The Connecticut Light and Power Company												Exhibit 12
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
		Nine Months
(In thousands)		Ended
		September 30, 2008		Year Ended December 31,
Earnings, as defined:		(unaudited)		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003
Net income	$	147,858	$	133,564	$	200,007	$	94,845	$	88,016	$	68,908
Income tax expense/(benefit)		55,006		52,353		(43,961)		32,174		45,539		18,135
Equity in (earnings)/losses of regional nuclear
generating companies		(283)		(1,901)		854		(1,153)		(568)		(1,776)
Dividends received from regional equity investees		-		2,596		1,407		412		2,577		6,359
Fixed charges, as below		124,165		155,557		131,923		133,321		119,857		119,550
Less: Interest capitalized (including AFUDC)		(10,020)		(10,924)		(6,610)		(6,719)		(3,110)		(2,976)
Total earnings, as defined	$	316,726	$	331,245	$	283,620	$	252,880	$	252,311	$	208,200
Fixed charges, as defined:
Interest on long-term debt (a)	$	77,052	$	84,292	$	64,873	$	59,019	$	43,308	$	39,815
Interest on rate reduction bonds		22,808		37,728		46,692		55,796		63,667		70,284
Other interest (b)		9,635		16,413		6,281		5,220		3,072		508
Rental interest factor		4,650		6,200		7,467		6,567		6,700		5,967
Interest capitalized (including AFUDC)		10,020		10,924		6,610		6,719		3,110		2,976
Total fixed charges, as defined	$	124,165	$	155,557	$	131,923	$	133,321	$	119,857	$	119,550
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges		2.55		2.13		2.15		1.90		2.11		1.74
(a) Interest on long-term debt amounts include amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness.
(b) For the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and for the year ended December 31, 2007, other interest includes interest expense related to Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109."