ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION distribution business consists primarily of the generation,
delivery and sale of electricity to its residential, commercial and industrial
customers.
Each of CL&P, NSTAR Electric, PSNH and WMECO owns and maintains transmission
facilities that are part of an interstate power transmission grid over which
electricity is transmitted throughout New England. Each of CL&P, NSTAR Electric,
PSNH and WMECO, and most other New England utilities, are parties to a series
of agreements that provide for coordinated planning and operation of the region's
transmission facilities and the rules by which they acquire transmission services.
NSTAR Gas distributes natural gas to approximately 274,000 customers in 51
communities in central and eastern Massachusetts covering 1,067 square miles.
Total throughput (sales and transportation) in 2013 was approximately 60.5 Bcf.
NSTAR Gas provides firm natural gas sales service to retail customers who require
a continuous natural gas supply throughout the year, such as residential customers
who rely on gas for heating, hot water and cooking needs, and commercial and
industrial customers who choose to purchase natural gas from NSTAR Gas.