REGULATORY ACCOUNTING (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Regulatory Assets Text Block

	As of March 31, 2015		As of December 31, 2014
(Millions of Dollars)	ES		ES
Benefit Costs	$	1,976.6	$	2,016.0
Derivative Liabilities		410.2		425.5
Income Taxes, Net		632.1		635.3
Storm Restoration Costs		504.8		502.8
Goodwill-related		500.2		505.4
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms		434.5		350.5
Contractual Obligations - Yankee Companies		119.0		123.8
Other Regulatory Assets		151.4		167.3
Total Regulatory Assets		4,728.8		4,726.6
Less: Current Portion		747.3		672.5
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets	$	3,981.5	$	4,054.1

	As of March 31, 2015								As of December 31, 2014
			NSTAR								NSTAR
(Millions of Dollars)	CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO
Benefit Costs	$	436.7	$	505.6	$	171.2	$	83.3	$	445.4	$	515.9	$	174.3	$	85.0
Derivative Liabilities		403.3		3.5		-		-		410.9		4.5		-		-
Income Taxes, Net		438.7		83.7		36.8		31.2		437.7		83.7		38.0		35.5
Storm Restoration Costs		308.5		119.7		46.9		29.7		319.6		103.7		47.7		31.8
Goodwill-related		-		429.5		-		-		-		433.9		-		-
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms		10.1		261.2		93.4		47.6		16.1		141.4		103.5		33.0
Other Regulatory Assets		66.5		85.0		38.9		12.8		66.1		94.7		41.3		12.9
Total Regulatory Assets		1,663.8		1,488.2		387.2		204.6		1,695.8		1,377.8		404.8		198.2
Less: Current Portion		209.6		309.5		100.0		66.7		220.3		198.7		111.7		51.9
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets	$	1,454.2	$	1,178.7	$	287.2	$	137.9	$	1,475.5	$	1,179.1	$	293.1	$	146.3

Schedule Of Regulatory Liabilities Text Block

	As of March 31, 2015		As of December 31, 2014
(Millions of Dollars)	ES		ES
Cost of Removal	$	452.8	$	439.9
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms		183.3		192.3
AFUDC - Transmission		67.1		67.1
Other Regulatory Liabilities		22.9		50.8
Total Regulatory Liabilities		726.1		750.1
Less: Current Portion		201.2		235.0
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	524.9	$	515.1

	As of March 31, 2015								As of December 31, 2014
			NSTAR								NSTAR
(Millions of Dollars)	CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO
Cost of Removal	$	23.1	$	263.4	$	51.3	$	2.8	$	19.7	$	258.3	$	50.3	$	1.1
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms		77.5		22.5		13.9		22.2		122.6		20.7		14.2		22.3
AFUDC - Transmission		53.3		4.7		-		9.1		53.6		4.4		-		9.1
Other Regulatory Liabilities		12.3		2.1		2.8		0.9		10.1		28.9		2.9		0.8
Total Regulatory Liabilities		166.2		292.7		68.0		35.0		206.0		312.3		67.4		33.3
Less: Current Portion		84.1		24.6		16.1		22.3		124.7		49.6		16.0		22.5
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	82.1	$	268.1	$	51.9	$	12.7	$	81.3	$	262.7	$	51.4	$	10.8