Entergy wants to spin off ownership of Vermont Yankee, leaving the
parent corporation without liability for the nuclear power plant.
Vermont's Department of Public Service first opposed the move, but now
they have agreed to it.

Thomas Weiss has reviewed the laws and thinks the Department has
exceeded its authority, and that it's not protecting the interests of
Vermonters it's required to protect. Don Kreis of Vermont Law School
wonders how the spinoff can be in the interest of the people of
Vermont. (Kreis summarizes many of his comments in a blog post.)

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