LEASES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Operating lease rental payments charged to expense are as follows:



(Millions of Dollars)	Eversource		CL&P		NSTAR Electric		PSNH		WMECO
2016	$	12.1	$	12.5	$	9.3	$	2.9	$	2.1
2015	12.1		12.5		9.6		2.8		2.2
2014	14.3		6.0		7.8		1.5		1.2

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases

Future minimum rental payments, excluding executory costs, such as property taxes, state use taxes, insurance, and maintenance, under long-term noncancelable leases, as of December 31, 2016 are as follows:



Operating Leases (Millions of Dollars)	Eversource		CL&P		NSTAR Electric		PSNH		WMECO
2017	$	14.1	$	2.0	$	9.0	$	0.9	$	0.5
2018	10.6		1.3		7.0		0.6		0.3
2019	8.7		1.0		5.8		0.5		0.3
2020	7.0		0.7		4.8		0.4		0.2
2021	6.0		0.6		4.2		0.3		0.2
Thereafter	10.4		1.4		6.7		0.8		0.4
Future minimum lease payments	$	56.8	$	7.0	$	37.5	$	3.5	$	1.9

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases



Capital Leases (Millions of Dollars)	Eversource		CL&P		NSTAR Electric		PSNH
2017	$	2.3	$	1.9	$	0.2	$	0.2
2018	2.3		2.0		0.2		0.1
2019	2.2		2.0		0.2		—
2020	2.2		2.0		0.2		—
2021	1.7		1.4		0.3		—
Thereafter	1.1		—		1.1		—
Future minimum lease payments	11.8		9.3		2.2		0.3
Less amount representing interest	2.9		2.5		0.4		—
Present value of future minimum lease payments	$	8.9	$	6.8	$	1.8	$	0.3