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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000072741-02-000094.txt : 20020802
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000072741-02-000094
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20020802
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020802

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTHEAST UTILITIES SYSTEM
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000072741
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				042147929
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05324
		FILM NUMBER:		02718177

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		174 BRUSH HILL AVE
		CITY:			WEST SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01090-0010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4137855871

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		107 SELDON ST
		CITY:			BERLIN
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06037-1616
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<DESCRIPTION>NU 8-K COVER 080202
<TEXT>
             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

                          FORM 8-K

                       CURRENT REPORT

           Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
               Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 2, 2002
                     -------------------
                Commission File Number 1-5324
                           ------

                     NORTHEAST UTILITIES
                    --------------------
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     MASSACHUSETTS                            04-2147929
    ----------------------                    ----------
(State or other jurisdiction of      (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or
     organization)                        Identification No.)

          174 BRUSH HILL AVENUE, WEST SPRINGFIELD,
          MASSACHUSETTS                            01090-0010
  ------------------------------------------------------------
        (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

                         (413) 785-5871
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                         Not Applicable
                         --------------
   (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

<PAGE>

Item 5.    Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure

On  August  2,  2002, Northeast Utilities submitted  to  the
Securities and Exchange Commission Statements under Oath  of
the  Principal  Executive  Officer and  Principal  Financial
Officer  in  accordance with the SEC's June 27,  2002  Order
requiring the filing of sworn statements pursuant to Section
21(a)(1) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.    Such
statements  do  not cover the Company's  Form  10Q  for  the
second  quarter of 2002 as such Form has not yet been filed.
The  Company intends to submit a second set of certification
statements next week at the time it files its second quarter
Form 10Q.

Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits


     99.1 Statement   Under  Oath  of  Michael  G.   Morris,
          Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
          Northeast    Utilities,   Regarding   Facts  and
          Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.


     99.2 Statement  Under  Oath of John H.  Forsgren,  Vice
          Chairman,  Executive  Vice  President  and   Chief
          Financial    Officer   of   Northeast   Utilities,
          Regarding  Facts  and  Circumstances  Relating  to
          Exchange Act Filings.


 <PAGE>


                          SIGNATURE

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the  Securities  and
Exchange  Act of 1934, the registrant has duly  caused  this
report  to  be  signed  on  its behalf  by  the  undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.

                     NORTHEAST UTILITIES
                        (registrant)



                              By:  /s/ Gregory B. Butler
                                      Name:  Gregory B. Butler
                                      Title: Vice President,Secretary
                                             and General Counsel


Date:  August 2, 2002

</TEXT>
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<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>exh991080202.txt
<DESCRIPTION>NU EXHIBIT 99.1 MORRIS 080202
<TEXT>
                                                           Exhibit 99.1

              STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
                      OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
            CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Michael G. Morris, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Northeast Utilities, state and attest that:

     (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
     covered reports of Northeast Utilities, and, except as corrected
     or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

          -  no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
             material fact as of the end of the period covered by such
             report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
             definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
             which it was filed); and

          -  no covered report omitted to state a material fact
             necessary to make the statements in the covered report,
             in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
             not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such
             report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
             definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was
             filed).

      (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the audit
      committee of the Board of Trustees of Northeast Utilities.

      (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if
      filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
      report":

          -  Annual Report of Northeast Utilities on Form 10-K for the
             year ended December 31, 2001;

          -  all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
             definitive proxy materials of Northeast Utilities filed
             with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
             10-K identified above; and

          -  any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/  Michael G. Morris
(Signature)
Michael G. Morris
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

July 31, 2002



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of July, 2002.

/s/  Amanda J. Scheyd
Amanda J. Scheyd
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 12/31/06



</TEXT>
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<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>exh9928k080202.txt
<DESCRIPTION>NU EXHIBIT 99.2 FORSGREN 080202
<TEXT>

                                                           Exhibit 99.2

              STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
               OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
                       RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT
                                FILINGS

I, John H. Forsgren, Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Northeast Utilities, state and attest that:

     (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
     covered reports of Northeast Utilities, and, except as corrected
     or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

          -  no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
             material fact as of the end of the period covered by such
             report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
             definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was
             filed); and

          -  no covered report omitted to state a material fact
             necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in
             light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
             misleading as of the end of the period covered by such
             report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
             definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was
             filed).

      (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the audit
      committee of the Board of Trustees of Northeast Utilities.

      (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed
      on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

           -  Annual Report of Northeast Utilities on Form 10-K for the
              year ended December 31, 2001;

           -  all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
              definitive proxy materials of Northeast Utilities filed
              with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
              10-K identified above; and

           -  any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/  John H. Forsgren
(Signature)
John H. Forsgren
Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

July 31, 2002



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of July, 2002.

/s/ Cynthia L. Pratt
Cynthia L. Pratt
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 6/2006


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