|EXHIBIT A 10.18                                                                                                                         
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|CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN



Effective as of January 1, 2008



Execution Copy
February, 2008



|CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

Effective as of January 1, 2008


TABLE OF CONTENTS                      
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|ARTICLE I                                                                                                                                      
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|ARTICLE II                                                                                                                                     
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|ARTICLE III                                                                                                                                    
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|ARTICLE IV                                                                                                                                     
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|ARTICLE V                                                                                                                                      
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|ARTICLE VI                                                                                                                                     
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|ARTICLE VII                                                                                                                                    
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|ARTICLE I

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE                                                                                                            
|1.1                                                                                                                                            
|ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS                                                                                                                        
|2.1                                                                                                                                            
|2.2                                                                                                                                            
|2.3                                                                                                                                            
|2.4                                                                                                                                            
|2.5                                                                                                                                            
|2.6                                                                                                                                            
|2.7                                                                                                                                            
|2.8                                                                                                                                            
|2.9                                                                                                                                            
|2.10                                                                                                                                           
|2.11                                                                                                                                           
|2.12                                                                                                                                           
|2.13                                                                                                                                           
|2.14                                                                                                                                           
|2.15                                                                                                                                           
|2.16                                                                                                                                           
|2.17                                                                                                                                           
|ARTICLE III
PARTICIPATION                                                                                                                      
|3.1                                                                                                                                            
|ARTICLE IV
PERFORMANCE GOALS AND AWARD OPPORTUNITIES                                                                                           
|4.1                                                                                                                                            
|4.2                                                                                                                                            
|4.3                                                                                                                                            
|4.4                                                                                                                                            
|4.5                                                                                                                                            
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|ARTICLE V
DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF ANNUAL INCENTIVE AWARDS                                                                                 
|5.1                                                                                                                                            
|5.2                                                                                                                                            
|5.3                                                                                                                                            
|5.4                                                                                                                                            
|5.5                                                                                                                                            
|5.6                                                                                                                                            
|ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION                                                                                                                      
|6.1                                                                                                                                            
|6.2                                                                                                                                            
|6.3                                                                                                                                            
|ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS                                                                                                                      
|7.1                                                                                                                                            
|7.2                                                                                                                                            
|7.3                                                                                                                                            
|7.4                                                                                                                                            
|7.5                                                                                                                                            
|7.6                                                                                                                                            
|7.7                                                                                                                                            
|7.8                                                                                                                                            
|7.9                                                                                                                                            
|7.10                                                                                                                                           
|7.11                                                                                                                                           
|7.12                                                                                                                                           
|7.13                                                                                                                                           
|7.14                                                                                                                                           
|IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this instrument to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the 27th day of February, 2008.
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|Attest:
By: /s/ Mary C. Marzec
                    Mary Marzec
(Corporate Seal)