Vermont Yankee sale settlement may be imminent

Crews prepare to lower a loaded spent fuel cask at Vermont Yankee last August. File photo courtesy of Entergy
The current and prospective owners of Vermont Yankee are pushing for a quick settlement with state regulators who are reviewing the idled nuclear plant’s potential sale.
But there’s no deal yet, and a status conference in the case scheduled for Thursday morning was canceled by the state Public Utility Commission.
Nevertheless, new filings express cautious optimism that state