NU Form U-9C-3 September 2004

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549-1004





FORM U-9C-3





QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO RULE 58



For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004




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Northeast Utilities

(Name of registered holding company)






107 Selden Street, Berlin, CT 06037

(Address of Principal Executive Officers)






Name and telephone number of officer to whom inquiries concerning this report should be directed:


John P. Stack, Vice President-Accounting and Controller

Telephone Number:  860-665-2333







GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS



A.

Use of Form


1.

A reporting company, as defined herein, shall file a report on this form within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters, and within 90 days after the end of the fourth quarter, of the fiscal year of the registered holding company.  The period beginning on the date of effectiveness of rule 58 and ending at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the rule becomes effective shall constitute the initial period for which any report shall be filed, if applicable.


2.

The requirement to provide specific information by means of this form supersedes any requirement by order of the Commission to provide identical information by means of periodic certificates under rule 24; but does not so supersede and replace any requirement by order to provide information by means of an annual report on Form U-13-60.  


3.

Information with respect to reporting companies that is required by Form U-13-60 shall be provided exclusively on that form.


4.

Notwithstanding the specific requirements of this form, this Commission may informally request such further information as, in its opinion, may be necessary or appropriate.  


B.

Statements of Monetary Amounts and Deficits


1.

Amounts included in this form and in related financial statements may be expressed in whole dollars, thousands of dollars or hundred thousands of dollars.


2.

Deficits and other similar entries shall be indicated by either brackets or parentheses.  An explanation should be provided by footnote.


C.

Formal Requirements


This form, including exhibits, shall be filed with Commission electronically pursuant to Regulation S-T (17 CFR 232.10 et seq.).  A conformed copy of each such report shall be filed with each state commission having jurisdiction over the retail rates of a public utility company that is an associate company of a reporting company.  Each report shall provide the name and telephone number of the person to whom inquiries concerning this report should be directed.  


D.

Definitions


As used in this form, the word "reporting company" means an energy-related company or gas-related company, as defined in rule 58(b).  All other words and terms have the same meaning as in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, and the rules and regulations there under.  








ITEM 1 - ORGANIZATIONAL CHART


Instructions


1.

Complete Item 1 only for the first three calendar quarters of the fiscal year of the registered holding company.


2.

Under the caption "Name of Reporting Company," list each energy-related and gas-related company and each system company that directly or indirectly holds securities thereof.  Add the designation "(new)" for each reporting company of which securities were acquired during the period, and the designation "(*)" for each inactive company.  


3.

Under the caption "Percentage of Voting Securities Held," state the aggregate percentage of the outstanding voting securities of the reporting company held directly or indirectly by the registered holding company at the end of the quarter.  


4.

Provide a narrative description of each reporting company's activities during the reporting period.  





Name of
Reporting Company


Energy or

Gas Related

Company



Date of
Organization



State of
Organization



Percentage of Voting

Securities Held



Nature of

Business

Activities

Reported

During

the Period

       

NU Enterprises, Inc.

Holding

01/04/99

Connecticut

100% by Northeast

Utilities

Unregulated businesses holding company

(A)

       

Select Energy, Inc.

Energy

09/26/96

Connecticut

100% by NU Enterprises, Inc.

Energy-related activities

(B)

       

Northeast Generation

Services Company

Energy

01/04/99

Connecticut

100% by NU Enterprises, Inc.

Energy-related activities

(C)

       

Select Energy Services, Inc.

Energy

06/19/90

Massachusetts

100% by NU Enterprises, Inc.

Energy-related activities

(D)

       

Reeds Ferry Supply Co., Inc.

Energy

07/15/64

New Hampshire

100% by Select Energy Services, Inc.

Energy-related activities

(E)

       

HEC/Tobyhanna Energy Project, Inc.

Energy

09/28/99

Massachusetts

100% by Select Energy Services, Inc.

Energy-related activities

(F)

       

Select Energy Contracting, Inc.

Energy

10/12/94

Massachusetts

100% by Select Energy

Services, Inc.

Energy-related activities

(G)

       

Yankee Energy System, Inc.

Holding

02/15/00

Connecticut

100% by Northeast

Utilities

Public Utility Holding Company

(H)

       

Yankee Energy Services Company

Energy

07/02/93

Connecticut

100% by Yankee Energy System, Inc.

Energy-related activities

(I)

       

R. M. Services, Inc.

Energy

11/22/94

Connecticut

100% by Yankee Energy System, Inc.

 (*)

(J)

       

Acumentrics Corporation

Energy

09/13/00

Massachusetts

5% by NU Enterprises,

Inc.

Energy-related activities

(K)

       

ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC

Energy

09/30/00

Delaware

50% by Select Energy Services, Inc.

Energy-related activities

(L)

       

E. S. Boulos Company

Energy

01/10/01

Connecticut

100% by Northeast Generation Services Company

Energy-related activities

(M)

       






       

NGS Mechanical, Inc.

Energy

01/24/01

Connecticut

100% by Northeast Generation Services Company

Provide mechanical construction and maintenance services

(N)

       

HEC/CJTS Energy Center LLC

Energy

03/02/01

Delaware

100% by Select Energy Services, Inc.

Facilitate construction financing

(O)

       

Select Energy
New York, Inc.

Energy

02/13/96

Delaware

100% by Select Energy,

Inc.

Energy-related activities

(P)

       

Woods Electrical Co., Inc.

Energy

07/18/02

Connecticut

100% by Northeast Generation Services Company

Provide electrical contracting services

(Q)

       

Greenport Power, LLC

Energy

02/13/03

Delaware

50% by Northeast Generation Services Company

Energy related construction activities

(R)


(A)

NU Enterprises, Inc. is not a "reporting company" but is included in this Item 1 because it holds, directly or indirectly, voting securities issued by reporting companies as indicated above.


(B)

Select Energy, Inc. (Select Energy) is an integrated energy business that buys, markets, and sells electricity, gas, oil and energy-related products and services to both wholesale and retail customers in the northeastern United States.  Select Energy procures and delivers energy and capacity required to serve its electric, gas and oil customers.  Select Energy, collectively with its affiliated businesses, provides a wide range of energy products and energy services.


Select Energy is a licensed retail electricity supplier and is registered with local electric distribution companies and is a registered gas marketer with local gas distribution companies in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia.  Additionally, Select Energy is a licensed retail electricity supplier and is registered with the local electric distribution company in the District of Colombia, and is a licensed retail electricity supplier in the state of Ohio.

 

(C)

Northeast Generation Services Company (NGS) provides a full range of asset management and operation and maintenance services for electric power generation asset owners in the northeast.  Services are provided primarily in support of affiliated-owned assets.


(D)

Select Energy Services, Inc. (formerly HEC Inc.) is not a "reporting company" but is included in this Item 1 because it holds, directly or indirectly, voting securities issued by reporting companies as indicated above.  


(E)

Reed's Ferry Supply Co., Inc. is an equipment wholesaler which purchases equipment on behalf of Select Energy Contracting, Inc.


(F)

HEC/Tobyhanna Energy Project, Inc. was established as a special purpose entity to manage the assets of an Energy Savings Performance Contract project at the Tobyhanna Army Depot.  


(G)

Select Energy Contracting, Inc. designs, manages and directs the construction of, and/or installation of mechanical, water, and electrical systems, energy and other resource consuming equipment.  


(H)

Yankee Energy System, Inc. is not a "reporting company" but is included in this Item 1 because it holds, directly or indirectly, voting securities issued by reporting companies as indicated above.  








(I)

Yankee Energy Services Company has disposed of most of its assets and is winding down its energy-related business.  


(J)

R. M. Services, Inc. is inactive as of June 30, 2004.


(K)

Acumentrics Corporation develops, manufactures, and distributes advanced power generation, power quality and power protection devices including a high-speed flywheel and advanced technology fuel cells.


