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    Exhibit 10.100

    

    

    AGREEMENT
BETWEEN CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION AND

    LOCAL
No. 300 OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS

    EFFECTIVE
January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2013

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  
                    
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                        
                                          
                                            
                                              
                                                
                                                  
                                                    
                                                      
                                                        
                                                          
                                                            
                                                              
                                                                
                                                                  
                                                                    
                                                                      
                                                                        
                                                                          
                                                                            
                                                                              	
                                                                                      Table of Contents

                                                                                       

                                                                                    
	
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                                                                                      Subject Matter

                                                                                    	
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                                                                                      Article
      1

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Recognition
      of the Union

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      2

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      2

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      No
      Discrimination

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      2

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      3

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Union
      Membership Requirements and Dues Deductions

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      3

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      4

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      No
      Strike – No Lockout

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      6

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      5

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Employment
      Status

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      7

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      6

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Seniority

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      9

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      7

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Disability,
      Retrogression Pay Plan

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      11

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      8

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Vacancies
      and Promotions

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      14

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      9

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Regular
      Employees on Temporary Jobs

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      17

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      9.1

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Upgrades

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      17

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      10

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Suspensions,
      Discharges and Letters of Reprimand

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      18

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      11

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Military
      Service

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      19

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      12

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Working
      Hours – Overtime

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      19

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      13

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      On-Call

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      24

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      14

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Shift
      Differential

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      26

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      15

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Inclement
      Weather

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      27

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      16

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Death
      in Family

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      28

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      17

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Holidays

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      28

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      18

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Vacations

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      30

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      19

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Rest
      Period

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      33

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      20

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Sickness
      and Accident Benefits

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      35

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      21

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Health
      and Welfare Benefits

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      36

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      22

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Meals

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      37

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      23

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Safety

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      39

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      24

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Tools
      and Clothing

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      41

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      25

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Union
      Business

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      42

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      26

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Transportation:  Holidays,
      Schedules, Contractors, Vehicles, Mechanics’ Tools

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      43

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      27

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Grievances

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      43

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      28

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Arbitration

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      46

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      29

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Management

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      47

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      30

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Pension
      and 401(k) Benefits

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      47

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      31

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Wages

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      48

                                                                                    
	
                                                                                      Article
      32

                                                                                    	
                                                                                      Term

                                                                                    	
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                                                                                      Signatures

                                                                                    	
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    AGREEMENT

    between

    CENTRAL
VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION

    and

    LOCAL
UNION NO. 300

    INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS

    

    THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into
this first day of January, 2009 by and between CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE
CORPORATION, its successors or assigns (hereinafter called the “Company” or
“CVPS”), and LOCAL UNION NO. 300 of the INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS (hereinafter called the “Union”).  No provisions, terms or
obligations contained herein shall be affected, modified, altered or changed in
any respect whatsoever by the sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment,
consolidation or merger of CVPS’ operations covered by the
Agreement.  CVPS promises that its operations covered by the Agreement
shall not be sold, conveyed, transferred or assigned to, or consolidated or
merged with, any successor without first securing an enforceable agreement of
the successor to assume CVPS’ obligation under the Agreement.

     

        CVPS agrees to
notify the Union of any proposed sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer,
consolidation or merger which affects the bargaining unit represented by the
union within a reasonable time prior to finalization of any agreement between
CVPS and the proposed buyer.  Upon request, CVPS will provide the
Union with all relevant information necessary to enforce this provision of this
contract.

     

    If CVPS (1) fails to timely notify the
Union and to provide the relevant information; or (2) fails to secure an
enforceable agreement of the successor to assume CVPS’ obligations under the
Agreement, CVPS shall be liable to the Union for any and all damages sustained
by the Union and the bargaining unit employees from such failure.

     

    WHEREAS, both the Company and the Union
desire to establish an effective collective bargaining relationship between
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    settlement
of grievances and disputes, to fix the wage scale of employees of the Company
represented by the Union, to provide reasonable and fair working hours and
conditions for such employees, to enable the Company to furnish efficient and
high grade service to the public, and to conserve and promote the interest of
both the members of the Union and the Company.

     

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, it is agreed as
follows:

    

    ARTICLE
1

    RECOGNITION OF THE
UNION

    

    The Company recognizes Local Union No.
300 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as the sole and
exclusive representative of all employees in the Company except executive,
administrative, office and clerical, technical, plant department field
personnel, sales employees, and all supervisory employees with authority to
hire, promote, discharge, discipline or otherwise effect changes in the status
of employees, or effectively to recommend such action, for the purpose of
collective bargaining with respect to wages, hours of work and conditions of
employment affecting all such employees.

     

    The provisions of this Agreement do not
apply to employees excepted from representation or any employees not expressly
listed or classified herein.

     

    ARTICLE
2

    NO
DISCRIMINATION

    

    The Company, and each of its agents,
recognize and will not interfere with the right of employees to become members
of the Union, and agree that there shall be no discrimination, interference,
restraint or coercion by the Company against any employee because of his
membership in the Union.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Neither the Company nor the Union will,
in violation of any state or federal law, discriminate against any employee in
the application of the terms of this Agreement because of race, color, religion,
national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or
status as disabled veteran or veteran of wars, including the Vietnam
conflict.  As used in this Agreement personal nouns and pronouns cover
both male and female employees.

     

    The Union agrees not to coerce or
intimidate any employee in any manner and during working hours not to solicit
any employee for any purpose or transact any Union business except as otherwise
provided for in this Agreement.

     

    ARTICLE
3

    UNION MEMBERSHIP
REQUIREMENTS AND DUES DEDUCTIONS

     

    Section
A

     

    The Company agrees it shall require as
a condition of employment that all employees subject to this Agreement shall,
after the thirtieth (30th) day following the effective date of this Agreement,
become members of the Union and continue as members thereafter while this
Agreement is in effect.

     

    Section
B

     

    The Company agrees it shall require as
a condition of employment that all new employees hereafter employed by the
Company in any class of work to which this Agreement applies shall become
members of the Union after the ninetieth (90th) day following the beginning of
their employment and shall continue as members thereafter while this Agreement
is in effect.

     

    After an employee is hired by the
Company to fill a position within the bargaining unit, the human resource’s
department will notify the Union Designated Representative of such employment
with a copy of said notification sent to the Business Manager of the
Union.  The new employee’s supervisor will ensure that the union
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    introduced
to the new employee within a reasonable time frame.  Additionally,
within the employee’s first week of work, the supervisor, or company designee,
will have a discussion with the new employee and the union
representative.

     

    Section
C

     

    The Company and the Union mutually
agree that the foregoing provisions shall in no way affect other terms and
conditions of employment applicable to probationary employees.

     

    Section
D

     

    Any employee who has been employed by
the Company continuously for a period of ninety (90) days and who is permanently
transferred to a class of work which is subject to the Union membership
requirement shall become a member of the Union within fifteen (15) days after
the effective date of such transfer.

     

    Section
E

     

    Any employee exempted from the Union
membership requirement under the provisions of this Article, but who is
transferred or demoted while this Agreement is in effect to a class of work
which is subject to the Union membership requirement, shall become a member of
the Union within fifteen (15) days after the effective date of such transfer or
demotion.

     

    Full-time bargaining unit employees in
a crew or District shall not be demoted, laid off or transferred, as a direct
result of the assignment of non-bargaining unit employees to bargaining unit
work in the crew or District, for a period of eighteen (18) months, subsequent
to such assignment.

     

    A regular bargaining unit employee that
is promoted or transferred to a non-bargaining unit job and returns to a
bargaining unit job within two (2) years or less, shall be treated as having
continuous bargaining unit seniority, as that term is used in Article 6,
excluding the time he is out of the bargaining unit.  An employee, who
returns after two (2) years absence from the bargaining unit, shall be accorded
continuous bargaining unit seniority equal to the lesser of his actual
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    seniority,
or one (1) day less than that of the most junior first class employee in the
crew he is returning to.

     

    Section
F

     

    No new employee will be required as a
condition of employment to become a member of the Union until after the
ninetieth (90) day following the beginning of their employment or the effective
date of this Agreement, whichever is later.  Temporary employees shall
become members of the Union consistent with the terms of Article 5.

     

    Section
G

     

    Any employee of the Company who at any
time while this Agreement is in effect has been performing a class of work which
is subject to the Union membership requirement of this Agreement, but who is
subsequently transferred or promoted to a class of work which is not subject to
the Union membership requirement of this Agreement, shall have the privilege of
withdrawing from Union membership, and the Union agrees that such withdrawal
shall in no way affect the right of any such employee to assignment thereafter
to a class of work in which Union membership is required hereunder as a
condition of employment, provided such employee applies for renewal of Union
membership and tenders their dues and initiation fee.

     

    Company retirees who were in Union jobs
at retirement remain Union members.  If re-employed by the Company for
any part of a month, they are expected to authorize a payroll deduction for
Union dues.  A retiree returning to work will be provided a card by
the Company authorizing the Company to deduct from the employee’s wages Union
membership dues.  After a retiree is re-employed by the Company, the
human resources’ department will notify the Union Designated Representative of
such employment with a copy of said notification sent to the Business Manager of
the Union.  It is understood that it is the Union’s responsibility to
ensure that the cards authorizing payroll deductions are completed and submitted
to the Company.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Section
H

     

    The provisions of this Article shall
not apply to anyone exempted from the provisions of this Agreement nor to
training students who may be assigned from time to time to any of the
departments of the Company.

     

    Section
I

     

    The Company agrees that during the term
of this Agreement it will, while the employee remains in the bargaining unit,
monthly deduct Union membership dues and fees from the wages of each employee
who authorizes it to do so in writing in the form which is attached hereto,
marked "Exhibit B" and made a part hereof.  The total amount so
deducted each month shall be paid upon receipt therefore in the name of the
Union to the Financial Secretary of the Union within ten (10) working days next
following the date upon which the deduction is made.  Such
authorization shall be irrevocable for the period of three (3) years or until
the termination date of this Agreement, whichever occurs sooner, and shall be
automatically renewable for the shorter of like periods unless terminated as
provided in said form.

     

    ARTICLE
4

    NO STRIKE - NO
LOCKOUT

    

    During the life of this Agreement, the
Union agrees that it will not authorize or approve any strike, stoppage or
slowdown of work, and the Company agrees that it will not engage in any
lockout.  During such period the Union agrees that it will not engage
in or induce others to engage in any strike, stoppage or slowdown of
work.  The Union further agrees that it will take every reasonable
means which are within its power to induce employees engaged in any strike,
stoppage or slowdown of work in violation of this Agreement to cease the same
and to promptly resume their work, and that it will post a notice on all the
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    within
the bargaining unit, within twenty-four (24) hours after receiving written
notification from the Company of such violation, that the action of the
employees was not authorized or approved by the Union, and directing the
employee to cease any further violation of this Agreement and to promptly resume
their work.  Except as provided in this paragraph, there shall be no
responsibility on the part of the Union, or its officers, representatives or
affiliates for any strike or other interruption of work.

     

               The
Union agrees that should there be any strike, stoppage or slowdown of work in
violation of this Agreement, the Company has the right to take disciplinary
action, including discharge against employees who engage therein, and the action
of the Company in disciplining such employees shall not be subject to dispute by
the Union or to grievance or arbitration under Articles 27 and 28 of this
Agreement.

     

    ARTICLE
5

    EMPLOYMENT
STATUS

     

    Each new employee, except newly hired
apprentice lineworkers, hired to fill a regular job shall be considered on
probation for a period of ninety (90) calendar days.  At the end of
the ninety days, each new employee including newly hired lineworkers, shall be
evaluated by their supervisors.  Newly hired apprentice lineworkers
shall be considered on probation for a period of one hundred and eighty (180)
calendar days.

     

    A probationary employee shall have no
seniority rights during this period but, except where otherwise limited, shall
be subject to all other applicable provisions of this Agreement.  If
retained beyond the probationary period, the employee shall be given the status
of a regular employee and seniority shall date from the employee’s first day of
continuous employment.

     

               Temporary
employees may be hired for periods not to exceed one thousand (1000) hours
inclusive of overtime during the calendar year.  This includes summer,
seasonal temporary employees and students assigned for training
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    employees
who do not regularly do bargaining unit work will not be required to become
bargaining unit members.  However, temporary employees hired to
regularly perform bargaining unit work shall be required to join the Union after
sixty (60) days.  Such employees shall, in all other respects, be
treated as temporary employees and, as such, shall have only those rights and
benefits accruing to all other temporary employees.  Temporary
employees as described above are to be treated as probationary
employees.  If employment is continuous for a period of more than one
thousand (1000) hours, inclusive of overtime during the calendar year, they will
be given the status of regular employees, and seniority will date from their
first day of continuous employment.

     

    It is agreed that the Company will
provide quarterly reports to the Business Manager of the Union listing all
temporary employees who are working in jobs normally preformed by bargaining
unit members.

     

    Temporary employees will not be used
for planned overtime work unless all qualified Company Bargaining Unit employees
in that district are given the opportunity to work on that planned overtime
job.

