REGULATORY ACCOUNTING (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Regulatory Assets Text Block

NU	As of December 31,
(Millions of Dollars)	2013		2012
Benefit Costs	$	1,240.2	$	2,452.1
Derivative Liabilities		638.0		885.6
Goodwill		525.9		537.6
Storm Restoration Costs		589.6		547.7
Income Taxes, Net		626.2		516.2
Securitized Assets		-		232.6
Contractual Obligations - Yankee Companies		154.2		217.6
Buy Out Agreements for Power Contracts		70.2		92.9
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms		323.4		190.1
Other Regulatory Assets		126.8		165.0
Total Regulatory Assets		4,294.5		5,837.4
Less: Current Portion		535.8		705.0
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets	$	3,758.7	$	5,132.4

		As of December 31,
		2013								2012
				NSTAR								NSTAR
(Millions of Dollars)		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO
Benefit Costs		$	297.7	$	496.7	$	100.6	$	57.3	$	563.2	$	781.2	$	223.7	$	116.0
Derivative Liabilities			630.4		7.7		-		-		866.2		14.9		-		3.0
Goodwill			-		451.5		-		-		-		461.5		-		-
Storm Restoration Costs			397.8		109.3		43.7		38.8		413.9		55.8		34.5		43.5
Income Taxes, Net			415.5		84.0		40.3		43.7		367.5		47.1		36.2		31.0
Securitized Assets			-		-		-		-		-		205.1		19.7		7.8
Contractual Obligations -
	Yankee Companies		19.8		6.2		-		4.5		64.0		22.8		-		14.9
Buy Out Agreements for Power Contracts			-		64.7		5.5		-		-		85.9		7.0		-
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms			8.0		169.5		83.3		32.6		12.2		71.4		49.3		31.9
Other Regulatory Assets			44.8		49.7		38.1		12.2		57.3		46.3		43.6		16.1
Total Regulatory Assets			1,814.0		1,439.3		311.5		189.1		2,344.3		1,792.0		414.0		264.2
Less: Current Portion			150.9		204.1		92.2		43.0		185.9		347.1		62.9		42.4
Total Long-Term Regulatory Assets		$	1,663.1	$	1,235.2	$	219.3	$	146.1	$	2,158.4	$	1,444.9	$	351.1	$	221.8

Schedule Of Regulatory Liabilities Text Block

NU	As of December 31,
(Millions of Dollars)	2013		2012
Cost of Removal	$	435.1	$	440.8
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms		151.2		95.1
AFUDC - Transmission		68.1		70.0
Other Regulatory Liabilities		52.9		68.4
Total Regulatory Liabilities		707.3		674.3
Less: Current Portion		204.3		134.1
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	503.0	$	540.2

	As of December 31,
	2013								2012
			NSTAR								NSTAR
(Millions of Dollars)	CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO		CL&P		Electric		PSNH		WMECO
Cost of Removal	$	29.1	$	250.0	$	49.7	$	-	$	44.2	$	240.3	$	51.2	$	-
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms		95.6		21.9		21.6		21.1		39.1		14.4		20.4		19.0
AFUDC - Transmission		54.7		4.1		-		9.3		56.6		4.1		-		9.3
Other Regulatory Liabilities		8.4		31.1		1.0		3.4		16.5		32.9		3.8		2.4
Total Regulatory Liabilities		187.8		307.1		72.3		33.8		156.4		291.7		75.4		30.7
Less: Current Portion		94.0		54.0		20.6		19.9		32.1		47.5		23.0		21.0
Total Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities	$	93.8	$	253.1	$	51.7	$	13.9	$	124.3	$	244.2	$	52.4	$	9.7