Vermont Yankee’s would-be buyer changes hands

The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. File photo courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory CommissionThe company that wants to decommission Vermont Yankee has new ownership.
J.F. Lehman & Co., a New York private equity firm, last month acquired a majority interest in the parent company of NorthStar Group Services, which is seeking permission to buy and clean up the idled Vernon nuclear plant.
The deal also is being classified as a “recapitalization” that reportedly pumped mo