Eversource Energy : Form 5

FORM 5

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	OMB APPROVAL
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ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or

Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
		(Check all applicable)

SCHWEIGER WERNER J

EVERSOURCE ENERGY [ES]

_____ Director

_____ 10% Owner

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended

__X__ Officer (give title below)

_____ Other (specify below)

(MM/DD/YYYY)

12/31/2019

C/O EVERSOURCE ENERGY, 300

Executive VP and COO

CADWELL DRIVE

(Street)

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

SPRINGFIELD, MA 01104

_X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security

2. Trans. Date

2A. Deemed

3. Trans. Code

4. Securities Acquired (A)

5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned

6.

7. Nature of

(Instr. 3)

Execution

(Instr. 8)

or Disposed of (D)

Following Reported Transaction(s)

Ownership

Indirect

Date, if any

(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

(Instr. 3 and 4)

Form:

Beneficial

Direct (D)

Ownership

or Indirect

(Instr. 4)

(A) or

(I)

Amount

(D)

Price

(Instr. 4)

Common Shares, $5.00 par value

3/1/2019

G

1299

D

$0

4596

I

By Werner

Schweiger

Trust

Common Shares, $5.00 par value

3/1/2019

G

433

A

$0

433

I

Custodial

Account for

Grandchild

Common Shares, $5.00 par value

3/5/2019

G

437

D

$0

4596

I

By Werner

Schweiger

Trust

Common Shares, $5.00 par value

162719 (1)

D

Common Shares, $5.00 par value

437

I

By Linda

Schweiger

Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivate

2.

3. Trans.

3A. Deemed

4. Trans.

5. Number of

6. Date Exercisable and

7. Title and Amount of

8. Price of

9. Number

10.

11. Nature

Security

Conversion

Date

Execution

Code

Derivative Securities

Expiration Date

Securities Underlying

Derivative

of

Ownership

of Indirect

(Instr. 3)

or Exercise

Date, if any

(Instr. 8)

Acquired (A) or

(MM/DD/YYYY)

Derivative Security

Security

Derivative

Form of

Beneficial

Price of

Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3 and 4)

(Instr. 5)

Securities

Derivative

Ownership

Derivative

(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

Beneficially

Security:

(Instr. 4)

Security

Owned at

Direct (D)

Date

Expiration

Amount or

End of

or Indirect

Title

Number of

Issuer's

(I)

(A)

(D)

Exercisable

Date

Shares

Fiscal Year

(Instr. 4)

(Instr. 4)

(2)

(2)

Common

(2)

Phantom Shares

Shares, $5.00

61171

61171

D

par value

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes deferred shares, restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon.
2. Reporting Person's deferred compensation under the Eversource Deferred Compensation Plan, a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, that is nominally invested as common shares. Each phantom share represents the right to receive one common share upon a distribution event, following vesting. Additional phantom shares are issued upon the automatic reinvestment of dividend-equivalents exempt from line item reporting under SEC Rule 16a-11.

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer	Other

SCHWEIGER WERNER J

C/O EVERSOURCE ENERGYExecutive VP and COO 300 CADWELL DRIVE

SPRINGFIELD, MA 01104

Signatures
/s/ Kerry J. Tomasevich, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Schweiger	2/7/2020
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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