Exhibit F.4  Form of Notice

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 35-     ]


Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
Amended (``Act'')

[Date]

     Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have
been made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act
and rules promulgated under the Act. All interested persons are
referred to the application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete
statements of the proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The
application(s) and/or declaration(s) and any amendment(s) 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 application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their
views in writing by ___________, 2005, to the Secretary,
Securities and Exchange  Commission, Washington, DC 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 the 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 ___________, 2005, the
application(s) and/or declaration(s), as filed or as amended, may
be granted and/or permitted to become effective.

Northeast Utilities, et al. (70-9755)

     Northeast Utilities ("NU"), a public utility holding company
registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended (the "Act"), located at One Federal Street,
Springfield Massachusetts, 01105; Yankee Energy System, Inc.
("YES"), a public utility holding company subsidiary of NU,
exempt from registration under the Act, and Northeast Utilities
Service Company, NU's service company subsidiary, both located at
107 Selden Street, Berlin, CT 06037; NU's direct and indirect
public utility subsidiaries, The Connecticut Light and Power
Company ("CL&P") and Yankee Gas Services Company ("Yankee Gas"),
located at 107 Selden Street, Berlin, CT 06037,  Western
Massachusetts Electric Company, located at One Federal Street,
Springfield Massachusetts, 01105, ("WMECO" and with CL&P and
WMECO, the "Utility Borrowers"), Public Service Company of New
Hampshire, located at Energy Park, 780 North Commercial Street,
Manchester, NH 03101 ("PSNH"), and Holyoke Water Power Company,
located at 107 Selden Street, Berlin, CT 06037; and NU's direct
and indirect nonutility subsidiaries, Northeast Nuclear Energy
Company, The Rocky River Realty Company, The Quinnehtuk Company,
Properties, Inc., Yankee Energy Financial Services Company,
Yankee Energy Services Company, NorConn Properties, Inc., NU
Enterprises, Inc., Northeast Generation Company, Northeast
Generation Services Company, E. S. Boulos Company, Woods
Electrical Company, Inc., Woods Network Services, Inc., Select
Energy, Inc. and Mode 1 Communications, Inc., all located at 107
Selden Street, Berlin, CT 06037, North Atlantic Energy
Corporation , located at 780 North Commercial Street, Manchester,
NH 03101, Select Energy New York, Inc., located at 507 Plum
Street, Syracuse, NY 13204 and Select Energy Services, Inc.,
located at 24 Prime Parkway, Natick, MA 01760 (collectively with
NU, YES and the Utility Borrowers, the "Applicants") have filed a
post-effective amendment to the application/declaration in this
File (the "Amendment") pursuant to Sections 6(a) and 7 of the Act
with respect to the increase of short-term debt authorizations
granted by the Commission in the prior Commission order.

     Applicants state that by order dated June 30, 2004 (Holding
Co. Act Release No. 27870) issued by the Commission in this File
No. 70-9755 (the "2004 Order"), the Commission granted authority
for NU, YES, and the Utility Borrowers to issue and sell notes or
commercial paper to unaffiliated third parties to evidence short-
term debt through June 30, 2007 ("Authorization Period") up to
the following aggregate outstanding principal amounts: NU, $450
million; YES, $50 million, CL&P, $450 million; WMECO, $200
million; and Yankee Gas, $150 million (each limit, "Aggregate
Short-Term Debt Limit") and for NU, YES and the Utility Borrowers
to engage in interest rate hedges through the Authorization
Period.  According to Applicants, the 2004 Order also authorized
the continued operation of the NU Money Pool through the
Authorization Period subject to the applicable Aggregate Short-
Term Debt Limit, if applicable.

     NU now seeks authorization to increase the amount of its
Aggregate Short-term Debt Limit that it may incur through the
Authorization Period from $450 million to $500 million.
Applicants state that no further authorizations are being
requested by the Amendment and all terms and conditions in the
2004 Order will remain applicable.

     According to the Applicants, management believes that such
an increase is necessary at this time to continue to support the
credit and liquidity requirements of its regulated and
competitive businesses and meet increasing demands from NU
counterparties for cash or letter of credit support for various
power and energy and other transactions. Applicants state that
this increase in demand for credit assurances reflects an
industry trend as opposed to any company-specific concern.  In
addition, according to Applicants, Standard and Poor's, one of
NU's credit rating agencies, has imposed reporting requirements
industry-wide for its new liquidity tests and Standard and Poor's
liquidity tests demonstrate that NU needs additional credit
capacity to support its businesses in the event of certain
hypothetical adverse developments affecting forward prices of
energy commodity products and credit ratings.