     

    The progress of a new employee in the
Apprentice classification will be appraised by his immediate supervisors at the
end of three (3) months.  When progress is sufficient for such
supervisors to advance such employee from the Apprentice classification to a
higher classification, his rate of pay at the time of such advancement shall be
increased by an amount equal to one-half (1⁄2) the difference between the
Apprentice rate and the rate of the next higher classification in the department
in which he is serving his apprenticeship.  The rate shall continue
for a period of three (3) months, at the end of which period he shall be
entitled to take an examination for the next higher
classification.  When the employee has taken and passed such
examination he shall receive the full rate of pay of such higher
classification.  It is mutually understood and agreed that the
supervisors will inform the employee and his Unit Chairman of the results of
their appraisal at the end of the first three (3) month period.  New
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    employment,
must participate in the Apprenticeship program adopted by the Union and the
Company and successfully complete it.

    

    ARTICLE
6

    SENIORITY

    

    Selection of employees for promotion,
demotion, or layoff because of reduction in forces shall be based upon the
following factors:

     

    (a)           Length
of continuous service

    (b)           Training

    (c)           Ability

    (d)           Efficiency

    (e)           Physical
fitness for the job

    

    Whenever all other factors are
relatively equal, length of continuous service within the bargaining unit shall
govern.  Bargaining unit seniority is defined as the length of
continuous service in a bargaining unit position that is covered by this
agreement.  Continuous service shall mean uninterrupted employment
with the Company or with the Company and its predecessors.  Job
awarding under the posting and bidding procedure shall be done on the basis of
bargaining unit seniority for otherwise relatively equal, qualified
employees.

     

    In the case of layoff for lack of work,
department seniority will govern on a last hired in -- first laid off basis,
provided that the more senior employee is qualified and willing to relocate at
his own expense if necessary.  Department is defined as all bargaining
unit employees throughout all the districts who are in the same job
progression.  Department seniority is defined as the length of
continuous service within a department.  The parties agree that
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    Infrastructure
(“AMI”) will be treated as layoffs for lack of work and be governed by this
provision.

     

    During the period of this Agreement no
regular employee covered by this Agreement with ten (10) or more years of
continuous service shall be laid off because of lack of work.  The
parties agree that layoffs associated with AMI will be treated as layoffs for
lack of work and be governed by this provision.

     

    Layoffs of less than six (6) months and
authorized leaves of absence, including sick or military leave as herein
defined, shall not be considered as interrupting continuity of
service.  Layoffs of six (6) months or more but less than three (3)
years shall be deducted from the employee's length of continuous service
record.  If an employee who is laid off is not rehired within three
(3) years, he loses all seniority and takes the status of a new employee if
later rehired.  The Company shall give two (2) weeks' notice before
laying off a regular employee because of a reduction in working forces, and
employees shall give the Company two (2) weeks' notice before quitting the
employ of the Company.

     

    No employee shall be laid off for lack
of work while the Company is contracting work outside the Company where the
employee is qualified to do the work being contracted.  The Company
shall endeavor to place an employee in another job in the Company prior to
layoff.

     

    When vacancies occur or there is an
increase in force after a layoff within any particular department, employees in
the department who had been laid off due to a reduction in work forces shall, if
then available, be given preference over persons not formerly in the employ of
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    particular
department, the selection among them shall be based upon the factors set forth
in this Article.

     

    ARTICLE
7

    DISABILITY, RETROGRESSION
PAY PLAN

     

    Section
1

     

    When an employee with fifteen (15) or
more years of service with the Company cannot thereafter perform his regular
duties due to some physical condition or impairment, the Company shall endeavor
to assign him to a work function which he is capable of performing, and the
following Compensation Plan shall apply.

     

    Section
2

     

    Non-Compensable
Disability:  In the event an employee becomes unable to perform his
normal duties, because of a disability for which he is not receiving Worker's
Compensation benefits, and if the Company is able to provide him with work which
he is capable of performing, he will be assigned to such work.  His
adjusted pay rate shall be determined by the plan shown below, as to future
retrogressions:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)  

            	
              Less
      than fifteen (15) full years of continuous service at time of
      retrogression:

               

            

    

    
      
        	
                 
      

              	
                (1)

              	
                An
      employee with less than fifteen (15) full years of continuous service with
      the Company at the time of retrogression shall receive the base rate of
      his new job classification.

                 

              
	 	(2) 	
                The
      new rate shall become effective at the time of such
      retrogression.

                 

              

      

    

    
    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (b)

            	
              Fifteen
      (15) full years or more of continuous service at time of
      retrogression:

               

            

    

    
      	 	
              (1)  

            	
              An
      employee with fifteen (15) or more full years of continuous service shall
      continue to receive a rate of pay equal to the amount being received at
      the time they were retrogressed and this amount shall remain in effect
      until the rate of pay for the job the employee is working equals the
      amount, or becomes greater than the amount, being received by the
      employee.  At that time, the employee will then begin receiving
      the rate of pay plus all future increases for the job the employee is then
      working.

            

    

    
    

    
      
      

    

    
      
      

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              	(2)	
                The
      Company recognizes the value of employees who have experience, but are no
      longer capable of performing the jobs held prior to being
      retrogressed.  While it is the Company’s policy not to upgrade
      employees, it is agreed that the Company will utilize retrogressed
      employees in upgraded positions as needed.  When these employees
      are upgraded, they will receive the amount of pay equivalent to the
      current rate of pay for the position the employee held prior to being
      retrogressed.

                 

              
	 	(3)	

                The
      rate of retrogressed employee who chooses and is permitted to work beyond
      age sixty-five (65) because of federal or state law requirements or change
      in Company policy will upon attainment of his sixty-fifty (65th) birthday
      be reduced to the base rate, then in effect, of the job to which he has
      been retrogressed.

                 

              
	 	(4)	

                This
      section shall only apply to those employees who are retrogressed after the
      signing of this agreement.  All employees retrogressed prior to
      December 31, 2004, shall continue to receive the benefits as outlined in
      the agreement beginning January 1,
2002.

              

      

       

    

    Section
3

     

    Compensable Disability:  In
the event an employee becomes unable to perform his normal duties because of a
disability for which he is receiving Worker's Compensation benefits, and if the
Company is able to provide him with work which he is capable of performing, he
will be assigned to such work.  His adjusted pay rate shall be
determined as set forth under Section 2 above except that the following shall
apply:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (a)

            	
              If,
      at the time of retrogression, the employee is receiving compensation for
      partial disability, the Company will pay such amounts so that the
      employee's total compensation from the Company and from such Disability
      Benefits will equal the adjusted pay rate.

               

            

    

    
      	 	
              (b)  

            	
              The
      date the employee commences work at his lower classification shall be
      considered as the date of
retrogression.

            

    

    
      
      

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      all computations, only full years of service shall be used.

                 

              

      

       

    

    Section
5

     

    An employee with fifteen (15) or more
full years continuous service receiving an adjusted pay rate under the plan
shall hold the title of his new job classification with the word "Special"
appended thereto.

     

    Section
6

     

    The Company in all cases shall consult
with such employee's family physician and in the event of disagreement as to the
employee's physical condition to perform the work of any particular class, a
third provider will make a determination that shall be final.  The
employee will select the qualified provider from a list provided by the
Company.

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Section
      7

               

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              No
      change in group insurance classification shall result from such
      retrogression.

               

            

    

     

    Section
8

     

    If a wage adjustment is made on a
percentage basis, the percentage shall apply to the adjusted pay rate for the
job classification held.

     

    Section
9

     

    An employee transferred to a lower
classification under this plan shall be assigned without posting the job after
consultation with the Union.

     

    Section
10

     

    If an employee who is being compensated
under the provisions of this plan is again transferred to one or more lower
rated classifications, his new adjusted rate upon each such transfer shall be
computed as if the employee had been transferred to such lower
classification

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    initially,
using all factors applicable to the time of the first
retrogression.  The resultant rate shall be corrected to reflect all
wage adjustments which were made in such lower classification since the date of
the initial retrogression.

     

    Section
11

     

    The Company may, at its discretion,
withhold the provisions of this plan from employees who also engage in work for
other than the Company or its affiliates.

    

    ARTICLE
8

    VACANCIES AND
PROMOTIONS

    Section
A

     

    Whenever a vacancy occurs within the
bargaining unit, notice of the vacancy shall be posted on all bulletin boards
therein by the Company for a period of eleven (11) working days before it fills
the vacancy, to the end that employees desiring to apply for the job may do so,
except that the Company may assign anyone to fill a vacancy for a temporary
period not exceeding thirty (30) days.  Applications for such jobs
shall be on forms provided by the Company.  A copy of such notice
shall be sent promptly to the Secretary of the Union.  Rates of pay
shall be stated on all notices of jobs posted.  If one of the applying
employees is accepted to fill the vacancy, his name shall be sent to the
Secretary within ten (10) working days after the expiration date of the period
for submitting bids, and if such employee is not  transferred to the
new job within three (3) weeks after he has been notified of his acceptance, he
shall be given the rate of pay of the new job for work performed after the
expiration of said three (3) week period and will be transferred no later than
two (2) months after acceptance or in case of Meter Reader Installer, no later
than three (3) months.

     

    In accordance with previous practice, a
vacancy is understood to mean an opening in a crew which is not filled forthwith
by promotion of an employee in that crew.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Section
B

     

    When vacancies occur, new departments
are started, or new jobs created within the bargaining unit, present employees
in the bargaining unit will be given preference if they are qualified to fill
such new jobs.

     

    Section
C

     

    If, thirty (30) days after awarding the
job under the bidding procedure, an employee is found to be unsuited for the
duties of his new position, he shall be returned to his former job without loss
of seniority and the Company must re-post the position.  If, thirty
(30) days after being awarded the job under the bidding procedure, the employee
requests to return to his former position, he shall be returned to his former
position without loss of seniority.  The employee may, within the
thirty (30) day period, at his option, waive his right to return to his former
position.  If the employee exercises his right to return to his former
position as described above, the Company need not re-post the position but may,
at the Company’s option, fill the position with a candidate who had applied
previously for that position.  The Company may exercise the option not
to re-post for the position for a period not to exceed six (6) months after the
employee has returned to his former position.  Job bids submitted to
the Company for a particular position shall remain valid for six (6) months from
the date of the original posting.

     

    An employee who is awarded a job under
the bidding procedure will receive the rate of pay for the job when qualified
for the position by an exam or by previous experience in the position, subject
to the provisions of Article 9.  Each regular employee who is promoted
to a higher rate job will receive the rate of pay for that job, subject to the
provisions of Article 9 hereof.

     

    Section
D

     

    Employees who are required to take an
exam in the normal progression within the Department and have the recommendation
of their supervisor for the exam, shall be given the exam within thirty (30)
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    eligibility
whichever is later.  If the Company is unable to accommodate the
request within the thirty (30) days and the employee subsequently passes the
exam related to this specific request, the employee shall be reimbursed as if he
had passed the exam on the thirtieth (30th) day from the request.

     

    Section
E

     

    Employees who are required to take
exams for change in classification may request a Union representative be present
during the exam.  This representative shall be mutually agreed to by
the Union and the Company.

     

    Section
F

     

    Employees bidding into a lower
classification shall not receive a wage reduction until the first test or six
(6) months whichever is first.

     

    Section
G

     

    When a Bargaining Unit employee is
awarded a job through the bidding procedure and the results of such award causes
the employee to relocate or if because of the lack of work a Bargaining Unit
employee through department seniority "bumping" causes the employee to relocate,
the Company will pay for relocation.  This benefit will occur only
once for each specific condition listed above during the employee's career with
the Company, unless employee has twenty (20) years of service or more, in which
event the employee will be entitled to this benefit twice for each specific
condition listed above.

     

    Payments and conditions for such
relocation shall be as described in the CVPS Policies and Practices Manual #1966
dated January 2, 2002.

     

    If the Company requests an employee to
relocate, the Company will provide relocation expenses as described in the CVPS
Policies and Practices Manual #1966 dated January 2, 2002.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
9

    REGULAR EMPLOYEES ON
TEMPORARY JOBS

    

    Whenever an employee is required to
replace, temporarily, another employee in a lower paid job, his regular rate
shall not be changed.  When an employee is required to replace,
temporarily, another employee for a period of one (1) hour or more in a higher
paid job, that employee shall receive the higher rate of pay for the entire
period of such work, provided that the rate of pay of employees who are subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article 5 hereof shall be no more on
temporary assignments than it would be were such assignments not
temporary.

     

    Meter Reader Installers that are
required to drive Company line digger or bucket trucks during emergency
restoration procedures for one (1) hour or more, shall be upgraded to the
Groundman Driver Digger Operator rate for all hours worked, subject to the
provisions of Policy on Safety, dated December 8, 1981.

     

    ARTICLE
9.1

    UPGRADES

    

    Section
A

     

    It will be the policy and practice of
the Company not to upgrade employees unless necessary, and the Company will
conduct its business, to the extent practical, so as to avoid all
upgrading.

