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A federal U.S. District Court judge dismissed Entergy's lawsuit against the state of Vermont for imposing a higher generating tax for power from the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell said the court ruled in favor of the state's arguments that remedies through the Vermont tax department and the state court system are “totally adequate.”
“Our argument prevailed,” Sorrell said. “We're very pleased with the decision.”
This past legislative session, the Legislature raised the generating tax on Vermont Yankee to $0.0025 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), which would raise roughly $12.5 million for the state instead of the previous $5 million.
