Acknowledgments
The data and illustrations for the first edition (1991) of this publication were drawn from many sources.

Among them are:

• The company magazines of The Hartford Electric Light Company (Illuminator), Western Massachusetts Electric Company (Hi-Lines) and The Connecticut Light and Power Company (Spotlight).
• The annual reports of Northeast Utilities, The Connecticut Light and Power Company, and The Hartford Electric Light Company; various presentations to the financial community by Sherman R. Knapp, former president of CL&P.
• The February 1954 DEEANDEE newsletter of The Housatonic Public Service Company; the account of the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 in Public Utilities Fortnightly for October 11, 1990.
• The History of the Holyoke Water Power Company, a two-volume work prepared by Robert E. Barrett, who was that company's president from 1945 to 1974.
• The WMECO Century souvenir publication of the 100th anniversary of Western Massachusetts Electric Company, whose feature story is the history of the company also written by Barrett, who was also WMECO's president from 1968 to 1974.
• The Hartford Electric Light Company by Glenn Weaver, a history of the company published in 1969 by HELCO; One Hundred Years of Light, an abridgement of the HELCO history book.
• The booklets Into the Electric Age and Natural Gas - NU's Other Business, prepared by NU's Corporate Communications Department.
• Fifty Years of Service: A History of Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
• Various annual reports of Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
• Interviews with active and retired employees of the NU system.
• Various people graciously reviewed and commented on portions of the text, including Robert E. Barrett.
• Philip T. Ashton, president of Yankee Energy System, Inc. (Yes) and William J. Keveney, YES's manager of Media Information.
• Richard F. Gretsch, an NU retiree whose career is described in the chapter on CL&P.
• David E. Stiles, an NU retiree who worked in CL&P's Farm Sales Department.
• Douglas W. Miner, an NU retiree with a special interest in the history of the NU system.
• Peter Kushkowski, an active employee who is knowledgeable about the history of the electric utility industry.
• Richard M. Early and John B. Keane of NU's Legal Department.
• John R. Briggs, Jr., of Public Service Company of New Hampshire. Rob Williams of New Hampshire Yankee; and Blaine Murphy, author and public relations specialist at Donahue, Inc.

The printed and electronic versions of this publication was produced entirely within NU. The text was written by John White, communications specialist in the Corporate Communications Department. The typography was done by Lynn Billings-Thomas, graphic designer in the Graphic Design Department. The illustrations and layout were done by graphic designer Carl Bentley. Printing was done by the Reprographics Department, under the supervision of Irving Peplau.

The second edition (1996) People.Power.Progress. was produced by John White, June B. Fiondella, Larrye deBear, and Cathy L. Marvin in NU's Corporate Communications Department.

Comments and inquiries should be directed to: Northeast Utilities
Corporate Communications Department
P. O. Box 270
Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270

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