<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000315256 <NAME>PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE <MULTIPLIER>1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 <PERIOD-END> MAR-31-1999 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 1,646,721 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 29,867 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 387,727 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 618,270 <OTHER-ASSETS> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 2,682,585 <COMMON> 1 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 424,371 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 276,206 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 701,652 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 50,000 <PREFERRED> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 516,485 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 0 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 0 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 25,000 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 702,310 <LEASES-CURRENT> 108,638 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 578,500 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 2,682,585 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 286,799 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 17,366 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 235,983 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 251,350 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 35,449 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 2,877 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 36,327 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 11,046 <NET-INCOME> 25,281 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 1,987 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 23,294 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 0 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 0 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 84,652 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0.00 <EPS-DILUTED> 0.00