Form 10-Q June 2005 quarterly financial statements

United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q


x Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005

or

o Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from ___________ to ___________

Commission file number 1-8291


GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Vermont
03-0127430
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
163 Acorn Lane
Colchester, Vermont
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
05446
(Zip Code)

(802) 864-5731
Registrant's telephone number, including area code

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No o

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class - Common Stock
Outstanding at July 31, 2005
$3.33 1/3 Par Value
5,203,760



This report contains statements that may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "may," "could", "should," "would," "intend," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue" or similar words. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995 and are including this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions. You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they discuss the Company’s future expectations, contain projections of the Company’s future results of operations or financial condition, or state other "forward-looking" information.

There may be events in the future that we are not able to predict accurately or control and that may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations described in forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those discussed in this document, including the documents incorporated by reference in this document. These differences may be the result of various factors, including changes in general, national, regional, or local economic conditions, changes in fuel or wholesale power supply costs, regulatory or legislative action or decisions, and other risk factors identified from time to time in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The factors referred to above include many, but not all, of the factors that could impact the Company’s ability to achieve the results described in any forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. You should be aware that the occurrence of the events described above and elsewhere in this document, including the documents incorporated by reference, could harm the Company’s business, prospects, operating results or financial condition. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of future events or developments.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION
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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
INDEX TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES
At and for the Three and Six months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004


 
Part I.
 
Financial Information
Page
Number
Item 1.
Financial Statements
 
 
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
8
 
8
Item 2.
 
18
Item 3.
 
27
Item 4.
30
Part II.
31
 
32
 
- Signatures
33
 
53
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
 
 

 
GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
 
Unaudited
 
Consolidated Comparative Income Statements
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30
June 30
In thousands, except per share data
   
2005
   
2004
 
 
2005
 
 
2004
 
Operating revenues
                         
Retail Revenues
 
$
50,870
 
$
49,008
 
$
105,291
 
$
103,613
 
Wholesale Revenues
   
4,018
   
5,860
   
7,846
   
14,778
 
Total operating revenues
   
54,888
   
54,868
   
113,137
   
118,391
 
Operating expenses
                         
Power Supply
                         
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation
   
8,767
   
4,631
   
17,462
   
14,623
 
Company-owned generation
   
1,121
   
1,214
   
2,661
   
3,446
 
Purchases from others
   
22,499
   
29,136
   
47,614
   
57,101
 
Other operating
   
5,273
   
4,677
   
10,155
   
9,428
 
Transmission
   
4,459
   
4,029
   
8,631
   
7,738
 
Maintenance
   
2,454
   
2,425
   
4,799
   
4,696
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
3,753
   
3,483
   
7,529
   
6,972
 
Taxes other than income
   
1,662
   
1,713
   
3,384
   
3,492
 
Income taxes
   
1,253
   
784
   
2,921
   
3,099
 
Total operating expenses
   
51,241
   
52,092
   
105,156
   
110,595
 
Operating income
   
3,647
   
2,776
   
7,981
   
7,796
 
Other income
                         
Equity in earnings of affiliates and non-utility operations
   
431
   
277
   
820
   
533
 
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
   
7
   
109
   
14
   
224
 
Other income (deductions), net
   
(22
)
 
269
   
(74
)
 
234
 
Total other income
   
416
   
655
   
760
   
991
 
Interest charges
                         
Long-term debt
   
1,633
   
1,633
   
3,267
   
3,267
 
Other interest
   
50
   
84
   
117
   
141
 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction
   
(4
)
 
(69
)
 
(10
)
 
(143
)
Total interest charges
   
1,679
   
1,648
   
3,374
   
3,265
 
Income from continuing operations
   
2,384
   
1,783
   
5,367
   
5,522
 
Loss from discontinued operations, net
   
(3
)
 
(1
)
 
(6
)
 
(7
)
Net income applicable to common stock
 
$
2,381
 
$
1,782
 
$
5,361
 
$
5,515
 
                           
   
 Unaudited 
 
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30 
 
June 30
 
     
2005
 
 
2004
 
 
2005
 
 
2004
 
                           
Net income
 
$
2,381
 
$
1,782
 
$
5,361
 
$
5,515
 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Comprehensive income
 
$
2,381
 
$
1,782
 
$
5,361
 
$
5,515
 
                           
Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.46
 
$
0.35
 
$
1.04
 
$
1.09
 
Diluted earnings per share
   
0.45
   
0.34
   
1.02
   
1.06
 
Cash dividends declared per share
 
$
0.25
 
$
0.22
 
$
0.50
 
$
0.44
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic
   
5,186
   
5,072
   
5,173
   
5,058
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted
   
5,271
   
5,228
   
5,261
   
5,219
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 

 
   
Unaudited
GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
 
Six Months Ended
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
June 30
 
In thousands
 
2005
 
2004
 
Operating Activities
         
Income from continuing operations
 
$ 5,367
 
$ 5,522
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
   
   
 
provided by operating activities:
   
   
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
7,529
   
6,972
 
Equity in undistributed earnings of associated companies
   
(597
)
 
(351
)
Dividends from associated companies
   
605
   
389
 
Allowance for funds used during construction
   
(24
)
 
(367
)
Amortization of deferred purchased power costs
   
1,698
   
1,681
 
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense, net of investment tax credit amortization
   
(1,267
)
 
704
 
Deferred purchased power costs
   
-
   
(432
)
Rate levelization liability and other deferred revenues
   
198
   
(1,491
)
Environmental and conservation deferrals, net
   
(212
)
 
(706
)
Cash in advance of construction
   
1,085
   
820
 
Loss on sale of property
   
-
   
6
 
Amortization of Pine Street
   
170
   
-
 
Deferred and share-based compensation
   
64
   
282
 
Changes in:
   
   
 
Accounts receivable and accrued utility revenues
   
2,184
   
2,701
 
Prepayments, fuel and other current assets
   
(1,256
)
 
978
 
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
   
(1,487
)
 
(367
)
Income taxes payable and receivable
   
227
   
(721
)
Deferred tax liability
   
-
   
(343
)
Other
   
2,277
   
352
 
Net cash provided by continuing operations
   
16,561
   
15,629
 
Net loss from discontinued operations
   
(6
)
 
(7
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
16,555
   
15,622
 
Investing Activities
   
   
 
Construction expenditures
   
(9,411
)
 
(9,261
)
Restriction of cash for renewable energy investments
   
(277
)
 
(352
)
Return of capital from associated companies
   
86
   
110
 
Investment in nonutility property
   
(106
)
 
(255
)
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(9,708
)
 
(9,758
)
Financing Activities
   
   
 
Issuance of common stock
   
881
   
546
 
Short-term debt
   
(3,000
)
 
(500
)
Cash dividends
   
(2,593
)
 
(2,231
)
Net cash used in financing activities
   
(4,712
)
 
(2,185
)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
   
2,135
   
3,679
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
1,720
   
786
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
3,855
 
$
4,465
 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
   
   
 
Cash paid for:
   
   
 
   Interest
 
$
3,342
 
$
3,364
 
   Income taxes
   
2,724
   
2,637
 
Non-cash construction additions
   
1,012
   
725
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
             
 


GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
             
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
Unaudited
   
   
June 30
December 31
 
In thousands
 
2005
 
2004
 
2004
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Utility plant
   
   
   
 
Utility plant, at original cost
 
$
344,496
 
$
325,737
 
$
339,269
 
Less accumulated depreciation
   
124,214
   
115,238
   
119,633
 
Utility plant, net of accumulated depreciation
   
220,282
   
210,499
   
219,636
 
Property under capital lease
   
4,731
   
5,047
   
4,731
 
Construction work in progress
   
9,633
   
15,139
   
8,345
 
Total utility plant, net
   
234,646
   
230,685
   
232,712
 
Other investments
   
   
   
 
Associated companies, at equity
   
10,157
   
5,732
   
10,179
 
Other investments
   
9,375
   
8,592
   
8,780
 
Total other investments
   
19,532
   
14,324
   
18,959
 
Current assets
   
   
   
 
Cash and cash equivalents
   
3,855
   
4,465
   
1,720
 
Accounts receivable, less allowance for
   
   
   
 
doubtful accounts of $470, $790 and $621
   
17,021
   
15,742
   
18,216
 
Accrued utility revenues
   
5,975
   
5,617
   
6,964
 
Fuel, materials and supplies, average cost
   
5,160
   
4,545
   
4,848
 
Prepayments
   
2,757
   
659
   
1,674
 
Income tax receivable
   
204
   
422
   
1,717
 
Other
   
183
   
331
   
323
 
Total current assets
   
35,155
   
31,781
   
35,462
 
Deferred charges
   
   
   
