CVPS Cow Power(TM) Earns National Honor
June 18 2007 - 4:31PM
Business Wire
CVPS Cow Power�, one of the fastest-growing renewable energy
programs in the country, has a won a first-of-its kind honor from
the Edison Electric Institute. EEI, the national organization of
investor-owned electric utilities, presented Central Vermont Public
Service (NYSE-CV) with the first Finalist�s Commendation in the
organization�s annual Edison Award competition, named for Thomas
Edison. �The judges were very complimentary of the unique and
timely nature of the (Cow Power) program, and the leadership it
shows,� EEI President Thomas Kuhn said. �The benefits to customers,
farms, the state and the environment are obvious.� Kuhn said the
judges for the award, which goes to one U.S. company each year,
received more than a dozen nominations; just four were named
finalists. While the Edison Award winner has not yet been
announced, Kuhn said the competition between CVPS Cow Power� and
the winner was intense, and prompted a close vote by the judges.
�The motto of the Edison Award is �Leadership, Innovation and
Advancement of the Industry,� and your company�s Cow Power
submission embodies that quite well,� Kuhn said. �The judges felt
it was extremely difficult to select the winner this year.
Accordingly, they asked us to find a way to recognize your
accomplishment. We have therefore created the Finalist Award. This
marks the first time we have done this.� CVPS President Bob Young
said the award amounted to second place in the national
competition. �We would have loved to win, of course, but this is a
tremendous acknowledgement that we�ve created something special in
Cow Power,� Young said. �It speaks volumes about our employees,
Vermont, our customers and the Cow Power farms, which have all made
the program a national model.� CVPS Cow Power� is the nation�s
first customer choice manure-to-energy program, linking CVPS
customers, farms and the environment. More than 4,200 customers
have enrolled, paying a premium of 4 cents per kilowatt-hour for
clean, renewable energy and its renewable and environmental
attributes. The program won the 2006 Governor�s Award for
Environmental Excellence. To generate electricity, manure is held
in a sealed concrete tank at the same temperature as a cow�s
stomach. Bacteria digest the volatile components, creating methane
while killing pathogens and weed seeds. The methane fuels a
generator, and the energy is put onto CVPS�s power lines for
delivery to customers. The remaining waste can be separated into
solids and liquid. The solids can be used as cow bedding or
composted for home and garden use, while the liquid is spread as
fertilizer on the farms. The environmental benefits are
significant. They include: Improved manure management, and air and
water quality. The capture of methane, which is roughly 20 times
worse than CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere. Destruction of
pathogens, including e coli, in the manure. Destruction of weed
seeds, which may reduce the need for herbicides. Reduced fossil
fuel use through the use of generator heat to produce hot water.
Replacement of sawdust bedding with dry solids, and reduced fossil
fuels for hauling sawdust. Virtual elimination of odor when
spreading liquid manure on fields. To learn more about CVPS Cow
Power� or to see a video included in CVPS�s Edison Award entry,
visit www.cvps.com/cowpower.
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