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0001739768
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000072741
EVERSOURCE ENERGY
001-05324
300 CADWELL DRIVE
SPRINGFIELD
MA
01104
8606655000
FORRY LINDA DORCENA
Director
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
1554
116594.12
348483425
03/03/2023
NYSE
Common
01/17/2023
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
1554
01/17/2023
Compensation
Y
03/03/2023
/s/ Jennifer Ruchti, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Linda Forry