 
Demand side management programs
   
6,564
   
6,994
   
7,293
 
Purchased power costs
   
648
   
725
   
2,322
 
Pine Street Barge Canal
   
13,080
   
12,954
   
13,250
 
Net power supply deferral
   
14,569
   
12,350
   
12,085
 
Power supply derivative asset
   
12,041
   
12,210
   
10,736
 
Other regulatory assets
   
6,466
   
7,915
   
6,932
 
Other deferred charges
   
860
   
1,434
   
1,113
 
Total deferred charges
   
54,228
   
54,582
   
53,731
 
Non-utility
   
   
   
 
                     
Property and equipment
   
247
   
248
   
247
 
Other assets
   
462
   
577
   
508
 
Total non-utility assets
   
709
   
825
   
755
 
Total assets
 
$
344,270
 
$
332,197
 
$
341,619
 
                     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                   
 


GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
             
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
Unaudited
     
   
June 30
December 31
 
In thousands except share data
 
2005
 
2004
 
2004
 
CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
     
Capitalization
 
 
 
 
     
Common stock, $3.33 1/3 par value,
   
   
       
authorized 10,000,000 shares (issued
   
   
       
6,002,344, 5,905,627 and 5,968,118
 
$
20,090
 
$
19,685
 
$
19,894
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
79,712
   
76,761
   
78,852
 
Retained earnings
   
32,657
   
26,071
   
29,889
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
   
(2,353
)
 
(1,787
)
 
(2,353
)
Treasury stock, at cost (827,639 shares)
   
(16,701
)
 
(16,701
)
 
(16,701
)
Total common stock equity
   
113,405
   
104,029
   
109,581
 
Long-term debt, less current maturities
   
93,000
   
93,000
   
93,000
 
Total capitalization
   
206,405
   
197,029
   
202,581
 
Capital lease obligation
   
4,407
   
4,898
   
4,493
 
Current liabilities
   
   
   
 
Short-term debt
   
-
   
-
   
3,000
 
Accounts payable, trade and accrued liabilities
   
8,228
   
8,353
   
9,437
 
Accounts payable to associated companies
   
5,288
   
5,305
   
7,391
 
Deferred revenues
   
74
   
1,986
   
-
 
Accrued taxes
   
-
   
-
   
1,290
 
Customer deposits
   
933
   
930
   
1,063
 
Interest accrued
   
1,137
   
1,134
   
1,136
 
Other
   
2,092
   
1,796
   
1,151
 
Total current liabilities
   
17,752
   
19,504
   
24,468
 
Deferred credits
   
   
   
 
Power supply derivative liability
   
26,610
   
24,560
   
22,821
 
Accumulated deferred income taxes
   
31,100
   
30,499
   
32,223
 
Unamortized investment tax credits
   
2,422
   
2,710
   
2,564
 
Pine Street Barge Canal cleanup liability
   
6,245
   
6,649
   
6,458
 
Accumulated cost of removal
   
20,750
   
21,907
   
19,806
 
Deferred compensation
   
8,761
   
8,629
   
8,872
 
Other regulatory liabilities
   
4,916
   
6,430
   
4,012
 
Other deferred liabilities
   
12,729
   
7,303
   
11,150
 
Total deferred credits
   
113,533
   
108,687
   
107,906
 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES, Note 3
   
   
   
 
Non-utility
   
   
   
 
Net liabilities of discontinued segment
   
2,173
   
2,079
   
2,171
 
Total non-utility liabilities
   
2,173
   
2,079
   
2,171
 
Total capitalization and liabilities
 
$
344,270
 
$
332,197
 
$
341,619
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                   


 
   
Unaudited
 
Consolidated Statements of Retained Earnings
 
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30
June 30
In thousands
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
                   
Balance - beginning of period
 
$
31,577
 
$
25,406
 
$
29,889
 
$
22,786
 
Net Income
   
2,381
   
1,782
   
5,361
   
5,515
 
Other adjustments
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Cash Dividends-common stock
   
(1,301
)
 
(1,117
)
 
(2,593
)
 
(2,230
)
Balance - end of period
 
$
32,657
 
$
26,071
 
$
32,657
 
$
26,071
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                         
 
GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2005

Part I — ITEM 1
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
It is our opinion that the financial information contained in this report reflects all normal, recurring adjustments necessary to present a fair statement of results for the periods reported, but such results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year due to the seasonal nature of our business and include other adjustments discussed elsewhere in this report necessary to reflect fairly the results of the interim periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, the disclosures herein, when read with the Green Mountain Power Corporation (the "Company" or "GMP") annual report for 2004 filed on Form 10-K, are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect assets and liabilities, and revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from such estimates.

Regulatory Accounting. The Company's utility operations, including accounting records, rates, operations and certain other practices of its electric utility business, are subject to the regulatory authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") and the Vermont Public Service Board ("VPSB"). The Vermont Department of Public Service ("DPS" or the "Department") is the public advocate for utility customers.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to rate-regulated enterprises in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. ("SFAS") 71 ("SFAS 71"), "Accounting for Certain Types of Regulation." Under SFAS 71, the Company accounts for certain transactions in accordance with permitted regulatory treatment. As such, regulators may permit incurred costs, typically treated as expenses by unregulated entities, to be deferred and expensed in future periods when recovered in future revenues. Regulators may also require benefits to be deferred as regulatory liabilities, pending future rate proceedings.

Revenues. The VPSB sets the rates we charge our customers for their electricity. In periods prior to April 2001, we charged our customers higher rates for billing cycles in December through March and lower rates for the remaining months. These were called seasonally differentiated rates. Seasonal rates were eliminated in April 2001, and generated approximately $8.5 million of revenues deferred in 2001 pursuant to VPSB order (the "Deferred Revenues"), of which $3.0 million, $1.1 million and $4.5 million were recognized during 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. At December 31, 2004, the Company had recognized all the Deferred Revenues.

Electricity sales to customers are based on monthly meter readings. Estimated unbilled revenues are recorded at the end of each monthly accounting period. In order to determine unbilled revenues, the Company makes various estimates including 1) energy generated, purchased and resold, 2) losses of energy over transmission and distribution lines, 3) kilowatt-hour usage by retail customer mix (residential, small commercial and industrial), and 4) average retail customer pricing rates.

The Company recognizes revenues from sales of utility construction and other services in retail revenues. To the extent that these revenues arise under long-term contracts, the Company records revenues and net income using the percentage of contract completion method.

Benefit Plans. The Company sponsors several qualified and nonqualified pension plans and other post-employment benefit plans covering current and former employees who meet certain eligibility criteria. The assumptions used to calculate the cost and obligations associated with these plans are determined on January 1 for the upcoming year. These assumptions are disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004 (the "Form 10-K"). The Company expects to contribute approximately $2.0 million to its benefit plans in 2005. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, GMP contributed $900,000 to its benefit plans.

   
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
 
Qualified Pension and Supplemental Pension Plans
 
June 30
June 30
In thousands
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Service cost
 
$ 256
 
$ 281
 
$ 512
 
562
 
Interest cost
 
588
 
573
 
1,176
 
1,145
 
Expected return on plan assets
 
(603)
 
(571)
 
(1,206)
 
(1,143)
 
Amortization of transition asset
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
Amortization of prior service cost
   
52
   
51
   
104
   
103
 
Amortization of the transition obligation
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Recognized net actuarial gain
   
55
   
67
   
110
   
134
 
Net periodic pension benefit cost
 
$
348
 
$
400
 
$
696
 
$
800
 
                           
 
   
Three Months Ended 
 
Six Months Ended
 
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan
   
June 30
 
June 30
 
In thousands
   
2005
   
2004
   
2005
   
2004
 
Service cost
 
$
77
 
$
84
 
$
154
 
$
168
 
Interest cost
   
267
   
291
   
534
   
583
 
Expected return on plan assets
   
(236
)
 
(214
)
 
(472
)
 
(429
)
Amortization of transition asset
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Amortization of prior service cost
   
(59
)
 
(60
)
 
(118
)
 
(120
)
Amortization of the transition obligation
   
83
   
82
   
166
   
164
 
Recognized net actuarial gain
   
56
   
85
   
112
   
169
 
Net periodic other postretirement benefit cost
 
$
188
 
$
268
 
$
376
 
$
535
 
                           
 
The Company maintains a 401(k) Savings Plan for substantially all employees. This savings plan provides for employee contributions up to specified limits. The Company matches employee pre-tax contributions up to 4 percent, and contributes an additional one-half percent each year made on a non-matching basis, of eligible compensation. The additional half percent contribution was added effective January 2004. The Company match is immediately vested. The Company's matching and non-matching contributions for the second quarter of 2005 and 2004 were $142,000 and $115,000, respectively. The Company's matching and non-matching contributions for the first six months of 2005 and 2004 were $242,000 and $220,000, respectively.

