New York’s public service commission will vote on the proposed settlement between the state, Holtec International and Entergy over decommissioning of the Indian Point Energy Center on Wednesday, state attorney general Letitia James said in a recent court filing.
In the Thursday filing, the state asked a federal judge for a little more time to file the proposed settlement with Holtec, which is handling decommissioning of the plant that shut down its third and final reactor in April.
If the settlement is approved, the state will withdraw its Jan. 22 lawsuit against the companies and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in D.C.’s court of appeals.
According to the filing, all parties in the suit were supposed to submit briefing format proposals Monday. Given the upcoming public service commission vote, James requested that the deadline move to June 16. At press time Monday for Weapons Complex Morning Briefing the court hadn’t made a decision on whether to extend the deadline.
The settlement, first proposed in April, would allow Holtec to decommission the Buchanan, N.Y. nuclear plant without state opposition. In return, the company would agree to greater financial transparency and community engagement measures. Holtec took over from Entergy at the plant April 30 after its Unit 3 reactor shut down for good.
The closure of Indian Point Unit 3 in April marked the end of operations at the power plant which opened its doors in 1962. The site’s Unit 2 reactor went dark late last year, and Unit 1 went offline in 1974.
