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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
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  EVERSOURCE ENERGY
  001-05324
  300 CADWELL DRIVE
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  MA
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  8606655000
  VAN FAASEN WILLIAM C
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  2714
  147913.00
  349326209
  01/18/2024
  NYSE
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  2714
  01/16/2024
  Compensation
  Y
  01/18/2024
  05/12/2021
  /s/ Jared Cook, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for William C. Van Faasen