[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 6, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HONORING BOB YOUNG

                                 ______
                                 

                            HON. PETER WELCH

                               of vermont

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 6, 2011

  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, today I stand before you to honor Bob Young, 
the retiring president of Central Vermont Public Service.
  In his time at CVPS, Bob led the company through a cultural, service 
and environmental transformation to the benefit of its customers and 
the Green Mountain State. He turned CVPS into a leaner, more responsive 
company that placed customer service, reliability and corporate 
citizenship as its cornerstones.
  When Bob assumed the presidency in 1995, CVPS faced a host of 
challenges, from utility restructuring to rate pressures to low 
employee morale. CVPS was often perceived as out of touch with Vermont 
values, and regulatory conflicts were common.
  Bob put an end, to `business as usual' and transformed CVPS into a 
world-class utility, recognized by Forbes as one of 100 most 
trustworthy companies in the U.S. Under Bob's leadership, CVPS won the 
Edison Electric Institute's Emergency Recovery Award three times. It is 
the nation's smallest utility to win it even once.
  Bob focused the company on reducing environmental impacts, improving 
wildlife habitats and creating the nation's first manure-to-energy 
customer choice program. The Department of Energy subsequently awarded 
CVPS the 2009 Utility Green Power Program of the Year.
  Bob made CVPS a model of corporate civic engagement, providing 
leadership on a host of community projects in Vermont, and organizing 
blood drives that have broken the New England record three years in a 
row.
  Bob will leave a lasting legacy when he retires on May 3, 2011. 
Please join me today in thanking Bob Young for his leadership and in 
wishing him and his wife, Vicky, the very best in the next phase of 
their lives.

                          ____________________