MARKETABLE SECURITIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Eversource holds marketable securities that are primarily used to fund certain non-qualified executive benefits. The trusts that hold marketable securities are not subject to regulatory oversight by state or federal agencies. CYAPC and YAEC maintain legally restricted trusts, each of which holds marketable securities, to fund the spent nuclear fuel removal obligations of their nuclear fuel storage facilities.

Equity Securities: Unrealized gains and losses on equity securities held in Eversource's non-qualified executive benefit trust are recorded in Other Income, Net on the statements of income. The fair value of these equity securities as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 was $43.4 million and $44.0 million, respectively. For each of the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, there were unrealized gains of $2.4 million, recorded in Other Income, Net related to these equity securities. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, there were unrealized gains of $5.7 million and $2.6 million, respectively.

Eversource's equity securities also include CYAPC's and YAEC's marketable securities held in spent nuclear fuel trusts, which had fair values of $163.7 million and $200.0 million as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Unrealized gains and losses for these spent nuclear fuel trusts are subject to regulatory accounting treatment and are recorded in Marketable Securities with the corresponding offset to Other Long-Term Liabilities on the balance sheets, with no impact on the statements of income.

Available-for-Sale Debt Securities: The following is a summary of the available-for-sale debt securities, which are recorded at fair value and are included in current and long-term Marketable Securities on the balance sheets.



	As of September 30, 2019									As of December 31, 2018
Eversource (Millions of Dollars)	Amortized Cost		Pre-Tax Unrealized Gains		Pre-Tax Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Pre-Tax Unrealized Gains		Pre-Tax Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Debt Securities	$	203.0	$	8.9	$	(0.1	)	$	211.8	$	190.0	$	0.4	$	(4.0	)	$	186.4

Eversource's debt securities include CYAPC's and YAEC's marketable securities held in spent nuclear fuel trusts in the amounts of $174.7 million and $143.9 million as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities held in Eversource's non-qualified benefit trust are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. There have been no significant unrealized losses, other-than-temporary impairments, or credit losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. Factors considered in determining whether a credit loss exists include the duration and severity of the impairment, adverse conditions specifically affecting the issuer, and the payment history, ratings and rating changes of the security. For asset-backed debt securities, underlying collateral and expected future cash flows are also evaluated.

As of September 30, 2019, the contractual maturities of available-for-sale debt securities were as follows:



Eversource (Millions of Dollars)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Less than one year⁽¹⁾	$	28.6	$	28.5
One to five years	49.8		51.2
Six to ten years	30.0		31.9
Greater than ten years	94.6		100.2
Total Debt Securities	$	203.0	$	211.8


⁽¹⁾	Amounts in the Less than one year category include securities in the CYAPC and YAEC spent nuclear fuel trusts, which are restricted and are classified in long-term Marketable Securities on the balance sheets.

Realized Gains and Losses: Realized gains and losses are recorded in Other Income, Net for Eversource's benefit trust and are offset in Other Long-Term Liabilities for CYAPC and YAEC. Eversource utilizes the specific identification basis method for the Eversource non-qualified benefit trust, and the average cost basis method for the CYAPC and YAEC spent nuclear fuel trusts to compute the realized gains and losses on the sale of marketable securities.

Fair Value Measurements: The following table presents the marketable securities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis by the level in which they are classified within the fair value hierarchy:



Eversource (Millions of Dollars)	As of September 30, 2019		As of December 31, 2018
Level 1:
Mutual Funds and Equities	$	207.1	$	244.0
Money Market Funds	19.6		25.9
Total Level 1	$	226.7	$	269.9
Level 2:
U.S. Government Issued Debt Securities (Agency and Treasury)	$	95.2	$	79.6
Corporate Debt Securities	49.5		39.5
Asset-Backed Debt Securities	13.1		14.0
Municipal Bonds	25.6		19.2
Other Fixed Income Securities	8.8		8.2
Total Level 2	$	192.2	$	160.5
Total Marketable Securities	$	418.9	$	430.4

U.S. government issued debt securities are valued using market approaches that incorporate transactions for the same or similar bonds and adjustments for yields and maturity dates. Corporate debt securities are valued using a market approach, utilizing recent trades of the same or similar instruments and also incorporating yield curves, credit spreads and specific bond terms and conditions. Asset-backed debt securities include collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage backed securities, and securities collateralized by auto loans, credit card loans or receivables. Asset-backed debt securities are valued using recent trades of similar instruments, prepayment assumptions, yield curves, issuance and maturity dates, and tranche information. Municipal bonds are valued using a market approach that incorporates reported trades and benchmark yields. Other fixed income securities are valued using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics, and discounted cash flows.