tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post8026931728141822489..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Employee Ownership Meredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-40180972024667521622014-05-15T21:29:13.724-04:002014-05-15T21:29:13.724-04:00Not enough is being done to keep nuclear plants op...Not enough is being done to keep nuclear plants operating. However, there is a new information/publicity initiative, and Rod reports on it today in his blog.<br /><br />http://atomicinsights.com/existing-nuclear-plants-valuable-worth-saving/<br />Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-18821292004408025342014-05-09T21:39:46.922-04:002014-05-09T21:39:46.922-04:00Maybe an appeal to Obama to take a swipe of his pe...Maybe an appeal to Obama to take a swipe of his pen and declare plants like VY be at least mothballed as emergency environmental-safe power assets in case GW proves unstoppable...Mitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-63621583238320791202014-05-09T10:12:48.389-04:002014-05-09T10:12:48.389-04:00Those who can relocate are lucky. There are many ...Those who can relocate are lucky. There are many who can't, kids in school, mortgages underwater, too old, etc. The political climate in VT and the Northeast is so stridently anti-nuclear that it won't matter if the plant is cooperatively owned and operated. The politicians will still come after it to appease their "progressive" (really regressive) base. In VY, it will take the form of denying a COPG, and also targeted taxation. In this case, more than any other, it is clear that "the power to tax is the power to destroy." I'd be willing to go in on a buyout if offered, but the barriers to entry for a cooperative venture are just really, really difficult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-82232860205554988732014-05-08T08:31:12.283-04:002014-05-08T08:31:12.283-04:00Meredith all employees that did not get offered or...Meredith all employees that did not get offered or ask for a SAFSTOR position have already been offered positions elsewhere in the Entergy position including relocation. Many others are opting to retire, numerous have moved on to other utilities. Company has stated those remaining through initial SAFSTOR period can expect the same, turning down these offers does not cancel severance either. Political climate sucked before Entergy got here there is no incentive or interest by employees to buyout, way to risky with no reward they are not already guaranteed only pain is relocation.GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com