(L)

ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC (ERI/HEC) is a Delaware limited liability company that was formed by Select Energy Services, Inc., and ERI Services, Inc. to enter into an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with the U.S. Navy.  Under the contract, the Navy will issue Delivery Orders for energy services work at U.S. Government facilities located in Bahrain, Greece, Egypt, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.  ERI/HEC will designate either ERI or Select Energy Services, Inc. to perform each of the Delivery Orders.  ERI/HEC will also act as the conduit for any project-related financing.  ERI Services, Inc. and Select Energy Services, Inc. each own 50% of the LLC.


(M)

E. S. Boulos Company (Boulos) is in the electrical contracting business primarily in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.  Boulos is registered to do business in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.


(N)

NGS Mechanical, Inc. (NGSM) performs power plant operations, maintenance and capital project support.  NGSM is registered to do business in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, and New York.  


(O)

HEC/CJTS Energy Center LLC (HEC/CTJS) facilitated the construction of an energy center at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, Connecticut.  HEC/CJTS does not have any employees nor does it conduct any activities other than those related to the lease related to such project.


(P)

Select Energy New York, Inc. is engaged in the brokering, marketing, transportation, storage, and sale of energy commodities.


(Q)

Woods Electrical Co., Inc. is in the electrical contracting business mainly in Connecticut.  Woods is registered to do business in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire.


(R)

Greenport Power LLC (Greenport) is a Delaware limited liability company that was formed by NGS and Hawkeye Electric LLC (Hawkeye Electric) to enter into an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement with Global Commons Greenport LLC for the performance of design, engineering, procurement, construction and other services in connection with an electrical facility construction project in Greenport, Long Island, New York.  Hawkeye Electric, which is not an affiliate of NU, and NGS each own 50% of Greenport.








ITEM 2 - ISSUANCES AND RENEWALS OF SECURITIES AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS


Instruction

With respect to a transaction with an associate company, report only the type and principal amount of securities involved.







Company

Issuing Security


Type of

Security

Issued


Principal

Amount of

Security



Issue or

Renewal



Cost of

Capital

Person to

Whom

Security Was

Issued


Collateral

Given With

Security


Consideration

Received for

Each Security


Company

Contributing

Capital


Amount of

Capital

Contribution

  

Select Energy, Inc.

No transactions this quarter.

  

Northeast Generation  Services Company


No transactions this quarter.

          

Select Energy Contracting, Inc.


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A

Select Energy

Services, Inc.


$334,000

  

Reeds Ferry Supply Co., Inc.


No transactions this quarter.

  

HEC/Tobyhanna Energy Project, Inc.


No transactions this quarter.

    

Yankee Energy Services Company


No transactions this quarter

  
    

ERI/HECE EFA-Med, LLC


No transactions this quarter

  
  

E.S. Boulos Company


No transactions this quarter

  

NGS Mechanical, Inc.


No transactions this quarter

  

HEC/CJTS Energy Center LLC


No transactions this quarter

  

Select Energy New York, Inc.


No transactions this quarter.

  

Woods Electrical Co., Inc.


No transactions this quarter.









ITEM 3 - ASSOCIATE TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

       

Instructions

      

1. This item is used to report the performance during the quarter

    

of contracts among reporting companies and their associate

    

companies, including other reporting companies, for service,

    

sales and construction. A copy of any such contract not filed

    

previously should be provided as an exhibit pursuant to Item 6.B.

    
       

2. Parts I and II concern transactions performed by reporting

    

companies on behalf of associate companies, and transactions

    

performed by associate companies on behalf of reporting

    

companies, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

Part I - Transactions performed by reporting companies on behalf

   

Total Amount

         of associate companies.

     

Billed*

       
      

Three Months

Reporting Company

 

Associate Company

 

Types of

 

Ended

Rendering Services

 

Rendering Services

 

Services Rendered

 

September 30, 2004

      

(Thousands of Dollars)

Northeast

 

Northeast

    

Generation

 

Generation

 

 

  

Services Company

 

Company

 

Power Plant

 

 $                                       6,697

       

Northeast

      

Generation

 

Northeast

 

 

  

Services Company

 

Utilities

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                              5

       

Northeast

      

Generation

 

Northeast Utilities

 

Engineering and

  

Services Company

 

Service Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                            16

       

Northeast

 

The Connecticut

    

Generation

 

Light and Power

 

Engineering and

  

Services Company

 

Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                            65

       

Northeast

 

 

    

Generation

 

Holyoke Water

 

 

  

Services Company

 

Power Company

 

Power Plant

 

 $                                       7,832

       

Northeast

 

Western

    

Generation

 

Massachusetts

 

Power Plant and

  

Services Company

 

Electric Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                              2

       

Northeast

      

Generation

 

Select Energy

 

 

  

Services Company

 

Services, Inc.

 

Power Plant

 

 $                                          659

       

Northeast

 

Public Service

   

 

Generation

 

Company of

 

Electrical, Engineering and

 

Services Company

 

New Hampshire

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                            14

       







    

Power Plant, Electrical,

 

Northeast Generation

   

Mechanical and

  

Services Company

 

Select Energy, Inc.

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                            60

       

Northeast Generation

      

Services Company

 

Greenport Power, LLC

 

Engineering Services

 

 $                                            14

       

Woods Electrical

 

Northeast Utilities

 

Electrical and

  

Co., Inc.

 

Service Company

 

Construction Services

 $                                              7

       
       

Woods Electrical

 

Woods Network

 

Electrical and

  

Co., Inc.

 

Services, Inc.

 

Construction Services

 $                                            20

       

Woods Electrical

   

Electrical and

  

Co., Inc.

 

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Construction Services

 $                                            16

       
  

The Connecticut

 

 

  
  

Light and Power

 

Electrical and

  

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Company

 

Construction Services

 $                                       1,609

       
  

Western

    
  

Massachusetts

 

Electrical and

  

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Electric Company

 

Construction Services

 $                                            14

       
  

Public Service

    
  

Company of

 

Electrical and

  

E.S. Boulos Company

 

New Hampshire

 

Construction Services

 $                                          194

       
  

Northeast Utilities

 

Electrical and

  

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Service Company

 

Construction Services

 $                                              2

       

 

 

Select Energy

 

Electrical and

  

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Services, Inc.

 

Construction Services

 $                                       1,725

       

 

 

Northeast

   

 

 

 

Generation

 

Electrical and

  

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Company

 

Construction Services

 $                                            39

       
  

Select Energy

    

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Contracting, Inc.

 

Electrical Services

 

 $                                              1

       
  

Northeast Generation

 

Electrical and

  

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Services Company

 

Construction Services

 $                                            99

       
  

Woods Electrical

 

Electrical and

  

E.S. Boulos Company

 

Co., Inc.

 

Construction Services

 $                                            64

       

Reeds Ferry

 

Select Energy

 

Wholesale Purchasing

 

Supply Co., Inc.

 

Contracting, Inc.

 

Services

 

 $                                          151

       

Select Energy

 

Select Energy

 

Electrical and

  

Contracting, Inc.

 

Services, Inc.

 

Mechanical Services

 

 $                                          665

       







  

Select Energy

    

Select Energy, Inc.

 

New York, Inc.

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                       3,569

       

Select Energy, Inc.

 

Northeast Utilities

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                              5

       
  

Northeast Utilities

    

Select Energy, Inc.

 

Services Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                          439

       
       

* Total amount billed includes direct costs, overheads and a return.

    
       







Part II - Transactions performed by associate companies on behalf of reporting companies.

