SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable

The total provisions for uncollectible accounts and for uncollectible hardship accounts, which is included in the total provision, are included in Receivables, Net on the balance sheets, and were as follows:



	Total Provision for Uncollectible Accounts				Uncollectible Hardship
(Millions of Dollars)	As of September 30, 2016		As of December 31, 2015		As of September 30, 2016		As of December 31, 2015
Eversource	$	208.1	$	190.7	$	126.5	$	118.5
CL&P	85.3		79.5		66.9		68.1
NSTAR Electric	59.9		52.6		30.3		25.3
PSNH	9.9		8.7		—		—
WMECO	16.8		14.0		10.7		7.4

State Of Connecticut Gross Earnings Taxes

These gross receipts taxes are shown separately with collections in Operating Revenues and with payments in Taxes Other Than Income Taxes on the statements of income as follows:



	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
(Millions of Dollars)	September 30, 2016		September 30, 2015		September 30, 2016		September 30, 2015
Eversource	$	45.1	$	37.8	$	124.8	$	112.9
CL&P	42.6		35.5		112.2		98.0

Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Non-cash investing activities include plant additions included in Accounts Payable as follows:



(Millions of Dollars)	As of September 30, 2016		As of September 30, 2015
Eversource	$	203.6	$	160.7
CL&P	64.5		46.0
NSTAR Electric	39.4		31.2
PSNH	31.0		33.8
WMECO	17.6		15.5