Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Northeast Utilities offers a dividend reinvestment plan for investors wishing to purchase or sell Northeast Utilities common stock. This plan is available to both present shareholders of record as well as to individual investors wishing to make an initial purchase of Northeast Utilities common shares, and offers a convenient and flexible way of buying and selling NU shares. The features of the plan include automatic dividend reinvestment, convenient direct share purchases, certificate or book-entry ownership, share safekeeping, and direct sale. The plan is effective April 2012.

Please click on the link to reach the Northeast Utilities Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan prospectus. Investors can also call 1-800-999-7269 for enrollment instructions or more information regarding plan balances.