Reclassification. The Company changed the classification of certain previously reported amounts in the accompanying balance sheet and cash flow statement as of June 30, 2004 to correct immaterial errors related to the accounting for income taxes. The effect of the changes was to decrease accumulated deferred income taxes by $4.0 million, increase other deferred credits by $3.4 million, and increase net liabilities of a discontinued segment by approximately $600,000. We reclassified certain items on the cash flow statement and the balance sheet at and for the six months ended June 30, 2004 to provide additional detail and for consistent presentation with the current year.

Earnings Per Share. Basic earnings per share ("EPS") is calculated by dividing net income, by the weighted-average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the impact of the issuance of common shares for all potential dilutive common shares outstanding during the period, including stock options.

Reconciliation of income and shares used in
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
computing fully diluted earnings per share
 
June 30
June 30
In thousands
   
2005
 
 
2004
 
 
2005
 
 
2004
 
Net income applicable to common stock
 
$
2,381
 
$
1,782
 
$
5,361
 
$
5,515
 
                           
                           
Weighted average number of common shares-basic
   
5,186
   
5,072
   
5,173
   
5,058
 
Dilutive effect of stock options
   
85
   
156
   
88
   
161
 
Weighted average number of common shares-diluted
   
5,271
   
5,228
   
5,261
   
5,219
 
                           


The Company adopted the prospective method of accounting for stock-based compensation under SFAS 148 beginning January 1, 2003. The information presented below has been determined as if the Company accounted for all past employee and director stock options under the fair value method.


   
Three months ended
Six Months Ended
 
Pro-forma net income
 
June 30
June 30
     
2005
 
 
2004
 
 
2005
 
 
2004
 
In thousands, except per share amounts
                         
                           
Net income reported
 
$
2,381
 
$
1,782
 
$
5,361
 
$
5,515
 
Pro-forma net income
   
2,381
   
1,762
   
5,361
   
5,474
 
Earnings per share
                         
As reported-basic
 
$
0.46
 
$
0.35
 
$
1.04
 
$
1.09
 
Pro-forma basic
   
0.46
   
0.35
   
1.04
   
1.08
 
As reported-diluted
   
0.45
   
0.34
   
1.02
   
1.06
 
Pro-forma diluted
   
0.45
   
0.34
   
1.02
   
1.05
 
                           


Unregulated operations. Our wholly owned subsidiaries include GMP Real Estate Corporation and Green Mountain Power Investment Company ("GMPIC"). Green Mountain Resources, Inc. and Green Mountain Propane Gas Company Limited were dissolved in March and May 2004, respectively, with no gain or loss resulting from dissolution. We also have a rental water heater program that is not regulated by the VPSB. The results of these subsidiaries, and the Company’s unregulated rental water heater program, are included in equity in earnings of affiliates and non-utility operations in the Other Income (Deductions) section of the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Discontinued Operations. The Company accounts for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Northern Water Resources, Inc. ("NWR"), as a discontinued operation. NWR's assets and liabilities consist primarily of deferred tax assets and liabilities relating to a number of investments that the company has discontinued, inactivated, sold in part or retains as passive minority interests. Remaining holdings include a minority equity investment in a wind project that usually, but not always, generates tax losses; a minority interest in a manufacturer of waste treatment equipment; and non-performing loans. Substantially all of NWR's investments have been written off, except for associated deferred tax amounts, net of applicable valuation allowances.

2. INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
We recognize net income from our affiliates (companies in which we have ownership interests) listed below based on our percentage ownership (equity method).

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation ("VYNPC")
Percent ownership: 33.6% common

Summarized unaudited financial information for VYNPC follows:

   
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30
 
June 30
 
In thousands
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Gross Revenue
 
$ 40,960
 
$ 25,051
 
$ 83,309
 
$ 74,197
 
Net Income Applicable
   
180
   
128
   
342
   
271
 
                    to Common Stock
                         
Equity in Net Income
   
61
   
43
   
115
   
91
 
Amounts due to VYNPC at June 30
   
n/a
   
n/a
   
2,205
   
1,868
 

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC ("ENVY"), the owner of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant, has announced that, under current operating parameters, it will exhaust the capacity of its existing nuclear waste storage pool in 2007 or 2008 and will need to store nuclear waste in so-called "dry fuel storage" facilities to be constructed on the site. Current Vermont law requires ENVY to obtain approval of the Vermont State legislature, in addition to VPSB approval, to construct and use such dry fuel storage facilities. The Vermont legislature passed a bill in June 2005 allowing ENVY to apply for dry fuel storage permission from the VPSB. The bill was signed into law in June and ENVY subsequently applied for VPSB approval. VPSB hearings are expected to be conducted over an extended period of time.

If ENVY fails to obtain VPSB approval, ENVY could be required to shut down the Vermont Yankee plant. If the Vermont Yankee plant is shut down, we would have to acquire substitute base load power resources, comprising approximately 35 percent of our estimated total power supply needs. At currently projected market prices, we estimate the annual incremental cost (in excess of the projected costs of power under our power supply contract for output from the Vermont Yankee facility) would be approximately $27 million annually. Recovery of those increased costs in rates would require a rate increase of approximately thirteen percent.

On June 18, 2004, a fire in the electrical conduits leading to a transformer outside the Vermont Yankee plant resulted in a shutdown of the plant. The outage ended on July 7, 2004. In response to the Company's request, the VPSB issued a final accounting order allowing the Company to defer its incremental replacement power costs during the outage totaling approximately $500,000. The order also instructs the Company to apply any proceeds received under a Ratepayer Protection Proposal ("RPP") to reduce the balance of deferred replacement power costs.

The RPP was part of ENVY's request to uprate or increase the output of the Vermont Yankee plant that was approved by the VPSB. Under the RPP, we have indemnification rights to between approximately $550,000 and $1.6 million to recover uprate-related reductions in output for the three-year period beginning in May 2004 and ending after completion of the uprate (or a maximum of three years), depending on future wholesale energy market prices. The Company and ENVY dispute whether the fire was uprate-related, and therefore whether the associated outage is subject to indemnification under the RPP. The Company has petitioned the VPSB to resolve the dispute.

Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. ("VELCO")
Percent ownership: 29.2% common
                                     30.0% preferred

VELCO and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vermont Electric Transmission Company, own and operate the transmission system in Vermont over which bulk power is delivered to all electric utilities in the state. The Company plans to make capital investments of up to $30 million in VELCO through 2009 in support of various transmission projects, including a $4.6 million investment made in the last quarter of 2004.

Summarized unaudited financial information for VELCO is as follows:


   
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
   
June 30
 
June 30
 
In thousands
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Gross Revenue
 
$ 7,524
 
$ 6,543
 
$ 15,506
 
$ 12,876
 
Net Income
 
744
 
308
 
1,474
 
618
 
Equity in Net Income
   
218
   
85
   
428
   
131
 
Amounts due to VELCO at June 30
   
n/a
   
n/a
   
3,799
   
3,504
 

The cost of transmission services provided by VELCO included in the Company's transmission expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income amounted to $948,000 and $2.1 million in the second quarter and first six months of 2005, respectively, compared with $1.5 million and $2.7 million in the second quarter and first half of 2004, respectively.

3. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Environmental Matters
The electric industry typically uses or generates a range of potentially hazardous products in its operations. We must meet various land, water, air and aesthetic requirements as administered by local, state and federal regulatory agencies. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with these requirements, and that there are no outstanding material complaints about our compliance with present environmental protection regulations, except as described below under the caption "Pine Street Barge Canal Superfund Site."

Pine Street Barge Canal Superfund Site - In 1999, the Company entered into a United States District Court Consent Decree constituting a final settlement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), the State of Vermont and numerous other parties of claims relating to a federal Superfund site in Burlington, Vermont, known as the "Pine Street Barge Canal." We have estimated total future costs of the Company’s future obligations under the consent decree to be approximately $6.2 million. The estimated liability is not discounted, and it is possible that our estimate of future costs could change by a material amount. We have recorded a regulatory asset of $13.1 million to reflect unrecovered past and future Pine Street costs. Pursuant to the Company’s 2003 Rate Plan approved by the VPSB, the Company has begun to amortize past unrecovered costs in 2005. The Company will amortize the full amount of incurred costs over 20 years without a return. The amortization is expected to be allowed in future rates, without disallowance or adjustment, until fully amortized.

Rates - Management believes that fair regulatory treatment, including adequate and timely rate relief, is required to maintain the Company's financial strength.