      

Total Amount

      

Billed*

       
      

Three Months

Associate Company

 

Reporting Company

 

Types of

 

Ended

Rendering Services

 

Receiving Services

 

Services Rendered

 

September 30, 2004

      

(Thousands of Dollars)

Northeast Generation

 

Northeast Generation

    

Company

 

Services Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                          204

       

Northeast Utilities

 

Select Energy, Inc.

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                          114

       

The Connecticut

      

Light and Power

 

Northeast Generation

    

Company

 

Services Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                            55

       

The Connecticut

      

Light and Power

 

 

    

Company

 

Select Energy, Inc.

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                              1

       

Holyoke Water

 

Northeast Generation

    

Power Company

 

Services Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                          485

       

Western

      

Massachusetts

 

Northeast Generation

    

Electric Company

 

Services Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                            73

 

      

Northeast Utilities

 

Select Energy

    

Service Company

 

New York, Inc.

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                          239

       

Northeast Utilities

 

Northeast Generation

    

Service Company

 

Services Company

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                          935

       

Northeast Utilities

      

Service Company

 

Select Energy, Inc.

 

Miscellaneous Services

 $                                       4,991

       

Select Energy

 

HEC/Tobyhana Energy

    

Services, Inc.

 

Project, Inc.

 

Engineering Services

 

 $                                          458

       

* Total amount billed includes direct costs, overheads and a return.

       









ITEM 4 - SUMMARY OF AGGREGATE INVESTMENT

    
        

Investments in energy-related companies:

     
    

                      (Thousands of Dollars)

 
        

Total consolidated capitalization as of

 

09/30/04

$6,956,753

 

line 1

Total capitalization multiplied by 15%

     

 (line 1 multiplied by 0.15)

   

1,043,513

  
        

Additional investment allowed through 6/30/07 *

 

500,000

  
     

  1,543,513

 

line 2

Total Allowed (greater of $50 million on line 2)

   

$1,543,513 

line 3

      

Total current aggregate investment:

     

   Select Energy, Inc. and Subsidiary

  

976,788

  

   Northeast Generation Services Company

  

21,054

  

   Select Energy Contracting, Inc.

  

15,639

  

   Woods Electrical Co., Inc.

   

13,159

  

   Reeds Ferry Supply Co., Inc.

   

7

  

   HEC/Tobyhanna Energy Project, Inc.

  

                 -   

  

   Yankee Energy Services Company

  

7,882

  

   E.S. Boulos Company

   

7,551

  

   R.M. Services, Inc.

   

                     -   

  

   NGS Mechanical, Inc.

   

10

  

   Acumentrics Corporation

   

3,750

  

   Greenport, LLC

   

501

  

   ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC

   

9

  

   HEC/CJTS Energy Center LLC

  

12

  

   Current aggregate investment

   

1,046,362

 

     Elimination **

    

12,539

 

          Total current aggregate investment

   

1,033,823

line 4

Difference between the total allowed and the total

    

current aggregate investment of the

     

registered holding company system (line 3 less line 4)

   

$509,690

line 5

        

 *Per SEC Order dated July 2, 2004 (Rel. No. 35-27868A).

    
        

**Elimination is for capital contributions made from a parent company who is a reporting company to a subsidiary
    who is also a reporting company.









ITEM 5 - OTHER INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

 

       

Instruction

      

This item concerns investments in energy-related and gas-related

  

companies that are excluded from the calculation of aggregate

  

investment under rule 58.

 

 

 

 

       

Major Line

 

Other

 

Other

  

of Energy-

 

Investment

 

Investment

  

Related

 

in Last

 

in This

 

Reason for Difference

Business

 

U-9C-3 Report

 

U-9C-3 Report

 

in Other Investment

       
       

NONE

      






ITEM 6 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


Instructions


A.

Financial Statements


1.

Financial statements are required for reporting companies in which the registered holding company system has at least 50% equity or other ownership interest.  For all other rule 58 companies, the registered holding company shall make available to the Commission such financial statements as are available to it.  


2.

For each reporting company, provide a balance sheet as of the end of the quarter and income statements for the three-month and year-to-date periods ending as of the end of the quarter, together with any notes thereto.  Financial statements shall be for the first three quarters of the fiscal year of the registered holding company.  


3.

If a reporting company and each of its subsidiaries engage exclusively in single category of energy-related or gas-related activity, consolidated financial statements may be filed.  


4.

Separate financial statements need not be filed for inactive companies or for companies engaged solely in the ownership of interests in energy-related or gas-related companies.  


B.

Exhibits


1.

Copies of contracts required to be provided by Item 3 shall be filed as exhibits.


2.

A certificate stating that a copy of the report for the previous quarter has been filed with interested state commissions shall be filed as an exhibit.  The certificate shall provide the names and addresses of the state commissions.  



A.

Financial Statements


Select Energy, Inc. Consolidated:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


Northeast Generation Services Company:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


Select Energy Contracting, Inc.:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


Reeds Ferry Supply Co., Inc.:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


HEC/Tobyhanna Energy Project, Inc.:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


Yankee Energy Services Company:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004








ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


E. S. Boulos Company:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


NGS Mechanical, Inc.:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


HEC/CJTS Energy Center LLC:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


Woods Electrical Co., Inc.:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


Greenport Power, LLC:

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


Acumentrics Corporation:

 Not available


R. M. Services, Inc.:

 Inactive as of June 30, 2004


Northeast Utilities (Parent):

 Balance Sheet - As of September 30, 2004

 Income Statement - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2004


B.

Exhibits


Exhibit No.

Description


6.B.1.1a

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b.


6.B.1.1b

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1c

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1d

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1e

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1f

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1g

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1h

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1i

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).







6.B.1.1j

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1k

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1l

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1m

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1n

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.1o

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.2a

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.2b

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.3a

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.3b

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.3c

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.3d

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.3e

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.3f

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.3g

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.1.4

Copy of contract required by Item 3 - filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).


6.B.2.1

The company certifies that a conformed copy of Form U-9C-3 for the previous quarter was filed with the following state commissions:


Ms. Louise E. Rickard

Acting Executive Secretary

Department of Public Utility Control

10 Franklin Square

New Britain, CT 06051


Ms. Mary L. Cottrell, Secretary

Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy

100 Cambridge Street

Boston, MA 02202


Mr. Thomas B. Getz

Executive Director and Secretary

State of New Hampshire

Public Utilities Commission

8 Old Suncook Road, Building One

Concord, NH 03301-7319








SELECT ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

  
   

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

 

  

 September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

 of dollars)

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                7,225

  Special deposits

 

80,182

  Receivables, less provision for uncollectible

  

    accounts of $9,770

 

354,784

  Accounts receivable from affiliated companies

 

85,328

  Unbilled revenues

 

26,323

  Derivative assets

 

178,156

  Prepaid option premiums

 

13,371

  Prepayments and other

 

65,968

  

811,337

   

Property, Plant and Equipment:

  

  Competitive energy

 

20,485

     Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

12,720

  

7,765

  Construction work in progress

 

1,897

  

9,662

   

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

  

  Goodwill

 

3,200

  Purchased intangible assets, net

 

11,721

  Accumulated deferred income taxes

 

16,255

  Long-term accounts receivable

 

5,811

  Long-term contracts asset

 

34,607

  

71,594

   
   
   

Total Assets

 

$            892,593

   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of
          financial position for the period shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









SELECT ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

  
   

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
   
  

 September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

 of dollars)

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Notes payable to affiliated companies

 

  $                6,200

  Accounts payable

 

400,202

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

36,124

  Accrued taxes

 

1,821

  Derivative liabilities

 

158,249

  Unearned option premiums

 

8,949

  Counterparty deposits

 

67,356

  Other

 

46,419

  

725,320

   

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:

  

  Accrued pension

 

1,077

  Other

 

6,552

  

7,629

   

Capitalization:

  

