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| EXHIBIT      24.1  POWER      OF ATTORNEY KNOW      ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Chief Executive Officer      and Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer and the      undersigned Directors of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, a      Vermont Corporation, which corporation proposes to file with the      Securities and Exchange Commission an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the      year ended December 31, 2008, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,      as amended, does each for himself/herself and not for one another, hereby      constitute and appoint Robert H. Young and Pamela J. Keefe and each of      them, his/her true and lawful attorneys, in his/her name, place and stead,      to sign his/her name to said proposed Annual Report on Form 10-K and any      and all amendments thereto, and to cause the same to be filed with the      Securities and Exchange Commission, it being intended to grant and hereby      granting to said individuals, and each of them, full power and authority      to do and perform any act and thing necessary and proper to be done in the      premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could      do regarding the preparation, execution, filing of Form 10-K. IN      WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set their hand as of      the 12th      day of January, 2009.  |
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| /s/ Robert H. Young             Robert      H. YoungPresident      and Chief Executive Officer and Director                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | /s/ Mary Alice      McKenzie         Mary      Alice McKenzieChair      of the Board of Directors  |
| /s/ Pamela J.      Keefe                Pamela      J. KeefeVice      President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | /s/ Robert L.      Barnett                       Robert      L. Barnett, Director /s/ Robert G.      Clarke                         Robert      G. Clarke, Director /s/ Bruce M.      Lisman                  Bruce      M. Lisman, Director /s/ William R.      Sayre                        Mary      Alice McKenzie, Director /s/ Janice L.      Scites                         Janice      L. Scites, Director /s/ William J.      Stenger                     William      J. Stenger, Director /s/ Douglas J.      Wacek                     Douglas      J. Wacek,Director |

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