AR-News: (US VT) CVPS Cow Power Links Customers, Farms, Environment

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

RUTLAND, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2004--Central Vermont Public Service 
has asked the Vermont Public Service Board to approve the state's first 
voluntary renewable energy offering for the company's 148,000 customers. Dubbed 
"CVPS Cow Power(TM)," the proposed offering is designed to provide a renewable 
energy choice for customers while simultaneously helping Vermont farms and the 
environment. 


"Together with our customers, we believe we can provide substantial benefits 
to the environment and many of our farm customers," CVPS President Bob Young 
said. "CVPS Cow Power(TM) is designed to expand renewable energy choices, help 
alleviate significant air and water quality concerns, and allow customers to 
play a role in that effort." 
Young cited four potential benefits from CVPS Cow Power(TM): 
-- A valuable manure management option, which could reduce runoff and 
associated water quality impacts and improve local air quality; 
-- Farm diversification and economic benefits, making participating farms 
financially stronger and preserving the working landscape; 
-- Customer choice of a completely renewable energy source; 
-- And creation of a power market for renewable generation, which may lead to 
further opportunities for farms and customers. 



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