REGULATORY ACCOUNTING (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Regulatory Assets Text Block

	As of March 31, 2012		As of December 31, 2011
(Millions of Dollars)	NU		NU
Deferred Benefit Costs	$	1,322.2	$	1,360.5
Regulatory Assets Offsetting Derivative Liabilities		912.2		939.6
Securitized Assets		83.5		101.8
Income Taxes, Net		446.1		425.4
Unrecovered Contractual Obligations		95.4		100.9
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		43.7		45.9
Storm Cost Deferrals		365.5		356.0
Asset Retirement Obligations		48.4		47.5
Losses on Reacquired Debt		24.2		24.5
Deferred Environmental Remediation Costs		37.6		38.5
Other Regulatory Assets		77.3		82.2
Total Regulatory Assets	$	3,456.1	$	3,522.8
Less: Current Portion	$	241.9	$	255.1
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets	$	3,214.2	$	3,267.7

	As of March 31, 2012						As of December 31, 2011
(Millions of Dollars)	CL&P		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		PSNH		WMECO
Deferred Benefit Costs	$	556.5	$	194.1	$	115.5	$	572.8	$	200.0	$	118.9
Regulatory Assets Offsetting Derivative Liabilities		899.9		-		12.3		932.0		-		7.3
Securitized Assets		-		62.5		21.0		-		76.4		25.4
Income Taxes, Net		348.0		37.7		29.3		339.6		38.0		17.8
Unrecovered Contractual Obligations		76.7		-		18.7		80.9		-		20.0
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		4.7		14.5		22.7		5.5		11.9		22.1
Storm Cost Deferrals		280.9		41.7		42.9		268.3		44.0		43.7
Asset Retirement Obligations		28.5		13.7		3.3		27.9		13.5		3.2
Losses on Reacquired Debt		13.9		8.8		0.3		13.9		9.0		0.3
Deferred Environmental Remediation Costs		-		9.8		-		-		9.7		-
Other Regulatory Assets		33.3		25.7		9.7		33.1		25.6		10.0
Total Regulatory Assets	$	2,242.4	$	408.5	$	275.7	$	2,274.0	$	428.1	$	268.7
Less: Current Portion	$	172.3	$	33.4	$	33.5	$	170.2	$	34.2	$	35.5
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets	$	2,070.1	$	375.1	$	242.2	$	2,103.8	$	393.9	$	233.2

Schedule Of Regulatory Liabilities Text Block

	As of March 31, 2012		As of December 31, 2011
(Millions of Dollars)	NU		NU
Cost of Removal	$	164.3	$	172.2
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		112.9		139.1
AFUDC Transmission Incentive		66.7		67.0
Pension Liability - Yankee Gas Acquisition		9.4		10.0
Overrecovered Spent Nuclear Fuel Costs and Contractual Obligations		15.4		15.4
Wholesale Transmission Overcollections		9.0		9.6
Other Regulatory Liabilities		20.4		20.6
Total Regulatory Liabilities	$	398.1	$	433.9
Less: Current Portion	$	149.8	$	167.8
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	248.3	$	266.1

		As of March 31, 2012								As of December 31, 2011
(Millions of Dollars)		CL&P		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P			PSNH		WMECO
Cost of Removal		$	57.1	$	52.8	$	6.2	$	63.8		$	53.2	$	7.2
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals			69.7		14.0		17.7		94.4			17.3		21.3
AFUDC Transmission Incentive			57.4		-		9.3		57.7			-		9.3
Overrecovered Spent Nuclear Fuel Costs and
	Contractual Obligations		15.4		-		-		15.4			-		-
Wholesale Transmission Overcollections			5.1		4.4		10.8		4.5			2.6		9.5
Other Regulatory Liabilities			11.5		6.1		2.1		11.8			5.8		2.4
Total Regulatory Liabilities		$	216.2	$	77.3	$	46.1	$	247.6		$	78.9	$	49.7
Less: Current Portion		$	82.4	$	23.1	$	30.4	$	108.3		$	24.5	$	33.1
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities		$	133.8	$	54.2	$	15.7	$	139.3		$	54.4	$	16.6