UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~April~~June 124, ~~2024~~2025

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New Hampshire

001-06392

02-0181050

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Energy Park

780 North Commercial Street

Manchester, New Hampshire

03101-1134

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 286-5000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
None	None	None

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Section 2

Financial Information

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On ~~April 1~~June 24, ~~2024~~2025, Public Service Company of ~~New~~ New Hampshire, doing business as Eversource Energy (the “Company”), issued ~~an additional~~ $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 54.3540% First Mortgage Bonds, Series X Y, Due ~~2033~~2028 (the “Bonds”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated ~~March 19~~ June 16, ~~2024~~2025, among BofA ~~Barclays~~Securities, ~~Capital~~ Inc., ~~MUFG~~Morgan ~~Securities~~Stanley ~~Americas~~& ~~Inc~~Co., ~~PNC Capital Markets~~ LLC, and ~~RBC~~TD ~~Capital~~Securities ~~Markets,~~(USA) LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein, and the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”). The additional Bonds are part of the same series of debt securities issued by the Company on September 25, 2023. Following the closing of this offering, the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding totaled $600,000,000.

The Bonds were issued under a Twenty-~~Seventh~~Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of ~~April~~ June 1, ~~2024~~2025, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, supplementing the First Mortgage Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1978, as supplemented, amended and restated effective as of June 1, 2011, ~~between~~ between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee. The terms of the Bonds, and the form thereof, were set forth in the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2023 between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.

Section 9

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement dated ~~March~~June 1916, ~~2024~~2025, between Public Service Company of New Hampshire, doing business as Eversource Energy, and ~~Barclays~~BofA ~~Capital~~Securities, Inc., ~~MUFG~~Morgan ~~Securities~~Stanley ~~Americas~~& ~~Inc~~Co., ~~PNC Capital Markets~~ LLC, and ~~RBC~~TD ~~Capital~~Securities ~~Markets,~~(USA) LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein.
4.1		Twenty-~~Sixth~~Eighth Supplemental Indenture ~~establishing the terms of the Bonds~~, dated as of ~~September~~June 1, ~~2023~~2025, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee~~, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4~~.~~1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on September 25, 2023, File No. 001-06392.~~
4.2		Form of 54.3540% First Mortgage Bonds, Series XY, Due ~~2033~~2028 (included as Schedule A to the Twenty-~~Sixth~~Eighth Supplemental Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1).
4.3		Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.
5.1		Legal opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the validity of the Bonds.
5.2		Legal opinion of Erik Newman, Esq. relating to the validity of the Bonds.
23.1		Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2		Consent of Erik Newman, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.2).
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
	(Registrant)
April 1, 2024	By:	/s/ Emilie G. O’Neil
June 24, 2025	By:	/s/ Emilie G. O’Neil
		Emilie G. O’Neil
		Assistant Treasurer-Corporate Finance and Cash Management

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