http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/vermont-yankee-closing-advocacy-activism-kept-pressure-aging-plant/ For a thriving New England Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:27:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/vermont-yankee-closing-advocacy-activism-kept-pressure-aging-plant/#comment-3081 Lynne R. Sellers Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:42:04 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=16822#comment-3081 While the closure won’t affect Vermont’s current power source mix, the desire to close Yankee is tied to the state’s goal of a 90 percent renewable energy supply by 2050. “We’re well on our way,” Recchia said. “We’re moving pretty quickly on solar, wind, and hydro. We get aboutone third of our electric power from [public utility] Hydro-Québec.” Recchia did note that one utility has purchased a small amount of nuclear power from Seabrook Station in New Hampshire, so there is still some nuclear power being used in the state.

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