0001181431-12-023444.txt : 20120410 0001181431-12-023444.hdr.sgml : 20120410 20120410182720 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-023444 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120410 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120410 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120410 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTHEAST UTILITIES CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000072741 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 042147929 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE FEDERAL STREET STREET 2: BUILDING 111-4 CITY: SPRINGFIELD STATE: MA ZIP: 01105 BUSINESS PHONE: 8606655000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 107 SELDEN ST CITY: BERLIN STATE: CT ZIP: 06037-1616 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NORTHEAST UTILITIES SYSTEM DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961121 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MAY THOMAS J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001101384 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05324 FILM NUMBER: 12752859 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O NSTAR STREET 2: 800 BOYLSTON STREET MAIL STOP P-1700 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02199 3 1 rrd341631.xml FORM 3 X0205 3 2012-04-10 1 0000072741 NORTHEAST UTILITIES NU 0001101384 MAY THOMAS J C/O NORTHEAST UTILITIES ONE FEDERAL STREET, BUILDING 111-4 SPRINGFIELD MA 01105 0 1 0 0 President , CEO and Trustee [Exhibit List] [Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney] /s/ Richard J. Morrison - Attorney in Fact for Thomas J. May 2012-04-10 EX-24. 2 rrd306388_345612.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd306388_345612.html 
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5
                               Northeast Utilities

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Gregory B. Butler, O. Kay Comendul, Florence J. Iacono, Samuel
K. Lee, Jeffrey C. Miller, and Richard J. Morrison, signing singly, as his/her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)     Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

        (2)     Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any
such Form 3, 4 and 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

        (3)     Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
his/her discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such
attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of April 10, 2012.

                                        /s/ Thomas J. May
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                                            Thomas J. May