<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000106170 <NAME>WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY <MULTIPLIER>1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> YEAR <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1995 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1995 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 822,397 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 88,702 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 68,765 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 162,482 <OTHER-ASSETS> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,142,346 <COMMON> 26,812 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 150,182 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 115,296 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 292,290 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 22,500 <PREFERRED> 53,500 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 347,470 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 24,050 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 0 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 1,500 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 20,855 <LEASES-CURRENT> 15,156 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 365,025 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 1,142,346 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 420,208 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 13,798 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 343,084 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 357,144 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 63,064 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 3,003 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 66,329 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 27,196 <NET-INCOME> 39,133 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 4,944 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 34,189 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 30,223 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 26,840 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 88,171 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0.00 <EPS-DILUTED> 0.00