EXHIBIT 31.1
                            SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

I,  Christopher  L.  Dutton,  certify  that:
1.     I  have  reviewed  this  Annual  Report  on  Form 10-K for the year ended
December  31,  2004  of  Green  Mountain  Power  Corporation;

2.     Based  on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of  a  material  fact  or  omit  to  state a material fact necessary to make the
statements  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to  the  period  covered  by this report;

3.     Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of,  and  for,  the  periods  presented  in  this  report;

4.     The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer  and  I are responsible for
establishing  and  maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange  Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting  (as  defined  in  Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant  and  have:

a)     designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or  caused  such
disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to  be designed under our supervision, to
ensure  that  material  information  relating  to  the registrant, including its
consolidated  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly  during  the  period  in  which  this  report  is  being  prepared;

b)     designed  such  internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal  control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and  the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles;

c)     evaluated  the  effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures  and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by
this  report  based  on  such  evaluation;  and

d)     disclosed  in this report any change in the registrant's internal control
over  financial  reporting  that  occurred  during  the registrant's most recent
fiscal  quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
report)  that  has  materially  affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially
affect,  the  registrant's  internal  control  over  financial  reporting;  and

5.     The  registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our  most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant's  auditors  and  the  audit  committee  of the registrant's board of
directors  (or  persons  performing  the  equivalent  functions):

a)     all  significant  deficiencies  and  material weaknesses in the design or
operation  of  internal  control  over  financial reporting which are reasonably
likely  to  adversely  affect  the  registrant's  ability  to  record,  process,
summarize  and  report  financial  information;  and

b)     any  fraud,  whether  or  not material, that involves management or other
employees  who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over
financial  reporting.


Date:  March  28,  2005

/s/Christopher  L.  Dutton
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Christopher  L.  Dutton,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and  President