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 Rule 24(a) of the Commission's regulations under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and with reference to the transaction proposed in the Application/Declaration on Form U-1 (the "Application") in File No. 70-9755, the Applicants hereto hereby report and certify as follows: As of March 31, 2004, Western Massachusetts Electric Company ("WMECO"), The Connecticut Light and Power Company ("CL&P"), Public Service Company of New Hampshire ("PSNH") and Yankee Gas Services Company ("Yankee Gas") entered into an Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2003, among WMECO, CL&P, PSNH, Yankee Gas, the Banks Named Therein and Citibank, N.A. as Administrative Agent, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit B-7 to this Certificate. The transactions referenced above were carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the purposes represented by the Application and the order of the Commission issued on June 30, 2003 in this file. Exhibits Exhibit B-7 Amendment dated as of March 31, 2004 to Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2003, among WMECO, CL&P, PSNH, Yankee Gas, the Banks Named Therein and Citibank, N.A. as Administrative Agent 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: April 26, 2004