part i item 1 entergy corporation , utility operating companies , and system energy entergy wholesale commodities during 2010 entergy integrated its non-utility nuclear and its non-nuclear wholesale assets businesses into a new organization called entergy wholesale commodities . entergy wholesale commodities includes the ownership and operation of six nuclear power plants , five of which are located in the northeast united states , with the sixth located in michigan , and is primarily focused on selling electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers . entergy wholesale commodities 2019 revenues are primarily derived from sales of energy and generation capacity from these plants . entergy wholesale commodities also provides operations and management services , including decommissioning services , to nuclear power plants owned by other utilities in the united states . entergy wholesale commodities also includes the ownership of , or participation in joint ventures that own , non-nuclear power plants and the sale to wholesale customers of the electric power produced by these plants . property nuclear generating stations entergy wholesale commodities includes the ownership of the following nuclear power plants : power plant market service acquired location capacity- reactor type license expiration .
what is the length of the lease for pilgrim , ( in years ) ?
entergy wholesale commodities also includes the ownership of two non-operating nuclear facilities , big rock point in michigan and indian point 1 in new york that were acquired when entergy purchased the palisades and indian point 2 nuclear plants , respectively . these facilities are in various stages of the decommissioning process . the nrc operating license for vermont yankee was to expire in march 2012 . in march 2011 the nrc renewed vermont yankee 2019s operating license for an additional 20 years , as a result of which the license now expires in 2032 . for additional discussion regarding the continued operation of the vermont yankee plant , see 201cimpairment of long-lived assets 201d in note 1 to the financial statements . the operating licenses for pilgrim , indian point 2 , and indian point 3 expire between 2012 and 2015 . under federal law , nuclear power plants may continue to operate beyond their license expiration dates while their renewal applications are pending nrc approval . various parties have expressed opposition to renewal of the licenses . with respect to the pilgrim license renewal , the atomic safety and licensing board ( aslb ) of the nrc , after issuing an order denying a new hearing request , terminated its proceeding on pilgrim 2019s license renewal application . with the aslb process concluded the proceeding , including appeals of certain aslb decisions , is now before the nrc . in april 2007 , entergy submitted an application to the nrc to renew the operating licenses for indian point 2 and 3 for an additional 20 years . the aslb has admitted 21 contentions raised by the state of new york or other parties , which were combined into 16 discrete issues . two of the issues have been resolved , leaving 14 issues that are currently subject to aslb hearings . in july 2011 , the aslb granted the state of new york 2019s motion for summary disposition of an admitted contention challenging the adequacy of a section of indian point 2019s environmental analysis as incorporated in the fseis ( discussed below ) . that section provided cost estimates for severe accident mitigation alternatives ( samas ) , which are hardware and procedural changes that could be .