     

    A First Class employee that is upgraded
to a Chief employee or upgraded to a Foreman or a Chief upgraded to a Foreman
and continues in that capacity for at least one (1) hour during the normal
scheduled work day as defined in Article 12 shall be paid at the upgraded rate
for the entire normal scheduled work day as defined in Article
12.  Should the work day continue past the normal eight (8) hours then
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    paid
until the employee is released for the day or until the end of the 24-hour
period whichever occurs first.  Once the work day is completed and the
employee is released, the employee will be returned to his normal rate of
pay.  Should the employee be required to return to work after he was
released, he shall be paid at his normal rate of pay.  Weekend and
holiday work is included in this provision if the weekend and holiday work is
identical to the normal workday.

     

    Section
B

     

    The practice of four (4) or more man
crews requiring a Foreman or temporary Foreman will continue.

     

    ARTICLE
10

    SUSPENSIONS, DISCHARGES AND
LETTERS OF REPRIMAND

     

    No employee shall be discharged or
suspended without just cause.  If an employee is discharged or
suspended and if, through the grievance procedure provided in Article 27, it is
decided that he was discharged or suspended without just cause, then the Company
shall reinstate said employee and pay compensation at the employee's regular
rate for all lost time.  Any complaint under this paragraph must be
filed in writing by the employee discharged or suspended with the President or
Vice President of the Company within twenty (20) days after suspension or
discharge, or if the employee was incapacitated, then thirty (30) days after he
is physically or mentally incapacitated for filing such
notice.  Probationary employees as defined in Article 5 are not
subject to the terms of this Article.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    The Company will remove any letters of
reprimand from personnel files two (2) years from the date of issue if no
additional reprimand has been issued during the two (2) year period for the same
cause.

     

    ARTICLE
11

    MILITARY
SERVICE

     

    The Company will abide by the laws of
the United States with respect to the re-employment of those of its employees
who have left or will leave their employment with the Company to enter upon
service with the armed forces of the United States.  The period of
absence from their duties with the Company of those re-employed under this
Article shall be computed as part of their total term of service with the
Company in determining their seniority.  The parties hereto interpret
said laws as applying with equal force to all members of said armed forces
however they may have become members thereof.

     

    Any employee called for mandatory tour
of military duty, not to exceed fifteen (15) work days, shall be paid the
difference, if any, between the employee’s basic forty (40) hour regular
earnings and the amount the employee receives for such military duty for a
period not to exceed fifteen (15) work days in any one Federal fiscal year,
which is the period between October 1 of any year and September 30 of the
following year.

     

    The same payment provisions as provided
for in the preceding paragraph shall apply for any employee who is a member of
the National Guard and who is called out for a National or State emergency
except the maximum allowable time under this provision shall be three (3) work
days.

    

    ARTICLE
12

    WORKING HOURS -
OVERTIME

     

    There shall be maintained a working day
of no more than eight (8) hours and a working week of no more than forty (40)
hours.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    The normal work day shall be eight (8)
consecutive hours between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except for shift
workers.

     

    Shift
workers shall work in accordance with schedules posted every three (3) months
and arranged by the Company so far as practicable to suit the convenience of a
majority of such employees in each station or plant, such schedules to provide
for not more than five (5) work days of eight (8) hours each in any calendar
week.

     

    Shift workers shall have two (2)
regular consecutive days off in seven (7) days, unless otherwise agreed upon by
the employee involved and his immediate supervisor.

     

    Transportation employees and janitors
shall work hours prescribed by schedules arranged by the Company.  The
normal work week shall not be more than forty (40) hours and the normal work day
shall not be more than eight (8) consecutive hours in any twenty-four (24)
hours.  Sundays and holidays are excluded from the work
week.

     

    The work days shall begin and end at
the designated operating headquarters.

     

    When a station operator is required to
work at a station other than that to which he is regularly assigned, and such
new assignment increases his regular travel distance, he shall be furnished
transportation for such additional travel or be compensated for it at the
currently applicable mileage rate of the Company for driving his own car,
providing he complies with the rules governing personal use
authorizations.  Employees required to drive their personal car on
Company business shall be compensated at the currently applicable mileage
rate.

     

    One and one-half (1 1⁄2) times the
regular straight-time hourly rate shall be paid for all hours worked in excess
of eight (8) hours in any one (1) day, and for all hours worked in excess of
forty (40) hours in any one (1) calendar week, without
duplication.  All work performed by an employee outside his regularly
scheduled work week shall be paid for at the overtime rate without
duplication.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    All
Sunday work shall be considered overtime work and shall be paid for at twice the
regular straight-time hourly rate except when performed by shift workers whose
regularly scheduled hours of work include such Sunday work.

     

    Planned overtime work on Saturday shall
be paid for at one and one-half times the regular straight-time hourly rate for
those hours worked between 6:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.  However, the rate
of one and one-half times the regular straight-time shall be paid only for the
first eight hours of work during the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., for all
other hours worked on Saturday twice the regular hourly straight-time rate shall
be paid.

     

          
For shift workers whose regular days off may not be Saturday and Sunday, the
provision of this paragraph shall apply as if their first calendar day off was
Saturday and their second calendar day off was Sunday.  Control Center
shift workers will follow the exception in the next paragraph.

     

    Control
Center shift workers are defined as shift workers, who are regularly scheduled
to work all shifts on a rotating basis within a defined period of less than 3
months in the Control Center.

     

    For
Control Center shift workers who are scheduled to work on their first day off or
their “Saturday”, shall be paid at one and one-half times the regular straight
time rate for their first 8 hours, regardless of the shift and will be paid at
twice their regular rate for hours worked over 8 hours on their “Saturday” or
first calendar day off.

     

    Shift workers who are required to work
on their second consecutive day off shall be paid at twice their regular
straight time hourly rate.

     

    For Control Center shift workers whose
schedule requires a back-to-back weekly coverage creating a length of continuous
working days over 5, the sixth day shift will be paid at one and one-half times
the regular straight time rate. All other hours worked that day shall be paid
under the normal work day rules for hours in excess of 8 hours. Continuous days
past the sixth day in the new week, shall be considered regular
hours.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Control Center shift workers, who as a
condition of their schedule receive one and one-half times the regular straight
time rate for a normal work shift, shall receive 401k and pension benefits for
hours used to accumulate 40 regular hours in the work week.

     

    For Control Center shift workers, hours
worked with company approval in lieu of posted hours at the request of, or to
suit the convenience of the employee, shall not constitute a change of
schedule.

     

    There shall be no pyramiding of
regular, overtime, holiday, vacation or other premium pay.  In any
event, the maximum rate of pay shall not exceed two and one-half (2 1⁄2) times the
regular hourly rate of pay except that when an employee is called in to work
during his vacation period, he shall receive two (2) times his hourly rate of
pay for all hours worked.  Any employee that takes a "vacation period"
five (5) days, Monday through Friday is paid double time for any work performed
Sunday through Saturday.  Any employee that takes a "vacation period"
of less than five (5) days will be paid double time for work performed during
the twenty-four (24) hour calendar day in which the eight (8) hour vacation
period was scheduled.  A vacation period does not include company or
floating holidays.

     

    Work, including overtime work, except
in case of emergency or service interruption, in any specific classification, is
to be assigned to those who normally do this work during their regular working
hours, and the Company agrees that it will distribute overtime work in a
department equally among the employees within that department to the extent
practicable.

     

    When an employee is called out for
overtime work, overtime will begin when he is called for duty and he will be
given minimum pay equivalent to three (3) hours work at one and one-half (1 1⁄2)
times his regular straight-time rate whether or not any work is performed unless
he is called out on a Sunday or holiday, for which he will receive minimum pay
equivalent to four (4) hours work at one and one-half (1 1⁄2 ) times his regular
straight-time rate whether or not any work is performed.  Call outs
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    holidays
or Sundays shall be paid at the larger of the minimum, as described above, or
the actual time worked computed at the applicable rate for the time
worked.

     

    Whenever an employee reports for
scheduled overtime work, he will be allowed minimum pay of three (3) hours at
one and one-half (1 1⁄2) times his regular straight-time rate whether work is
performed or not unless the hours are an extension of the normal work
day.

     

    Substation construction and electrical
maintenance employees who, as a requirement of their classification, work on
planned overtime, on a regular basis on Sunday shall be compensated two (2)
hours at straight-time rates at their specific classification if the planned
Sunday overtime work is cancelled, inclement weather excepted, later than 8:00
p.m. of the Friday immediately preceding the Sunday planned overtime
work.

     

    The minimum pay provision of three (3)
hours at one and one-half (1 1⁄2) times the regular rate is not applicable to
scheduled overtime that is an extension of work either before or after the
regularly scheduled work day.

     

    In order that employees may make plans
for their personal activities, the supervisors have been instructed to give
notification as far in advance as possible (48 hours as a guideline) when there
will be planned overtime work, or when there will be duty away from home
overnight.

     

    The Company will use its best efforts
to allow its employees in the Line Department in a District to work on Saturday
if line contractors have been working in that District during that calendar week
and have been performing work that CVPS lineworkers are qualified to do,
providing a suitable crew(s) indicates a desire to do so to the immediate
supervisor.  If Company line employees from another District are
working in that District where line contractors have been working during that
calendar week they may also be allowed to work on Saturday, providing a suitable
crew(s) indicates a desire to do so to the immediate supervisor.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    This does not imply line employees are
entitled to work Saturday if a line contractor has been working on the system in
any other District during that calendar week.

     

    The Company will use its best efforts
to allow its electricians, including apprentices, in Electrical Maintenance and
Construction  to work on Saturday and/or Sunday if substation
contractors or non-union employees have been working during that calendar week
and have been performing work that CVPS Electrical Maintenance and Construction
electricians, including apprentices, normally perform in the following places or
on the following equipment: 1) in the CVPS substation yards; or 2) on medium
voltage switchgear, battery banks and chargers, station service, cabling
systems, medium voltage cable or the conduit associated with these items,
providing a suitable crew(s) indicate a desire to do so to the immediate
supervisor.

     

               A
change of schedule for shift workers may be made by the Company upon forty-eight
(48) hours notice, except that in the event of unusual circumstances or mutual
consent, shorter notice may be given.  If an employee is required to
work the new schedule during such notice period, he will be paid during that
period at time and one-half (1 1⁄2) for any work performed by him outside of his
previously scheduled hours, but any portion of his previous schedule not worked
will not be paid for.

    

    ARTICLE
13

    ON-CALL

    

    A.           During
the term of this Agreement, those employees who accept on-call assignments shall
be paid one hour per day on such assignment.  The one hour of pay for
such assignment shall be a common rate for all employees and such common rate
will be 1.25 times the average of the following hourly rates: T&D Chief
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    and a
T&D First Class Lineworker hourly rate. Additionally, employees will be paid
at the employees’ regular rate for actual work and call outs as established in
Article 12 of this Agreement.  Such assignments are to be rotated, to
the extent practicable, equally among the employees affected.

     

    B.           The
Company will use its best judgment and may combine districts so as to reduce the
number of on-call workers required.  In the event it cannot fulfill
its requirements for on-call coverage, the Company will assign workers as
required and rotate the on-call coverage, to the extent practicable equally
among the qualified employees in that district.

     

    C.           It
is recognized that it is in the best interest of the Company to utilize the
“on-call” worker if there is restoration work before or after the normal
workweek hours.

     

    D.           Therefore,
if there is restoration work within that district for that department during
normal work week hours that is expected to extend one hour beyond the end of the
normal work day, then:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (1)
      the “on-call” worker shall be utilized and receive the later calls
      or;

               

              (2) If the “on-call” worker is not working,
      he will be called to report to
work.

            

    

     

    

    E.           The
Company will post on-call schedules at reasonable intervals.  Those
qualified workers who prefer not to accept such assignments shall so indicate to
their supervisors within ten (10) days of such posting.  The decision
not to accept on-call assignments will remain in effect during the term of the
contract unless mutually agreed upon between the employee and his
supervisor.  However, such decision does not preclude assignments if
it’s found necessary to do so as described in paragraph two of this
Article.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    It is mutually understood that the
decision to accept on-call assignments shall be irrevocable during any calendar
year of this Agreement.

     

    F.           In
addition to the pay as described above, any employee who accepts on-call
assignments for more than ten (10) weeks per calendar year, such weeks defined
as seven (7) consecutive days, shall be paid an additional three (3) hours
straight time pay.  This pay of three (3) hours of straight time shall
be paid at the common rate as set forth above, and shall be paid for each
additional week of on-call assignments.

     

    G.           Employees
who are on-call on a designated Company holiday as set forth in Article 17 of
this Agreement, (except floating holidays), shall be given an additional four
(4) hours of vacation time.  This four (4) hours of vacation time may
be utilized according to the principals in Article 18 of this
Agreement.

     

          
Employees who are designated to be on-call on December 25, when it falls on a
Saturday, shall be given an additional four (4) hours of vacation time as
described in the preceding paragraph.

     

    
      
      

    

    If a
designated Company holiday, as defined in the preceding paragraph, falls on the
on-call change day, both employees will receive the benefit of an additional
four (4) hours of vacation time.

