EXHIBIT H  FORM OF NOTICE

     Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s)
has/have been made with the Commission pursuant to
provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(the "Act") and rules promulgated under the Act. All
interested persons are referred to the applications(s)
and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the
proposed transactions(s) summarized below. The
application(s) and/or declarations(s) and any amendments
is/are available for public inspection through the
Commission's Branch of Public Reference.

     Interested persons wishing to comment or request a
hearing on the applications(s) and/or declaration(s) should
submit their views in writing by ___________, 2003 to the
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C. 20549-0609, and serve a copy on the relevant
applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es)
specified below. Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case
of an attorney at law, by certificate) should be filed with
the request. Any request for hearing should identify
specifically the issues of facts or law that are disputed. A
person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if
ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order
issued in the matter. After __________, 2003, the
application(s) and/or declaration(s), as filed or as
amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become
effective.

Northeast Utilities (70-        )

      Northeast Utilities ("NU"), a public utility holding
company under the Act, its wholly-owned subsidiary, NU
Enterprises, Inc. ("NUEI"), NUEI's wholly-owned subsidiary,
Select Energy, Inc. ("Select") and Select's wholly-owned
subsidiary, Select Energy New York, Inc. ("SENY" and
collectively with NU, NUEI and Select, the "Applicants"),
all located at 107 Selden Street, Berlin, Connecticut 06037,
have filed an application/declaration under Sections  6(a),
7, 9(a), 10 and 32 of the Act and Rules 32 and 53, with
respect to the authorizations requested below.

     NU and NUEI request authority  (i) for NU and NUEI to
own Select and SENY as "other businesses" under Section 9
and 10 of the Act; provided that the aggregate amount
invested or committed to be invested in Select and SENY as
of June 30, 2003 will be deducted from the amount of
investments thereafter permitted to be made by NU pursuant
to Rule 58 under the Act; (ii) for NU and NUEI, from time to
time through September 30, 2006 (the "Authorization
Period"), to guarantee, indemnify and otherwise provide
credit support up to $750 million for the benefit of NU's
nonutility subsidiary or affiliate companies (including
Select and SENY); (iii) for Select and SENY to engage in a
broad variety of energy-related activities generally
permissible by the Commission through Rule or order; and
(iv) for authority under Rule 53(c), through the
Authorization Period, for NU to invest in exempt wholesale
generators, as defined in section 32 of the Act ("EWG"), in
an aggregate amount of up to $1 billion, including NU's
current EWG investment of $449 million. The proposed
aggregate EWG investment is equal to approximately 130% of
NU's average consolidated retained earnings for the four
quarters ended June 30, 2003.

A.        Ownership of Select and SENY

     The Applicants state that mainly as a result of
restructuring initiatives in Connecticut and Massachusetts
which resulted in the sale of most of the generating assets
of the operating utilities in the NU system, the total
consolidated capitalization of NU decreased from
approximately $5.6 billion as of December 31, 1998 to
approximately $4.8 billion as of June 30, 2003 (including
$1.8 billion in rate reduction bonds, "RRBs").  Applicants
state that RRBs are bonds or notes issued by a special
purpose entity organized by each utility company in the NU
system pursuant to state restructuring laws of the state in
which the utility operates (Connecticut, Massachusetts and
New Hampshire). These RRBs permit the electric companies to
recover the costs of investments and obligations that cannot
be recouped through market-based rates in a competitive
electricity generation market. According to NU this part of
NU's capitalization decreases as costs are recovered.
Applicants state that as the energy marketing and brokering
business of Select and SENY grows while the traditional
bases of capitalization in the NU Utility Companies and the
RRBs decrease, the financial constraints of the Rule 58 cap
could impose significant obstacles to the success of NU's
strategy of increasing its marketing and brokering business.
As of June 30, 2003, NU's investment in Rule 58 companies
aggregated approximately $828.3 million (with investments in
Select and SENY aggregating approximately $735 million)
against a Rule 58 cap of approximately $1.01 billion

     NU commits that, once an order is received granting the
authorizations sought in this Application, the aggregate
amount invested in Select and SENY as of June 30, 2003,
approximately $735 million, will continue to count as
investments in energy-related companies for purposes of
computing the available cap investment room under the Rule
58 and will continue to show such amount as investments in
Rule 58 companies on its quarterly filing on Form U-9C-3.