Retail Rate Cases - On December 22, 2003, the VPSB approved our 2003 Rate Plan, jointly proposed by the Company and the Department. The 2003 Rate Plan covers the period from 2003 through 2006 and includes the following principal elements:

·  
The Company’s rates remained unchanged through 2004. The 2003 Rate Plan allows the Company to raise rates 1.9 percent, effective January 1, 2005, and an additional 0.9 percent, effective January 1, 2006, if the increases are supported by cost of service schedules submitted 60 days prior to the effective dates. We submitted a cost of service schedule supporting the 1.9 percent rate increase for 2005, and in accordance with the plan, the increase became effective on January 1, 2005. If the Company’s cost of service filing for 2006 established that a rate increase of less than 0.9 percent is required for the Company to meet its revenue requirements, the Company would implement the lesser rate increase. The VPSB retains the discretion to open an investigation of the Company’s rates at any time, at the request of the DPS, the request of ratepayers, or on its own volition. Certain ratepayers requested the VPSB to open such an investigation in connection with the Company’s 1.9 percent rate increase for 2005. The VPSB granted the request in December 2004, and then, at our request, closed and terminated its investigation in January 2005, with no adverse impact on the Company’s rates.

·  
The Company may seek additional rate increases in extraordinary circumstances, such as severe storm repair costs, natural disasters, extended unanticipated unit outages, or significant losses of customer load.

·  
The Company’s annual allowed return on equity is 10.5 percent for the period January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006. During the same period, the Company’s earnings on core utility operations are capped at 10.5 percent. The Company did not experience excess earnings in 2004. If excess earnings are recorded in 2005 or 2006, they will be refunded to customers as a credit on customer bills or applied to reduce regulatory assets, as the Department directs.

·  
The Company carried forward into 2004 $3.0 million in Deferred Revenue remaining at December 31, 2003, from a previous VPSB order. These revenues were applied in 2004 to offset increased costs.

·  
The Company has begun to amortize (recover) certain regulatory assets, including Pine Street Barge Canal environmental site costs and past demand-side management program costs, beginning in January 2005, with those amortizations to be allowed in future rates. Pine Street costs will be recovered over a twenty-year period without a return.

Other Regulatory Matters
On March 29, 2005, the VPSB issued its Order in a retail rate proceeding filed by Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (“CVPS”), the largest Vermont electric utility. The CVPS Order included a determination that CVPS should calculate its utility earnings under a voluntary earnings cap, to which CVPS had previously agreed, using a new ratemaking methodology. The VPSB required CVPS to recalculate its earnings cap retroactively to 2001, after removing expenses and assets that would not be included in its cost of service or rate base. Under the 2003 Rate Plan, GMP calculated its earnings cap in 2003 in the same manner as CVPS. GMP does not have substantial net assets on its balance sheet that would normally be excluded from rate base. We have also calculated, and submitted to the DPS, earnings cap calculations for 2003 and 2004 applying the methodology ordered by the VPSB in the CVPS rate case. The calculations indicate that the Company did not exceed its earnings cap in 2003 and 2004 under either calculation method.

The CVPS Order also provided CVPS with an allowed rate of return of 10 percent as compared with the 10.5 percent return on equity allowed in our 2003 Rate Plan. The CVPS Order found that CVPS's risk profile differs from GMP's in several ways, including the absence of significant customer concentration risk, cost of capital and other considerations.

Power Supply Risks and Contingencies
All of the Company’s power supply contract costs are currently being recovered through rates approved by the VPSB. The Company’s most significant power supply contracts are the Hydro Quebec Vermont Joint Owners ("VJO") Contract (the "VJO Contract") and the VYNPC Contract, which together supply approximately 70 percent of our retail load. The Company has a contract with Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. (the "Morgan Stanley Contract"), that we estimate supplies approximately 16 percent of our load.

We expect approximately 90 percent of our estimated load requirements through 2006 to be met by our contracts and generation and other power supply resources. These contracts and resources significantly reduce the Company's exposure to volatility in wholesale energy market prices.

There are uncertainties regarding risks of delivery under various contracts that the Company relies upon to satisfy customer demand for electricity. If the Company’s entitlements for electricity are not realized due to delivery risks, the exercise of options that reduce our entitlements under certain contracts, or for other reasons, then the Company would purchase replacement energy and be subject to volatile energy prices that exist in the wholesale markets that could materially affect our operating results and financial condition.

Our outage risks are generally a function of how much energy we receive from a particular source, the price of energy received from that source, whether the energy is unrelated to any specific operating plant (low-risk system power) or is dependent upon a particular power plant operating (high-risk), and the dependability of the transmission delivery system for that source. Counterparty credit quality also impacts risk. The Company's most significant power supply contract counterparties and certain associated risk attributes are summarized in the following table:

 
 
Contract
 
 
Counterparty
 
Investment
Grade
 
System Power
or Plant
 
Approximate
Percent Load
Approximate
Amount
$ Per MWh
VYNPC
ENVY (through VYNPC)
Yes
VY Plant
35 - 40%
$40
VJO
Hydro Quebec
Yes
System Power
30 - 35%
$70
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Yes
System Power
16%
Confidential*
*Morgan Stanley Contract terms are subject to a confidentiality agreement.

See further discussion of the Company's power supply commitments and risk under Part I, Item 3, Management's Discussion and Analysis.

Competition
The Town of Rockingham, Vermont, located in the southeastern portion of our service territory, has exercised an option to purchase a hydro-electric facility partially located in the town (the "Bellows Falls facility"). If Rockingham, or its assignee, is successful in arranging for purchase of the Bellows Falls facility, we expect to conclude an agreement to permit Rockingham to be responsible for its own power supply needs, with the Company providing distribution and other services to the town’s electric department. On July 12, 2005, Rockingham voters rejected their option to purchase the Bellows Falls facility. A group of residents has petitioned the town for a revote on the issue. The Company does not expect the outcome of this matter to have a material adverse effect on its operating results or financial condition.

Other Legal Matters
In 2002, the owners of property along the shoreline of Joe's Pond, an impoundment located in Danville, Vermont, created by the Company's West Danville hydro-electric generating facility, filed an inquiry with the VPSB seeking review of certain dam improvements made by the Company in 1995, alleging that the Company did not obtain all necessary regulatory approvals for the 1995 improvements and that the Company's improvements and subsequent operation of the dam have caused flooding of the shoreline and property damage. The Company received VPSB approval for, and has made additional dam improvements at, the facility. The VPSB has pending a regulatory proceeding to determine whether to impose regulatory penalties in connection with the 1995 dam improvements. The Company and the DPS have stipulated to a penalty amount of $50,000. The stipulation was approved by the VPSB on July 20, 2005. In addition, numerous owners of shoreline property on Joe's Pond have filed a lawsuit in Vermont superior court seeking damages for property damage allegedly caused by the Company's negligent conduct in making dam improvements and operating the dam facilities. The Company is defending against these claims. The Company does not expect the litigation to result in a material adverse effect on its operating results or financial condition.

4. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The Company utilizes derivative instruments primarily to reduce power supply risk. The Company does not hold derivative trading positions. The Company has continued to record expense related to derivatives in the period settled consistent with an accounting order issued by the VPSB which allows for changes in fair values of derivatives to be recorded as regulatory assets or liabilities.

SFAS 133, as amended, establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument (including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts) be recorded on the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value.

We currently have an agreement (the "9701 agreement") that grants Hydro Quebec an option to call power at prices below current and estimated future market rates. This agreement is a derivative and is effective through 2015.

The Morgan Stanley Contract is used to hedge against increases in fossil fuel prices. The Morgan Stanley Contract is a derivative and expires December 31, 2006.

At June 30, 2005, the Company had a power supply derivative liability recorded in deferred credits of $26.6 million reflecting the fair value of the 9701 agreement, and a power supply derivative asset of $12.0 million, reflecting the fair value of the Morgan Stanley Contract. A corresponding net regulatory asset of $14.6 million is also recorded in deferred charges. At December 31, 2004, the Company had a liability of $22.8 million, reflecting the fair value of the 9701 agreement, and an asset of $10.7 million, reflecting the fair value of the Morgan Stanley Contract. A corresponding net regulatory asset of $12.1 million was also recorded. The Company believes that the net regulatory asset is probable of recovery in future rates. The net regulatory asset is based on current estimates of future market prices that are likely to change by material amounts.

If a derivative instrument were terminated early because it is probable that a transaction or forecasted transaction will not occur, any gain or loss would be recognized in earnings immediately. For derivatives held to maturity, the earnings impact would be recorded in the period that the derivative is sold or matures.

5. SEGMENTS AND RELATED INFORMATION
The Company's electric utility operation is its only operating segment. The electric utility is engaged in the procurement, generation, distribution and sale of electrical energy in the State of Vermont and also reports the results of its wholly owned subsidiaries (GMPIC and GMP Real Estate) and the rental water heater program as a separate line item in the Other Income section in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

6. NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
On May 19, 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 106-2, "Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003," (the "Act") which requires employers to provide certain disclosures regarding the effect of the federal subsidy provided by the Act. The effect of the federal subsidy under the Act, accounted for as an actuarial gain, resulted in a reduction of $3.5 million to the Company's accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at December 31, 2004, and is expected to reduce net periodic cost by approximately $368,000 in 2005.

