Entergy Vermont Yankee reactor cut to 41 pct power

NEW YORK, June 24 (Reuters) - Entergy Corp's (ETR.N) 620-megawatt Vermont Yankee nuclear power station dipped to 41 percent by early Wednesday from 95 percent early Tuesday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report.

Vermont Yankee, which entered service in 1972, is located in Vernon in Windham County, about 80 miles north of Hartford, Connecticut.

Entergy is waiting for the NRC to decide on its application to extend the plant's original 40-year operating license for another 20 years. Entergy filed the application in January 2006.

One MW powers about 1,000 homes in Vermont.

Entergy, of New Orleans, owns and operates about 30,000 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities, and transmits and distributes power to 2.7 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by John Picinich)