<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000072741-22-000003.txt : 20220119
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000072741-22-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220114
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220119

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DiStasio James S
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001473373

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05324
		FILM NUMBER:		22538924

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O EVERSOURCE ENERGY
		STREET 2:		300 CADWELL DRIVE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01104

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EVERSOURCE ENERGY
		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:		300 CADWELL DRIVE
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01104
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8606655000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		107 SELDEN ST
		CITY:			BERLIN
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06037-1616

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHEAST UTILITIES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20041201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHEAST UTILITIES SYSTEM
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961121
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        <issuerName>EVERSOURCE ENERGY</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ES</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>DiStasio James S</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O EVERSOURCE ENERGY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>300 CADWELL DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01104</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Trustee</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares, $5.00 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-01-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1859</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>26596</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom Shares</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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        <footnote id="F1">Restricted share units that vested on January 18, 2022.  Receipt of the underlying common shares has been deferred.  Distribution of the deferred common shares will be made on the 10th business day of January of the year following the reporting person's retirement from the Board.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Reporting Person's deferred compensation under the Eversource Deferred Compensation Plan, a non-qualified plan, that is nominally invested as common shares. Each phantom share represents the right to receive one common share upon a distribution event, following vesting. Additional phantom shares are issued upon the automatic reinvestment of dividend-equivalents and are exempt from the line item reporting under SEC rule 16a-11.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kerry J. Tomasevich, attorney-in-fact for Mr. DiStasio</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-01-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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