NU to Webcast Financial Analyst Presentation

• Press Release
• Source: Northeast Utilities
• On 2:00 pm EDT, Tuesday October 27, 2009

HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU - News) will Webcast a presentation to financial analysts on Monday, November 2, 2009, beginning at 7:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, in which senior management will discuss the company's financial performance through the third quarter of 2009.

The presentation will be led by Charles W. Shivery, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and will include David R. McHale, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Lee Olivier, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

This listen-only, live audio call is being webcast by Thomson Reuters and will be accessible from the Investors section of the NU web site at http://www.nu.com/investors/presentations.asp.

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson Reuters' StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at http://www.earnings.com, Thomson Reuters' individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. After the webcast is completed, it will be archived on the site for one year. Institutional investors can also access the call via Thomson Reuters' StreetEvents (http://www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site.

Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU - News), a Fortune 500 energy company based in Connecticut, operates New England's largest energy delivery system. NU is committed to safety, reliability, environmental leadership and stewardship, and expanding energy options for its more than 2 million electricity and natural gas customers. For more information on Northeast Utilities and our subsidiaries, visit the NU family of Web sites at www.nu.com.

Media Contact:

Jeffrey R. Kotkin, (860) 728-4650

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