LEASES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Operating lease rental payments charged to expense are as follows:



(Millions of Dollars)	Eversource		CL&P		NSTAR Electric		PSNH
2018	$	10.8	$	10.9	$	11.8	$	2.5
2017	10.5		11.7		11.3		3.3
2016	12.1		12.5		11.4		2.9

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases

Future minimum rental payments, excluding executory costs, such as property taxes, state use taxes, insurance, and maintenance, under long-term non-cancelable leases, as of December 31, 2018 are as follows:



Operating Leases (Millions of Dollars)	Eversource		CL&P		NSTAR Electric		PSNH
2019	$	11.5	$	1.5	$	7.2	$	0.5
2020	9.8		1.4		6.0		0.4
2021	8.7		1.2		5.3		0.4
2022	7.2		1.1		4.4		0.4
2023	4.7		0.5		3.1		0.2
Thereafter	32.7		0.2		29.5		0.3
Future minimum lease payments	$	74.6	$	5.9	$	55.5	$	2.2

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases



Capital Leases (Millions of Dollars)	Eversource		CL&P		NSTAR Electric		PSNH
2019	$	3.4	$	2.0	$	0.5	$	0.1
2020	3.4		2.0		0.5		0.1
2021	2.9		1.5		0.5		0.1
2022	1.5		—		0.6		0.1
2023	0.7		—		0.6		0.1
Thereafter	13.9		—		13.4		0.5
Future minimum lease payments	25.8		5.5		16.1		1.0
Less amount to arrive at present value	13.8		1.0		12.4		0.1
Present value of future minimum lease payments	$	12.0	$	4.5	$	3.7	$	0.9