    

    ARTICLE
14

    SHIFT
DIFFERENTIAL

     

    Shift workers who work the second shift
shall be paid a premium of six percent (6%) of the first class power system
controller’s hourly rate per hour for all hours worked during such second
shift.  Shift workers who work the third shift shall be paid a premium
of six percent (6%) of the first class power system controller’s hourly rate per
hour for all hours worked during the third shift.  First shift workers
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    holidays
shall be paid a premium of six percent (6%) of the first class power system
controller’s hourly rate per hour for all hours worked during said Saturday,
Sunday or holiday work.

     

    These shift differentials shall apply
only for time actually worked on regularly scheduled shift assignments in the
particular plant or district and shall not apply to any benefits paid for time
not worked, including holiday pay for hours not worked, sickness and accident
benefits, or vacation pay.

     

    The Union contracts specify that all
shift workers are to receive premium pay for all hours worked during the second
and third shifts on regularly scheduled shift assignments.

     

    In order that their pay be calculated
at the correct rates, the weekly time sheets for these workers must show the
number of hours worked, both regular time and overtime, on the Saturday, Sunday
or holiday first shift, the second shift, and/or the third shift.

     

    The following procedure is
suggested:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              1.

            	
              The
      second shift shall be designated as the “2" shift and the third shift
      designated as the “3" shift. The weekend and holiday 1st shift also will
      be designated.

               

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              2.

            	
              All
      hours not covered by notations will be paid at “1” shift
      rates.

            

    

    

    ARTICLE
15

    INCLEMENT
WEATHER

     

    No outside work where employees will be
exposed to extremes of weather, except of an emergency nature, shall be
performed by the overhead line crews, underground, and maintenance departments
during rainy or stormy weather or zero degrees Fahrenheit (0°F) and below, or
ninety degrees Fahrenheit (90°F) and above.

     

    For other classifications affected by
exposure to the elements (rain and snow, but not extremes of temperature),
supervisors will attempt wherever possible to rearrange work schedules or
assignments to avoid unreasonable exposure to extremes of weather.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
16

    DEATH IN
FAMILY

     

    In the case of death in the immediate
family an employee is allowed time off, without loss of pay, for all scheduled
work days commencing with the day of death until end of day of the
funeral.

     

               Immediate
family includes the following: wife, husband, civil union partner, mother,
father, daughter, son, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law,
daughter-in-law, son-in-law, step-children, step-parents, grandparent,
grandchild, sister-in-law, brother-in-law or a person who is actually a member
of and living in the employee's household through a tie of obligation or
friendship.

     

    Additional time may be allowed by the
department head if travel makes it necessary.

     

    ARTICLE
17

    HOLIDAYS

     

    The
following days shall be considered holidays:

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  
                    
                      
                        	
                                   
      New Year's Day

                              	
                                Thanksgiving
      Day

                              
	
                                   
      Washington's Birthday

                              	
                                Day
      after Thanksgiving

                              
	
                                   
      Memorial Day

                              	
                                Independence
      Day

                              
	
                                   
      Labor Day

                              	
                                Christmas
      Day

                              
	
                                   
      Last normal working day before Christmas

                              	 
      
	
                                   
      (4) Floating Holidays

                              	 
      

                      

                    

                  

                

              

            

          

        

      

    

    

    In order to receive the floating
holidays, the time off must be mutually agreed to between the employee and his
immediate supervisor.

     

    When a holiday falls on a normal work
day within an employee's vacation period, he will be given another day off or
one day's pay in lieu thereof, at the option of the employee.

     

    An employee whose regular day off falls
on a holiday shall not be entitled to an additional day off.

     

    All regular employees covered by this
Agreement shall receive straight-time pay for the foregoing holidays whether or
not they fall within their regular work week.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    All regular employees who are assigned
to work on holidays shall receive, in addition to the holiday pay above
provided, one and one-half (1 1⁄2) times the regular hourly rates of pay for hours
actually worked within their normal working day, and two and one-half (2 1⁄2)
times the regular hourly rates of pay for hours actually worked outside their
normal working day.  However, an employee may elect to be paid at one
and one-half (1 1⁄2) times the regular rate of pay and receive for each working
hour an additional hour of vacation in lieu of holiday pay which may be used
according to the principles in Article 18 of this Agreement.  There
will be no splitting of hours under this option.  If an employee takes
this election, any hours worked over eight hours will be paid at two and
one-half (2 1⁄2) the regular rates of pay.  This benefit shall be
applied to December 25th.  Should an employee not make this election,
that employee shall be paid as described above.

     

    It is provided, however, that shift
workers, a major portion of whose regularly scheduled work day falls in an
overtime day, shall be paid for such work as though all of it fell in the
overtime day; and shift workers, a minor portion of whose regularly scheduled
work day falls in an overtime day, shall be paid for such work day as though
none of it fell in the overtime day.

     

    Employees who are classified as shift
workers and who as a condition of employment are required to cover work shifts
seven (7) days per week, twenty-four (24) hours per day for 33% of the year or
more, shall be granted one (1) floating holiday associated with such work
requirement to be taken prior to December 31 contingent upon mutual agreement
between the employee and his immediate supervisor.

     

    If a Company celebrated holiday falls
on a Saturday, it will be celebrated on and all holiday benefits will be applied
to the Friday before.

     

    If the holiday falls on Sunday, it will
be celebrated on and all holiday benefits applied to the Monday
after.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    New
regular employees will earn Floating Holidays prorated based on date of
hire:  

     

    January 1
thru February - 4 Floating Holidays

    March 1
thru June - 3 Floating Holidays

    July 1
thru October - 2 Floating Holiday

    November
1 thru December - 0 Floating Holidays

    

    Any employee whose regular work day
falls on Easter Sunday shall be compensated at double time.

     

    ARTICLE
18

    VACATIONS

     

    Regular employees will be allowed the
following vacation periods annually with pay at regular straight-time
rates:

     

    Section
A

     

    Newly hired regular employees will
begin to earn vacation on the first day of employment.  During the
calendar year in which the employee is hired, vacation will be allotted as
follows for the remainder of that year:

     

    
      
        
          
            	
                    Month

                    Of
      Hire

                  	
                    Number
      of

                    Days
      Allowed

                  	
                    Month

                    Of
      Hire

                  	
                    Number
      of

                    Days
      Allowed

                     

                  
	
                    January

                  	
                    10

                  	
                    July

                  	
                    4

                  
	
                    February

                  	
                    9

                  	
                    August

                  	
                    3

                  
	
                    March

                  	
                    8

                  	
                    September

                  	
                    2

                  
	
                    April

                  	
                    7

                  	
                    October

                  	
                    1

                  
	
                    May

                  	
                    6

                  	
                    November

                  	
                    0

                  
	
                    June

                  	
                    5

                  	
                    December

                  	
                    0

                  

          

        

      

    

    

     

    All regular employees who will have
completed one (1) year or more but less than five (5) years of continuous
service on the anniversary date of their employment will be granted two (2)
weeks vacation during that calendar year, for which eighty (80) hours vacation
pay at regular straight-time rates will be allowed.  All regular
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    will have
completed five (5) years or more but less than ten (10) years of continuous
service on the anniversary date of their employment will be granted three (3)
weeks vacation during that calendar year for which one hundred twenty (120)
hours vacation pay at regular straight-time rates will be allowed.

     

    All regular employees who will have
completed ten (10) years or more but less than twenty (20) years of continuous
service on the anniversary date of their employment will be granted four (4)
weeks vacation during that calendar year for which one hundred sixty (160) hours
vacation pay at regular straight-time rates will be allowed.

     

    All regular employees who will have
completed twenty (20) years or more of continuous service on the anniversary
date of their employment will be granted five (5) weeks vacation during that
calendar year, for which two hundred (200) hours vacation pay at regular
straight-time rates will be allowed.

     

    Section
B

     

    Employees shall no longer be able to
receive pay in lieu of unused vacation time.

     

    Section
C

     

    Vacations shall not be cumulative from
year to year and shall be taken during each calendar year at times appointed by
the Company after considerations of requirements of the Company's business,
employees' preferences, and preferential rights of employees with the longest
length of service.  Employees with ten (10) years of service or more,
will automatically carry over up to one (1) week of the accrued unused vacation
into the next calendar year.  One (1) of the three (3) weeks, two (2)
of the four (4) weeks, and three (3) of the five (5) weeks of vacation for those
employees who are eligible may be scheduled at any time during the service year
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    consecutive
with the other two (2) weeks, and seniority rights need not be given
consideration in scheduling the third, fourth, and fifth weeks of vacation
except as between two (2) or more employees who are entitled to a third, fourth
or fifth week.    Beginning January 1, 2006, the maximum
carry over of unused vacation time to 2007 and later years will be three weeks
(120 hours).  Any unused vacation above three weeks (120 hours) will
not be carried over nor will employees receive pay in lieu of this unused
vacation.

     

    Section
D

     

    To the
extent practicable, supervisors may allow employees to take more than two (2)
weeks between June 1 and November 1.  Those employees entitled to five
(5) weeks of vacation shall take at least one (1) week prior to June
1.

     

    Supervisors will use their best efforts
to allow the number of employees off from a given department or crew, during the
vacation period, that is consistent with efficient operation of the department
or crew involved.

     

    Employees should be requested to
schedule their vacation as far in advance as possible.  Scheduling
well in advance is their best way of obtaining the vacation periods they most
desire.

     

    It may be necessary during busy
seasons, or during favorite vacation periods such as deer season, Christmas,
etc., to limit the number of employees on vacation at any one time so that
adequate crew coverage is maintained.

     

    Employees who are discharged for
reasons other than lack of work shall not be entitled
to a vacation or to vacation pay.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
19

    REST
PERIOD

     

    A.
Non-Shift Worker Employees

     

    Employees who work overtime between
10:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. will be entitled to one hour rest time during the
normal work hours for each hour worked (in minimum half hour
increments).  If an employee earns seven (7) hours of rest time due to
work performed between 10:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M., he shall be given eight (8)
hours of rest time. Breaks of less than two (2) hours shall count for purposes
of earning seven (7) hours of rest time between 10:00 P.M. and 5:00
A.M.

     

    Employees who worked together may, by
mutual agreement, take their rest time at the end rather than the beginning of
the normal workday.  If employees working together cannot mutually
agree when to take their rest time, then the rest time shall be taken at the
beginning of the work day unless approval for taking the rest time separately is
given by the employees’ supervisor or central scheduling.

     

    When an employee has earned rest time,
it will be taken, unless
management requests that work be performed in lieu of the rest time and the
employee agrees.  In this situation, an employee will be paid for the
rest time worked at his normal hourly rate plus one (1) times that rate (rate
applied to rest time during normal work day).

     

    B.           Shift
Worker Employees

     

    Shift workers will be entitled to rest
time for each hour worked (in minimum 1⁄2 hour increments) in the seven hour
period prior to the one hour before the start of their scheduled
shift(s).  If an employee earns seven hours of rest time due to work
performed in said seven hour period, he shall be given eight hours of rest
time.  Breaks of less than two (2) hours shall count for purposes of
earning said seven (7) hours of rest time.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    If rest
time is not taken by mutual agreement of the employee and the supervisor, the
employee will be paid for the rest time worked at his normal hourly rate plus
one (1) times that rate (rate applied to rest time during normal work
day).

     

    C.           Shift
Worker and Non-Shift Worker employees

     

    Employee shall suffer no loss of pay
for rest time involved.

     

    The normal work day, any hours worked
outside the normal work day, rest time, and any break of less than two (2) hours
shall count for purposes of accumulating fifteen (15) consecutive hours. After
fifteen (15) consecutive hours of work, inclusive of meal periods, twice the
regular straight-time rates will apply. This rate shall continue until released
from duty for ten consecutive hours.

     

    Voluntary
return by an employee shall be construed as if that employee had fulfilled the
ten (10) consecutive hours.

     

    Time
shall continue to be counted until the employee has been relieved from work for
a period of at least two (2) consecutive hours exclusive of rest time without a
request from the Company to return to work. Following any such two (2)
consecutive hour period, the accumulated hours will return to zero
(0).

     

    Time
worked under this provision will be computed from the time of receipt of each
call out, and unless the time extends into the employee’s scheduled work time,
until employee returns to operating headquarters and goes out of
service.   There will be no pay for time not actually worked
under this provision.  If the employee is entitled to a meal, the
company will pay the meal allowance but not the time to consume it.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
20

    SICKNESS AND ACCIDENT
BENEFITS

    

    Employees shall be entitled to up to
the following benefits when sick:  up to one hundred sixty (160)
hours  straight-time pay, and there afterward sixty percent (60%) pay
at straight-time rates upon the basis of one (1) month for each year of
continuous service for each non-related sickness.  Employees who have
not used sick time for one calendar year gain an additional week of
straight-time pay (instead of sixty percent (60%) pay) at straight-time
rates.  This will accumulate up to an additional three months at one
hundred percent (100%) instead of sixty percent (60%) during an employee's
career.  The benefit will be earned on a quarterly
basis.  Once earned the increased benefit will stay with the employee
for the duration of his employment.  Provisions of Long Term
Disability insurance shall only be available to employees subsequent to the full
utilization of all sick pay benefits provided for in this Article.

