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| EXHIBIT      A 10.5.1 FORM      OF CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT(As      Amended May 6, 2008)  WHEREAS,      _________________, (“Executive”) and Central Vermont Public Service      Corporation (“Company”) entered into a Change of Control Agreement dated      ____________ (the “Agreement”): WHEREAS,      the Agreement is scheduled to expire by its terms on ____________ and      Executive and Company have executed a Change in Control Agreement on      _________ which agreement will take effect on April 6, 2009, and supersede      all prior agreements; WHEREAS,      the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 included new statutory rules under      Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section      409A”) that substantially altered the income tax treatment of compensation      that is regarded, under those rules, as deferred pursuant to a      nonqualified deferred compensation plan; WHEREAS,      under Section 409A, unless certain limitations on payment and other      requirements are provided for in a deferred compensation plan,      participants may be subject to regular income tax on amounts payable      pursuant to such deferred compensation plan before payments are made as      well as a 20% excise tax; WHEREAS,      the Agreement is subject to the requirements of Section      409A; WHEREAS,      the Executive and Company have determined that it is in their best      interest to amend the Agreement so as to bring it into compliance with      Section 409A; NOW      THEREFORE, Executive and Company hereby agree to the following      amendments: Section      1 of the Agreement shall be amended to read as follows: 1.         General      Conditions No      benefit shall be payable hereunder pursuant to Section 5 unless there      shall have been both a Change of Control of the Company, as set forth in      Section 3, and |
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| a      Termination Event, as set forth in Section 4 that results in Executive’s      “Separation From Service” (as hereinafter defined).  For      purposes of this Agreement a Separation From Service means the termination      of employment with the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in a      manner that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of      Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated      thereunder.  In construing the terms of the Agreement, it is the      intent of the parties to this Agreement to provide the Executive with      financial protection in the event significant changes in his employment      status occur following a Change of Control of the Company, and it is      agreed that provisions of the Agreement are therefore to be construed      using a reasonable man standard and not on narrow technical      grounds. The      first paragraph of Section 5A. of the Agreement shall be amended to read      as follows: 5.           Severance      Compensation  A.       If      within three (3) years following a Change of Control, (i) a Termination      Event shall have occurred that results in Executive’s Separation from      Service or (ii) the Company requires Executive’s Separation from Service      without Cause (either of (i) or (ii) occurring within three years      following a Change of Control being a “Payment Event”), the Company agrees      to make payment in a lump sum ("Severance Compensation") to the Executive      of an amount equal to (1) times (2), where: Section      6B. of the Agreement shall be amended to read as follows:  B.            Date      of Payment of Severance Benefits The      Company shall pay to the Executive the Severance Compensation provided in      Section 5 on the first business day of the seventh month following the      Termination Date (the “Regulatory Period”) except in the event that the      Executive shall die during the Regulatory Period, the Severance      Compensation shall be paid within 30 days of the Company’s receipt of      notice of Executive’s death. Section      6C. (3) and the first paragraph of Section 6C. (4) of the Agreement shall      be amended to read as follows: (3)            Without      Cause, that date on which the Executive’s employment was terminated      by the company without Cause in a manner that constitutes a Separation      from Service. (4)             For      a Termination Event, the date on which occurs a Separation from      Service resulting from a Termination Event as described in Section      4A. |
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| Section      7A. and Section 7B 1. of the Agreement shall be amended to read as      follows: 7.         Future      Services and Compensation A.              Executive shall receive the benefits provided for in Section 7B if, in      connection with the occurrence of a Payment Event, Executive      agrees: (1)            To refrain from entering into competition with the Company or from working      for a competitor of the Company for a period of one year following the      date on which the Payment Event occurs, and (2)            To provide such consulting services as may be reasonably requested by the      Company for a period of one year following the date on which the Payment      Event occurs. B.             As compensation to the Executive for his promises in Section 7A. hereof,      the Company agrees to cause the following actions to be carried      out: (1)            As respects the status of the Executive as a participant in the Company’s      Officers’ Supplemental Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plan as      amended and restated effective January 1, 2005 (the “2005 SERP”), the      payment of the benefit provided for under Section 3.4 of the 2005 SERP and      at the time provided therein except that the  last two sentences      of Section 3.4(b) of the 2005 SERP (pertaining to the Executive’s and      the  Company’s ability to alter the method and/or time for such      payment) shall be inapplicable and without effect for all      purposes. Section      8 of the Agreement shall be amended to include the following new Section      8I: I.               Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 8 to the contrary, in the      event Executive is entitled to a Gross-Up Payment as otherwise provided      for under Section 8, no such Gross-Up Payment shall be made to Executive      before the first business day of the seventh month following the      Termination Date. |
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| New      Section 14 of the Agreement shall be added to read asfollows: 14.       Compliance      with Code Section 409A. The      parties intend that this Agreement shall at all times comply with the      requirements of Code Section 409A.  Accordingly the parties      agree that it shall be construed, administered and governed in a manner      that effects such intent.  Although Company shall use its best      efforts to avoid the imposition of taxation, interest and penalties under      Code Section 409A, the tax treatment of the benefits provided under this      Agreement is not warranted or guaranteed. Neither Company, its      subsidiaries nor their respective directors, officers, employees or      advisors shall be held liable for any taxes, interest, penalties or other      monetary amounts owed by Executive or other taxpayer as a result of the      Agreement. Except      as hereby amended, the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force      in effect until April 5, 2009. Dated      at Rutland, Vermont this ______ day of May,  2008. |
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|     ________________________Witness | CENTRAL      VERMONT PUBLICSERVICE      CORPORATION  By  ____________________________For      the Company  |
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|   ________________________Witness             |   ______________________________Executive                                                                                 |

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