Northeast Utilities CFO McHale to Present at Lehman Brothers Energy Conference

BERLIN, Conn., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- David R. McHale, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northeast Utilities , will make a presentation to members of the investment community on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at the Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference in New York.

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The presentation will be Webcast beginning at 11:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and will be accessible from the Investors section of the Northeast Utilities Web site at http://www.nu.com/investors/webcasts/2006_Lehman_Brothers.asp.

Northeast Utilities , a Fortune 500 energy company based in Connecticut, operates New England's largest energy delivery system. NU is committed to safety, reliability and expanding energy options for its more than 2 million electricity and natural gas customers. For more information on Northeast Utilities and our subsidiaries, visit the NU family of Web sites at http://www.nu.com/.

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