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ACQUISITION OF AQUARION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
ACQUISITION OF AQUARION
ACQUISITION OF AQUARION

On December 4, 2017, Eversource acquired Aquarion from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners for a purchase price of $1.675 billion, consisting of approximately $880 million in cash and $795 million of assumed Aquarion debt. Aquarion is a holding company that owns three separate regulated water utility subsidiaries engaged in the water collection, treatment and distribution business that operate in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. These regulated utilities collect, treat and distribute water to residential, commercial and industrial customers, to other utilities for resale, and for private and municipal fire protection. Aquarion and its subsidiaries became wholly-owned subsidiaries of Eversource, and Eversource's consolidated financial information includes Aquarion and its subsidiaries' activity beginning December 4, 2017. The approximate $880 million cash purchase price included the $745 million equity purchase price plus a $135 million shareholder loan that was repaid at closing.

Purchase Price Allocation: The purchase price allocation reflects a measurement period adjustment recorded in the first quarter of 2018 to revise the fair value of Aquarion's regulated debt. The $7.9 million increase to the fair value of Long-Term Debt and corresponding increase to Regulatory Assets, included within Other Noncurrent Assets, excluding Goodwill in the table below, will be amortized over the life of the related debt. The allocation of the cash purchase price is as follows:
(Millions of Dollars)
 
Current Assets
$
41.2

PP&E
1,034.9

Goodwill
907.9

Other Noncurrent Assets, excluding Goodwill
215.5

Current Liabilities
(121.9
)
Noncurrent Liabilities
(421.6
)
Long-Term Debt
(778.3
)
Total Cash Purchase Price
$
877.7