UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 11-K/A


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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
 
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from _______ to _______
 
 
Commission file number     1-8222
 
 
CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
     EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN     
(Full title of the Plan)
 
 
CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer of Securities)
 
 
     77 Grove Street, Rutland, Vermont            05701     
(Address of Issuer's Principal Office)       (Zip Code)


 
Total Number of Pages in File:
12


 
 

 

CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN


INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006

 
Page
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
3
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
   as of December 31, 2007 and 2006
 
 
4
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for
   Benefits for the Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
 
 
5
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
6
 
Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i Schedule of Assets
   (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2007
 
 
10
 
Signature
 
11
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
12


 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Employee Savings & Investment Plan Committee
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Rutland, Vermont

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation Employee Savings and Investment Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation Employee Savings and Investment Plan at December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the changes in its net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the 2007 basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The 2007 information included in the supplemental schedule is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the 2007 basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  The information in the supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the 2007 basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the 2007 basic financial statements taken as a whole.


/s/ McSoley McCoy & Company

June 23, 2008

VT Reg. No. 92-349


 
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CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN


STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006

   
2007
   
2006
 
Investments, at fair value
           
     Mutual Funds
  $ 57,270,791     $ 51,067,903  
     Managed Income Portfolio
    8,403,597       8,163,247  
     Central Vermont Pubic Service Corporation (common stock)
    4,388,840       4,121,391  
     Other Common Stock
    525,094       1,143,690  
     Money Market Funds
    720,572       635,136  
     Participant Loans
    1,291,142       1,216,168  
Total Investments, at fair value
    72,600,036       66,347,535  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully
     benefit-responsive investment contracts
    91,326       82,046  
Other Receivables
    937       874  
Other Liabilities
    -       (1,101 )
Net Assets Available for Benefits
  $ 72,692,299     $ 66,429,354  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


 
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CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006

   
2007
   
2006
 
CONTRIBUTIONS
           
     Employee
  $ 3,568,995     $ 3,217,869  
     Employer
    1,352,092       1,196,993  
     Rollovers
    353,964       167,053  
Total Contributions
    5,275,051       4,581,915  
                 
INVESTMENT INCOME
               
     Net Appreciation of Fair Value of Investments
    948,989       3,505,219  
     Interest and Dividend Income
    5,142,509       3,125,750  
     Net Investment Gain from Managed Income Portfolio
    361,507       336,584  
     Net Investment Gain from Brokerage Account
    160,350       110,677  
     Administrative Expenses
    (28,398 )     (29,993 )
Total Investment Income
    6,584,957       7,048,237  
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS
               
     Benefit Payments
    (5,556,833 )     (5,546,072 )
     Loan Defaults
    (40,230 )     (30,320 )
Total Distributions
    (5,597,063 )     (5,576,392 )
                 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
    6,262,945       6,053,760  
                 
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
               
     Beginning of Year
    66,429,354       60,375,594  
     End of Year
  $ 72,692,299     $ 66,429,354  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


 
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CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007 and 2006
 
Note 1 - Plan Description and Related Information
 
General - The purpose of the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation Employee Savings and Investment Plan (the Plan), a defined contribution plan, is to encourage savings and investments by eligible employees of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation and its affiliates (the "company") and to afford additional security for their retirement.  The Plan became effective January 1, 1985.  More complete information regarding the Plan's provisions may be found in the plan document.

Contributions and Vesting - Employees are eligible to join the Plan immediately upon hire.  Employees electing to participate in the Plan make pre-tax contributions of at least 1 percent, but not more than 40 percent, of their compensation as defined by the Plan.  The maximum pre-tax contribution for 2007 was $15,500.  Employees who are age 50 and older could make pre-tax catch-up contributions up to a maximum of $5,000 in 2007.  Catch-up contributions are ineligible for employer match.  Employees can make post-tax contributions of at least 1 percent, but not more than 10 percent. Eligible employees are 100 percent vested in their pre-tax and post-tax contribution account and in their matching employer contribution account.  Employee contributions also include rollovers.

During 2007, company matching contributions were 100 percent of the first 4.25 percent of eligible pre-tax compensation, excluding overtime, contributed to the Plan by each participant per pay period.  Participants are eligible for the matching contribution in the first pay period following their first anniversary date.

On December 29, 2004, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300 ratified the union employees' contract with the company.  The contract included an increase in the company's match for 401(k) contributions from 4 percent to 4.25 percent effective on January 1, 2007.  The increase applied to all eligible 401(k) participants.

