Exhibit 99.1

              STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
                      OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
            CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Michael G. Morris, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Northeast Utilities, state and attest that:

     (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
     covered reports of Northeast Utilities, and, except as corrected
     or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

          -  no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
             material fact as of the end of the period covered by such
             report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
             definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
             which it was filed); and

          -  no covered report omitted to state a material fact
             necessary to make the statements in the covered report,
             in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
             not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such
             report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
             definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was
             filed).

      (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the audit
      committee of the Board of Trustees of Northeast Utilities.

      (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if
      filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
      report":

          -  Annual Report of Northeast Utilities on Form 10-K for the
             year ended December 31, 2001;

          -  all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
             definitive proxy materials of Northeast Utilities filed
             with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
             10-K identified above; and

          -  any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/  Michael G. Morris
(Signature)
Michael G. Morris
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

July 31, 2002



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of July, 2002.

/s/  Amanda J. Scheyd
Amanda J. Scheyd
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 12/31/06