Wiscasset challenges Maine Yankee tax exemption in court

Wiscasset challenges Maine Yankee tax exemption in court

The town of Wiscasset is going to court to challenge a tax exemption the state granted this year for the infrastructure that holds spent nuclear fuel at the decommissioned Maine Yankee atomic energy plant. That exemption was first granted last March, under a state law that exempts air pollution controlling facilities from paying local property or real estate taxes. After Wiscasset appealed the exemption, it was upheld in late October by the stat…