REGULATORY ACCOUNTING (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Regulatory Assets Text Block

	As of June 30, 2013		As of December 31, 2012
(Millions of Dollars)	NU		NU
Benefit Costs	$	2,256.7	$	2,452.1
Regulatory Assets Offsetting Derivative Liabilities		793.3		885.6
Goodwill		527.5		537.6
Storm Restoration Costs		636.3		547.7
Income Taxes, Net		529.8		516.2
Securitized Assets		97.1		232.6
Contractual Obligations		126.4		217.6
Buy Out Agreements for Power Contracts		81.7		92.9
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		194.5		190.1
Asset Retirement Obligations		91.5		88.8
Other Regulatory Assets		59.5		76.2
Total Regulatory Assets		5,394.3		5,837.4
Less: Current Portion		577.0		705.0
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets	$	4,817.3	$	5,132.4

		As of June 30, 2013								As of December 31, 2012
				NSTAR								NSTAR
(Millions of Dollars)		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO
Benefit Costs		$	525.6	$	783.7	$	205.9	$	107.1	$	563.2	$	781.2	$	223.7	$	116.0
Regulatory Assets Offsetting
	Derivative Liabilities		775.8		13.1		1.5		0.7		866.2		14.9		-		3.0
Goodwill			-		452.9		-		-		-		461.5		-		-
Storm Restoration Costs			445.7		119.1		30.1		41.4		413.9		55.8		34.5		43.5
Income Taxes, Net			379.8		46.2		36.6		31.4		367.5		47.1		36.2		31.0
Securitized Assets			-		97.1		-		-		-		205.1		19.7		7.8
Contractual Obligations			20.1		6.7		-		4.8		64.0		22.8		-		14.9
Buy Out Agreements for Power Contracts			-		75.5		6.2		-		-		85.9		7.0		-
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals			21.5		100.8		44.0		26.4		12.2		71.4		49.3		31.9
Asset Retirement Obligations			30.5		30.2		14.5		3.6		29.4		29.4		14.2		3.5
Other Regulatory Assets			29.8		7.4		28.4		21.8		27.9		16.9		29.4		12.6
Total Regulatory Assets			2,228.8		1,732.7		367.2		237.2		2,344.3		1,792.0		414.0		264.2
Less: Current Portion			173.5		270.8		55.8		45.0		185.9		347.1		62.9		42.4
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets		$	2,055.3	$	1,461.9	$	311.4	$	192.2	$	2,158.4	$	1,444.9	$	351.1	$	221.8

Schedule Of Regulatory Liabilities Text Block

	As of June 30, 2013		As of December 31, 2012
(Millions of Dollars)	NU		NU
Cost of Removal	$	437.1	$	440.8
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		164.9		95.1
AFUDC - Transmission		68.5		70.0
Other Regulatory Liabilities		57.6		68.4
Total Regulatory Liabilities		728.1		674.3
Less: Current Portion		216.4		134.1
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	511.7	$	540.2

	As of June 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	$	34.7	$	246.0	$	50.3	$	-	$	44.2	$	240.3	$	51.2	$	-
Regulatory Tracker Deferrals		66.0		42.9		17.6		19.2		39.1		14.4		20.4		19.0
AFUDC - Transmission		55.2		4.0		-		9.3		56.6		4.1		-		9.3
Other Regulatory Liabilities		8.0		31.4		5.0		2.5		16.5		32.9		3.8		2.4
Total Regulatory Liabilities		163.9		324.3		72.9		31.0		156.4		291.7		75.4		30.7
Less: Current Portion		64.0		74.4		21.9		19.9		32.1		47.5		23.0		21.0
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	99.9	$	249.9	$	51.0	$	11.1	$	124.3	$	244.2	$	52.4	$	9.7