     

    Regular employees with fifteen (15)
years or more service who become disabled, and who for the five (5) calendar
years immediately preceding their disability experienced absence due to sickness
less than the Company average for those five (5) years, shall receive an
additional month at full pay prior to going to the sixty percent (60%)
associated with a normal disability.

     

    Employees, while receiving Worker's
Compensation payments following industrial accidents arising out of and in the
course of their employment with this Company will be allowed, in addition
thereto, the difference between such payments and the amounts they would have
received under the above sick benefit provision after the first week of sickness
if their disabilities had resulted from sickness instead of industrial
accidents.  They shall also receive one (1) week's straight-time pay
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    following
the date of the accident.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, where, in
the opinion of the Company, industrial accidents arise out of or are contributed
to by negligence of the injured parties, it may withhold the benefit of the
provisions of this paragraph in whole or in part.

     

    If, in the opinion of the Company, for
any reason any case is deserving of special treatment, the Company may make, but
cannot be required to make, payments of compensation in excess of those provided
for in this Article.

     

    ARTICLE
21

    HEALTH AND WELFARE
BENEFITS

     

    Unless changed by mutual agreement, the
Medical Plans (EPP, PPO and Health Engagement Plan), Dental Plan and all other
employee benefit programs shall remain in effect for the duration of the
Agreement.  The EPP plan will be eliminated as an option once Union
enrollment is 20% or less.  No new or existing employees may choose
the EPP plan effective January 2, 2009.

     

    It is understood and agreed that
employees shall pay weekly pre-tax premiums of $59 effective December 28, 2008,
$63.00 effective December 27, 2009, $67.00 effective December 26, 2010, $71.00
effective December 25, 2011 and $76.00 effective December 30, 2012 for the PPO
and EPP Medical Plans, including dental, for individual employees, their spouses
and qualified dependents.

     

    Union employees also may choose to
participate in the Health Engagement Plan.    Union
employees who choose to participate in this plan, shall pay weekly pre-tax
premiums of $30.50 effective December 28, 2008, $31.50 effective December 27,
2009, $33.50 effective December 26, 2010, $35.50 effective December 25, 2011 and
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    effective
December  30, 2012, including dental, for individual employees, their
spouses and qualified dependents.

     

    If an
employee can prove they and their dependents are covered under their spouse’s
health care plan, that employee may choose to ‘opt-out’ of the Company’s medical
plan and receive $15/week (taxable) and pay no premiums.  The employee
must prove coverage annually.  Employees may opt back into the plan at
any time, given a change in family status, with written notice to the
Company.  An employee must opt back into the CVPS plan if not covered
under their spouse’s plan.  CVPS employees who are eligible to and do
‘opt-out,’ may elect to continue with the Company dental program at the weekly
rate of $2.20.  If both spouses are employed at CVPS, the one who was
hired first will be the insured and pay the premiums, these employees are not
eligible for the ‘opt-out’ premium, nor are they permitted to stack their dental
coverage.

     

    Sickness and accident benefits,
including those under the Medical and the Dental Plans, vacation benefits, and
holiday benefits shall all be without duplication of each other.

     

    It has been the Company’s goal to
promote the health and wellness of its employees.  In order to include
the union in meeting this goal, the Company agrees to have a Rutland based union
selected employee actively participate in the Company’s wellness planning
group.

    

    ARTICLE
22

    MEALS

    

    An employee who is called out for work
before the scheduled work day or shift will be entitled to a breakfast and lunch
allowance providing time has not permitted him to obtain a meal at home before
the call out.  If an employee is required to report to work,

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    on a
prearranged basis, one and one-half (1 1⁄2) hours before the regular starting time
of the normal work day, the employee is entitled to a breakfast
allowance.  The Company shall also allow a dinner allowance if the
employee is required to work one (1) hour beyond his normal work day, provided
that this hour extends the work day beyond 5:30 P.M.

     

    Transportation employees and all shift
workers working the second or third shift and
that are required to work one hour beyond the end of their scheduled shift will
be provided a dinner allowance.

     

    If a meal allowance is given in the
above listed circumstances, the employee shall be given a reasonable amount of
time in which to consume a meal.

     

    Any employee who is required to work
and is not provided the opportunity for a meal between the hours of 11:00 A.M.
and 2:00 P.M. shall be granted a lunch allowance.  Any employee who is
called out for work and works at least one hour between 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M.
is entitled to a dinner allowance.  An employee is eligible for each
meal allowance only once during any calendar day.

     

    The scheduled meal allowance is as
follows: Breakfast, fifteen dollars ($15); Lunch, fifteen dollars ($15); and
Dinner, thirty-five dollars ($35).

     

    During extended outage and emergency
situations, the Company may at its discretion, cancel the above meal
allowance.  During these cases, transportation will be furnished when
required to and from a nearby place where employees can be provided with
suitable quarters for eating their meal without lost time or cost to
employees.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Where necessary for employees to work
outside the area of their permanent operation headquarters on an overnight
assignment, the Company will pay actual living and travel expenses.

     

    When an employee is working late in the
evening for any planned overtime work such as weekends or nights, we should not
pay for time to consume a meal.

     

     For unscheduled work performed on
weekends, holidays, and shift workers’ scheduled time-off, the following meal
provisions shall be applied:

     

    Breakfast: Any employee who is
called out for work and works at least one hour between the hours of 6:00 A.M.
and 9:00 A.M. shall be granted a breakfast allowance.

     

    Lunch (outside regular work
hours): Any employee who is called out for work and works at least one hour
between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. shall be granted a lunch
allowance.

     

    Dinner: Any employee who is
called out for work and works at least one hour between the hours of 5:00 P.M.
and 8:00 P.M. shall be granted a dinner allowance.

     

    On emergency overtime work which has
gone on for several hours, or has gone by a meal hour, we are not to quibble
over stopping to eat.  For example, if the emergency is still on or is
apt to continue after a short breather, then the man should get his meal
allowance as provided above and the time it takes to eat a meal which we expect
would be less than one half (1⁄2) hour.

     

    ARTICLE
23

    SAFETY

    

    The Company shall make reasonable
provision for the safety and health of its employees during the hours of their
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    observe
all safety rules.  Present policy of the Company in providing
protective wearing apparel and devices will be continued.

     

    Representatives of the Company and the
Union shall meet from time to time at the request of either party to discuss
such regulations.

     

    All aspects of "Gloving 12.5 kV
Procedure" shall be mutually agreed to by the Company and the
Union.

     

    It is a condition of employment that
employees observe and adhere to the formal Safety Rules adopted by the
Company.

     

    If a qualified employee encounters a
job which, because of the circumstances surrounding the job, cannot, in the
qualified employee’s judgment, be safely performed as instructed, he should
immediately review the situation with his supervisor.  If this is not
practical, the employee in charge of the job shall be fully responsible for
taking whatever safety precautions may be required.

     

    Employees are expected to work safely
and to take precautions to protect themselves and other employees at all times,
as it is impractical to cover all situations in a formal Safety
Manual.

     

    The Company will review at reasonable
intervals its present practice relating to periodic crew meetings and in areas
where meetings are not being held, implement a procedure to see that they are
held.  It is intended this will occur on a monthly basis.

     

    Under normal conditions, Company line
employees will not be required to work with contract line
crews.  However, if it is necessary to employ contact crews in
conjunction with regular employees on specific jobs, the contractor shall
observe Company safety rules then in effect.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
24

    TOOLS AND
CLOTHING

    

    The Company will continue its present
policy on tools.  In addition, electrical maintenance and construction
department electricians' tools that are commonly used by everyone within that
department, and specialty tools that are not common to that craft or a
classification, will be purchased and paid for by the Company.

     

    The Company will provide insurance for
garage employees' personal tools while such tools are on Company
property.

     

    Hydro Maintenance Department employees,
hydro station operators and other hydro employees that are required to work
inside pipelines as a condition of employment, and are on the payroll as of June
1 of each year shall be given a two hundred and fifty dollar ($250) clothing
allowance.  This two hundred and fifty dollar ($250) payment will be
discontinued for those employees the Company is providing uniforms for and
reinstated should this practice be discontinued.  These employees may
elect either the payment or uniforms.  The employee’s election will
remain in effect for a minimum of one year.  The Hydro
Department will provide payroll a list of recipients of this payment no later
than May 1 of each year.  This allowance is to be paid to the affected
employees each year for the pay period that includes June 1.

     

               Employees
who are electricians, including apprentices, in the Electrical Maintenance and
Construction Department and on the payroll as of June 1 of each year shall be
given a two hundred twenty-five ($225.00) boot allowance.  The
Electrical Maintenance and Construction Department will provide payroll a list
of recipients of this payment no later than May 1 of each year.  This
allowance is to be paid to the affected employees each year for the pay period
that includes June 1.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
25

    UNION
BUSINESS

     

    Employees
attending a meeting with the President or other officers or agents of the
Company on Union business shall not lose pay as a result of such
attendance.

     

    The Company will grant a leave of
absence for a maximum of three (3) years, upon request by the Union, to one (1)
bargaining unit employee who has been duly elected or appointed to a full time
Union position.

     

    Such request shall not be denied by the
Company unless the Company is unreasonably affected.  Arrangements for
the extension of benefits, if any, seniority, and other matters incidental to
the leave of absence shall be arranged between the Union and the
Company.

     

    It is understood that the Local Union
shall make arrangements for, and pay for, any cost associated with any employee
benefits continued for the benefit of the employee being on leave of
absence.

     

    When a member of the Union is delegated
or elected to transact business or matters pertaining to the Union locally or
nationally, he shall be granted such leave of absence without pay as may be
necessary, provided such leave of absence shall not exceed one (1) week and
provided that same can be given without unreasonable interference with the
conduct of the Company's business.

     

    During
the contract labor negotiations, all employees elected by the Union to
participate in the bargaining sessions shall be relieved of their normal duties
during such bargaining sessions, and employees working the second shift shall be
relieved of their duties on the day the bargaining session takes place;
employees working on the third shift shall be relieved of their duties on the
same day as the bargaining session.  This is understood to apply to
not more than one (1) shift worker from each department.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ARTICLE
26

    TRANSPORTATION: HOLIDAYS,
SCHEDULES, CONTRACTORS, 

    VEHICLES, MECHANICS'
TOOLS

     

    A regular Transportation employee whose
regular work week is Tuesday through Saturday shall have Tuesday off if the
holiday is observed on Monday, and this Tuesday shall be considered their
holiday and holiday provision shall apply for Tuesday for these specific
employees instead of Monday.

     

    For purposes of this Agreement,
Transportation employees with a Tuesday through Saturday schedule shall consider
Sunday their double-time day.

     

    Transportation vehicles will normally
be operated by the regular operators, if available.

     

    Transportation employees will be given
the opportunity to work overtime to do mechanical work they normally do on
Company vehicles before it is contracted.

     

    Transportation employees that are
required to furnish their own tools will be allowed a five hundred twenty-five
dollar ($525) tool reimbursement each year of this agreement.  This
reimbursement will be for tools required to fulfill the Transportation
employee’s position.  The Transportation employee will be required to
provide the transportation supervisor with a receipt for the purchased
tool.

     

    Transportation Employees that are on
the payroll June 1 of each year and that perform mechanic type work as part of
their job requirement will be given a seventy-five dollar ($75) clothing
allowance each year to be paid to the affected employees for the pay period that
includes June 1.  The seventy-five dollar ($75) payment will be
discontinued for those employees the Company is providing uniforms for and
reinstated should this practice be discontinued.

    

    ARTICLE
27

    GRIEVANCES

     

    The Union agrees that its
representatives will cooperate with the Company in the handling of grievances in
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    operations
of the Company.  During the term of this contract any grievance or
misunderstandings between the Company and the Union regarding the wages, hours,
or working conditions of employees represented by the Union shall be handled as
follows:

     

    Step
One:    The grievance shall be presented at this level to
the aggrieved employee's immediate non-union supervisor within five (5) work
days after the occurrence giving rise to the grievance.  The aggrieved
employee, the shop steward and the immediate supervisor will discuss and attempt
to adjust the matter.  The Company shall respond to the grievance
within five (5) work days subsequent to the Step One discussion.

     

    Step
Two:    If no settlement is reached at Step One, the
grievance shall be reduced to writing and presented to the local Department Head
within five (5) work days after the Company's response at Step
One.  The aggrieved employee, the Union Representative and the local
Department Head will meet to discuss the grievance within five (5) work days
after the receipt of the written grievance.  The Company shall respond
in writing with its decision within five (5) work days subsequent to the meeting
of Step Two.

