Company: CNLHP
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000072741-25-000007
Chunk: 88

Company: CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 9A
Chunk 88
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 offices are held by Trustees who are "independent" within the meaning of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and that all such pre-approvals are presented to the Eversource Energy Audit Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee.

The following relates to fees and services for the entire Eversource Energy system, including Eversource Energy, CL&P, NSTAR Electric and PSNH.

Fees Billed By Principal Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   

The aggregate fees billed to the Company and its subsidiaries by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and their respective affiliates (collectively, the Deloitte Entities), for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 totaled $7,454,414 and $7,070,914, respectively.  In addition, affiliates of Deloitte & Touche LLP as noted below provide other accounting services to the Company.  

Audit and Non-Audit Fees20242023Audit Fees (1)$5,984,500 $5,310,000 Audit Related Fees (2)1,386,000 1,759,000 All Other Fees (3)83,914 1,914 TOTAL$7,454,414 $7,070,914 

(1)        Audit Fees consisted of fees related to the audits of financial statements of Eversource Energy and its subsidiaries in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, reviews of financial statements in the Combined Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of Eversource Energy and its subsidiaries, consultations with management, regulatory and compliance filings, system conversion quality assurance, out of pocket expenses, and audits of internal controls over financial reporting for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.  

(2)       Audit Related Fees were incurred for procedures performed in the ordinary course of business in support of Eversource’s ATM equity offering program, certain regulatory filings, comfort letters, consents, and other costs related to registration statements and financials for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

(3)        All Other Fees for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 related to an annual license for access to an accounting standards research tool.  All Other Fees for the year ended December 31, 2024 also related to a system pre-implementation control review.

The Audit Committee pre-appro