Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  SCHWEIGER WERNER J
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/02/2014
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NORTHEAST UTILITIES [NU]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O NORTHEAST UTILITIES, 300 CADWELL DRIVE
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive VP and COO
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SPRINGFIELD, MA 01104
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Shares, $5.00 par value 164,095 (1)
D
 
Common Shares, $5.00 par value 8,373 (2)
I
401k Plan (Trustee)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Shares   (3)   (3) Common Shares, $5.00 par value 99,012 $ (3) D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 04/27/2009 04/27/2016 Common Shares, $5.00 par value 62,976 $ 21.14 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 05/03/2010 05/03/2017 Common Shares, $5.00 par value 47,232 $ 28.12 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 01/24/2011 01/24/2018 Common Shares, $5.00 par value 39,360 $ 24.74 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 01/22/2012 01/22/2019 Common Shares, $5.00 par value 48,544 $ 25.93 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 04/10/2012 01/28/2020 Common Shares, $5.00 par value 36,736 $ 26.9 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SCHWEIGER WERNER J
C/O NORTHEAST UTILITIES
300 CADWELL DRIVE
SPRINGFIELD, MA 01104
      Executive VP and COO  

Signatures

/s/ Kerry J. Tomasevich, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Schweiger 09/03/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon.
(2) Shares held in trust under the Northeast Utilities Service Company 401k Plan, a qualified plan, according to information supplied by the Plan's record keeper.
(3) Reporting Person's deferred compensation under the Northeast Utilities Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives, a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, that is nominally invested as common shares. Each phantom share represents the right to receive the cash value of one NU common share upon a distribution event, following vesting. Additional phantom shares are issued upon the automatic reinvestment of dividend-equivalents exempt from line item reporting under SEC Rule 16a-11.

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