     

     Step
Three:   If the Company's response at Step Two is
unsatisfactory to the grievant, the grievance shall be presented to the
President or a Corporate Staff member of the Company within five (5) work days
following the receipt of the Step Two decision.  The aggrieved
employee, the Business Manager of the IBEW, the Shop Steward and the President
or Staff Member of the Company will meet to discuss the grievance within thirty
(30) work days after the receipt of the grievance at Step Three.  At
this step in the procedure, there also may be present an International
Representative of the Union in an advisory capacity to the Local
Union.  Notice of the Company response at Step Three will be sent to
the aggrieved party, the steward and the IBEW representative.  If a
settlement of the grievance is not reached within ten (10) work days of the
conclusion of Step 3, then the grievance may be submitted to non-binding
mediation pursuant to the following provisions or to arbitration in accordance
with Article 28.  When a grievance is reduced to writing, it shall
contain:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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                (a)

              	
                A
      statement of the grievance and all the facts and chronology upon which it
      is based.

                 

              
	 	(b)	
                The
      remedy or correction which is desired to be made.

                 

              

      

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (c)

            	
              The
      section or sections of this Agreement that may have been
      violated.  Failure to abide by the time restrictions of this
      Article shall preclude any subsequent filing or processing of the
      grievance by the grievant or Union.

               

            

    

     

    Mediation- The
grievant and the Company by mutual agreement may submit the matter to mediation
following the conclusion of Step 3.  If mediation is selected and both
parties agree to participate in mediation, the time limitation of ten (10) work
days for arbitration filing is suspended.  However, should mediation
be unsuccessful then either the grievant or the Company may file for arbitration
within ten (10) work days of the conclusion of mediation.  It is the
intent of both the Company and the IBEW that mediation be as flexible as
follows.  However, it is agreed that the following shall apply to
mediation procedures:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              a.  The
      grievant has the right to be present during the mediation
      conference.

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              b.  Any
      written material provided to the mediator shall be returned to the party
      presenting the materials at the termination of the mediation
      conference.  The mediator may, however, retain a copy of the
      written grievance to be used for other
purposes.

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              c.   Proceedings
      before the mediator shall be informal in nature and no record of the
      mediation conference shall be made.

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              d.  The
      mediator has the right to meet separately with any person or persons
      during the mediation process but does not have the authority to compel a
      resolution of a grievance.

            

    

    
      	
                

            	
              e. 
      The mediator shall state the grounds of his or her advisory
      decision.

            

    

    
      	
               

            	
              f. 
      If no settlement is reached at mediation, the parties are free to
      arbitrate.

            

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        45

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    ARTICLE
28

    ARBITRATION

     

    Except as provided in Article 27,
should any labor dispute, controversy, grievance or difference arise between the
Company and the Union as to the meaning, application or operation of any
provisions of this Agreement, or as to working conditions, which cannot be
mutually adjusted in the manner hereinbefore provided, such dispute,
controversy, grievance or difference shall be submitted at the request of either
party, to arbitration.  Such request shall be made in writing claiming
arbitration, stating the subject matter of the grievance, and submitted to an
arbitrator selected mutually from a group of American Arbitration Association
arbitrators.  In the event a selection is not made within ten (10)
work days, the American Arbitration Association shall select the
arbitrator.

     

    1.  If
no such notice is given within fifteen (15) work days subsequent to the Step
Three meeting, the grievance shall be deemed abandoned.

     

    2.  Upon
demand for arbitration, the Union will request lists from the American
Arbitration Association and selections shall be made in accordance with the
rules of the Association.

     

    3.  Hearing
and post-hearing activities shall be conducted in accordance with the Voluntary
Labor Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.

     

    4.  The
arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding on the parties.  The
arbitrator shall have no power to add to, subtract from or modify any of the
terms of this Agreement or pass upon or decide any question except the grievance
submitted to him under this Article.

     

    5.  Decisions
of the arbitrator shall be rendered, in writing, within thirty (30) days after
the parties have been fully heard.

     

    6.  Nothing
herein shall prevent the Union and the Company from settling any grievance in
respect to which arbitration has been claimed at any time up to final decision
by the 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        46

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    arbitrator,
and in such event, prompt notice of such settlement shall be given in writing to
the arbitrator.

     

    7.  There
shall be no obligation to arbitrate a change in the terms of this
Agreement.

     

    8.  Both
parties shall bear and pay equally the arbitrator's fees and expenses in the
general costs of arbitration.

     

    ARTICLE
29

    MANAGEMENT

     

    The right to hire, reassign, transfer,
promote, demote, lay off and discharge employees for just and lawful cause, and
the disposition, management and number of the working forces shall vest solely
and exclusively in the Company; subject, however, to the grievance procedure as
provided in Article 27 hereof.

     

    It is agreed that these enumerations of
Management's prerogatives shall not be deemed to exclude other prerogatives not
enumerated.

    

    ARTICLE
30

    PENSION AND 401(k)
BENEFITS

     

    Section A Pension

    

    The Company agrees that the present
pension plan will remain in effect during the life of this Agreement, as revised
herein, unless changed by mutual agreement.  Upon approval by the
Board of Directors, the pension plan will be revised to add the Rule of 85
benefit under which an employee with a minimum of 10 years of service and who
has attained the age of 55 may receive 100% pension benefit (meaning no
reduction for early retirement) when his age plus years of service adds up to 85
or more.  More particular reference to this benefit should be made to
the Plan.  The date this benefit is added to the plan shall be called
the “Conversion Date.”   Employees, whose first date of
employment is on or after the Conversion Date, shall not be eligible for
participation in the Company’s pension plan.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        47

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

           
Section B 401(k)

     

    The Company and the Union incorporate
by reference into this Agreement the rights, privileges and benefits applicable
under the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation 401(k) Plan as amended from
time to time hereafter. 

     

    Employees whose first date of
employment is before the Conversion Date and who have met the eligibility
requirements of the 401(k) Plan, as amended from time to time, will be eligible
for a matching 401(k) contribution of 100% of the amount deferred by the
employee up to 4.25% of the employee’s base wages, after a one year waiting
period.  In addition, after the Conversion Date, these employees will
receive a contribution from the Company of 0.5% of employee’s base wages into
the 401(k) plan.

     

    Employees whose first date of
employment is on or after the Conversion Date, after meeting eligibility
requirements for participating in the 401(k) Plan, as amended from time to time,
other than the eligibility requirement to complete one year of service, will
receive a contribution from the Company of 3% of the employee’s base wages,
subject to a three (3) year cliff vesting schedule.  In addition, and
after a one year waiting period, the Company will match for participating
employees in the 401(k) plan 100% of the amount of base wages deferred by the
employee up to 4.25% of the employee’s base wages.

     

    ARTICLE
31

    WAGES

    

    Employees'
wage rates, subject to the provisions of Article 5 hereof, shall be as specified
in Exhibit "A" attached, during the period of December 28, 2008 through December
31, 2013 inclusive and for such further time as this Agreement may be in
effect.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        48

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

           
Whenever employees are assigned to work for utility companies operating in areas
outside the borders of the state of Vermont their hourly rates of pay, as
specified in the attached Exhibit "A" hereto, shall be increased by ten (10)
percent or they shall be paid the hourly rates of pay for their job
classifications as are then in effect in the utility company in whose area they
are working, whichever is greater.

     

    Employees hired or rehired after
December 31, 2008 will be paid through direct deposit to a financial institution
of their choice subject to the constraints of the payroll system, if
any.

     

    All provisions of this Contract will
apply to employees working for other utilities as if the employees were working
for the Company.

     

    ARTICLE
32

    TERM

     

    This Agreement, when signed by the
Company and the Local Union or their authorized representatives, and approved by
the International Office of the Union, takes effect as of January 1, 2009 and
continues in effect through December 31, 2013, and from year-to-year thereafter,
unless either party shall submit to the other in writing at least sixty (60)
days prior to the expiration of the Agreement, notice of their desire to
terminate or to effect changes in this Agreement.  If notice to effect
changes in the Agreement be given, the nature of the changes desired shall be
specified in the notice.

    
      
         

      

      
        49

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    CENTRAL
VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION

    

    BY:
_______________________________________________________

    Date:
___________________________

    Joseph M. Kraus

    Sr. Vice President, Engineering and
Operations

    

    

    

    

    LOCAL
UNION NO. 300

    INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS

    

    BY:
_______________________________________________________

    Date:
___________________________

    

    Jeffrey
C.  Wimette

    Business Manager

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
        50

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    
      
        
          	
                  Exhibit
      A

                   

                
	
                  Wage
      Rates - Showing All Adjustments

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  CVPS

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Dec.
      29, 2008

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Final
      - 5 Year

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  3.35%

                	 
      	
                  3.30%

                	 
      	
                  3.30%

                	 
      	
                  3.30%

                	 
      	
                  3.25%

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
                  Job

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  Effective

                	
                   

                	
                     
       Effective

                	
                   

                	
                  Effective

                	 
      	
                  Effective

                	 
      	
                  Effective

                
	
                  Classification

                	 
      	
                  Code

                	 
      	
                  2008

                	 
      	
                  2009

                	 
      	
                  2010

                	 
      	
                  2011

                	 
      	
                  2012

                	 
      	
                  2013

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  FOREMAN

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Distribution
      Line

                	 
      	
                  7010

                	 
      	
                  33.69

                	 
      	
                  34.82

                	 
      	
                  35.97

                	 
      	
                  37.16

                	 
      	
                  38.38

                	 
      	
                  39.63

                
	
                  Transmission
      and Distribution Line

                	 
      	
                  7030

                	 
      	
                  34.13

                	
                  0.6

                	
                  35.89

                	 
      	
                  37.08

                	 
      	
                  38.30

                	 
      	
                  39.56

                	 
      	
                  40.85

                
	
                  Substation
      Maint. and Construction

                	
                  7060

                	 
      	
                  33.69

                	 
      	
                  34.82

                	 
      	
                  35.97

                	 
      	
                  37.16

                	 
      	
                  38.38

                	 
      	
                  39.63

                
	
                  Hydro
      Maintenance

                	 
      	
                  7020

                	 
      	
                  31.42

                	
                  0.5

                	
                  32.99

                	 
      	
                  34.08

                	 
      	
                  35.20

                	 
      	
                  36.36

                	 
      	
                  37.55

                
	
                  Meter

                	 
      	
                  7150

                	 
      	
                  31.75

                	 
      	
                  32.82

                	 
      	
                  33.90

                	 
      	
                  35.02

                	 
      	
                  36.17

                	 
      	
                  37.35

                
	
                  Area
      Hydro Operators

                	 
      	
                  7180

                	 
      	
                  30.72

                	
                  0.5

                	
                  32.27

                	 
      	
                  33.33

                	 
      	
                  34.43

                	 
      	
                  35.57

                	 
      	
                  36.72

                
	
                  Garage

                	 
      	
                  7190

                	 
      	
                  31.81

                	 
      	
                  32.87

                	 
      	
                  33.96

                	 
      	
                  35.08

                	 
      	
                  36.24

                	 
      	
                  37.42

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  DISTRICT UTILITY WORKER

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Utility
      Worker A

                	 
      	
                  8500

                	 
      	
                  26.13

                	 
      	
                  27.00

                	 
      	
                  27.90

                	 
      	
                  28.82

                	 
      	
                  29.77

                	 
      	
                  30.73

                
	
                  Utility
      Worker B

                	 
      	
                  8510

                	 
      	
                  25.04

                	 
      	
                  25.88

                	 
      	
                  26.73

                	 
      	
                  27.61

                	 
      	
                  28.53

                	 
      	
                  29.45

                
	
                  Utility
      Worker - Apprentice

                	 
      	
                  8520

                	 
      	
                  22.37

                	 
      	
                  23.12

                	 
      	
                  23.89

                	 
      	
                  24.67

                	 
      	
                  25.49

                	 
      	
                  26.32

                
	
                  Apprentice

                	 
      	
                  8530

                	 
      	
                  15.31

                	 
      	
                  15.82

                	 
      	
                  16.35

                	 
      	
                  16.89

                	 
      	
                  17.44

                	 
      	
                  18.01

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  18.70

                	 
      	
                  19.33

                	 
      	
                  19.97

                	 
      	
                  20.63

                	 
      	
                  21.31

                	 
      	
                  22.00

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  POWER SYSTEM CONTROLLER

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  First
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7900

                	 
      	
                  35.31

                	 
      	
                  36.49

                	 
      	
                  37.70

                	 
      	
                  38.94

                	 
      	
                  40.23

                	 
      	
                  41.53

                
	
                  Second
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7910

                	 
      	
                  28.71

                	 
      	
                  29.67

                	 
      	
                  30.65

                	 
      	
                  31.66

                	 
      	
                  32.71

                	 
      	
                  33.77

                
	
                  Third
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7920

                	 
      	
                  26.24

                	 
      	
                  27.12

                	 
      	
                  28.02

                	 
      	
                  28.94

                	 
      	
                  29.90

                	 
      	
                  30.87

                
	
                  Apprentice

                	 
      	
                  7930

                	 
      	
                  15.31

                	 
      	
                  15.82

                	 
      	
                  16.34

                	 
      	
                  16.88

                	 
      	
                  17.44

                	 
      	
                  18.01

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  22.54

                	 
      	
                  23.29

                	 
      	
                  24.06

                	 
      	
                  24.86

                	 
      	
                  25.68

                	 
      	
                  26.51

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  DISTRICT DISPATCHER

                	 
      	
                  7950

                	 
      	
