SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

                            FORM 8-K/A

                          CURRENT REPORT

              Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 29, 2004
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                        NORTHEAST UTILITIES
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      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        MASSACHUSETTS       1-5324              04-2147929
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    (State or other     (Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
    jurisdiction of     File Number)       Identification No.)
     organization)
           
          
          ONE FEDERAL STREET, BUILDING 111-4, SPRINGFIELD
   MASSACHUSETTS                                           01105
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       (Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)

                          (860) 665-5500
       (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                          Not Applicable
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   (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K/A filing is
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Section 8   -  Other Events

Item 8.01      Other Events

     The Item 8.01 disclosure in the 8-K filed by the Registrant
on December 28, 2004 is replaced in its entirety by the following:

     On December 28, 2004, The Connecticut Light and Power Company
("CL&P") and The United Illuminating Company ("UI") announced
revised cost estimates and schedule for their Middletown/Norwalk
Transmission Project.  On December 29, 2004, CL&P and UI issued a
revised news release to correct the number of miles of overhead
transmission line involved in both the first and second
alternative route proposals.  A copy of the revised joint CL&P/UI
news release is attached as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein.


Section 9  - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

             (a)  Not Applicable

             (b)  Not Applicable

             (c)  Exhibits

                   Exhibit  Description
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                   Exhibit 99   Revised Joint CL&P/UI News
                         Release dated December 28, 2004.

          
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                             SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              NORTHEAST UTILITIES
                              (Registrant)


                              By:  /s/ Randy A. Shoop
                                   Name:  Randy A. Shoop
                                   Title: Vice President and Treasurer



Date:   January 3, 2005