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SeVEDS meeting minutes.
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December 2013 minutes
November 2013 minutes
SeVEDS Board Minutes
November 21st 3:30 – 4 pm
Hannah Cosman Room
In attendance: Jenna Pugliese, Bill Colvin, Patrick Moreland, Drew Richards, Ariel Brooks, Jill James, Jeff Lewis, Cynthia Stoddard, Stephan Morse, Martin Langeveld, Bob Stevens, Drew Richards, Colby Dix, Pat Moulton Powden, Laura Sibilia
Review of financials for period ending Oct 31 2013. There is discrepancy between CEDS grant on P&L and budget. Laura to work with Sandy at BDCC to fix for next meeting.
Bill moved to accept the Exec Committee nomination for SoVT Leadership Award to be awarded to G.S. Prescision; 2nd by Bob VOTE: Unanimous
Municipal meetings update – Laura to fix population number in Brattleboro.
December 5th roles and agenda review – The board discussed their various roles at the CEDS rollout meeting on December 5th.
September 2013 minutes
SeVEDS Board Meeting minutes
Monday September 30, 2013
8-9 am
In attendance: Patrick Moreland, Konstantin VonK, Stephan Morse, Dutch Walsh, Martin Langeveld, Chris Campany, Pat Moulton Powden, Laura Sibilia on phone: Adam Grinold, Drew Richards, Jenna Pugliese, Bill Colvin, Ariel Brooks
Briefing on actions related to VY closure announcement
- Chris Campany on decommissioning and decommissioning fund – 20 minutes
- Review employees by town list. Talking to MA and NH – MA has dealt with Rowe so they have info. We have info in the docket. At some level this is the last chapter at Rowe – some of those employees were absorbed into VY.
- 2 different attachments that show personnel levels under SAFSTORE and Decon
- Decon is almost immediate – after cooling
- SAFSTOR – plant ceases operation, pull fuel rods, begin to cool radioactive elements, then decommissioning is deferred for period of up to 60 years – plus they can get an extension of up to 20 years
- Opportunity for local input beyond local negotiations is minimal
- 2 years after plant ceases they have to file decommissioning plan – they have to hold hearings
- Personnel levels under decon or SAFSTOR– 2014 will go from 620-250 in 9-12 months
- SAFSTOR will begin to button up plant – then 50 or so employees
- Decon will ramp up to 350 for about 5-6 years then ramps back down as plant is dismantled
- There are going to be many plants going offline at the same time
- We don’t know exacts – don’t speculate
- Martin – Vernon thinks SAFSTOR #’s are low – Vernon thinks it will take 2-300
- Chris – this is Entergy’s document – I’m going with record under oath from Public Service Board – Entergy’s own decommissioning experts came up with these profiles
- Patrick – has Entergy made any comments regarding security/fire personnel – will those continue to be Entergy or a spin off to cut down on benefits?
- Chris – CT Yankee talks about immediate decommissioning as being able to tap into legacy employees
- Shut downs related to gas – more about cash flow than anything else – when Yankee took over ENVY – hope was that they would reinvest more into decommissioning fund – they have not
- They have about 600 million dollars in comingled decommissioning fund
- three different aspects of costs: Radiological, spent nuclear fuel management (rods in pull, dry cask storage etc), site restoration or “greenfielding”
- NRC recommends those funds not be comingled – total cost of all of that is 1 billion
- Generation tax or others – 12 million annually is going to draw that fund down and take more time. The reason they are going to SAFSTOR is to build fund
- Fuel that is in pool now – 2300 assembly’s – do that under current operating budget, not decommissioning
- Entergy says when plant ceases operation they should be taxed as vacant land – between 7,000-14,000 a year
- KVK – law is plant can do whatever they want – is there any precedence that lobbying or federal action? – not that we are aware of
- Martin – this could be first one where NRC approves plan that goes out beyond peoples life times
- WRC position is based on docket and industry standards
- PMP on staff actions and state actions – 30 minutes
- Pat and Lawrence met w VY site manager on preliminary wf issues
- Also looking to see the degree of impact with their local contractors
- Seemed interested in following up on SeVEDS info
- Pat participated in Commons Post VY panel (http://www.commonsnews.org/site/site05/story.php?articleno=8443&page=1#.UkQ72RAj6Ao)
- Both Chris and Pat participated – room was very interested in decommissioning and desire to push that hard – message I put out was there are organizations that do have a plan
- Chris – one of challenges SeVEDS is going to have – among those who have opposed continued operation, they have advocated that VY does not contribute as much to the economy as has been said
- Articulation of SeVEDS/BDCC relationship, projects and priority implementation needs (attached- temporarily embargoed as it contains vital projects)
- Time to assemble in one place what they key projects are that need to take place in order to build economy and move it forward
- Stephan – Some point we have to have a plan (PR plan)
- October 28th joint hearing with House Commerce and Natural Resources
- Patrick this isn’t the circumstance we envisioned in releasing the Vital Projects – but with the committees coming down we should consider it
- Dutch – is Entergy HR in daily contact with someone here? It’s very important for BDCC or somewhere in SeVEDS process to be that placement entity
- Stephan – what do you need from us?
- SeVEDS Oct 17th meeting bring plan on release of information and hearing
- Martin – need formal transition task force including Vermont Yankee
- Stephan – we need to reach out and work with the community
- KVK – any question that we should consider going to White Plains or LA – Chris – the state is engaging there
- KVK – our position is decommissioning is not our priority?
- Stephan – Post VY supported WRC decommissioning position and SeVEDS is working economic development. KVK If it turns out that it’s political – is that a SeVEDS role?
- Patrick – we don’t want to take our eyes off the plan we are trying to put in place
- Legislative briefing (PPT attached)
- Pat and Lawrence met w VY site manager on preliminary wf issues
- Review of FAQ document for questions you may get in your businesses and communities – 10 minutes
Next meetings
November 21st 2-4 Hannah Cosman with CEDS Committee to vote to approve CEDS and finalize planning for CEDS public presentation
December 5th 4:30-6:30 Ragle Hall Marlboro College, Marlboro – CEDS presentation and SeVEDS annual meeting – Sec. Miller invited to speak