                  27.15

                	 
      	
                  28.06

                	 
      	
                  28.99

                	 
      	
                  29.94

                	 
      	
                  30.93

                	 
      	
                  31.94

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  SERVICE DISPATCHER

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  First
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7960

                	 
      	
                  26.60

                	 
      	
                  27.49

                	 
      	
                  28.40

                	 
      	
                  29.33

                	 
      	
                  30.30

                	 
      	
                  31.29

                
	
                  Second
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7970

                	 
      	
                  22.97

                	 
      	
                  23.74

                	 
      	
                  24.53

                	 
      	
                  25.34

                	 
      	
                  26.17

                	 
      	
                  27.02

                
	
                  Third
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7980

                	 
      	
                  21.75

                	 
      	
                  22.47

                	 
      	
                  23.22

                	 
      	
                  23.98

                	 
      	
                  24.77

                	 
      	
                  25.58

                
	
                  Apprentice

                	 
      	
                  7990

                	 
      	
                  15.31

                	 
      	
                  15.82

                	 
      	
                  16.34

                	 
      	
                  16.88

                	 
      	
                  17.44

                	 
      	
                  18.01

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  18.70

                	 
      	
                  19.33

                	 
      	
                  19.97

                	 
      	
                  20.63

                	 
      	
                  21.31

                	 
      	
                  22.00

                
	
                  DISTRIBUTION LINEWORKER

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Distribution
      Chief

                	 
      	
                  7300

                	 
      	
                  31.71

                	 
      	
                  32.77

                	 
      	
                  33.85

                	 
      	
                  34.97

                	 
      	
                  36.12

                	 
      	
                  37.29

                
	
                  Distribution
      First Class

                	 
      	
                  7310

                	 
      	
                  29.40

                	 
      	
                  30.38

                	 
      	
                  31.39

                	 
      	
                  32.42

                	 
      	
                  33.49

                	 
      	
                  34.58

                
	
                  Distribution
      Second Class

                	 
      	
                  7320

                	 
      	
                  25.07

                	 
      	
                  25.91

                	 
      	
                  26.77

                	 
      	
                  27.65

                	 
      	
                  28.56

                	 
      	
                  29.49

                
	
                  Distribution
      Third Class

                	 
      	
                  7330

                	 
      	
                  23.31

                	 
      	
                  24.09

                	 
      	
                  24.88

                	 
      	
                  25.70

                	 
      	
                  26.55

                	 
      	
                  27.41

                
	
                  Groundman
      Driver Digger Operator

                	 
      	
                  7360

                	 
      	
                  24.42

                	 
      	
                  25.24

                	 
      	
                  26.07

                	 
      	
                  26.93

                	 
      	
                  27.82

                	 
      	
                  28.72

                
	
                  Distribution
      Apprentice Lineworker

                	 
      	
                  7340

                	 
      	
                  21.62

                	 
      	
                  22.34

                	 
      	
                  23.08

                	 
      	
                  23.84

                	 
      	
                  24.63

                	 
      	
                  25.43

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  T&D LINEWORKER

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  T&D
      Chief

                	 
      	
                  7400

                	 
      	
                  32.14

                	
                  0.4

                	
                  33.63

                	 
      	
                  34.74

                	 
      	
                  35.89

                	 
      	
                  37.07

                	 
      	
                  38.28

                
	
                  T&D
      First Class

                	 
      	
                  7410

                	 
      	
                  30.39

                	
                  0.1

                	
                  31.51

                	 
      	
                  32.55

                	 
      	
                  33.63

                	 
      	
                  34.74

                	 
      	
                  35.86

                
	
                  T&D
      Second Class

                	 
      	
                  7420

                	 
      	
                  25.50

                	 
      	
                  26.35

                	 
      	
                  27.22

                	 
      	
                  28.12

                	 
      	
                  29.05

                	 
      	
                  29.99

                
	
                  T&D
      Third Class

                	 
      	
                  7430

                	 
      	
                  23.75

                	 
      	
                  24.55

                	 
      	
                  25.36

                	 
      	
                  26.20

                	 
      	
                  27.06

                	 
      	
                  27.94

                
	
                  T&D
      Apprentice Lineworker

                	 
      	
                  7440

                	 
      	
                  22.06

                	 
      	
                  22.79

                	 
      	
                  23.55

                	 
      	
                  24.32

                	 
      	
                  25.13

                	 
      	
                  25.94

                
	
                  Apprentice

                	 
      	
                  7350

                	 
      	
                  15.31

                	 
      	
                  15.82

                	 
      	
                  16.34

                	 
      	
                  16.88

                	 
      	
                  17.44

                	 
      	
                  18.01

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  18.70

                	 
      	
                  19.33

                	 
      	
                  19.97

                	 
      	
                  20.63

                	 
      	
                  21.31

                	 
      	
                  22.00

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  MECHANIC-HYDRO MAINTENANCE

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  AND CONSTRUCTION

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Chief

                	 
      	
                  7800

                	 
      	
                  29.65

                	
                  0.2

                	
                  30.85

                	 
      	
                  31.87

                	 
      	
                  32.92

                	 
      	
                  34.01

                	 
      	
                  35.11

                
	
                  First
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7820

                	 
      	
                  27.99

                	 
      	
                  28.92

                	 
      	
                  29.88

                	 
      	
                  30.86

                	 
      	
                  31.88

                	 
      	
                  32.92

                
	
                  Second
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7830

                	 
      	
                  24.79

                	 
      	
                  25.62

                	 
      	
                  26.46

                	 
      	
                  27.34

                	 
      	
                  28.24

                	 
      	
                  29.16

                
	
                  Third
      Class

                	 
      	
                  7840

                	 
      	
                  23.27

                	 
      	
                  24.05

                	 
      	
                  24.85

                	 
      	
                  25.66

                	 
      	
                  26.51

                	 
      	
                  27.37

                
	
                  Mechanic
      Helper

                	 
      	
                  7850

                	 
      	
                  21.19

                	 
      	
                  21.90

                	 
      	
                  22.63

                	 
      	
                  23.37

                	 
      	
                  24.15

                	 
      	
                  24.93

                
	
                  Apprentice

                	 
      	
                  7870

                	 
      	
                  15.31

                	 
      	
                  15.82

                	 
      	
                  16.34

                	 
      	
                  16.88

                	 
      	
                  17.44

                	 
      	
                  18.01

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  18.70

                	 
      	
                  19.33

                	 
      	
                  19.97

                	 
      	
                  20.63

                	 
      	
                  21.31

                	 
      	
                  22.00

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  MAINTENANCE/RELIEF OPERATOR

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Chief

                	 
      	
                  8010

                	 
      	
                  29.00

                	
                  0.2

                	
                  30.18

                	 
      	
                  31.17

                	 
      	
                  32.20

                	 
      	
                  33.27

                	 
      	
                  34.35

                
	
                  First
      Class

                	 
      	
                  8020

                	 
      	
                  27.36

                	 
      	
                  28.27

                	 
      	
                  29.21

                	 
      	
                  30.17

                	 
      	
                  31.17

                	 
      	
                  32.18

                
	
                  Second
      Class

                	 
      	
                  8030

                	 
      	
                  22.88

                	 
      	
                  23.65

                	 
      	
                  24.43

                	 
      	
                  25.23

                	 
      	
                  26.07

                	 
      	
                  26.91

                
	
                  Third
      Class

                	 
      	
                  8040

                	 
      	
                  21.75

                	 
      	
                  22.47

                	 
      	
                  23.22

                	 
      	
                  23.98

                	 
      	
                  24.77

                	 
      	
                  25.58

                
	
                  Apprentice

                	 
      	
                  8160

                	 
      	
                  15.31

                	 
      	
                  15.82

                	 
      	
                  16.34

                	 
      	
                  16.88

                	 
      	
                  17.44

                	 
      	
                  18.01

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  18.70

                	 
      	
                  19.33

                	 
      	
                  19.97

                	 
      	
                  20.63

                	 
      	
                  21.31

                	 
      	
                  22.00

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  GAS TURBINE MAINTENANCE

                	 
      	
                  8230

                	 
      	
                  25.81

                	 
      	
                  26.67

                	 
      	
                  27.55

                	 
      	
                  28.46

                	 
      	
                  29.40

                	 
      	
                  30.36

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  METER SHOP STOCKKEEPER

                	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                  Chief
      Meter Stockkeeper

                	 
      	
                  7550

                	 
      	
                  25.92

                	 
      	
                  26.79

                	 
      	
                  27.68

                	 
      	
                  28.59

                	 
      	
                  29.53

                	 
      	
                  30.49

                
	
                  Meter
      Shop Stockkeeper

                	 
      	
                  7540

                	 
      	
                  21.85

                	 
      	
                  22.58

                	 
      	
                  23.33

                	 
      	
                  24.10

                	 
      	
                  24.89

                	 
      	
                  25.70

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  23.27

                	 
      	
                  24.05

                	 
      	
                  24.85

                	 
      	
                  25.66

                	 
      	
                  26.51

                	 
      	
                  27.37

                
	
                  Apprentice
      Meter Shop Stockkeeper

                	
                  7530

                	 
      	
                  15.31

                	 
      	
                  15.82

                	 
      	
                  16.34

                	 
      	
                  16.88

                	 
      	
                  17.44

                	 
      	
                  18.01

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                  18.70

                	 
      	
                  19.33

                	 
      	
                  19.97

                	 
      	
                  20.63

                	 
      	
                  21.31

                	 
      	
                  22.00

                
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      

        

      

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  
                    
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                
                                  
                                    	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            3.35%

                                          	 
      	
                                            3.30%

                                          	 
      	
                                            3.30%

                                          	 
      	
                                            3.30%

                                          	 
      	
                                            3.25%

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
                                            Job

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                               
      Effective

                                          	
                                              
      Effective

                                          	
                                            Effective

                                          	 
      	
                                            Effective

                                          	 
      	
                                            Effective

                                          
	
                                            Classification

                                          	 
      	
                                            Code

                                          	 
      	
                                            2008

                                          	 
      	
                                            2009

                                          	 
      	
                                            2010

                                          	 
      	
                                            2011

                                          	 
      	
                                            2012

                                          	 
      	
                                            2013

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            METER TESTER

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            Senior
      Meter Technician

                                          	 
      	
                                            7560

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.95

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.93

                                          	 
      	
                                            31.95

                                          	 
      	
                                            33.01

                                          	 
      	
                                            34.08

                                          
	
                                            Meter
      Technician

                                          	 
      	
                                            7570

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.05

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.95

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.83

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.81

                                          	 
      	
                                            31.81

                                          
	
                                            First
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7580

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.45

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.30

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.17

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.07

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.00

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.94

                                          
	
                                            Second
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7590

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.58

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.37

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.18

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.01

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.86

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.74

                                          
	
                                            Third
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7600

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.76

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.52

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.29

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.10

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.92

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.77

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            7610

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            22.54

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.29

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.06

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.86

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.68

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.51

                                          
	
                                            Meter
      Shop Utility Person

                                          	 
      	
                                            7620

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.61

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.28

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.15

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.04

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.95

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            METER READER INSTALLER

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            Meter
      Reader Installer (A)

                                          	 
      	
                                            8300

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.56

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.35

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.15

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.98

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.84

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.71

                                          
	
                                            Meter
      Reader Installer (B)

                                          	 
      	
                                            8310

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.19

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.90

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.37

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.15

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.93

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            8320

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE AND

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            CONSTRUCTION

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            Chief

                                          	 
      	
                                            7700

                                          	 
      	
                                            31.04

                                          	
                                            0.5

                                          	
                                            32.60

                                          	 
      	
                                            33.67

                                          	 
      	
                                            34.78

                                          	 
      	
                                            35.93

                                          	 
      	
                                            37.10

                                          
	
                                            First
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7710

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.48

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.47

                                          	 
      	
                                            31.47

                                          	 
      	
                                            32.51

                                          	 
      	
                                            33.58

                                          	 
      	
                                            34.68

                                          
	
                                            Second
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7720

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.07

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.91

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.77

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.65

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.56

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.49

                                          
	
                                            Third
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7730

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.27

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.05

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.85

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.66

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.51

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.37

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            7740

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            TRANSFORMER REPAIRER

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            First
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            8600

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.46

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            31.45

                                          	 
      	
                                            32.49

                                          	 
      	
                                            33.56

                                          	 
      	
                                            34.65

                                          
	
                                            Second
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            8610

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.66

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.49

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.20

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.09

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.01

                                          
	
                                            Third
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            8620

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            8630

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            STOCKKEEPER

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            Chief
      Stockkeeper

                                          	 
      	
                                            9010

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.92

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.79

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.68

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.59

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.53

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.49

                                          
	
                                            Stockkeeper

                                          	 
      	
                                            9090

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.85

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.58

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.10

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.89

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.70

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            23.27

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.05

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.85

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.66

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.51

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.37

                                          
	
                                            First
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            9020

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.14

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.95

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.78

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.51

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.40

                                          
	
                                            Second
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            9030

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.58

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.11

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.91

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.73

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.56

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            9040

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            TRANSPORTATION STOCKKEEPER

