Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an


          Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On August 23, 2021, NSTAR Electric Company, doing business as Eversource Energy ("NSTAR Electric"), issued $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.95% Debentures due 2031 ("Debentures") pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 10, 2021, between NSTAR Electric and Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Debentures were issued under an indenture dated as of September 1, 1988, between NSTAR Electric (formerly Boston Edison Company) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York, as successor to Bank of Montreal Trust Company), as trustee. NSTAR Electric has registered its Debentures with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-231118-02).

The Debentures mature on August 15, 2031 and bear interest at 1.95%, payable semi-annually on each February 15 and August 15, commencing on February 15, 2022. Interest on the Debentures will accrue from August 23, 2021 and will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d) Exhibits.




 Exhibit
  Number                                  Description
   1.1         Underwriting Agreement, dated August 10, 2021, between NSTAR
             Electric Company, doing business as Eversource Energy, and Barclays
             Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC
             Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters
             named therein.
   4.1         Form of 1.95% Debenture due 2031.
   5.1         Legal opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the validity of the
             Debentures.
   23.1        Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
             document).

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