  Long-Term Debt from NU Parent

 

150,000

   

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

    Common stock, $1 par value - authorized

  

      20,000 shares; 100 shares outstanding

 

-   

    Capital surplus, paid in

 

286,172

    Accumulated deficit

 

(274,246)

    Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 (2,282)

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

9,644

Total Capitalization

 

159,644

   
   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

 $             892,593

   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial

           position for the period shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









SELECT ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

    
     

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

Three Months

 

Nine Months

  

Ended

 

Ended

  

 September

 

September

  

2004

 

2004

     
     

Operating Revenues

  

$                664,021 

 

$             1,948,553 

     

Operating Expenses:

  

   

  Operation -

    

    Purchased power, net interchange power

    

     and capacity

 

642,070 

 

1,866,012 

    Other

 

26,198 

 

69,447 

  Depreciation and amortization

 

2,131 

 

5,835 

  Taxes other than income taxes

  

2,275 

 

8,060 

        Total operating expenses

  

672,674 

 

1,949,354 

Operating Loss

  

(8,653)

 

(801)

Interest Expense, Net

 

2,747 

 

7,957 

Other Income, Net

 

348 

 

172 

Loss Before Income Tax Benefit

  

(11,052)

 

(8,586)

Income Tax Benefit

  

(4,785)

 

(3,726)

Net Loss

  

 $                  (6,267)

 

$                   (4,860)

     
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position
           for the periods shown have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

    









NORTHEAST GENERATION SERVICES COMPANY

  
   

BALANCE SHEETS

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

 September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands of

  

Dollars)

   

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash and cash equivalents

 

$                         429

  Receivables, less provision for uncollectible

  

      accounts of $13

 

2,316

  Accounts receivable from affiliated companies

 

4,031

  Taxes receivable

 

124

  Unbilled revenues

 

149

  Materials and supplies

 

8

  Prepayments and other

 

672

 

 

7,729

   

Property, Plant and Equipment:

  

  Other Competitive Energy

 

3,651

     Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

1,294

  

2,357

  Construction work in progress

 

52

 

 

2,409

   

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

  

  Accumulated deferred income taxes

 

387

  Other

 

21,671

  

22,058

   
   

Total Assets

 

 $                   32,196

   
   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position

           for the period shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

  









NORTHEAST GENERATION SERVICES COMPANY

  
   

BALANCE SHEETS

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands of

  

Dollars)

   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Notes payable to affiliated companies

 

$                            600 

  Accounts payable

 

5,185 

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

3,472 

  Accrued pension

 

887 

  Other

 

1,288 

  

11,432 

   
   

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

 

1,737 

   

Capitalization:

  

  Long-Term Debt from NU Parent

 

5,000 

   

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

    Common stock, $1 par value - 20,000 authorized

  

     and 100 shares outstanding

 

    Capital surplus, paid in

 

15,418 

    Accumulated deficit

 

(1,378)

    Accumulated comprehensive loss

 

(13)

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

14,027 

Total Capitalization

 

19,027 

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                       32,196 

   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

  









NORTHEAST GENERATION SERVICES COMPANY

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

Three Months

 

Nine Months

  

Ended

 

Ended

  

 September 30,

 

 September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

     
     

Operating Revenues

  

$                  14,376 

 

$                  40,480 

     

Operating Expenses:

  

   

  Operation -

    

    Other

  

                        7,155 

 

                      24,009 

  Maintenance

  

                        6,280 

 

                      13,276 

  Depreciation and amortization

  

                           101 

 

                           268 

  Taxes other than income taxes

  

                           358 

 

1,391 

        Total operating expenses

  

                      13,894 

 

38,944 

Operating Income

  

                           482 

 

1,536 

Interest Expense, Net

  

                           105 

 

358 

Other Income/(Loss), Net

 

                             34 

 

(186)

Income Before Income Tax Expense

 

                           411 

 

992 

Income Tax Expense

 

                             46 

 

                           226 

     

Net Income

  

$                       365 

 

$                       766 

 

  

   
     
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods
           shown have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

    









SELECT ENERGY CONTRACTING INC.

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

  of Dollars)

   

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                               1 

  Receivables, less provision for uncollectible

  

    accounts of $973

 

24,888 

  Materials and supplies

 

603 

  Prepayments and other

 

1,105 

 

 

26,597 

   

Property, Plant and Equipment:

  

  Competitive energy

 

5,958 

    Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

3,460 

 

 

2,498 

   
   

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

  

  Goodwill, net

 

17,220 

  Other

 

2,016 

  

19,236 

   
   

Total Assets

 

$                      48,331 

   
   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
          shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

  









SELECT ENERGY CONTRACTING INC.

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

  of Dollars)

   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Accounts payable

 

$                        5,925 

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

16,849 

  Accrued taxes

 

718 

  Other

 

5,473 

  

28,965 

 

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:

  

  Accumulated deferred income taxes

 

1,688 

  

1,688 

Capitalization:

  

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

   Common stock, $1 par value - 100,000 shares

  

    authorized and 100 shares outstanding

 

   Capital surplus, paid in

 

15,395 

   Retained earnings

 

2,283 

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

17,678 

Total Capitalization

 

17,678 

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                      48,331 

   
  

   

   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

  









SELECT ENERGY CONTRACTING INC.

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

Three

 

Nine

  

Months Ended

 

Months Ended

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

     

Operating Revenues

  

 $                 24,026 

 

 $                 63,088 

     

Operating Expenses:

  

   

  Operation

 

24,302 

 

62,184 

  Maintenance

 

125 

 

308 

  Depreciation

 

219 

 

791 

        Total operating expenses

  

24,646 

 

63,283 

Operating Loss

  

(620)

 

(195)

Interest Expense, Net

 

44 

 

111 

Other Income, Net

 

17 

 

48 

Loss Before Income Tax Benefit

 

                         (647)

 

                         (258)

Income Tax Benefit

  

(224)

 

(39)

Net Loss

  

 $                     (423)

 

 $                     (219)

 

  

   
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods

           shown have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

    
     







REEDS FERRY SUPPLY CO., INC.

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

of Dollars)

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                                5 

  Receivables, net

 

                                49 

 

 

                                54 

   

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

  

  Goodwill, net

 

                              247 

Total Assets

 

$                            301 

   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Accounts payable

 

 $                             48 

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

                              295 

  

                               343 

   

Capitalization:

  

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

   Common stock, no par value - 200 shares

  

    authorized and 100 shares outstanding

 

                                  4 

   Capital surplus, paid in

 

                                  3 

   Accumulated deficit

 

                              (49)

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

                               (42)

Total Capitalization

 

                               (42)

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

 $                           301 

   
   


Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period

           shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

  









REEDS FERRY SUPPLY CO., INC.

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

 

Three

 

Nine

  

Months Ended

 

Months Ended

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

     
    

 

     

Operating Revenues

  

$                      151 

 

$                       767 

Operating Expenses

 

151 

 

767 

Net Income

  

$                           - 

 

$                           - 

     
     
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods
           shown have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

    









HEC/TOBYHANNA ENERGY PROJECT, INC.

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
  

September 30,

  

2004

 

 

(Thousands

  

of Dollars)

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Special deposits

 

$                        4,530 

  Receivables, net

 

776 

 

 

5,306 

   

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

  

  Contracts receivable

 

26,827 

  Unamortized debt expense

 

551 

  

27,378 

   

Total Assets

 

$                      32,684 

   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Long-term debt - current portion

 

$                           621 

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

7,663 

  Accrued taxes

 

99 

  Accrued interest

 

223 

  Other

 

286 

 

 

8,892 

   

Capitalization:

  

   Long-Term Debt

 

22,751 

   

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

    Common stock, $1 par value - 100 shares

  

     authorized and outstanding

 

                                 - 

    Retained earnings

 

1,041 

  Total Common Stockholder's Equity

 

1,041 

   

Total Capitalization

 

23,792 

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                      32,684 

   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

  







HEC/TOBYHANNA ENERGY PROJECT, INC.

