文档介绍：考研英语阅读真题：考研英语(一)第2篇毙考题
2022考研英语阅读真题：考研英语（一）第2篇
A deal is a deal—except, apparently, when Entergy is involved.
考研英语阅读真题：考研英语(一)第2篇毙考题
2022考研英语阅读真题：考研英语（一）第2篇
A deal is a deal—except, apparently, when Entergy is involved.
The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced
it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.
Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not:
challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court,
as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.
It’s a stunning move.
The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon.
As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2022.
In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval.
Then, too, the company went along.
Either Entergy never really intended to