Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Conditions.

On May 3, 2023, Eversource Energy (the "Company") issued a news release announcing its unaudited results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and related financial information for certain of its subsidiaries as of and for the same period. A copy of the news release and related unaudited financial reports are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, and are incorporated herein by reference thereto.

The information contained in this Item 2.02, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed "filed" with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") nor incorporated by reference in any registration statement filed by Eversource Energy or any subsidiary thereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), unless specified otherwise.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


           Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
           Officers.

On May 3, 2023, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Eversource Energy re-appointed Jay S. Buth, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, as the Company's principal accounting officer, effective immediately. On September 16, 2022, John M. Moreira, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, had been appointed to serve as principal accounting officer on an interim basis.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.






(a)       On May 3, 2023, the Company held its 2023 Annual Meeting.

(b) Shareholders voted on the proposals set forth below. For more information on the following proposals, see the Company's Proxy Statement dated March 24, 2023. On March 7, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 348,673,173 common shares outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 303,238,457 common shares were represented, in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum.





(1)       Election of Trustees. The shareholders elected each of the 11 nominees
to the Board of Trustees for a one-year term by a majority of the outstanding
common shares:



       Trustee              For        Against     Abstained   Broker Non-Votes
Cotton M. Cleveland     242,479,108   29,895,778   1,029,937         29,833,633
Francis A. Doyle        263,132,760    9,197,396   1,074,667         29,833,633
Linda Dorcena Forry     265,564,415    6,745,397   1,095,011         29,833,633
Gregory M. Jones        270,394,423    1,843,819   1,166,582         29,833,633
Lorretta D. Keane       271,068,120    1,355,373     981,330         29,833,633
John Y. Kim             270,316,227    2,031,347   1,057,250         29,833,633
Kenneth R. Leibler      258,984,918   13,282,848   1,137,057         29,833,633
David H. Long           265,143,685    7,200,430   1,060,709         29,833,633
Joseph R. Nolan, Jr.    248,894,079   21,865,890   2,644,854         29,833,633
William C. Van Faasen   255,189,835   17,111,962   1,103,027         29,833,633
Frederica M. Williams   262,999,992    9,411,772     993,059         29,833,633

(2) The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's 2022 Named Executive Officers:





    For          Against     Abstained   Broker Non-Votes
 251,319,385    20,429,081   1,656,357      29,833,633

(3) The shareholders voted for "1 year" on an advisory resolution on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation:





   1 Year       2 Years      3 Years     Abstained    Broker Non-Votes
 266,250,993    1,105,942    4,539,434    1,508,455      29,833,633

(4) The shareholders approved the First Amendment to the 2018 Eversource Energy Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to authorize up to an additional 4,200,000 common shares for issuance under the Plan:





    For        Against     Abstained    Broker Non-Votes
248,877,743   22,856,964    1,670,116      29,833,633

(5) The shareholders approved an increase to the number of Eversource Energy common shares authorized for issuance by the Board in accordance with Section 19 of the Eversource Energy Declaration of Trust by 30,000,000 common shares, from 380,000,000 authorized common shares to 410,000,000 authorized common shares:





    For         Against     Abstained    Broker Non-Votes
 294,879,989    5,985,553    2,372,914          0

(6) The shareholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023:





    For          Against     Abstained    Broker Non-Votes
 285,948,243    16,254,731    1,035,482          0

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 4, 2023, Eversource Energy will webcast a conference call with financial analysts during which senior management will discuss the Company's financial performance through the first quarter of 2023. The webcast will be accessible from the Investors section of the Eversource Energy website at www.eversource.com. Attached as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference are the slides to be discussed by Eversource Energy during the conference call.

The information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.3, shall not be deemed "filed" with the SEC nor incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by Eversource Energy or any subsidiary thereof under the Securities Act, unless specified otherwise.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






Exhibit
 Number    Description
  99.1       News Release of Eversource Energy dated May 3, 2023.
  99.2       Financial Report for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
  99.3       May 4, 2023 presentation slides.
     104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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