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

 Three

 

Nine

  

Months Ended

 

Months Ended

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

   (Thousands of Dollars)

  

 

  
     

Interest Expense, Net

 

$                       448 

 

 $                   1,370 

Other Income

 

539 

 

                      1,644 

Income Before Income Taxes

  

91 

 

                        274 

     

Income Tax Expense

  

38 

 

                         135 

     

Net Income

  

$                         53 

 

 $                      139 

 

  

   
     
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods

           shown have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

    









YANKEE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY

   
    

BALANCE SHEET

   

(Unaudited)

   
    
    
  

 September 30,

 
  

 2004

 
  

(Thousands of

 
  

Dollars)

 

ASSETS

   
    

Current Assets:

   

  Cash

 

$                           334 

 

  Notes receivable from affiliated companies

 

700 

 

  Taxes receivable

 

 
  

1,035 

 
    
    
    
    

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

   

  Accumulated deferred income taxes

 

1,287 

 

  Investments and other

 

1,367 

 
  

2,654 

 
    

Total Assets

 

 $                       3,689 

 
    
    
    

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

    
    

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

   
    









YANKEE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

 September 30,

  

 2004

  

(Thousands of

  

Dollars)

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

$                            453 

  Other

 

  

456 

   
   
   
   

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:

  

  Other

 

  

   
   

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

    Common stock, $0 par value - 10,000 shares

  

     authorized, 200 shares outstanding

 

    Capital surplus, paid in

 

7,881 

    Accumulated deficit

 

 (4,654)

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

3,228 

Total Capitalization

 

3,228 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                         3,689 

   
   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period

           shown have been made.

   
   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









YANKEE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

Three Months

 

Nine Months

  

Ended

 

Ended

  

 September 30,

 

 September 30,

  

 2004

 

 2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

     
     
     
     

Operating Revenues

  

$                           - 

 

 $                           - 

Operating Expenses

  

                             - 

 

Operating Income/(Loss)

  

                             - 

 

 (1)

Other Income/(Loss), Net

 

                               2 

 

 (2,482)

Income/(Loss) Before Income Tax Benefit

  

                               2 

 

 (2,483)

Income Tax Benefit

 

                             - 

 

 (1,020)

Net Income/(Loss)

  

$                           2 

 

$                   (1,463)

     
 

  

   
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods
           shown have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

    









E.S. BOULOS COMPANY

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

   

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Receivables, less provisions for uncollectible

  

       accounts of $10

 

$                        9,641 

  Accounts receivable from affiliated companies

 

1,813 

  Unbilled revenue

 

4,503 

  Materials and supplies

 

198 

 

 

16,155 

   

Property, Plant and Equipment:

  

  Competitive energy

 

1,343 

     Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

572 

  

771 

 

  

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

  

  Goodwill

 

6,963 

  Purchased intangible assets, net

 

30 

  Other

 

45 

  

7,038 

Total Assets

 

$                      23,964 

   
   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial
           position for the period shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  


   









E.S. BOULOS COMPANY

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands of  Dollars)

   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Advance from parent, non-interest bearing

 

$                        2,948 

  Notes payable to banks

 

1,043 

  Accounts payable

 

4,019 

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

607 

  Accrued taxes

 

122 

  Other

 

589 

  

9,328 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:

  

  Accumulated deferred income taxes

 

439 

  Other

 

717 

  

1,156 

Capitalization:

  

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

    Common stock, $0 par value 20,000 shares

  

     authorized and 100 shares outstanding

 

    Capital surplus, paid in

 

7,539 

    Retained earnings

 

5,941 

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

13,480 

Total Capitalization

 

13,480 

   
   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                         23,964 

   
   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









E.S. BOULOS COMPANY

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

Three Months

 

Nine Months

  

Ended

 

Ended

  

 September 30,

 

 September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

     
     

Operating Revenues

  

$                  10,474 

 

 $                 32,821 

     

Operating Expenses:

  

   

  Operation -

    

    Other

  

10,297 

 

                      31,911 

  Depreciation

  

67 

 

191 

        Total operating expenses

  

10,364 

 

32,102 

Operating Income

  

110 

 

719 

Other Loss, Net

 

 (7)

 

(14)

Income Before Income Tax Expense

 

103 

 

705 

Income Tax Expense

  

27 

 

247 

Net Income

  

$                         76 

 

$                       458 

     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the
           periods shown have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

    









NGS MECHANICAL, INC.

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
  

 September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

  of Dollars)

   
   

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                              10 

   

Total Assets

 

$                              10 

   
   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

$                                3 

  

                                   3 

   

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

    Common stock, $0 par value - authorized

  

     20,000 shares; outstanding 100 shares

 

                                 - 

     Capital surplus, paid in

 

                                 10 

     Accumulated deficit

 

                                 (3)

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

                                 7 

Total Capitalization

 

                                   7 

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                              10 

   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the
           period shown have been made.

   


See accompanying notes to financial statements.








NGS MECHANICAL, INC.

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

Three

 

Nine

  

Months Ended

 

Months Ended

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

     

Operating Revenues

  

$                           -   

 

$                           -   

Operating Expenses

 

                            -   

 

                            -   

Net Income

 

$                           -   

 

$                           -   

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods shown
           have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

    
     









NORTHEAST UTILITIES (PARENT)

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

 of dollars)

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                           170 

  Notes receivable from affiliated companies

 

126,400 

  Notes and accounts receivable

 

3,357 

  Accounts receivable from affiliated companies

 

33,395 

  Taxes receivable

 

4,667 

  Derivative assets

 

716 

  Prepayments

 

76 

 

 

168,781 

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

  

  Investments in subsidiary companies, at equity

 

2,636,296 

  Other

 

13,994 

  

2,650,290 

   
   
   
   

Total Assets

 

  $               2,819,071 

   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

 

  

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









NORTHEAST UTILITIES (PARENT)

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

 of dollars)

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

 

 

  Long-term debt - current portion

 

 $                      25,000 

  Accounts payable

 

1,196 

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

                              151 

  Accrued interest

 

12,942 

  Other

 

327 

 

 

39,616 

 

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:

  

  Accumulated deferred income taxes

 

4,302 

  Other

 

                           1,785 

 

 

                           6,087 

 

 

 

Capitalization:

 

 

  Long-Term Debt

 

454,459 

 

 

 

  Common Shareholders' Equity:

 

 

    Common stock, $5 par value - authorized

 

 

      225,000,000 shares; 150,683,698 shares issued and

 

 

      128,349,411 shares outstanding

 

                       753,418 

    Capital surplus, paid in

 

1,111,152 

    Deferred contribution plan - employee stock

 

 

      ownership plan

 

(63,831)

    Retained earnings

 

879,153 

    Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

                        (1,923)

    Treasury stock

 

                    (359,060)

  Common Shareholders' Equity

 

2,318,909 

Total Capitalization

 

2,773,368 

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

 $                 2,819,071 

  

 

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

 

  

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









NORTHEAST UTILITIES (PARENT)

    
     

STATEMENT OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
     
  

 

 

 

  

Three Months

 

Nine Months

  

Ended

 

Ended

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

     
     

Operating Revenues

  

$                           - 

 

 $                           - 

     

Operating Expenses:

  

   

  Other

  

1,432 

 

6,400 

Operating Loss

  

(1,432)

 

(6,400)

     

Interest Expense

 

                        6,092 

 

                      17,953 

     

Other Income, Net:

  

   

  Equity in earnings of subsidiaries

  

42,793 

 

138,653 

  Other

  

4,146 

 

11,999 

         Other income, net

 

46,939 

 

150,652 

Income Before Income Tax Expense/(Benefit)

 

39,415 

 

126,299 

Income Tax Expense/(Benefit)

  

                         298 

 

                     (3,143)

Net Income

  

$                  39,117 

 

 $               129,442 

     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the
           periods shown have been made.