In December 2004, the FASB issued a revision to SFAS No. 123R, "Share-Based Payments," which replaces SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." The revision determines how the Company will measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for share-based payments. The cost of share-based payments will be based on the grant date fair value of the award. The guidance is effective for the Company as of the beginning of 2006. The Company has not yet determined what the impact of this new standard will be on its financial position or results of operations.

In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position 109-1 ("FSP 109-1"), which was effective upon issuance, to provide guidance of the application of SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes" ("SFAS 109"), to the provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 ("Jobs Act") that provides a tax deduction on qualified production activities. The Jobs Act includes a tax deduction of up to 9 percent (when fully phased-in) of the lesser of (a) "qualified production activities income," as defined in the Jobs Act, or (b) taxable income (after the deduction for the utilization of any net operating loss carryforwards). The tax deduction is limited to 50 percent of W-2 wages paid by the taxpayer. FSP 109-1 clarifies that the manufacturer's deduction provided for under the Jobs Act should be accounted for as a special deduction in accordance with SFAS 109 and not as a tax rate reduction. The adoption of FSB 109-1 had no impact on the Company's financial statements in 2004. The Company estimates that in 2005 earnings will benefit by approximately $0.03 per share as a result of the Jobs Act.

In March 2005, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 47 ("FIN 47") Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations, an interpretation of FASB 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. FIN 47 clarifies that the term conditional asset retirement obligation as used in FASB 143 refers to a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing or method of settlement is conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the reporting entity. An entity is required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value can be reasonably estimated, and should be recognized when incurred. FIN 47 is effective for the Company in 2005. The Company has not yet determined what the impact of this new standard will be on its financial position or results of operations.

In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections”, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3. This statement applies to voluntary changes in accounting principle and requires retrospective application to prior period final statements, unless impracticable to determine. The statement is a result of a broader effort by the FASB to improve comparability of financial reporting between US and international accounting standards. The Company does not expect this standard to have any material impact on its results of operations or its financial condition.



GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
Part I — ITEM 2
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
June 30, 2005

Executive Overview -- Green Mountain Power Corporation (the "Company") generates virtually all of its earnings from retail electricity sales. Our retail electricity sales typically grow at an average annual rate of between one and two percent, about average for most electric utility companies in New England. Wholesale revenues have relatively minor impact on our operating results and financial condition. The Company is regulated and cannot adjust prices of retail electricity sales without regulatory approval from the Vermont Public Service Board ("VPSB").

Fair regulatory treatment is fundamental to maintaining the Company’s financial stability. Rates must be set at levels to recover costs, including a market rate of return to equity and debt holders in order to attract capital. In December 2003, the Company received approval from the VPSB of a new rate plan covering the period 2003 through 2006 (the "2003 Rate Plan"), which sets rates at levels the Company believes will provide improved opportunities to recover costs and to earn its allowed rate of return. In accordance with the 2003 Rate Plan, the VPSB approved, and the Company implemented, a 1.9 percent rate increase, effective January 1, 2005. The 2003 Rate Plan also provides for an additional 0.9 percent increase effective January 1, 2006, subject to the Company's need for such increase. The 2003 Rate Plan is summarized in more detail in Part I, Item 1, Note 3 "Retail Rate Cases". The VPSB’s January 2001 rate order (the "2001 Settlement Order") allowed the Company to defer revenues of approximately $8.5 million (the “Deferred Revenues”), generated by leveling winter/summer rates during 2001, to help offset costs and realize our allowed rate of return during the 2001-2003 period. The 2003 Rate Plan permitted us to continue to defer and recognize these revenues in 2004. We recognized approximately $3.0 million of the Deferred Revenues in 2004, compared with approximately $1.1 and $4.5 million recognized in 2003 and 2002, respectively. At December 31, 2004, the Company has recognized all the Deferred Revenues.

Power supply expenses were equivalent to approximately 59 percent of total revenues in the second quarter of 2005. The Company’s need to seek rate increases from its customers frequently moves in tandem with increases in our power supply costs. We have entered into long-term power supply contracts for most of our energy needs. All of our power supply contract costs are currently included in the rates we charge our customers.

Company forecasts presently indicate the need for a rate increase of between 8 and 9 percent in 2007 to achieve our allowed rate of return, caused principally by forecasted higher replacement energy costs for the Company's power supply contract with Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. that ends on December 31, 2006, and a forecasted increase in transmission expense. The Company is exploring alternatives designed to mitigate the magnitude of this potential rate increase, including alternative regulation and power supply contract options. The Company expects other Vermont utilities to experience similar cost pressures in light of current market prices.

Growth opportunities beyond the Company’s normal investment in its infrastructure include a planned increase in our equity investment in Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. ("VELCO") and a planned increase in sales of utility services.

In this section, we explain the general financial condition and the results of operations for the Company and its subsidiaries. This explanation includes:

·  
factors that affect our business;
·  
our earnings and costs in the periods presented and why they changed between periods;
·  
the source of our earnings;
·  
our expenditures for capital projects and what we expect they will be in the future;
·  
where we expect to get cash for future capital expenditures; and
·  
how all of the above affect our overall financial condition.

Management believes its most critical accounting policies include the timing of expense and revenue recognition under the regulatory accounting framework within which we operate; the manner in which we account for certain power supply arrangements that qualify as derivatives; the assumptions that we make regarding defined benefit plans and contingency reserves; and revenue recognition, particularly as it relates to unbilled and deferred revenues. These accounting policies, among others, affect the Company's significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

There are statements in this section that contain projections or estimates that are considered to be "forward-looking" as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). In these statements, you may find words such as believes, expects, plans, or similar words. These statements are not guarantees of our future performance. There are risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to be different from those projected. Some of the reasons the results may be different include:

·  
regulatory and judicial decisions or legislation
·  
changes in regional market and transmission rules
·  
energy supply and demand and pricing
·  
contractual commitments
·  
availability, terms, and use of capital
·  
general economic and business environment
·  
changes in technology
·  
nuclear and environmental issues
·  
industry restructuring and cost recovery (including stranded costs)
·  
weather
·  
performance of equity investments in pension assets

We address these items in more detail below.

These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report.

As you read this section it may be helpful to refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes in Part I - ITEM 1.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Earnings Summary - Overview
In this section, we discuss our earnings and the principal factors affecting them.



Total basic earnings per share of Common Stock
 
Three months ended
Six months ended
 
   
June 30
June 30
   
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Utility business
 
$ 0.45
 
$ 0.32
 
$ 1.02
 
$ 1.03
 
Unregulated businesses
 
0.01
 
0.03
 
0.02
 
0.06
 
                   
Earnings per share of common stock
 
$ 0.46
 
$ 0.35
 
1.04
 
1.09
 
                           
Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.46
 
$
0.35
 
$
1.04
 
$
1.09
 
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.45
 
$
0.34
 
$
1.02
 
$
1.06
 
                           
 
Operating Results
The Company recorded diluted earnings per share of $0.45 in the quarter ended June 30, 2005, compared with diluted earnings per share of $0.34 in the same quarter of 2004. Earnings increased in the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period last year principally because power supply expenses declined for the period while retail sales of electricity increased. Increased other operating, transmission, depreciation and amortization expenses and lower other income partially offset the increased margins from the sale of electricity in the second quarter of 2005, compared with the same period last year.

Retail revenues for the second quarter of 2005 increased by $1.9 million over the comparable 2004 period, reflecting increased sales of electricity. Total retail megawatt hour sales of electricity increased 1.6 percent in the second quarter of 2005, compared with the same period in 2004, primarily as a result of an increase in residential and small commercial and industrial sales of 3.7 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively. These increases were partially offset by a 1.7 percent decrease in sales to large commercial and industrial customers during the second quarter of 2005. The retail sales increase was principally due to warmer weather in June 2005 and customer growth.

In the second quarter of 2005, power supply expenses decreased $2.6 million compared with the second quarter of 2004, primarily due to a $1.8 million decrease in purchases of electricity for resale, increased deliveries of energy under one of our power supply contracts and lower unit prices under our contract to purchase energy from the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, offset in part by higher expenses to meet increased customer demand for electricity.

Other operating expenses increased by approximately $596,000 in the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period of 2004 due primarily to increased expenses associated with the sale of utility services and regulatory expenses.

Transmission expenses increased by approximately $430,000, reducing earnings per share by $0.05 in the second quarter of 2005, compared with the same period last year, reflecting an increase in charges allocated for system support in New England by ISO New England, the regional transmission organization and additional transmission investment by VELCO, which owns and operates transmission systems in Vermont for all Vermont utilities.

Other income (deductions), net, decreased by approximately $291,000 or $0.04 per share in the second quarter of 2005, compared with the same period last year, reflecting sales of non-utility property in 2004.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $270,000 or $0.03 per share in the second quarter of 2005 as a result of increased investment in utility plant and increased amortization of regulatory assets, when compared with the same period during 2004.

