Item 5.02 - Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)

Concurrent with the election of Jay S. Buth as Vice President - Accounting and Controller of Northeast Utilities (NU) on June 9, 2009, as described in subsection (c) below, David R. McHale, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NU, ceased to be designated as NU's acting principal accounting officer.

(c)

(1)

On June 9, 2009, the NU Board of Trustees elected Jay S. Buth as Vice President
- Accounting and Controller of NU. There is no family relationship between Mr. Buth and any Trustee or executive officer of NU nor any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person pursuant to which he was elected to such position.

(2)

Mr. Buth is 39 years old. He will hold this position until the next annual election of officers and until his successor is elected. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Buth was employed by Allegheny Energy, Inc., an unaffiliated electric utility holding company, as Director - Finance from May 2004 to May 2006. From June 2006 to January 2009 he was employed by NJR Service Corporation, a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources Corporation, an unaffiliated gas utility holding company, as Controller and Vice President and Controller.

(3)

Mr. Buth is eligible to participate in the NU Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives and, beginning in 2010, annual and long-term programs under the NU Incentive Plan. Each of such plans is described in NU's 2009 Proxy Statement to Shareholders.

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