Participant Accounts - Each participant's account is credited with the participant's basic and any rollover or after-tax contributions and his or her allocation of (a) the company's contribution; and (b) investment earnings attributable to such contributions.  The allocation of the Plan's earnings is based on participants' account balances.  Participants allocate contributions among various investment choices, including mutual funds, managed income portfolio, money market funds and common stock, including Central Vermont Public Service Corporation Common Stock Fund ("CVPS Common Stock Fund").  Company contributions are automatically invested in accordance with the participant's investment direction for his or her account.

Payment of Benefits - Participants (or their beneficiaries) will be entitled to distribution of the full value of their Plan account (including their contributions, matching company contributions and investment earnings) upon retirement, death or other termination of employment with the company or upon attainment of age 59 1/2.  Any participant may withdraw from his or her account amounts contributed by the participant on an after-tax basis or amounts necessary to meet certain financial hardships.  In addition, once per plan year, any person who has been a participant in the Plan for at least 60 months may withdraw all or a portion of his or her account attributable to company matching contributions.  Benefit distributions are made either as (a) a single lump-sum payment, (b) an annuity contract purchased from an insurance company, (c) quarterly or annual installments over a period not to exceed 10 years or (d) with respect to the CVPS Common Stock Fund, shares of the company's common stock.

Participant Loans - Participants may borrow from their plan account balance.  The maximum borrowings shall not exceed the lesser of $50,000 (reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance in the previous 12 months) or 50 percent of the value of the participant's account, subject to certain limitations.  Participants may repay the loan through payroll deduction over a period of up to five years or up to 30 years if the loan is to purchase the participant's primary residence.  The interest rates charged on loans outstanding as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 range from 6.25 percent to 10.0 percent and mature at various dates through 2035.

Plan Trustee - Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity) became trustee of the Plan effective May 1, 2002.


 
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CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007 and 2006

Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting - The financial statements of the Plan are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP").  Contributions made by the company are recognized by the Plan in the year the related participant's contribution is made.  Administrative costs are recognized when incurred.  Benefit distributions are recognized when made.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition - Mutual Funds, managed income portfolio and Common Stock are stated at fair value.  Participant loans are stated at cost, which approximates fair value.  Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on the trade date.  Interest from investments is recorded as earned on an accrual basis.  Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Risks and Uncertainties - The Plan provides for various investment instruments.  Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

Expenses - Brokerage commissions, registration charges and other expenses in connection with the purchase, sale or distribution of securities and other administrative costs for each investment fund, excluding a portion related to the CVPS Common Stock Fund, will be paid out of the Plan's accounts to which such expenses are attributable.  Administrative expenses related to the CVPS Common Stock Fund are paid by the plan participants.  Fees related to the Plan as a whole are shared between participants and the company.

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U. S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - SFAS No. 157:  In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements ("SFAS No. 157"), which addresses how companies should measure fair value when they are required to use a fair value measure for recognition or disclosure purposes under U.S. GAAP.  While the standard does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstances, it has applicability to several current accounting standards that require or permit the company to measure its assets and liabilities at fair value.

SFAS No. 157 is effective for most fair value measurements, other than leases and certain non-financial assets and liabilities, beginning January 1, 2008.  SFAS No. 157 defines fair value as "the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date," or the "exit price."  Accordingly, the fair value of an asset or liability must be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (if available), and not the Plan’s assumptions.  The identification of market participant assumptions provides a basis for determining what inputs are to be used for pricing each asset or liability.  SFAS 157 also establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy, reflecting the extent to which inputs to the determination of fair value can be observed, and requires fair value disclosures based upon this hierarchy.  These disclosures will be included in the Notes to Financial Statements subsequent to the Plan's adoption of SFAS No. 157.  The adoption of SFAS No. 157 is not expected to have a material impact on the Plan’s financial statements.


 
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CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007 and 2006

As of December 31, 2006, the Plan adopted FASB Staff Position FSP AAG INV-1 and Statement of Position No. 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans ("FSP").  The Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio is a stable value investment fund and is fully benefit responsive.

Note 3 - Plan Termination
Although the company has not expressed any intent to terminate the Plan, it has the right to do so at any time.  Contributions to the Plan in future years are subject to the applicable tax regulations and the discretion of the company.

Note 4 - Income Taxes
The Plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).  The Plan is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the IRC and the Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable determination letter, dated January 13, 2004, ruling that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable IRC requirements as of the date of their letter.  The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter.  Plan management believes that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in accordance with applicable IRC requirements and the Plan and related Trust continue to be tax exempt.  Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan's financial statements.

