SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                        Washington, D.C. 20549


                             FORM U-6B-2

                      Certificate of Notification


Certificate is filed by:  The Connecticut Light and Power Company           
     
     This certificate is notice that the above-named company has issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities described herein which
issue, renewal or guaranty was exempted from the provisions of Section 6(a)
of the Act and was neither the subject of a declaration or application on
Form U-1 nor included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48.

1.   Type of the security or securities:     First and Refunding Mortgage   
                                                    Bonds, 1997 Series A       
                                                    (the "Bonds")

2.   Issue, renewal or guaranty:        Issued as potential collateral under
     a Credit Agreement among Northeast Utilities, The Connecticut Light
     and Power Company, Western Massachusetts Electric Company and
     the Lenders, Co-Agents and Administrative Agent named therein (the
     "Credit Agreement")                              
     
3.   Principal amount of each security:      $225,000,000 aggregate
                                                    principal amount

4.   Rate of interest per annum of each security:     Variable, depending
     upon borrowing option and interest period chosen under the Credit
     Agreement, up to a maximum of 11%                   

5.   Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security:   Issued            
                                                           May 30, 1997 

6.   If renewal of security, give date of original issue:   N/A            

7.   Date of maturity of each security:      November 21, 1999              

8.   Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed or
     guaranteed:

    Citibank, N. A., as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement
           
9.   Collateral given with each security, if any: N/A                      

10.  Consideration received for each security:    None

11.  Application of proceeds of each security:

       No proceeds; issued to secure credit borrowings under the Credit
       Agreement    

12.  Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below whether the
     issue, renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt from the
     provisions of Section 6(a) because of:

     a.   the provisions contained in the first sentence of
          Section 6(b):            

     b.   the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of
          Section 6(b):            

     c.   the provisions contained in any rule of the Commission other than
          Rule U-48:     
                         X                                                 

13.  If the security or securities were exempt from the provisions of
     Section 6(a) by virtue of the first sentence of Section 6(b), give the
     figures which indicate that the security or securities aggregate
     (together with all other than outstanding notes and drafts of a
     maturity of nine months or less, exclusive of days of grace, as to
     which such company is primarily or secondarily liable) not more than
     5 per centum of the principal amount and par value of the other
     securities of such company then outstanding.  (Demand notes,
     regardless of how long they may have been outstanding, shall be
     considered as maturing in not more than nine months for purposes of
     the exemption from Section 6(a) of the Act granted by the first
     sentence of Section 6(b).) 

                                   N/A                                     
                    


14.  If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of
     Section 6(a) because of the fourth sentence of Section 6(b), name the
     security outstanding on January 1, 1935, pursuant to the terms of
     which the security or securities herein described have been
     issued:
                                   N/A                                     
               

15.  If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of
     Section 6(a) because of any rule of the Commission other than
     Rule U-48, designate the rule under which exemption is claimed:

                              Rule 52                                 


                         THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY


                              By      /s/Jane P. Seidl
                                      Senior Counsel
                                      Northeast Utilities Service Company  
                                      Its Attorney                           

                    
 

Date:     June 13, 1997