UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. In the Matter of NORTHEAST UTILITIES CERTIFICATE THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND PURSUANT TO POWER COMPANY RULE 24 WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY HOLYOKE WATER POWER COMPANY NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE COMPANY NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY ROCKY RIVER REALTY COMPANY NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY COMPANY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE QUINNEHTUK, INC. NU ENTERPRISES, INC. SELECT ENERGY, INC. NORTHEAST GENERATION COMPANY NORTHEAST GENERATION SERVICE COMPANY MODE 1 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SELECT ENERGY SERVICES, INC. YANKEE GAS SERVICES COMPANY YANKEE ENERGY FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY YANKEE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY NORCONN PROPERTIES, INC. YANKEE ENERGY SYSTEM, INC. SELECT ENERGY NEW YORK, INC. E. S. BOULOS COMPANY WOODS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC. WOODS NETWORK SERVICES, INC. File No. 70-9755 (Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) Pursuant to the requirements of the Commission's order issued in this file 70-9755 (Holding Company Act Release 35-27693 (June 30, 2003)), and with reference to the transactions proposed in the Application/Declaration on Form U-1 in this file, the Applicants hereto hereby file, as Exhibit L hereto, a feasibility study concerning the operation of separate money pools for regulated and competitive companies. Exhibits Exhibit L. Money Pool Feasibility Study, December 22, 2003 SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOLLOW SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Applicants have duly caused this Certificate to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized NORTHEAST UTILITIES THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY HOLYOKE WATER POWER COMPANY NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE COMPANY NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY ROCKY RIVER REALTY COMPANY NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY COMPANY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE QUINNEHTUK, INC. NU ENTERPRISES, INC. SELECT ENERGY, INC. NORTHEAST GENERATION COMPANY NORTHEAST GENERATION SERVICE COMPANY MODE 1 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SELECT ENERGY SERVICES, INC. YANKEE GAS SERVICES COMPANY YANKEE ENERGY FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY YANKEE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY NORCONN PROPERTIES, INC. YANKEE ENERGY SYSTEM, INC. SELECT ENERGY NEW YORK, INC. E. S. BOULOS COMPANY WOODS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC. WOODS NETWORK SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ Randy A Shoop Randy A. Shoop Assistant Treasurer-Finance, Northeast Utilities Service Company, as Agent for all of the above-named companies Dated: December 23, 2003