 

    

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

    







HEC/CJTS ENERGY CENTER LLC

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

  of Dollars)

   

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                                1 

Total Assets

 

$                                1 

   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Capitalization:

  

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

   Capital surplus, paid in

 

$                              12 

   Accumulated deficit

 

                             (11)

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

                                 1 

Total Capitalization

 

                                 1 

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                                1 

   
  

   

   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

  
   









HEC/CJTS ENERGY CENTER LLC

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

Three

 

Nine

  

Months Ended

 

Months Ended

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

     

Operating Revenues

  

$                           -   

 

$                           -   

Operating Expenses

 

                            -   

 

                             -   

Net Income

  

$                           -   

 

$                           -   

 

  

   
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods
           shown have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financials statements.

    









WOODS ELECTRICAL CO., INC.

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
  

 September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands of

  

Dollars)

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                  382 

  Receivables, net

 

         5,593 

  Taxes receivable

 

            137 

  Unbilled revenues

 

         2,196 

  Materials and supplies

 

            110 

  

         8,418 

   
   

Property, Plant and Equipment:

  

  Competitive Energy

 

            297 

     Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

              95 

  

            202 

   
   

Deferred Debits and Other Assets:

  

  Goodwill

 

         3,218 

  Purchased intangible assets, net

 

         4,450 

  Other

 

                1 

  

         7,669 

   

Total Assets

 

 $            16,289 

   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair  presentation of financial position for the
          period shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









WOODS ELECTRICAL CO., INC.

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands of

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

 

Dollars)

   
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Notes payable to affiliated companies

 

$                        3,600 

  Advance from parent, non-interest bearing

 

250 

  Accounts payable

 

2,583 

  Accounts payable to affiliated companies

 

402 

  Other

 

76 

  

6,911 

   

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:

 

 

  Accumulated deferred income taxes

 

384 

  Other

 

322 

  

706 

Capitalization:

  

  Long-Term Debt from NU Parent

 

4,450 

   

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

    Common stock, $0 par value - 20,000 shares

  

     authorized and 100 shares outstanding

 

                                 - 

    Capital surplus, paid in

 

5,000 

    Retained deficit

 

 (778)

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

4,222 

Total Capitalization

 

8,672 

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                      16,289 

   
   
   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the period
           shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









WOODS ELECTRICAL CO., INC.

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

Three Months

 

Nine Months

  

Ended

 

Ended

  

 September 30,

 

 September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

     
     

Operating Revenues

  

$                   6,677 

 

$                  13,083 

     

Operating Expenses:

  

   

  Other

  

6,560 

 

13,232 

  Depreciation

 

14 

 

39 

    Total operating expenses

  

6,574 

 

13,271 

Operating Income/(Loss)

  

103 

 

 (188)

Interest Expense, Net

  

89 

 

255 

Other Income, Net

 

 

Income/(Loss) Before Income Tax Expense/(Benefit)

 

15 

 

 (441)

Income Tax Expense/(Benefit)

  

 

 (180)

Net Income/(Loss)

  

$                          9 

 

$                     (261)

     
     
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods shown have
          been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

    









GREENPORT POWER, LLC

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  

 

  
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

   of Dollars)

  

 

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                181 

 

  

Total Assets

 

$                181 

   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Current Liabilities:

  

  Accounts payable

 

$                  46 

  Other

 

89 

 

 

135 

   

Member's equity

 

46 

   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

 $               181 

   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the
           period shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  









GREENPORT POWER, LLC

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

 Three

 

Nine

  

Months Ended

 

Months Ended

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

   (Thousands of Dollars)

  

 

  
     

Operating Revenues

 

$                          - 

 

$                           - 

Operating Expenses

 

 

                         180 

Net Loss

  

$                          - 

 

$                    (180)

 

  

   
     
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods shown
           have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

    

Northeast Generation Services Company has a 50 percent ownership interest in Greenport Power, LLC









ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC

  
   

BALANCE SHEET

  

(Unaudited)

  

 

  
   
  

September 30,

  

2004

  

(Thousands

  

  of Dollars)

  

 

ASSETS

  
   

Current Assets:

  

  Cash

 

$                      2 

 

  

Total Assets

 

$                      2 

   

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

  
   

Capitalization:

  

  Common Stockholder's Equity:

  

   Capital surplus, paid in

 

$                    18 

   Accumulated deficit

 

                      (16)

  Common Stockholder's Equity

 

                         2 

Total Capitalization

 

                         2 

   
   

Total Liabilities and Capitalization

 

$                      2 

   

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the
           period shown have been made.

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

  

Select Energy Services, Inc. has a 50 percent ownership interest in ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC.

   









ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC

    
     

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    

(Unaudited)

    
  

 Three

 

Nine

  

Months Ended

 

Months Ended

  

September 30,

 

September 30,

  

2004

 

2004

  

   (Thousands of Dollars)

  

 

  
     

Operating Revenues

 

$                          - 

 

$                          - 

Operating Expenses

  

 

Net Income

  

$                          - 

 

$                          - 

 

  

   
     
     
     

Note:  In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position for the periods shown
           have been made.

     

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

    

Select Energy Services, Inc. has a 50 percent ownership interest in ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC.







Northeast Utilities (Parent)
Select Energy, Inc.
Select Energy New York, Inc.
Northeast Generation Services Company
E.S. Boulos Company
NGS Mechanical, Inc.
Woods Electrical Co., Inc.
Greenport Power, LLC
Select Energy Contracting, Inc.
Reeds Ferry Supply Co., Inc.
HEC/Tobyhanna Energy Project, Inc.
HEC/CJTS Energy Center LLC
ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC
Yankee Energy Services Company


Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1.

About Northeast Utilities (NU)


Northeast Utilities Parent is the parent company of NU's subsidiaries.  NU's regulated utilities furnish franchised retail electric service in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts through three wholly owned subsidiaries: The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts Electric Company.  Other subsidiaries include Holyoke Water Power Company, a company engaged in the production of electric power, and Yankee Energy System, Inc. (Yankee), the parent company of Yankee Gas Services Company, Connecticut's largest natural gas distribution system.


Several wholly owned subsidiaries of NU provide support services for NU's companies.  Northeast Utilities Service Company provides centralized accounting, administrative, engineering, financial, information technology, legal, operational, planning, purchasing, and other services to NU's companies.  Three other subsidiaries construct, acquire or lease some of the property and facilities used by NU's companies.


NU Enterprises, Inc. (NU Enterprises) is a wholly owned subsidiary of NU and acts as the holding company for certain of NU's subsidiaries.  Select Energy, Inc. (Select Energy) and its consolidated subsidiary Select Energy New York, Inc. (SENY), Northeast Generation Services Company and its subsidiaries (NGS), Select Energy Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries (SESI), Mode 1 Communications, Inc. and Woods Network Services, Inc., engage in a variety of energy-related and telecommunications activities, primarily in the competitive energy retail and wholesale commodity, marketing and services fields.  Northeast Generation Company acquires generation facilities.  E.S. Boulos Company (Boulos), NGS Mechanical, Inc. (NGS Mechanical) and Woods Electrical Co., Inc. (Woods Electrical) are wholly owned subsidiaries of NGS.  Greenport Power, LLC (Greenport) is a joint venture that is 50 percent owned by NGS.  Select Energy Contracting, Inc. (Select Energy Contracting), Reeds Ferry Supply Co., Inc. (Reeds Ferry), HEC/Tobyhanna Energy Project, Inc., (HEC/Tobyhanna), and HEC/CJTS Energy Center LLC (HEC/CJTS) are wholly owned subsidiaries of SESI.  Another company, ERI/HEC EFA-Med, LLC (ERI/HEC), is 50 percent owned by SESI.  Yankee maintains certain wholly owned subsidiaries, including Yankee Energy Services Company (YESCO).


