Date:  April 1, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission
Attention:  Securities Ownership Reports
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

Re:  Authorization to Sign and File Securities Ownership Reports

To whom it may concern:

I,  John G. Graham, hereby authorize the following officers and
agents of Northeast Utilities to sign and file Forms 3, 4 and 5
on my behalf, via the EDGAR system or otherwise, to report
changes in my beneficial ownership of securities of Northeast
Utilities and its subsidiaries and to obtain required EDGAR
access codes to facilitate such filings:

    Gregory B. Butler (Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel,
    Northeast Utilities)

    Jeffrey C. Miller (Assistant General Counsel of Northeast Utilities
    Service Company)

    O. Kay Comendul (Assistant Secretary, Northeast Utilities)

This authorization shall remain in effect until I notify you otherwise.

Very truly yours,


/s/ John G. Graham