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

FORM 11-K

|  X  |	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
|      |	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from                 to
Commission file number   1-8222   CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION      EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN      (Full title of the Plan) CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION (Name of Issuer of Securities)      77 Grove Street, Rutland, Vermont            05701      (Address of Issuer's Principal Office)       (Zip Code)

Total Number of Pages in File:
Index to Exhibits:
3
to be filed
by amendment

Item 4.          ERISA Financial Statement for the Plan

                     To be filed by amendment pursuant to General Instruction A to Form 11-K.

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SIGNATURE

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

	CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
By	/s/  Joan F. Gamble                                Chair, ESOP/ESIP (401-K) Committee Vice President, Strategic Change & Business Services
Dated:  March 29, 2006 - 3 -