The Company recorded diluted earnings per share of $1.02 for the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with diluted earnings of $1.06 per share in the same period last year. Earnings decreased in 2005 principally because of increased transmission expenses, other operating expenses, and depreciation and amortization expenses. These increases in expenses more than offset the benefits of decreased power supply expenses and increased retail sales of electricity.
 
Transmission expenses increased by approximately $893,000 in the first half of 2005 compared with the same period last year, reflecting an increase in charges allocated for system support in New England by ISO New England and additional transmission investment by VELCO.
    
      Other operating expenses increased by approximately $727,000 in the six months of 2005 compared with the same period of 2004 due primarily to increased expenses associated with the sale of utility services and regulatory expenses.
     
     Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $557,000 in the first six months of 2005 as a result of increased investment in utility plant and increased amortization of regulatory assets, when compared with the same period during 2004.

During the six month period ended June 30, 2004, the Company reversed operating reserves totaling approximately $700,000, based upon management’s assessment that the contingencies reserved for were no longer probable of occurring.

OPERATING REVENUES AND MWh SALES
Our revenues from operations, megawatt hour ("MWh") sales and average number of customers for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 are summarized below:

   
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
   
June 30
 
June 30
 
Dollars in thousands
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Operating revenues
                 
Retail
 
$
50,871
 
$
49,008
 
$
105,291
 
$
103,613
 
Sales for Resale
   
4,018
   
5,860
   
7,846
   
14,778
 
Total Operating Revenues
 
$
54,889
 
$
54,868
 
$
113,137
 
$
118,391
 
                           
MWh Sales-Retail
   
467,020
   
459,796
   
983,042
   
977,027
 
MWh Sales for Resale
   
69,066
   
107,919
   
134,878
   
253,620
 
Total MWh Sales
   
536,086
   
567,715
   
1,117,920
   
1,230,647
 
                           


Average Number of Customers
       
 
Three months ended
Six months ended
 
June 30
June 30
 
2005
2004
2005
2004
         
Residential
76,316
75,253
75,907
75,341
Commercial and Industrial
13,658
13,480
13,643
13,476
Other
62
62
62
62
Total Number of Customers
90,036
88,795
89,612
88,879
         
 
Revenues
Total operating revenues in the second quarter of 2005 were essentially unchanged from the same period in 2004, because an increase in retail revenues of $1.9 million was offset by a decrease in wholesale revenues of $1.8 million. Wholesale purchases of energy decreased by a similar amount. The Company does not expect the reduction in wholesale revenues to adversely affect the Company's 2005 earnings since most of the Company's earnings result from retail sales of electricity.

Retail operating revenues for the second quarter of 2005 increased $1.9 million or 3.8 percent compared with the same period in 2004, reflecting increased revenues resulting from a 1.9 percent rate increase under the 2003 Rate Plan, an increase in our total number of customers and warmer weather. This increase was substantially offset by a $742,000 decrease in the recognition of revenues deferred under the 2001 Settlement Order. Total retail megawatt hour sales of electricity increased by 1.6 percent in the second quarter of 2005, compared with the same period in 2004. Sales to residential and small commercial and industrial customers increased by 3.7 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively, while sales to large commercial and industrial customers declined by 1.7 percent, when comparing the second quarter of 2005 to the same period in 2004. We believe that much of the increase in residential and small commercial and industrial consumption was related to warmer than normal weather in June 2005 and growth in the number of customers served. Retail operating revenues also increased $450,000 from the reversal of an operating reserve.

The Company recognizes revenues from sales of utility construction services in retail revenues. Revenues from these activities amounted to $709,000 in the second quarter of 2005 compared with $189,000 in the same period last year. Revenues from these activities are expected to increase to $5 million during 2005 as compared to $1.9 million in 2004.

Retail operating revenues increased $1.7 million during the first six months of 2005, compared with the same period of 2004, reflecting an increase of $1.8 million or 2.9 percent in commercial and industrial revenues during the same comparative periods, and an increase of approximately $687,000 or 1.7 percent in revenues from residential customers, offset by a $1.5 million decrease in the recognition of the Deferred Revenues.

Total retail MWh sales of electricity in the first half of 2005 increased 0.6 percent when compared with the first half of 2004, primarily as a result of an increase in commercial and industrial sales of 1.0 percent and a decrease of 0.2 percent in residential sales.

Wholesale revenues decreased $6.9 million or 46.9 percent during the first six months of 2005, compared with the same period in 2004, as a result of reduced market sales and sales under the Morgan Stanley Contract.

Customer Concentration Risk
The Company’s major industrial customer, International Business Machines ("IBM"), accounted for 16.4 percent, 16.4 percent and 16.6 percent of retail revenue for 2005 year to date, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The Company currently estimates, based on a number of projected variables, the retail rate increase required from all retail customers by a hypothetical shutdown of the IBM facility to be approximately five percent, inclusive of projected related declines in sales to residential and commercial customers.

OPERATING EXPENSES
Power supply expenses
Power supply expenses decreased $2.6 million or 7.4 percent in the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, primarily as a result of an estimated $1.8 million decline in wholesale purchases for resale, increased deliveries of lower priced energy under our contract with Hydro Quebec and lower unit prices under our contract to purchase energy from VYNPC, partially offset by increased expenses to meet growth in retail customer demand for electricity. Energy prices under our contracts with Hydro Quebec and VYNPC are significantly less than replacement market prices.

Power supply expenses from VYNPC increased $4.1 million or 89.3 percent during the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period of 2004, primarily due to outages in 2004 at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

Company-owned generation expenses decreased $93,000 or 7.7 percent in the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, primarily due to decreased production at peak generation facilities. Peak generation facilities are run only to maintain system reliability or when wholesale energy prices are extremely high.

The cost of power that we purchased from other companies decreased $6.6 million or 22.8 percent in the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, primarily due to increased energy received under our contracts with Hydro-Quebec and VYNPC and reduced wholesale purchases for resale.

Power supply expenses decreased $7.4 million or 9.9 percent in the first half of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, primarily as a result of a$6.9 million decline in wholesale sales of electricity.

Power supply expenses from VYNPC increased $2.8 million or 19.4 percent during the first half of 2005 compared with the same period of 2004, primarily due to an increase in energy provided under the Power Purchase Agreement between VYNPC and ENVY, because of plant outages that occurred in 2004.
Company-owned generation expenses decreased $785,000 or 22.8 percent in the first half of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, because peaking facilities were used less for reliability and economic reasons.
The cost of power that we purchased from other companies decreased $9.5 million or 16.6 percent in the first half of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, primarily due to reduced wholesale purchases for resale and increased energy received under our contracts with Hydro-Quebec and VYNPC.

Other operating expenses
Other operating expenses increased $596,000 or 12.7 percent in the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 due primarily to increased expenses associated with the sale of utility services and regulatory expenses. Other operating expenses increased $727,000 or 7.7 percent in the first half of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 for the same reasons.

Transmission expenses
Transmission expenses increased by approximately $430,000 or 10.6 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, due to an increase in charges allocated for system support in New England by the Independent System Operator, and increased expenses from VELCO, reflecting increased transmission investment in Vermont. Transmission expenses increased by approximately $893,000 or 11.5 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 for the same reasons. The Company's relative share of transmission expenses allocated from VELCO varies with the Company's relative share of the peak demand recorded on Vermont's transmission system.

The Independent System Operator for New England ("ISO-NE") was created to manage the New England Power Pool. ISO-NE implemented its Standard Market Design ("SMD") plan governing wholesale energy sales in New England on March 1, 2003. SMD includes a system of locational marginal pricing of energy, under which prices are determined by zone, and based in part on transmission congestion experienced in each zone. Currently, the State of Vermont constitutes a single zone under the plan, although pricing could eventually be determined on a more localized ("nodal") basis. FERC's affirmation of zonal pricing in December 2004 substantially reduced the likelihood that nodal pricing would replace zonal pricing. There are no current initiatives to impose nodal pricing or to change Vermont's use of zonal pricing to allocate congestion costs. We believe that nodal pricing, if it were ever adopted, could result in a material adverse impact on our power supply and/or transmission costs. Transmission projects, such as the recently approved Northwest Reliability Project ("NRP"), will reduce congestion and potential nodal pricing differences within Vermont, when they are completed. The NRP is not expected to be completed prior to 2007.

ISO-NE supports locational capacity payments (“LICAP”) to generators in an effort to differentiate the price generators receive for capacity at different locations within New England. ISO-NE believes that proposed higher capacity payments in constrained areas will encourage the development of new generation where needed. ISO-NE has petitioned FERC for approval of LICAP at levels that are expected to result in substantially higher capacity payments to generators beginning January 1, 2006. The changes are being disputed by numerous parties because they could result in substantially higher electric rates. Vermont is expected to fare better than many New England states since Vermont has not restructured and many of its utilities, including the Company, have specified power supply resources that meet their present needs. Therefore, requirements for capacity in Vermont would largely consist of obtaining resources for incremental as opposed to existing load. Even incrementally, future LICAP amounts for load growth beyond 2006 could be material, and if so, would be expected to increase Company rate requirements accordingly.