Note 5 - Investments
The fair market value of individual investments that represent five percent or more of the Plan's net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
   
2007
   
2006
 
  Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund
  $ 10,436,020     $ 9,500,738  
  Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund
  $ -     $ 8,212,783  
  Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio
  $ 8,403,597     $ 8,163,247  
  Fidelity Balanced Fund
  $ 7,888,768     $ 7,340,352  
  Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund
  $ 4,748,888     $ 4,234,511  
  American Funds Growth Fund – Class R4
  $ 8,215,531     $ -  
  CVPS Common Stock Fund
  $ 4,388,840     $ 4,121,391  

During 2007 and 2006, the Plan investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) as follows:
   
2007
   
2006
 
Fair Value Investments:
           
     Mutual Funds
  $ (429,947 )   $ 2,440,661  
     CVPS Common Stock Fund
    1,378,936       1,064,558  
Net Appreciation of Fair Value Investments
    948,989       3,505,219  
     Brokerage Account
    160,350       110,677  
Total Net Appreciation
  $ 1,109,339     $ 3,615,896  


 
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CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007 and 2006

Note 6 - Related Party Transactions
Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by Fidelity.  Fidelity is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions as the term is defined in Section 3 (14) of ERISA.  At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Plan held common stock of the company valued at $4,388,840 and $4,121,391, respectively.

Note 7 - Reconciliation of Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits to Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
   
2007
   
2006
 
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 72,692,299     $ 66,429,354  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully
  benefit-responsive investment contracts
    (91,326 )     (82,046 )
Other receivables
    (937 )     (874 )
Other liabilities
    -       1,101  
Grand total of assets held at end of year
  $ 72,600,036     $ 66,347,535  


 
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Plan No. 005
EIN 03-0111290

CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i
SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007
 
Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party
 
Units
 
 
Cost **
 
Current Value
 
*Fidelity Freedom Income Fund
    33,295.61       $ 381,235  
*Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund
    11,294.61         139,714  
*Fidelity Freedom 2005 Fund
    29,430.77         346,989  
*Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund
    227,906.11         3,377,568  
*Fidelity Freedom 2015 Fund
    100,644.18         1,255,033  
*Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund
    166,468.83         2,631,872  
*Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund
    28,384.96         374,114  
*Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund
    98,221.06         1,622,612  
*Fidelity Freedom 2035 Fund
    26,989.50         369,216  
*Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund
    46,291.18         450,413  
*Fidelity Freedom 2045 Fund
    958.56         10,880  
*Fidelity Freedom 2050 Fund
    2,657.09         30,371  
*Fidelity Ret Gov't MM
    52.46         52  
*Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio
    8,494,922.54         8,403,597  
*Fidelity Institutional Short-Intermediate Government Fund
    218,435.34         2,123,191  
*Fidelity Balanced Fund
    402,282.92         7,888,768  
  Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund
    11,042.13         573,087  
  Davis New York Venture Fund, Inc. - Class A
    67,852.04         2,714,760  
*Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund
    353,523.72         10,436,020  
*Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund
    62,656.18         2,577,049  
*Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund
    162,410.68         4,748,888  
  Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class B
    69,061.58         855,673  
  AIM International Growth A
    28,110.01         900,645  
  American Funds Growth Fund Class R4
    243,351.04         8,215,531  
  Dodge & Cox International Stock
    62,784.26         2,889,332  
  American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund Plan Ahead Class
    51,654.92         889,498  
  American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund Plan Ahead Class
    33,639.73         753,194  
  USAA Nasdaq - 100 Index Fund
    81,615.50         526,420  
*Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
    142,310.00         4,388,840  
  Money Market Funds
    241,322.81         720,519  
*Fidelity BrokerageLink
    1,193,062.02         713,813  
Funds Total
              71,308,894  
*LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS - Rate of Interest 6.25% to 10.0 %
              1,291,142  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
            $ 72,600,036  

Notes:
*   Party-in-interest
** Cost has been omitted as investments are participant directed.


 
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SIGNATURE


      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the members of the Employee Savings and Investment Plan ("ESIP") Committee have duly caused this annual report to be signed by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
 
By   
/s/  Joan F. Gamble                                     
Chair, ESOP/ESIP (401-K) Committee
Vice President, Strategic Change & Business Services
Dated:  June 24, 2008


 
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We consent to the incorporation by reference into Central Vermont Public Service Corporation's previously filed Form S-3 Registration Statement, File No. 333-141681 and No. 333-151019 and Form S-8 Registration Statements, File No.  333-39664, No. 333-57001, No. 333-58102, and No. 333-102008 of our report dated June 23, 2008 appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation Savings and Investment Plan for the year ended December 31, 2007.

/s/ McSoley McCoy & Company


June 23, 2008
South Burlington, VT

VT Reg. No. 92-349

 
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