EXHIBIT 24

EVERSOURCE ENERGY
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE FILINGS
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, in connection with the undersigned's
duties and responsibilities as a Trustee of Eversource Energy, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Gregory B. Butler,
Kerry J. Tomasevich, and Matthew Benson, signing singly, as his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	Obtain necessary EDGAR access codes and execute for and on
behalf of the undersigned Forms 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 and
Rule 144 promulgated thereunder, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

	(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned, including signing the relevant documents, which may be
necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form
144 and Form 3, 4 and 5 and the timely filing of such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority;
and

	(3)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned, including signing the relevant documents, which may be
necessary or desirable to complete the execution of Registration
Statements filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other authority; and

	(4)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned, including signing the relevant documents, which may be
necessary or desirable to complete the execution of Annual Reports on
Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any other authority; and

	(5)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in their discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such
attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the direction
of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of May 10, 2021.

/s/ James W. Hunt, III
James W. Hunt, III
Executive Vice President-Corporate Relations and Sustainability

State of Massachusetts
Suffolk County

On this 10th day of May, 2021, before me, the undersigned notary public,
personally appeared James W. Hunt, III, personally known to me, and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.


/s/ Florence J. Iacono
Notary Public
Print Name: Florence J. Iacono
My commission expires: January 20, 2023