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            First
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            9050

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.14

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.95

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.78

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.51

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.40

                                          
	
                                            Second
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            9060

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.93

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.66

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.41

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.18

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.98

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.79

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            9070

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            0.00

                                          	 
      	
                                            0.00

                                          	 
      	
                                            0.00

                                          	 
      	
                                            0.00

                                          	 
      	
                                            0.00

                                          
	
                                            CHIEF MECHANIC

                                          	 
      	
                                            7810

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.84

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.84

                                          	 
      	
                                            31.85

                                          	 
      	
                                            32.90

                                          	 
      	
                                            33.99

                                          	 
      	
                                            35.09

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            GARAGE MECHANIC

                                          	 
      	
                                            7860

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.67

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.65

                                          	 
      	
                                            31.66

                                          	 
      	
                                            32.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            33.76

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            GARAGE PERSON

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            First
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            9110

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.47

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.36

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.26

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.20

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.16

                                          	 
      	
                                            31.14

                                          
	
                                            Second
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            9120

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.07

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.84

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.62

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.28

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.13

                                          
	
                                            Helper

                                          	 
      	
                                            9140

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.36

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.09

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.86

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.64

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.44

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            9100

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.74

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.27

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.81

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.36

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.94

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.52

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            19.14

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.78

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.43

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.11

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.81

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.51

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            OVER THE ROAD DRIVER

                                          	 
      	
                                            9150

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.65

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.50

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.37

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.28

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.20

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            7500

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            First
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7450

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.61

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.47

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.25

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.18

                                          	 
      	
                                            30.13

                                          
	
                                            Second
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7460

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.42

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.24

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.07

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.93

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.72

                                          
	
                                            Third
      Class

                                          	 
      	
                                            7470

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.09

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.55

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.41

                                          
	
                                            Over
      The Road Driver, Transmission

                                          	
                                            7480

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            25.65

                                          	 
      	
                                            26.50

                                          	 
      	
                                            27.37

                                          	 
      	
                                            28.28

                                          	 
      	
                                            29.20

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            7490

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            JANITOR

                                          	 
      	
                                            9220

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.84

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.05

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.68

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.99

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            20.62

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.02

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.74

                                          	 
      	
                                            23.49

                                          	 
      	
                                            24.26

                                          
	
                                            Apprentice

                                          	 
      	
                                            9230

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            15.82

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            16.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            17.44

                                          	 
      	
                                            18.01

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            18.70

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.33

                                          	 
      	
                                            19.97

                                          	 
      	
                                            20.63

                                          	 
      	
                                            21.31

                                          	 
      	
                                            22.00

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            2009

                                          	 
      	
                                            2010

                                          	 
      	
                                            2011

                                          	 
      	
                                            2012

                                          	 
      	
                                            2013

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            On-Call Pay

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            40.71

                                          	 
      	
                                            42.06

                                          	 
      	
                                            43.45

                                          	 
      	
                                            44.88

                                          	 
      	
                                            46.34

                                          
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                                            Shift Differential

                                          	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                                            2.19

                                          	 
      	
                                            2.26

                                          	 
      	
                                            2.34

                                          	 
      	
                                            2.41

                                          	 
      	
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    EXHIBIT
10.67

    

    SETTLEMENT
AND RELEASE AGREEMENT

    

    THIS SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
by and between CONSUMER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED (the “Corporation”) and JANE E.
NELSON (the “Executive”) is entered into as of this 31st day of December,
2008.

    

    WHEREAS, the Corporation and Executive
entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated as of February 6, 2000 and
executed the First Amendment to Employment Agreement as of July 3, 2007 (as
amended, the “Employment Agreement”);

    

    WHEREAS, Subsections 5(g)(relating to
death benefits), 5(h)(relating to disability benefits), 5(i)(relating to
supplemental retirement benefits), and 5(j)(relating to survivability of death
and supplemental retirement benefits) of the Employment Agreement provides
Executive with certain Death Benefits, Disability Benefits and Supplemental
Retirement Benefits (collectively referred to herein as the “SERP Benefits”)
that provides for monthly payments to Executive or her beneficiaries for a
period of at least two hundred forty (240) months in the event of death or
retirement and for disability payments until the earlier of death or Executive
reaches age 65 if Executive’s employment terminates as a result of
disability;

    

    WHEREAS, Executive is 100% vested in
her SERP Benefits;

    

    WHEREAS,
the Corporation and the Executive have agreed to a lump sum payment of the SERP
Benefits at a negotiated discount in exchange for Executive’s release of the
Corporation from all future obligations to pay Executive SERP
Benefits;

    

    WHEREAS,
the Corporation and the Executive have agreed to terminate the Employment
Agreement and enter into a new agreement relating to Executive’s
employment.

    

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
covenants set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
Corporation and Executive hereby agree as follows:

     

    
      	
              1.  

            	In consideration of the Corporation’s payment
      to Executive of the gross amount of Three Hundred Seventy-five Thousand
      Dollars ($375,000.00) (the “Accelerated Payment”),  between
      January 5, 2009 and  January 9, 2009, Subsections 5(g) relating
      to death benefits, 5(h) relating to disability benefits, 5(i) relating to
      supplemental retirement benefits and 5(j) relating to survivability of
      death and supplemental retirement benefits, of the Employment Agreement
      are hereby satisfied in their entirety and fully
      discharged.  Executive and the Corporation further agree that
      the Accelerated Payment is being made pursuant to the transitional rules
      relating to Code Section 409A, as set out in Internal Revenue Service
      Notice 2007-86.

    

     

    
      	
              2.  

            	
              In
      consideration of the payment by the Corporation to Executive of the amount
      set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement  and the execution and
      delivery of a new employment agreement in the form attached hereto as
      Exhibit A, Executive, on her own behalf and on behalf of her heirs and
      legal representatives, does hereby release the Corporation, its affiliated
      corporations, and their respective directors, officers, employees and
      agents of and from any and all claims and causes of action for money or
      other damages or relief of any kind whatsoever from Corporation, arising
      out of or related to the Employment Agreement. Executive hereby
      acknowledges that she has read this release and has been advised to
      consult an attorney with respect to the terms hereof, and that she fully
      understands and voluntarily accepts such terms.  Nothing
      contained herein shall be deemed to waive any of Executive’s rights with
      respect to benefit plans of the Corporation in which she is entitled to
      participate, including without limitation, medical, vision, dental,
      disability and life insurance benefit plans, the 401(k) plan, the
      retirement plan or the Supplemental Retirement Benefit dated as of June
      28, 2006, provided that Executive’s rights shall be subject to the terms
      of the applicable plans.

            

    

     

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              3.  

            	
              The
      Employment Agreement shall terminate upon Executive’s receipt of the
      amount to be paid pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement and the
      execution and delivery of a new employment agreement in the form attached
      hereto as Exhibit A.

            

    

     

    
      	
              4.  

            	
              Executive
      agrees and acknowledges that the Accelerated Payment shall be net of any
      taxes that the Corporation is required to withhold thereon, including but
      not limited to federal and state income and employment
    taxes.

            

      	
              5.  

            	
              This
      Agreement and all actions taken in connection herewith shall be governed
      and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of
      Missouri.

            

    

    

    

    

    

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

     

     

    
      
        	 	CONSUMER PROGRAMS
      INCORPORATED	 
	 	 	 	 
	
                 

              	
                By:
      

              	/s/ Renato
      Cataldo	 
	 	Its:	Chief
      Executive Officer, President	 
	 	 	
                                        
      the "Corporation"

              	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/Jane
      E. Nelson	 
	 	                                    
      Executive	 

      

    

     

     

    
 

    

     

    

    

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
        

      

      
         

      

    

    

    Exhibit
A

    

    December
31, 2008

    

    Ms. Jane
E. Nelson

    1101
Webster Crossing Court

    St.
Louis, MO 63119

    

    RE:
Employment

    

    Dear
Jane:

    

    I am
pleased to confirm your continuing full-time employment with Consumer Programs
Incorporated (the “Company”) as General Counsel on the following terms and
conditions:

     

    
      1.  Title;Duties.  Under the
direction of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, your duties and
responsibilities will be that of General Counsel and a lead executive of the
Company including helping plan, implement and achieve the strategies and goals
of the Company as reviewed and established by the Board of
Directors.

       

    

    2.  Base Cash
Salary.  Your base cash salary will be
$210,000  annually. Your base cash salary will be reviewed with you no
less than annually and may be increased from time to time by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors.

    

    3.   Annual
Bonus.  You will be eligible to
participate in the Omnibus Incentive Plan
of the Company as a
key executive of the Company.  It is anticipated that any payment due
you under this plan will be paid substantially in Restricted Shares with annual
vesting as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board.

    

    4.  Access, Equipment and
Expenses.  CPI will provide access to its computer equipment
and systems and will reimburse you for expenses incurred in the course of
performing your duties, subject to your submission of invoices or other
customary proof of expense.

    

    5.  Other
Benefits.  As a CPI executive, you will generally be entitled
to continue participating in other active benefit plans and programs on the same
terms as the other executives in the Company.  These benefits
currently include:

    

    
      	
              a.  

            	
              401(k)
      Plan:  This qualified plan allows employees to contribute up to
      25% of base salary annually.  The company matches 50% of
      employee contributions up to a maximum of 5% of salary in common
      stock.

            

    

    

    
      	
              b.  

            	
              Health/Disability:  The
      Company's benefit plan provides for competitive health care coverage and
      short-term disability insurance.  Employee premiums are adjusted
      annually.  Long-term
      disability insurance is also
available.

            

    

    

    
      	
              c.

            	
              Life
      Insurance:  Key managers of the Company are eligible for life
      insurance equal to two times annual base salary to a maximum benefit of
      $400,000.  Once per year, the key managers are offered an option
      to convert group term insurance in excess of $50,000 to a permanent cash
      value policy.  Contributions that the Company would have paid on
      the term life premiums are paid towards the permanent insurance premium,
      and the key manager pays the
balance.

            

    

     

    
      	
              d.  

            	Vacation:  You will be entitled to
      five weeks of paid vacation per year.

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
          

        

        
           

        

      

    

    6.  Termination and
Severance.  If your employment is terminated by the Company
without Cause, you shall be entitled to a severance amount equal to one year’s
base salary, payable in a lump sum, provided you execute and deliver a release
of all claims arising from or related to your employment and the termination of
your employment in a form satisfactory to the Company.  If your
employment is terminated for any other reason (including retirement, death or
disability), you will be entitled to no benefits, except as provided by law or
under the specific terms of the Company’s benefit programs in which you are then
participating.  “Cause” as used herein shall mean any of the following
acts by or other circumstances:  (i) an act committed, after the date
of this Agreement, in bad faith and to the detriment of the Company or any of
its affiliates, (ii) refusal or failure to act in substantial accordance with
any written material direction or order of the Company, (iii) repeated unfitness
or unavailability for service, disregard of the Company’s rules or policies
after reasonable notice and opportunity to cure, or misconduct, but not
incapacity, (iv) entry of a final order of judgment affirming the conviction of
a crime involving dishonesty, breach of trust, or physical or emotional harm to
any person, (v) any breach or threatened breach of Sections 7, 8, 9 or 10 of
this Agreement, or (vi) material breach or violation of any other provision of
this Agreement or of any other contractual obligation to the Company or any of
its affiliates.

    

    7.    Insider
Status.  As a key executive of the Company, you will be
considered an “insider” subject to SEC reporting of all stock transactions and
to pre-clearance of all transactions through the Company’s Chief Financial
Officer.

    

    8.   Confidentiality.  You
will maintain in confidence all non-public information you learn about the
Company and its business, including strategies, plans, prospects and financial,
employee, vendor and customer information.  You will not use, copy or
disclose any such information except as necessary to perform the functions of
your job or with the prior consent of the Company.

    

    9.  Non-Compete and
Non-Solicitation.  It is agreed that you will not be employed
directly by or act in an advisory role for any direct competitor of the Company
during the period of your employment and for a period of one year from the date
of termination.

    

    10.  Work for
Hire.  As an employee, you agree that your ideas, concepts,
graphics, creative or    other products of your work will be
owned by the Company, and you agree to acknowledge the Company’s ownership in
writing upon request from the Company.

    

    11.   Termination of Prior
Employment Agreement.  Subject to the Company’s performance of
that certain Settlement and Release Agreement between you and the Company, dated
as of December 31, 2008, your Employment Agreement with the Company, dated as of
February 6, 2000, as amended on July 3, 2007, is hereby terminated.

    

    12.  Withholding.  The
Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this agreement such federal,
state or local taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any
applicable law or regulation.

    

    

    

    

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    Please
acknowledge your agreement to the terms set forth above by signing one copy of
this letter in the space provided below and returning a signed original to
me.

    

                                                                                                                                  
Sincerely,

    

    

    /s/Renato Cataldo

    ______________________________

    Renato Cataldo

    President
& Chief Executive Officer

    

    Accepted
this 31st day of December, 2008

    

    

    /s/Jane
E. Nelson

    __________________________________

    Jane E.
Nelson

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