PROPERTY, PLANT AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Public Utility Property, Plant, and Equipment [Text Block]

##PPE.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

The following tables summarize the NU, CL&P, PSNH, and WMECO investments in utility plant:

		As of September 30, 2011		As of December 31, 2010
(Millions of Dollars)		NU		NU
Distribution - Electric		$	6,427.0	$	6,197.2
Distribution - Natural Gas			1,194.0		1,126.6
Transmission			3,410.2		3,378.0
Generation			1,043.9		697.1
Electric and Natural Gas Utility			12,075.1		11,398.9
Other⁽¹⁾			306.0		305.5
Total Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross			12,381.1		11,704.4
Less: Accumulated Depreciation
	Electric and Natural Gas Utility		(2,986.0)		(2,862.3)
	Other		(122.3)		(119.9)
Total Accumulated Depreciation			(3,108.3)		(2,982.2)
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net			9,272.8		8,722.2
Construction Work in Progress			823.3		845.5
Total Property, Plant and Equipment, Net		$	10,096.1	$	9,567.7

(1) These assets are primarily owned by RRR ($163.2 million and $166 million) and NUSCO ($130.9 million and $126.6 million) as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, and are mainly comprised of building improvements at RRR and software and equipment at NUSCO.

	As of September 30, 2011						As of December 31, 2010
(Millions of Dollars)	CL&P		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		PSNH		WMECO
Distribution	$	4,354.2	$	1,417.1	$	690.0	$	4,180.7	$	1,375.4	$	673.7
Transmission		2,650.4		499.7		260.1		2,668.4		476.1		233.5
Generation		-		1,034.5		9.4		-		687.7		9.4
Total Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross		7,004.6		2,951.3		959.5		6,849.1		2,539.2		916.6
Less: Accumulated Depreciation		(1,570.2)		(876.4)		(238.0)		(1,508.7)		(837.3)		(228.5)
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net		5,434.4		2,074.9		721.5		5,340.4		1,701.9		688.1
Construction Work in Progress		294.9		106.3		264.8		246.1		351.4		129.0
Total Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	$	5,729.3	$	2,181.2	$	986.3	$	5,586.5	$	2,053.3	$	817.1

On May 31, 2011, CL&P completed the sale of a segment of high voltage transmission lines in the town of Wallingford, Connecticut. The net book value of the assets sold was $42.5 million. CL&P will operate and maintain the lines under an operations and maintenance agreement.