X0202 4 2005-01-03 0 0000072741 NORTHEAST UTILITIES NU 0001192334 CLEVELAND COTTON M NORTHEAST UTILITIES 107 SELDEN STREET BERLIN CT 06037 0 0 0 1 Trustee Common Shares, $5 par value 2005-01-03 4 A 0 3000 A 15251 D Restricted share units vesting on 1/10/2006, half of which are payable in January 2006 and half in January 2010 except that receipt thereof has been further deferred. Includes restricted share units receipt of which has been deferred, shares receipt of which has been deferred and dividend equivalents thereon. Mrs. Cleveland also beneficially owns 12,500 options to purchase common shares and indirectly beneficially owns 1,416 common shares held in an IRA, the ownership of which was previously reported on Form 4. /s/ Cotton M. Cleveland, by; O. Kay Comendul/POA 2005-01-04