B.   Activities of Select and SENY

     Select and SENY also request authority to
engage in the energy services enumerated in Rule 58 and to
engage in a variety of other activities related to its
energy marketing and brokering business, including: (i) the
brokering, marketing and trading of other energy
commodities, including gas and electric transmission
entitlements, weather hedging products, emission credits and
"paper" products in respect of any of the above, including,
but not limited to, hedges, swaps, forwards, options and the
like anywhere in the world, but request the Commission to
reserve jurisdiction on the provision of such services
outside of the United States, Mexico and Canada, and (ii)
the rendering of energy management services and demand-side
management services anywhere in the world. Select and SENY
each represent that it will not make any sales of energy
commodities to customers at retail or otherwise in any state
unless authorized or permitted to do make such sales under
the laws of that state.

C.   Issuance of Guarantees.

     By previous order of the Commission, NU and NUEI are
authorized to issue guarantees and similar forms of credit
support or enhancements for the benefit of NUEI and NUEI's
nonutility subsidiaries (including Select and SENY) in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $500 million through
June 30, 2004.  The Applicants now seek an order which
would supersede and replace the previous guarantee
authorization, with an order authorizing the issuance of
Guarantees up to an aggregate amount of $750 million (not
taking into account obligations exempt under Rule 45), for
the benefit of its nonutility subsidiaries and affiliates,
including those nonutility subsidiaries and affiliates
formed or acquired during the Authorization Period.

     Applicants state that certain of the Guarantees may be
in support of obligations that are not capable of exact
quantification and, in such cases, NU will determine the
exposure under a Guaranty for purposes of measuring
compliance with the proposed Guarantee limit by standard
industry methods, including estimation of exposure based on
loss experience or projected potential payment amounts. NU
and NUEI represent that the terms and conditions of
Guarantees will be established through arm's-length
negotiations with counterparties based upon current market
conditions. NU and NUEI further undertake that any Guarantee
they issue will be without recourse to any utility company
in the NU system. Applicants further commit that any
Guarantees of EWG/FUCO projects will also be subject to the
provisions of Rule 53 and 54, and any Guarantees of energy-
related companies formed under Rule 58 under the Act will be
subject to the aggregate investment limitation of Rule 58.
Applicants propose that any Guarantees issued for the
benefit of Select or SENY, assuming the issuance of an order
in this file, will not be included in the calculation of
Rule 58 investments under Rule 58.

D.   EWG Investment Increase

     NU also seeks authorization to increase the aggregate
amount which it may invest in EWGs to up to $1.0 billion
during the Authorization Period (including the current
investment of $449 million in NGC, NU's only EWG).  In an
order issued by the Commission dated March 7, 2000 (the
"Rule 53 Order"), the Commission authorized the investment
by NU in EWGs in an amount in excess of the 50% safe harbor
limit set forth in Rule 53 (Holding Co. Act Release No.
27148). NU states that the ownership of additional
generation, on satisfactory terms, is important to support
NUEI's energy trading and marketing business.  Presently, NU
anticipates that any additional EWGs acquired would be
located in the areas in which these energy services are
provided, mainly in the New England ISO, the PJM and the New
York ISO areas.

     NU further states that the proposed EWG investment
limit represents approximately 130% of NU's average
consolidated retained earnings for the four quarterly
periods ending June 30, 2003 and that the proposed
investment limit of $1 billion compares favorably with the
EWG investment limits authorized by the Commission for other
companies and meets both prongs of Rule 53(c); such
investment (A) will not have a substantial adverse impact
upon the financial integrity of the registered holding
company system; and (B) will not have an adverse impact on
any utility subsidiary of the registered holding company, or
its customers, or on the ability of State commissions to
protect such subsidiary or customers.

     For the Commission by the Division of Investment
Management, under delegated authority.