8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 12, 2007

Commission	Registrant; State of Incorporation	I.R.S. Employer
File Number	Address; and Telephone Number	Identification No.
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1-5324	NORTHEAST UTILITIES	04-2147929
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	(a Massachusetts voluntary association)
	One Federal Street, Building 111-4
	Springfield, Massachusetts 01105
	Telephone:  (413) 785-5871
0-00404	THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY	06-0303850
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	(a Connecticut corporation)
	107 Selden Street
	Berlin, Connecticut  06037-1616
	Telephone:  (860) 665-5000
1-6392	PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE	02-0181050
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	(a New Hampshire corporation)
	Energy Park
	780 North Commercial Street
	Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-1134
	Telephone:  (603) 669-4000
0-7624	WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY	04-1961130
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	(a Massachusetts corporation)
	One Federal Street, Building 111-4
	Springfield, Massachusetts 01105
	Telephone:  (413) 785-5871

Not Applicable

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Section 8   -

Other Events

Item 8.01   -

Other Events

Attached as Exhibit 99 is a Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, dated February 26, 2007, provided to the Registrants by Deloitte & Touche LLP, our independent auditors.  This Consent replaces the Consent originally filed as Exhibit 23 to the Annual Reports on Form 10-K of each of the Registrants for the year ended December 31, 2006.  The Consent filed with the 2006 Form 10-K inadvertently referred to an incorrect date of the auditor’s report concerning the financial statements referenced therein.  

Section 9 –

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 –

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

 Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
Exhibit 99	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated February 26, 2007

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NORTHEAST UTILITIES

THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY

(Registrants)

By:  /s/        Shirley M. Payne

       Name:  Shirley M. Payne

       Title:    Vice President-Accounting and Controller

Date:  March 13, 2007

EX-99

Exhibit 99

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 33-34622, 33-40156, and 333-128811 on Forms S-3 and Registration Statement Nos. 33-63023, 333-63144 and 333-121364 on Forms S-8 of our reports dated February 26, 2007, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Northeast Utilities and management's report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding Northeast Utilities’ ongoing divestiture activities, a reduction to income tax expense, and the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans) and the related consolidated financial statement schedules appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Northeast Utilitie s for the year ended December 31, 2006.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-118276 on Forms S-3 of our reports dated February 26, 2007, relating to the consolidated financial statements of The Connecticut Light and Power Company (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding a reduction in income tax expense and the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans) and the related consolidated financial statement schedules appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Connecticut Light and Power Company for the year ended December 31, 2006.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-116725  and 333-126456 on Forms S-3 of our reports dated February 26, 2007, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts Electric Company (which reports express unqualified opinions and include explanatory paragraphs relating to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans) and the related consolidated financial statement schedules, respectively, appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts Electric Company for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Hartford, Connecticut
February 26, 2007