Company: CNLHP
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000072741-25-000011
Chunk: 12

Company: CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 12
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 The first distribution circuits and substation distribution will be placed in-service by the end of 2029.  The remaining transmission and distribution circuits will be placed in-service throughout 2030 and into 2031.  The total project cost is approximately $1.84 billion, with $1.38 billion allocated for transmission and $460 million for distribution.  As of March 31, 2025, $112.0 million has been spent on the project, with $80.4 million for transmission and $31.6 million for distribution.

Distribution Business:  A summary of distribution capital expenditures is as follows:

For the Three Months Ended March 31,(Millions of Dollars) CL&P NSTAR Electric PSNH Total Electric Natural GasWater Total 2025Basic Business$83.3 $127.8 $28.3 $239.4 $51.2 $3.7 $294.3 Aging Infrastructure28.8 118.7 30.0 177.5 136.6 20.3 334.4 Load Growth and Other24.2 79.6 13.9 117.7 6.7 0.1 124.5 Total Distribution$136.3 $326.1 $72.2 $534.6 $194.5 $24.1 $753.2 2024Basic Business$70.5 $112.6 $22.5 $205.6 $53.5 $5.0 $264.1 Aging Infrastructure62.0 65.8 8.8 136.6 130.0 25.9 292.5 Load Growth and Other27.3 48.6 13.8 89.7 9.6 0.2 99.5 Total Distribution$159.8 $227.0 $45.1 $431.9 $193.1 $31.1 $656.1 

For the electric distribution business, basic business includes the purchase of meters, tools, vehicles, information technology, transformer replacements, equipment facilities, and the relocation of plant.  Aging infrastructure relates to reliability and the replacement of overhead lines, plant substations, underground cable replacement, and equipment failures.  Load growth and other includes requests for new business and capacity additions on