Entergy Corp., the second-largest operator of nuclear power plants in the United States, sued the state of Vermont to prevent it from shutting down the Vermont Yankee plant next year.

Two Entergy subsidiaries are seeking an order from the U.S. District Court in Burlington that will prevent the forced closing of the plant in March, the New Orleans-based company said Monday.

Vermont breached an agreement with Entergy when it announced it wouldn't agree to the plant's remaining open after March 2012, the company said in the lawsuit. Vermont passed a law in 2006 that transferred authority to approve the operation of the nuclear plant to its General Assembly.
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