license renewal nor a certificate of public good past 2012. ISO-NE, however, said that Yankee had to stay in... [read more]
Thank Goodness I Do Not Live In the Northern Land Of Fruits And Nut Cases
There was a time when I lived in a large western state famous for producing a wide variety of fruits and nuts - both literally in their large agricultural sector and figuratively in their sadly amusing political sector. Since I was only a temporary California resident while attending graduate school, I did not get too concerned about... [read more]
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