NU Enterprises is grouped into two business segments: the merchant energy business segment and the energy services business segment.  The merchant energy business segment is comprised of Select Energy's wholesale and retail businesses.  The energy services business segment consists of the operations of NGS, SESI and Woods Network.


Select Energy, SENY, NGS, Boulos, NGS Mechanical, Woods Electrical, Greenport, Select Energy Contracting, Reeds Ferry, HEC/Tobyhanna, HEC/CJTS, ERI/HEC and YESCO are "energy-related companies" under rule 58.  These footnotes are applicable to the rule 58 companies with financial statements filed in this report on Form U-9C-3 under Item 6, Section A.








2.

About Select Energy


Select Energy's merchant energy business segment includes its wholesale marketing and retail marketing businesses.  The wholesale marketing business includes wholesale origination, portfolio management and the operation of more than 1,400 megawatts of pumped storage, hydroelectric and coal-fired generation assets.  The wholesale business primarily services firm requirements sales to local distribution companies and bilateral sales to other counterparties.  Select Energy is an integrated energy business that buys, markets and sells electricity, gas, oil and energy-related products and services to both wholesale and retail customers in the Northeastern United States.  Select Energy procures and delivers energy and capacity required to serve its electric, gas and oil customers.  Select Energy is a licensed retail electricity supplier and is registered with local electric distribution companies and is a registered gas marketer with local gas distribution companies in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia.  Additionally, Select Energy is a licensed retail electricity supplier and is registered with the local electric distribution company in the District of Columbia, and is a licensed retail electricity supplier in the state of Ohio.


3.

About SENY


SENY is a wholly owned subsidiary of Select Energy and engages in the brokering, marketing, transportation, storage, and sale of energy commodities in the state of New York.


4.

About NGS


NGS provides management, operation and maintenance services to the electric generation market, as well as to large industrial customers, in the Northeastern United States.  


5.

About Boulos


Boulos is an electrical contracting company which specializes in high-voltage electrical construction and maintenance in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.  Boulos is wholly owned by NGS.


6.

About NGS Mechanical


NGS Mechanical provides power plant operations, maintenance and capital project support services in certain New England states and New York.  NGS Mechanical is wholly owned by NGS.


7.

About Woods Electrical


Woods Electrical is in the electrical contracting business in Connecticut, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NGS.  Woods Electrical is also registered in the electrical contracting business in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York.


8.

About Greenport


Greenport is a limited liability company that was established to enter into an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with Global Common LLC for the performance of design, engineering, procurement, construction, and other services in connection with an electrical generation facility construction project in Greenport - Long Island, New York.  Greenport is 50 percent owned by NGS.


9.

About Select Energy Contracting


Select Energy Contracting designs, manages and directs the construction of, and/or installation of mechanical, water and electrical systems and other resource consuming equipment.


10.

About Reeds Ferry


Reeds Ferry is an equipment wholesaler which purchases equipment on behalf of Select Energy Contracting.








11.

About HEC/Tobyhanna


HEC/Tobyhanna is a special purpose entity established to manage the assets of an Energy Savings Performance Contract at the Tobyhanna Army Depot.


12.

About HEC/CJTS


HEC/CJTS is a special purpose entity formed to facilitate the financing of SESI's construction of an energy center at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, Connecticut.


13.

About ERI/HEC


ERI/HEC was established on September 30, 2000, by SESI and ERI Services, Inc. to enter into an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with the United States Navy.  ERI/HEC is 50 percent owned by SESI.


14.

About YESCO


YESCO has disposed of most of its assets and has wound down its energy-related services.


15.

Public Utility Regulation


NU is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (1935 Act), and is subject to the provisions of the 1935 Act.  Arrangements among NU's companies, outside agencies and other utilities covering interconnections, interchange of electric power and sales of utility property are subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and/or the SEC.  NU's operating subsidiaries are subject to further regulation for rates, accounting and other matters by the FERC and/or applicable state regulatory commissions.


16.

Presentation


The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.


17.

Derivative Instruments, Market Risk Information and Other Risk Management Activities


A.

Derivative Instruments


Derivatives that are utilized for trading purposes are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value included in earnings.  Other contracts that are derivatives but do not meet the definition of a cash flow or fair value hedge and cannot be designated as normal purchases or normal sales are also recorded at fair value with changes in fair value included in earnings.  For those contracts that meet the definition of a derivative and meet the cash flow hedge requirements, the changes in the fair value of the effective portion of those contracts are generally recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income until the underlying transactions occur.  For contracts that meet the definition of a derivative but do not meet the hedging requirements, and for the ineffective portion of contracts that meet the cash flow hedge requirements, the changes in fair value of those contracts are recognized currently in earnings.  Derivative contracts designated as fair value hedges and the item they are hedging are both recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets.  Derivative contracts that are entered into as a normal purchase or sale and are probable of resulting in physical delivery, and are documented as such, are recorded under accrual accounting.  


There was no material impact recognized in earnings for the ineffective portion of cash flow hedges.  A pre-tax negative $4.2 million was recognized in earnings for the ineffective portion of fair value hedges.  The changes in the fair value of both the fair value hedges and the natural gas inventory being hedged are recorded in purchased power, net interchange power and capacity on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.  







The tables below summarize the derivative assets and liabilities at September 30, 2004.  The business activities of NU Enterprises that result in the recognition of derivative assets include concentrations of credit risk to energy marketing and trading counterparties.  At September 30, 2004, Select Energy has $178.2 million of derivative assets from trading, non-trading, and hedging activities.  These assets are exposed to counterparty credit risk.  However, a significant portion of these assets is contracted with investment grade rated counterparties or collateralized with cash.  The amounts below do not include option premiums paid, which are recorded as prepayments and amounted to $4.4 million related to energy trading activities and $9 million related to marketing activities at September 30, 2004.  These amounts also do not include option premiums received, which are recorded as other current liabilities and amounted to $7 million related to energy trading activities and $1.9 million related to marketing activities at September 30, 2004.


(Millions of Dollars)

Assets

 

Liabilities

 

Total

Trading

$  94.0 

 

$  (71.0)

 

$23.0 

Non-trading

3.3

 

(2.3)

 

1.0 

Hedging

80.9 

 

(84.9)

 

(4.0)

Total

$178.2 

 

$(158.2)

 

$20.0 


Trading: To gather market intelligence and utilize this information in risk management activities for the wholesale marketing activities, Select Energy conducts limited energy trading activities in electricity, natural gas, and oil, and therefore, experiences net open positions.  Select Energy manages these open positions with strict policies that limit its exposure to market risk and require daily reporting to management of potential financial exposures.  


Derivatives used in trading activities are recorded at fair value and included in the consolidated balance sheets as derivative assets or liabilities.  Changes in fair value are recognized in operating revenues in the consolidated statements of income in the period of change.  The net fair value position of the trading portfolio at September 30, 2004 was assets of $23 million.


Select Energy's trading portfolio includes New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) futures, financial swaps, and options, the fair value of which is based on closing exchange prices; over-the-counter forwards, financial swaps, and options, the fair value of which is based on the mid-point of bid and ask market prices; and bilateral contracts for the purchase or sale of electricity or natural gas, the fair value of which is determined using available information from external sources.  Select Energy's trading portfolio also includes transmission congestion contracts (TCC).  The fair value of the TCCs included in the trading portfolio is based on published market data.  


