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PENSION BENEFITS AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS OTHER THAN PENSION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract] |
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Expense/(Income) | The components of net periodic benefit plan expense/(income) for the Pension, SERP and PBOP Plans, prior to amounts capitalized as Property, Plant and Equipment or deferred as regulatory assets/(liabilities) for future recovery or refund, are shown below. The service cost component of net periodic benefit plan expense/(income), less the capitalized portion, is included in Operations and Maintenance expense on the statements of income. The remaining components of net periodic benefit plan expense/(income), less the deferred portion, are included in Other Income, Net on the statements of income. Pension, SERP and PBOP expense/(income) reflected in the statements of cash flows for CL&P, NSTAR Electric and PSNH does not include intercompany allocations of net periodic benefit plan expense/(income), as these amounts are cash settled on a short-term basis.
| Pension and SERP |  | PBOP
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
(Millions of Dollars) | Eversource |  | CL&P |  | NSTAR Electric |  | PSNH |  | Eversource |  | CL&P |  | NSTAR Electric |  | PSNH
Service Cost | $ | 17.7 |  |  | $ | 4.5 |  |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | 1.8 |  |  | $ | 2.8 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |
Interest Cost | 38.6 |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | 8.1 |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | 5.0 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 0.5 |
Expected Return on Plan Assets | (131.7) |  |  | (26.6) |  |  | (32.0) |  |  | (14.1) |  |  | (22.4) |  |  | (2.8) |  |  | (10.6) |  |  | (1.6) |
Actuarial Losses, net | 30.7 |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | 8.5 |  |  | 2.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Prior Service Cost/(Credit) | 0.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | (5.4) |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | (4.3) |  |  | 0.1 |
Total Net Periodic Benefit Plan Income | $ | (44.3) |  |  | $ | (10.1) |  |  | $ | (11.7) |  |  | $ | (5.9) |  |  | $ | (20.0) |  |  | $ | (1.2) |  |  | $ | (13.1) |  |  | $ | (0.8) |
Intercompany Income Allocations | N/A |  | $ | (3.8) |  |  | $ | (2.9) |  |  | $ | (0.8) |  |  | N/A |  | $ | (0.9) |  |  | $ | (0.9) |  |  | $ | (0.3) |
| Pension and SERP |  | PBOP
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
(Millions of Dollars) | Eversource |  | CL&P |  | NSTAR Electric |  | PSNH |  | Eversource |  | CL&P |  | NSTAR Electric |  | PSNH
Service Cost | $ | 21.3 |  |  | $ | 6.3 |  |  | $ | 4.0 |  |  | $ | 2.2 |  |  | $ | 3.5 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Interest Cost | 32.6 |  |  | 7.3 |  |  | 6.7 |  |  | 3.6 |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | 0.5 |
Expected Return on Plan Assets | (108.9) |  |  | (21.6) |  |  | (26.9) |  |  | (11.9) |  |  | (19.7) |  |  | (2.6) |  |  | (9.3) |  |  | (1.5) |
Actuarial Loss | 61.6 |  |  | 13.0 |  |  | 15.5 |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 0.3 |
Prior Service Cost/(Credit) | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | (5.3) |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | (4.2) |  |  | 0.1 |
Total Net Periodic Benefit Plan Expense/(Income) | $ | 6.9 |  |  | $ | 5.0 |  |  | $ | (0.6) |  |  | $ | (1.2) |  |  | $ | (14.5) |  |  | $ | (0.6) |  |  | $ | (11.2) |  |  | $ | (0.3) |
Intercompany Expense/(Income) Allocations | N/A |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | N/A |  | $ | (0.3) |  |  | $ | (0.4) |  |  | $ | (0.1) |

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