REGULATORY ACCOUNTING (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Regulatory Assets Text Block

	As of September 30, 2013		As of December 31, 2012
(Millions of Dollars)	NU		NU
Benefit Costs	$	2,256.0	$	2,452.1
Regulatory Assets Offsetting Derivative Liabilities		770.3		885.6
Goodwill		531.1		537.6
Storm Restoration Costs		621.0		547.7
Income Taxes, Net		587.5		516.2
Securitized Assets		37.4		232.6
Contractual Obligations		170.9		217.6
Buy Out Agreements for Power Contracts		76.0		92.9
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		163.3		190.1
Asset Retirement Obligations		93.0		88.8
Other Regulatory Assets		50.1		76.2
Total Regulatory Assets		5,356.6		5,837.4
Less: Current Portion		474.2		705.0
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets	$	4,882.4	$	5,132.4

		As of September 30, 2013								As of December 31, 2012
				NSTAR								NSTAR
(Millions of Dollars)		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO
Benefit Costs		$	509.3	$	824.3	$	199.6	$	103.8	$	563.2	$	781.2	$	223.7	$	116.0
Regulatory Assets Offsetting
	Derivative Liabilities		755.3		11.6		0.3		-		866.2		14.9		-		3.0
Goodwill			-		455.9		-		-		-		461.5		-		-
Storm Restoration Costs			439.4		114.0		27.9		39.7		413.9		55.8		34.5		43.5
Income Taxes, Net			385.3		84.8		36.5		42.1		367.5		47.1		36.2		31.0
Securitized Assets			-		37.4		-		-		-		205.1		19.7		7.8
Contractual Obligations			20.0		6.4		-		4.6		64.0		22.8		-		14.9
Buy Out Agreements for Power Contracts			-		70.1		5.9		-		-		85.9		7.0		-
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals			-		83.6		52.5		21.5		12.2		71.4		49.3		31.9
Asset Retirement Obligations			31.1		30.7		14.7		3.7		29.4		29.4		14.2		3.5
Other Regulatory Assets			28.7		9.2		31.7		17.2		27.9		16.9		29.4		12.6
Total Regulatory Assets			2,169.1		1,728.0		369.1		232.6		2,344.3		1,792.0		414.0		264.2
Less: Current Portion			147.1		189.8		67.7		37.9		185.9		347.1		62.9		42.4
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets		$	2,022.0	$	1,538.2	$	301.4	$	194.7	$	2,158.4	$	1,444.9	$	351.1	$	221.8

Schedule Of Regulatory Liabilities Text Block

	As of September 30, 2013		As of December 31, 2012
(Millions of Dollars)	NU		NU
Cost of Removal	$	434.3	$	440.8
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		168.6		95.1
AFUDC - Transmission		68.3		70.0
Other Regulatory Liabilities		73.9		68.4
Total Regulatory Liabilities		745.1		674.3
Less: Current Portion		224.4		134.1
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	520.7	$	540.2

	As of September 30, 2013								As of December 31, 2012
			NSTAR								NSTAR
(Millions of Dollars)	CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO
Cost of Removal	$	31.2	$	247.2	$	49.8	$	-	$	44.2	$	240.3	$	51.2	$	-
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		73.2		51.0		10.7		22.1		39.1		14.4		20.4		19.0
AFUDC - Transmission		55.0		4.0		-		9.3		56.6		4.1		-		9.3
Other Regulatory Liabilities		30.6		31.3		15.8		2.9		16.5		32.9		3.8		2.4
Total Regulatory Liabilities		190.0		333.5		76.3		34.3		156.4		291.7		75.4		30.7
Less: Current Portion		82.0		82.5		23.4		22.4		32.1		47.5		23.0		21.0
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	108.0	$	251.0	$	52.9	$	11.9	$	124.3	$	244.2	$	52.4	$	9.7