Chapter 43 Case Problem - Rulemaking Procedures - Vermont Yankee v Natural Resources Defense Council

Read the case - Vermont Yankee v Natural Resources Defense Council - 435 US 519 (1978) -

1. Look at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear plant - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Yankee
also look at  whiteboard and another screencast

2. Read the Case 

3. Read the Summary of the Case  

3. Watch the Screencast of the case     

Answer the following questions: 

1. Explain the Court of Appeals holding "that rejection of energy conservation on the basis of the `threshold test' [435 U.S. 519, 550] was "capricious and arbitrary"

2. The USSC agreed with the Court of Appeals on the above holding? true or false. If false, explain why.