Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) today announced the release of its inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Report. Titled Today’s Actions Help Shape Our Future, the 2008 report is a milestone in NU’s history. The content of the report documents the present state of sustainability within NU, organized in four broad, overlapping segments: Our Region, Our Business, Our Environmental Performance and Our People.

“As New England’s largest energy utility, we have always focused on the fundamentals of providing safe and reliable service to our customers with an eye on the environment,” said Charles W. Shivery, NU’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. “We think of this report as the first step in engaging our many stakeholders in our efforts to grow and improve as a provider of sustainable energy solutions for our region.”

The report, Today’s Actions Help Shape Our Future, can be downloaded at www.nu.com.

Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU), a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor’s 500 energy company based in Connecticut, operates New England’s largest energy delivery system. NU is committed to safety, reliability, environmental leadership and stewardship, and expanding energy options for its more than 2 million electricity and natural gas customers. For more information on Northeast Utilities and its subsidiaries, visit the NU family of Web sites at www.nu.com.