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Free Writing Prospectus
Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-141425-3

March 20, 2007

The Connecticut Light and Power Company

Pricing Term Sheet

Issuer:

The Connecticut Light and Power Company

Security:

$150,000,000 5.375% First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 2007 Series A due March 1, 2017

Maturity:

March 1, 2017

Coupon:

5.375%

Price to Public:

99.715% of face amount

Yield to Maturity:

5.413%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

+87 basis points

Benchmark Treasury:

4.625% due February 15, 2017

Benchmark Treasury Yield:

4.543%

Interest Payment Dates:

March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2007

Redemption Provisions:

 

Make-whole call:

At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 15 basis points

Settlement:

March 27, 2007

CUSIP

207597 DW2

Anticipated ratings:

A3 by Moody’s Investors Service
BBB+ by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
A- by Fitch Ratings

Joint Book-Running Managers:

Banc of America Securities LLC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

Co-Managers:

BNY Capital Markets, Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

 

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Banc of America Securities LLC toll free at 1-800-294-1322, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll free at 1-877-858-5407 or Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC at 1-704-593-7559.