UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 8, 2010

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts	0-7624	04-1961130
(State or other jurisdiction of organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Federal Street, Building 111-4 Springfield, Massachusetts	01105
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (413) 785-5871

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Section  2

Financial Information

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On March 8, 2010, Western Massachusetts Electric Company (“WMECO”) issued $95,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes, Series E, Due 2020 (“Series E Notes”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated March 3, 2010, between BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, and WMECO.  The Series E Notes were issued under a Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2010, between WMECO and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, supplementing the Indenture between WMECO and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor Trustee, dated as of September 1, 2003, as previously supplemented.

Section 9

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.  

Exhibit Number	Description
1	Underwriting Agreement, dated March 3, 2010, between BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, and WMECO.
4.1	Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2010, between WMECO and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”).
4.2	Form of Series E Note (included as Exhibit A to the Supplemental Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1).
5	Legal opinion of Jeffrey C. Miller, Esq. relating to the validity of the Series E Notes (including consent).

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SIGNATURE

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

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY

(Registrant)

March 10, 2010

By:

/S/ SUSAN B. WEBER

Susan B. Weber

Assistant Treasurer - Finance

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