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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000072741-02-000111.txt : 20020821
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20020821122247
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000072741-02-000111
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:		20020821

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:		02744498

	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 8K 081402
<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 14, 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)

Item 5.    Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure

On  August  14, 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  supplement similar Statements under  Oath  which
Northeast  Utilities  submitted  on  August  2,  2002.   The
statements filed herewith cover the Company's Form  10Q  for
the  second  quarter of 2002, which was filed on  August  9,
2002,  as  well as the other reports and filings covered  by
the August 2 Statements under Oath.

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/    Randy A. Shoop
                                   Name:  Randy A. Shoop
                                   Title: Assistant Treasurer- Finance


Date:  August 14, 2002

</TEXT>
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<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>exhibit991081402.txt
<DESCRIPTION>NU EXHIBIT 99.1
<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
Michael G. Morris
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

August 14, 2002



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August, 2002.


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


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<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>exhibt9928k081402.txt
<DESCRIPTION>NU EXHIBIT 99.2
<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
John H. Forsgren
Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

August 14, 2002



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August, 2002.


/s/ Cynthia J. Pratt
Cynthia J. Pratt
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 06/2006


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