Northeast Utilities Corporate Governance

		Audit Committee	Compensation Committee	Corporate Governance Committee	Corporate Responsibility Committee	Executive Committee	Finance Committee
Independent Trustees
	Richard R. Booth*	Vice Chair	X			X	Chair

	John S. Clarkeson		X	X

	Cotton M. Cleveland		X	Vice Chair	X

	Sanford Cloud, Jr.		X	Chair	X	X

	James F. Cordes	X	X		Chair	X

	E. Gail de Planque		Chair	X	X	X

	John G. Graham*	Chair				X	X

	Elizabeth T. Kennan**	X	X	X	X	Vice Chair	X

	Kenneth R. Leibler*	X		X			Vice Chair

	Robert E. Patricelli		Vice Chair	X			X

	John F. Swope	X			Vice Chair		X

Management Trustee
	Charles W. Shivery					Chair

* Designated by the Board of Trustees as an “Audit Committee Financial Expert.”
** Lead Trustee.

Last updated as of 5/13/08