File No. 70-9543

                    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549



Application of Northeast Utilities  )  CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO RULE 24
and Northeast Generation Services   )  UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
Company on Form U-1                 )  COMPANY ACT OF 1935

     Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24 under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act"),
Northeast Utilities ("NU"), a registered holding company under
the Act, certifies that the transactions as proposed in the
Application/Declaration to the Commission on Form U-1 (File No.
70-9543) and authorized by order of the Commission in Public
Utility Holding Company Act Release No. 35-27148, dated March 7,
2000, have been carried out in accordance with the terms and
conditions of and for the purposes represented by the
Application/Declaration and of the Commission's order with
respect thereto.  The order in this file has been superceded by
a subsequent order in File No. 70-10177.


                            SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this
Certificate to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.


NORTHEAST UTILITIES


/s/ Randy A. Shoop
Randy A. Shoop
Assistant Treasurer - Finance
Northeast Utilities
P.O. Box 270
Hartford, CT 06141-0270

Dated: August 30, 2004