Maintenance expenses
Maintenance expenses increased $29,000 or 1.2 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, primarily due to an increase in scheduled plant maintenance. Maintenance expenses increased $103,000 or 2.2 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 due to an increase in scheduled plant maintenance and software maintenance costs. 

Depreciation and amortization expenses
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 increased $270,000 or 7.8 percent compared with the same period in 2004, reflecting an increase in the depreciation of utility plant due to increased investment, and the amortization of regulatory assets in accordance with the 2003 Rate Plan. Depreciation and amortization expenses increased $557,000 or 8.0 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 for the same reasons.
 
Taxes other than income taxes
Other tax expense for the second quarter of 2005 decreased by $51,000 or 2.9 percent compared with the same period in 2004 due to reductions in property taxes. Other tax expense for the first six months of 2005 decreased by $108,000 or 3.1 percent compared with the same period in 2004 for the same reason.
 
Income taxes
Income taxes increased $469,000 or 59.8 percent in the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 due to an increase in pretax book income and an increase in the effective tax rate. Income taxes decreased $178,000 or 5.7 percent in the first half of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 due to a decrease in pretax book income. The Company expects to recognize an income tax benefit of approximately three cents per share as a result of an income tax credit and deduction available in 2005 under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. The credit and deduction arise from our ownership interest in a biomass generation plant and from the production of electricity at Company hydro and fossil fuel plants.

Interest Charges
Interest charges increased $31,000 or 1.9 percent in the second quarter of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, due to a decrease in interest capitalized on utility plant construction. Interest charges increased $109,000 or 3.3 percent in the first half of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, for the same reason.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
At December 31, 2004, we had cash and cash equivalents of $1.7 million. In the first half of 2005, cash and cash equivalents increased $2.1 million, primarily reflecting net cash provided by operating activities. Operating cash flows increased by $645,000 from the same period last year primarily as the result of a rate increase that substantially replaced deferred revenue recognition and increases in depreciation and amortization partially offset by a decrease in deferred income tax liabilities. Net cash used by investing activities amounted to $8.7 million, principally for investments to construct utility plant. We expect to spend approximately $14.6 million during the remainder of 2005, primarily for improvements in transmission, distribution and generation plant, and environmental expenditures. The Company plans to invest up to $30 million in VELCO through 2009 in support of the NRP and other transmission projects, including a $4.8 million investment made in the last quarter of 2004. Our investment projections for VELCO have increased from previous estimates primarily as a result of increases in cost estimates for the NRP. In July 2005, the Department of Public Service and another party (the Town of New Haven) filed motions with the Vermont Supreme Court to remand the case to the VPSB for further proceedings in light of the new cost estimates. The Company does not expect the VPSB to take further action in the case relating to the new cost estimates until the Supreme Court rules on the pending motions. 

On February 14, 2005, the annual dividend rate was increased from $0.88 to $1.00 per share, a payout ratio of approximately 48 percent based on 2004 earnings from continuing operations. On February 9, 2004, the annual dividend rate was increased from $0.76 per share to $0.88 per share, a payout ratio of approximately 44 percent based on 2003 earnings. The Company expects to increase the dividend on a consistent basis in the first quarter of each year to the middle of a payout ratio that falls between 50 percent and 70 percent of anticipated earnings, so long as financial and operating results permit. We believe this payout ratio to be consistent with that of other electric utilities having similar risk profiles.

We expect most of our construction expenditures and dividends to be financed by net cash provided by operating activities. We anticipate that we will issue long-term debt of up to $30 million in 2005 and/or 2006 for scheduled first mortgage bonds redemptions of $14 million and to finance increased investment in VELCO and generation. The Company has no plans at present to issue additional equity and seeks to maintain equity at between fifty and fifty-five percent of its capital structure. Material risks to cash flow from operations include regulatory risk, our customer concentration risk with IBM, slower than anticipated load growth, unfavorable economic conditions and increases in net power costs.

During June 2005, the Company renegotiated a 364-day revolving credit agreement with Bank of America, joined by Sovereign Bank (the "BOA-Sovereign Agreement"). The BOA-Sovereign Agreement is for $30.0 million, unsecured, and allows the Company to choose any blend of a daily variable prime rate and a fixed term LIBOR-based rate. There was no short-term debt outstanding in the BOA-Sovereign Agreement at June 30, 2005, compared with $3.0 million outstanding at December 31, 2004. The BOA-Sovereign Agreement expires June 14, 2006.

The credit ratings of the Company's first mortgage bonds at June 30, 2005 were:
 

 
Moody's
Standard & Poor's
     
First mortgage bonds
Baa1
BBB

Moody's affirmed the Company's senior secured debt rating at Baa1, with a stable outlook on June 18, 2004.

On November 3, 2004, Standard and Poor's Ratings Services upgraded the Company's issuer credit rating to BBB from BBB-.

In the event of a change in the Company's first mortgage bond credit rating to below investment grade, scheduled payments under the Company's first mortgage bonds would not be affected. Such a change would require the Company to post what would currently amount to a $4.3 million bond under our remediation agreement with the EPA regarding the Pine Street Barge Canal site. The Morgan Stanley Contract requires credit assurances if the Company's first mortgage bond credit ratings are lowered to below investment grade by any one of the two credit rating agencies listed above.

The following table presents a summary of certain material contractual obligations existing as of June 30, 2005.


In thousands
 
Payments Due by Period at June 30, 2005
 
           
2006 and
 
2008 and
 
After
 
   
Total
 
2005
 
2007
 
2009
 
2009
 
                       
Long-term debt
 
$ 93,000
 
$ -
 
$ 14,000
 
$ -
 
$ 79,000
 
Interest on long-term debt
 
66,827
 
3,192
 
12,068
 
11,068
 
40,500
 
Capital lease obligations
 
4,232
 
286
 
879
 
766
 
2,299
 
Hydro-Quebec power supply contracts
 
550,516
 
27,432
 
100,986
 
102,723
 
319,375
 
Morgan Stanley Contract
   
22,718
   
12,561
   
10,157
   
-
   
-
 
Independent Power Producers
   
174,659
   
7,347
   
33,923
   
32,808
   
100,581
 
Stony Brook contract
   
46,034
   
2,102
   
6,024
   
6,506
   
31,402
 
VYNPC PPA
   
238,117
   
15,575
   
68,090
   
71,590
   
82,861
 
Total
 
$
1,196,102
 
$
68,495
 
$
246,127
 
$
225,461
 
$
656,018
 
                                 
See the captions "Power supply expenses" and "Power Contract Commitments and Related Risks"
 
for additional information about the Hydro-Quebec and Morgan Stanley power supply contracts.
   

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements - The Company does not use off-balance sheet financing arrangements, such as securitization of receivables or obtaining access to assets through special purpose entities.

Other Commitments -  We have material power supply commitments that are discussed in detail under the captions "Power Contract Commitments and Related Risks" and "Power Supply Expenses." We also own an equity interest in VELCO, which requires the Company to contribute capital when required and to pay a portion of VELCO’s operating costs, including its debt service costs.

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk and Other Risk Factors
Future Outlook - Competition, Legislation and Restructuring - The electric utility business continues to experience rapid and substantial changes. These changes are the result of the following trends:

·  
disparity in electric rates, transmission, and generating capacity among and within various regions of the country;
·  
improvements in generation efficiency;
·  
increasing demand for customer choice;
·  
consolidation through business combinations;
·  
new regulations and legislation intended to foster competition, also known as restructuring;
·  
changes in rules governing wholesale electricity markets; and
·  
increasing volatility of wholesale market prices for electricity.

Vermont is the only state in the New England region that has not adopted some form of electric industry restructuring. The Vermont legislature enacted a bill that would impose renewable portfolio standards ("RPS") on Vermont electric distribution utilities. The bill currently contemplates that, effective January 1, 2013, distribution utilities will be required to supply all load growth for 2005 - 2013 with "renewable" energy supply, as defined in the bill. The bill provides the alternative that if in-state renewable generation sufficient to supply statewide load growth for 2005 - 2013 becomes operational before 2012, and if Vermont distribution utilities acquire the output of these facilities, the RPS requirement would be avoided.

Power Contract Commitments and Related Risks
A primary factor affecting future operating results is the volatility of the wholesale electricity market. Periods frequently occur when weather, availability of power supply resources and other factors cause significant differences between customer demand and electricity supply. Because electricity cannot be stored, in these situations the Company must buy or sell the difference into a marketplace that has experienced volatile energy prices. Volatility and market price trends also make it more difficult to extend or enter into new power supply contracts at prices that avoid the need for rate relief.