 Non-Trading: Non-trading derivative contracts are used for delivery of energy related to Select Energy's wholesale and retail marketing activities.  These contracts are subject to fair value accounting because these contracts are derivatives that cannot be designated as normal purchases or sales, as defined.  These contracts cannot be designated as normal purchases or sales either because they are included in the New York energy market which settles financially or because management did not elect the normal purchases and sales designation.  Changes in fair value of a positive $0.2 million of non-trading derivative contracts were recorded in revenues in the first nine months of 2004.  


Market information for the TCCs classified as non-trading is not available and those contracts cannot be reliably valued.  Management believes the amounts paid for these contracts, which total $5.4 million at September 30, 2004, and are included in premiums paid, are equal to their fair value.  


Hedging:  Select Energy utilizes derivative financial and commodity instruments, including futures and forward contracts, to reduce market risk associated with fluctuations in the price of electricity and natural gas purchased to meet firm sales and purchase commitments to certain customers.  Select Energy also utilizes derivatives, including price swap agreements, call and put option contracts, and futures and forward contracts to manage the market risk associated with a portion of its anticipated supply and delivery requirements.  These derivatives have been designated as cash flow hedging instruments and are used to reduce the market risk associated with fluctuations in the price of electricity or natural gas.  A derivative that hedges exposure to the variable cash flows of a forecasted transaction (a cash flow hedge) is initially recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.  Cash flow hedges impact net income when the forecasted transaction being hedged occurs, when hedge ineffectiveness is measured and recorded, when the forecasted transaction being hedged is no longer probable of occurring, or when there is accumulated other comprehensive loss and the hedge and the forecasted transaction being hedged are in a loss position on a combined basis.  








Select Energy maintains natural gas service agreements with certain customers to supply gas at fixed prices for terms extending through 2006.  Select Energy has hedged its gas supply risk under these agreements through NYMEX futures contracts.  Under these contracts, which also extend through 2006, the purchase price of a specified quantity of gas is effectively fixed over the term of the gas service agreements.  At September 30, 2004 the NYMEX futures contracts had notional values of $88.3 million and were recorded at fair value as derivative assets of $18.9 million.  


Select Energy also maintains various physical and financial instruments to hedge its electric and gas purchases and sales through 2006.  These instruments include forwards, futures, options, financial collars, swaps and financial transmission rights.  These hedging contracts, which are valued at the mid-point of bid and ask market prices, were recorded as derivative assets of $62 million and derivative liabilities of $84.5 million at September 30, 2004.  


Select Energy hedges certain amounts of natural gas inventory with gas futures, options and swaps, some of which are accounted for as fair value hedges.  The changes in fair value of the futures, options and swaps were recorded as derivative liabilities of $0.4 million at September 30, 2004.  During the third quarter, a change in the fair value of hedged natural gas inventory of a negative $4.3 million was recorded along with the change in the fair value of the hedge of a positive $0.1 million.  In September 2004, certain of these fair value hedges were redesignated as cash flow hedges, and future changes in fair value will be included in other comprehensive income (equity), unless ineffective.


B.

Market Risk Information


Select Energy utilizes the sensitivity analysis methodology to disclose quantitative information for its commodity price risks.  Sensitivity analysis provides a presentation of the potential loss of future earnings, fair values or cash flows from market risk-sensitive instruments over a selected time period due to one or more hypothetical changes in commodity prices, or other similar price changes.  Under sensitivity analysis, the fair value of the portfolio is a function of the underlying commodity, contract prices and market prices represented by each derivative commodity contract.  For swaps, forward contracts and options, fair value reflects management's best estimates considering over-the-counter quotations, time value and volatility factors of the underlying commitments.  Exchange-traded futures and options are recorded at fair value based on closing exchange prices.


Wholesale and Retail Marketing Portfolio:  When conducting sensitivity analyses of the change in the fair value of Select Energy's electricity, natural gas and oil on the wholesale and retail marketing portfolio, which would result from a hypothetical change in the future market price of electricity, natural gas and oil, the fair values of the contracts are determined from models that take into consideration estimated future market prices of electricity, natural gas and oil, the volatility of the market prices in each period, as well as the time value factors of the underlying commitments. In most instances, market prices and volatility are determined from quoted prices on the futures exchange.


Select Energy has determined a hypothetical change in the fair value for its wholesale and retail marketing portfolio, which includes cash flow hedges and electricity, natural gas and oil contracts, assuming a 10 percent change in forward market prices. At September 30, 2004, a 10 percent change in market price would have resulted in an increase in fair value of $47.4 million or a decrease in fair value of $45.1 million.


The impact of a change in electricity, natural gas and oil prices on Select Energy's wholesale and retail marketing portfolio at September 30, 2004, is not necessarily representative of the results that will be realized when these contracts are physically delivered.


Trading Contracts:  At September 30, 2004, Select Energy has calculated the market price resulting from a 10 percent change in forward market prices.  That 10 percent change would result in approximately a $1.1 million increase or decrease in the fair value of the Select Energy trading portfolio. In the normal course of business, Select Energy also faces risks that are either non-financial or non-quantifiable.  These risks principally include credit risk, which is not reflected in this sensitivity analysis.


C.

Other Risk Management Activities


Credit Risk Management:  Credit risk relates to the risk of loss that NU would incur as a result of non-performance by counterparties pursuant to the terms of its contractual obligations.  NU serves a wide variety of customers and suppliers that include independent power producers, industrial companies, gas and electric utilities, oil and gas producers, financial







institutions, and other energy marketers.  Margin accounts exist within this diverse group, and NU realizes interest receipts and payments related to balances outstanding in these margin accounts.  This wide customer and supplier mix generates a need for a variety of contractual structures, products and terms which, in turn, requires NU to manage the portfolio of market risk inherent in those transactions in a manner consistent with the parameters established by NU’s risk management process.


Credit risks and market risks at NU Enterprises are monitored regularly by a Risk Oversight Council operating outside of the business lines that create or actively manage these risk exposures to ensure compliance with NU’s stated risk management policies.  


NU tracks and re-balances the risk in its portfolio in accordance with fair value and other risk management methodologies that utilize forward price curves in the energy markets to estimate the size and probability of future potential exposure.


NYMEX traded futures and option contracts cleared off the NYMEX exchange are ultimately guaranteed by NYMEX to Select Energy.  Select Energy has established written credit policies with regard to its counterparties to minimize overall credit risk on all types of transactions.  These policies require an evaluation of potential counterparties’ financial condition (including credit ratings), collateral requirements under certain circumstances (including cash in advance, letters of credit, and parent guarantees), and the use of standardized agreements, which allow for the netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty.  This evaluation results in establishing credit limits prior to Select Energy entering into energy contracts.  The appropriateness of these limits is subject to continuing review.  Concentrations among these counterparties may impact Select Energy’s overall exposure to credit risk, either positively or negatively, in that the counterparties may be similarly affected by changes to economic, regulatory or other conditions.


At September 30, 2004, Select Energy maintained collateral balances from counterparties of $67.4 million.  These amounts are included in both cash and cash equivalents and other current liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.  


18.

Special Deposits


Special deposits represents amounts Select Energy has on deposit with unaffiliated counterparties and brokerage firms in the amount of $80.2 million.








QUARTERLY REPORT OF NORTHEAST UTILITIES


SIGNATURE CLAUSE



Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued there under, the undersigned company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned officer thereunto duly authorized.  


NORTHEAST UTILITIES

(Registered Holding Company)

 

/s/ John P. Stack


     (Signature of Signing Officer)


     John P. Stack

     Vice President - Accounting and Controller

     Date:  November 23, 2004