Entergy, the owner of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, wants the State of Vermont to pay $4.6 million in legal fees. File photo
Montpelier — Entergy, the owner of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, wants the State of Vermont to pay $4.6 million in legal fees it incurred to fight off the state's attempt to shutdown the facility.
A U.S. district judge ruled last month that Vermont has no legal jurisdiction over the atomic station under the U.S. Atomic Energy Act.
Entergy filed a motion in federal court Feb. 3 to be reimbursed in its "safety" lawsuit against the Green Mountain State.
In 2007 and 2010, the court ordered Vermont to pay millions of dollars in legal fees it incurred through its expensive lawsuits against various parties.
State Attorney Gen. William Sorrell (D) is blamed for the state's recent string of high-profile legal defeats.
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