We have developed a power supply portfolio that meets approximately 90 percent of our estimated customer demand ("load") requirements through 2006. Our power supply contracts and resources significantly reduce the Company's exposure to volatility in wholesale energy market prices.

Vermont does not have a fuel or purchased-power adjustment clause that would allow increases in power supply costs to be recovered immediately in the rates we charge customers. Historically, however, the VPSB has allowed electric utilities to defer material unexpected increases in power supply costs to future periods to permit recovery in future rates. Vermont law also allows electric utilities to seek temporary rate increases if deemed necessary by the VPSB to provide adequate and efficient service or to preserve the viability of the utility.

Vermont Yankee - We have a 20 percent entitlement in Vermont Yankee plant output sold by Entergy to Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation ("VYNPC"), through a long-term purchase contract with VYNPC (the "VYNPC Contract"). We generally purchase between 35 and 40 percent of our annual load requirements from VYNPC at rates that are presently well below market. We are responsible for the purchase of replacement power to serve our load requirements when the plant is not operating due to scheduled or unscheduled outages. In the first half of 2005, we purchased $17.4 million from VYNPC based on our entitlement share of plant output, compared to $14.6 million for the same period in 2004, reflecting 2004 scheduled and unscheduled plant outages.

Hydro Quebec - We purchase varying amounts of power from Hydro Quebec under the Vermont Joint Owners ("VJO") Contract negotiated between the Company and Hydro Quebec. There are specific contractual provisions that provide that in the event any VJO member fails to meet its obligation under the contract with Hydro Quebec, the remaining VJO participants, including the Company, must "step-up" to the defaulting party's share on a pro rata basis. The Company is not aware of any instance where this provision has been invoked by Hydro Quebec. In the first half of 2005, we purchased $24.9 million of energy and related capacity under the existing contracts with Hydro Quebec, compared to $24.0 million for the same period in 2004.

Under the VJO Contract, Hydro Quebec had the right to reduce the load factor from 75 percent to 65 percent a total three times over the life of the contract. Hydro Quebec exercised its third and last option in 2004 for deliveries occurring principally during 2005. Hydro Quebec retains the right to reduce the load factor by 10 percent up to five times, over the 2001 to 2015 period, if documented drought conditions exist in Quebec.

Morgan Stanley - We purchase approximately 16 percent of our load requirements under a contract with Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. (the "Morgan Stanley Contract"), designed to manage some of the price risks associated with changing fossil fuel prices. The Morgan Stanley Contract price is substantially below current market prices and expires on December 31, 2006. The Company is unable to predict the price, contract duration or terms of any future power supply contracts that could replace the Morgan Stanley Contract after it expires.

Defined Benefit Plans
The Company’s defined benefit plan assets are primarily made up of public equity and fixed income investments. Fluctuations in actual equity market returns as well as changes in general interest rates may result in increased or decreased defined benefit plan costs in future periods.

The Company’s funding policy is to make voluntary contributions to its defined benefit plans before ERISA or Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation requirements mandate such contributions under minimum funding rules, and so long as the Company’s liquidity needs do not preclude such investments. The Company expects to contribute approximately $2.0 million to defined benefits plans during 2005, of which $900,000 has been contributed to date.
Power Supply Derivatives
The Morgan Stanley Contract is used to hedge our power supply costs against increases in fossil fuel prices. The Morgan Stanley Contract is a derivative under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 ("SFAS 133"). Management has estimated the fair value of the future net benefit of this agreement at June 30, 2005 to be approximately $12.0 million.

We currently have an agreement that grants Hydro Quebec an option (the "9701 agreement") to call power at prices that are expected to be below estimated future market rates. This agreement is a derivative and is effective through 2015. Management’s estimate of the fair value of the future net cost for the 9701 agreement at June 30, 2005 is approximately $26.6 million. We sometimes use forward contracts to hedge forecasted calls by Hydro Quebec under the 9701 agreement.

The table below presents the Company’s market risk of the Morgan Stanley Contract and the 9701 agreement derivatives, estimated as the potential loss in fair value resulting from a hypothetical ten percent adverse change in wholesale energy prices, which nets to approximately $2.3 million. Actual results may differ materially from the table illustration. Under an accounting order issued by the VPSB, changes in the fair value of derivatives are deferred.


Commodity Price Risk
June 30, 2005
In thousands
Fair Value(Cost)
Market Risk
Morgan Stanley Contract
$ 12,041
$ 1,638
9701 agreement
(26,610)
(3,965)
 
$ (14,569)
$ (2,327)
     

New Accounting Standards
See Part I-Item 1, Note 5, "New Accounting Standards" for information on the adoption of new accounting standards and the impact, if any, on the Company's financial position and operating results.

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company carried out an evaluation, with the participation of the Company's management, including the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Management’s report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and concluded that, as of December 31, 2004, the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting due to a material weakness as a result of deficiencies in both the design and operating effectiveness of controls associated with the Company’s accounting for income taxes. During the first half of 2005, management conducted testing and enhancement of the Company’s internal controls associated with accounting for income taxes and engaged a public accounting firm to assist management with its review of all income tax entries for the quarter, the statutory rate reconciliation, the Company's treatment of new tax credits and deductions, if applicable, and timing differences. These ongoing efforts, which required certain changes to the Company’s internal controls associated with accounting for income taxes, and which are subject to audit by the Company’s independent registered accounting firm at year-end, have improved the design and operational effectiveness of the Company's control processes and systems for financial reporting. Based on these efforts, management believes that the deficiencies in both the design and operating effectiveness of controls associated with the Company’s accounting for income taxes have been remedied and that the Company no longer has a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting. It should be noted that the design of any system of controls is based, in part, on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and that only reasonable assurance can be given that any internal control system will succeed in achieving its stated goals against all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.

Except as described above, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2005, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting



GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
June 30, 2005
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
See Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
NONE
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
NONE
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the annual meeting of shareholders held on May 23, 2005, there were 5,172,505 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, of which 4,421,318 were represented in person or by proxy. The following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at its annual meeting with the voting results designated below each such matter: 
1. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the independent auditors for the Company for 2004 with 4,362,905 votes for, 23,726 votes against, and 34,687 votes abstaining.
2. Approval of the proposal to amend and restate the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with 4,313,767 votes for, 53,149 votes against, and 54,402 votes abstaining.   
4. Election of the nominees listed below as Directors of this Company for a term of one year, with votes cast as indicated.
There were no broker non-votes with respect to the election of directors.
   
 
 
Votes
 
Directors
 
Votes
 
Against or
 
   
For
 
Withheld
 
           
Elizabeth A. Bankowski
 
4,381,842
 
39,476
 
Nordahl L. Brue, Chair
 
4,363,184
 
58,134
 
William H. Bruett
   
4,363,532
   
57,786
 
Merrill O. Burns
   
4,364,763
   
56,555
 
David R. Coates
   
4,383,745
   
37,573
 
Christopher L. Dutton
   
4,364,822
   
56,496
 
Kathleen C. Hoyt
   
4,381,620
   
39,698
 
Euclid A. Irving
   
4,363,860
   
57,458
 
Marc A. vanderHeyden
   
4,381,663
   
39,655
 
               
               
 

Item 5.
Other Information
NONE


 

 
 


ITEM 6. Exhibits

Exhibit 10.1, 2005 Officer Deferred Stock Unit Agreement with Christopher L. Dutton, dated May 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2005).

Exhibit 10.2, 2005 Officer Deferred Stock Unit Agreement with Robert J. Griffin, dated May 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2005).

Exhibit 10.3, 2005 Officer Deferred Stock Unit Agreement with Walter S. Oakes, dated May 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2005).

Exhibit 10.4, 2005 Officer Deferred Stock Unit Agreement with Mary G. Powell, dated May 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2005).

Exhibit 10.5, 2005 Officer Deferred Stock Unit Agreement with Donald J. Rendall, Jr., dated May 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2005).

Exhibit 10.6, 2005 Officer Deferred Stock Unit Agreement with Stephen C. Terry, dated May 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2005).

Exhibit 10.7, Officer Deferred Stock Unit Agreement with Stephen C. Terry, dated May 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to our Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2005).

Exhibit 10.8, Supplemental Retirement Plan with Stephen C. Terry, dated May 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to our Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2005).

Exhibit 31.1, Certification by Christopher L. Dutton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Mountain Power Corporation, pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Exhibit 31.2, Certification by Robert J. Griffin, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of Green Mountain Power Corporation, pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


Exhibit 32.1, Certification by Christopher L. Dutton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Mountain Power Corporation, and Robert J. Griffin, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of Green Mountain Power Corporation, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.





GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION
   
 
By: /s/ Christopher L. Dutton
 
August 9, 2005
 
Christopher L. Dutton
President and
Chief Executive Officer
 
Date
       
 
By: /s/ Robert J. Griffin
 
August 9, 2005
 
Robert J. Griffin
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer
 
Date