ML052770577
| ML052770577 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 08/20/2004 |
| From: | Office of Public Affairs |
| To: | Scott Burnell Office of Public Affairs |
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| FOIA/PA-2004-0369 | |
| Download: ML052770577 (6) | |
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1i OPA - TEXT.htm Pagie 1 OPA - TEXT.htm PaQe 1 I Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vt 05301 Date: August 19, 2004 For Release:
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Entergy Vermont Yankee Brian Cosgrove (802) 258-4107 (802) 380-2109 (24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />) e-mail: jcosgro@entergy.com Vermont Yankee Union Contract Ratified Vernon, VT--Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300 Unit 8 at Vermont Yankee voted today to ratify a new three-year union contract. The union represents 148 of the 500 men and women who work at Vermont Yankee.
The terms of the new contract will remain in effect for the next three years. While specific details of the agreement are not being disclosed, the new contract increases the affected workers' wages and maintains benefits.
Vermont Yankee Site Vice President Jay Thayer said, 'This contract is the culmination of the hard work of both the union and Entergy bargaining teams. The new contract will help improve operating and maintenance efficiencies, while preserving the interests of our union members."
Thayer added, "With the negotiations behind us, we can now move forward together in achieving our goal of providing safe, reliable, and competitively-priced electricity to our customers that will best serve all our stakeholders." Entergy Nuclear's online address is mvymentergv-nuclear. con
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=9g 2 I OPA - TEXT.htm Page 21 Vermont Yankee Reconnected to New England Electrical Grid Brattleboro, VT -- Vermont Yankee control room operators restarted the plant's reactor at 6:30 p.m. on July 5 and brought the plant safely back on line at 10:45 p.m. on July 6.
The plant had been shut down for repairs following an automatic shutdown and transformer fire on June 18. Vermont Yankee engineers, technicians and industry specialists worked together to investigate all aspects of the outage and to make repairs over the 19-day outage.
Entergy Vermont Yankee Site Vice president Jay Thayer praised the teamwork that brought the plant safely back on line. "We are dedicated to running this site in a safe and professional manner, and I am proud of the recovery work performed by your friends, neighbors and family members who work at Vermont Yankee."
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production, retail distribution operations, energy marketing and trading, and gas transportation.
Entergy owns and operates power plants with about 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
Through Entergy-Koch, LP, it is also a leading provider of wholesale energy marketing and trading services, as well as an operator of natural gas pipeline and storage facilities. Entergy has annual revenues of over $9 billion and approximately 14,000 employees. Entergy Nuclear's online address is wwwventerey-nuclear.com The following constitutes a "Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
Investors are cautioned thatforward-looking statements contained in theforegoing release with respect to the revenues, earnings, performance, strategies, prospects and other aspects of the business of Entergy Corporation may involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events and results may,fora variety of reasons, prove to be materially different from hose indicated in thesefonvard-looking statements, estimates and projections. Factors that could
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Laurence M. Smith Corporate and Community Relations Representitive Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee 802-258-4118 Ismithl4@enterpv.com