VPIRG, SchmeePIRG

Dear God,

Today the Rutland Herald is reporting that "The Vermont Public Interest Research Group wants key — but currently secret — parts of the recent reliability assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant made public."

And VPIRG calls itself an advocacy organization.

Entergy already won the headline battle about the reliability assessment story. It was on Christmas Eve, I believe, that newspapers reported that the assessment was largely positive. Now James Moore of VPIRG is complaining that the report was heavily redacted and that the pristine version of the report is "a scathing assessment, written in flowery engineer's language." Maybe. And, yes, we're going to release a less redacted report, but not an entirely redacted one, and what we chose to keep in and leave out seems to be entirely up to us. Regardless, that first round of headlines already made an impression on Vermonter's perceptions of Vermont Yankee. And that impression was favorable. We're a safe bet for the next 20 years. So there.

Lord, I say let them fight and file, fight and file. As long as they're distracted, they will miss the real headline of the day:

Former Entergy Exec may Get Seat at NRC Table

Yes, Dan Packer, a former CEO of Entergy New Orleans, reportedly is under consideration for appointment to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Read it and weep, VPIRG.

Amen,

Fake-Rob