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): ~~January~~February 2712, 2026

Commission File Number	Registrant; State of Incorporation Address; and Telephone Number	I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
1-5324	EVERSOURCE ENERGY (a Massachusetts voluntary association) 300 Cadwell Drive Springfield, Massachusetts 01104 Telephone: (800) 286-5000	04-2147929
001-05324	EVERSOURCE ENERGY (a Massachusetts voluntary association) 300 Cadwell Drive Springfield, Massachusetts 01104 Telephone: (800) 286-5000	04-2147929
0-00404	THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY (a Connecticut corporation) 107 Selden Street Berlin, Connecticut 06037-1616 Telephone: (800) 286-5000	06-0303850
000-00404	THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY (a Connecticut corporation) 107 Selden Street Berlin, Connecticut 06037-1616 Telephone: (800) 286-5000	06-0303850
1-02301	NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Massachusetts corporation) 800 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02199 Telephone: (800) 286-5000	04-1278810
001-02301	NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Massachusetts corporation) 800 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02199 Telephone: (800) 286-5000	04-1278810
1-6392	PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (a New Hampshire corporation) Energy Park 780 North Commercial Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-1134 Telephone: (800) 286-5000	02-0181050
001-06392	PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (a New Hampshire corporation) Energy Park 780 North Commercial Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-1134 Telephone: (800) 286-5000	02-0181050

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Registrant	Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Eversource Energy	Common Shares, $5.00 par value per share	ES	New York Stock Exchange
The Connecticut Light and Power Company	None	N/A	N/A
NSTAR Electric Company	None	N/A	N/A
Public Service Company of New Hampshire	None	N/A	N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (~~17 CFR~~ §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (~~17 CFR~~ §240.12b-2 of this chapter).

	Emerging growth company
Eversource Energy	¨
The Connecticut Light and Power Company	¨
NSTAR Electric Company	¨
Public Service Company of New Hampshire	¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Eversource Energy	¨
The Connecticut Light and Power Company	¨
NSTAR Electric Company	¨
Public Service Company of New Hampshire	¨

Section 52 –Financial ~~Corporate Governance and Management~~Information

Item 52.0502 ~~Amendments~~Results ~~to the Registrant’s Code~~ of ~~Ethics,~~Operations orand ~~Waiver~~Financial ~~of a Provision of the Code of Ethics~~Conditions.

AsOn ~~a result of a review of the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, effective January~~February 2712, 2026, ~~the Board of Trustees of~~ Eversource Energy ~~and the Boards of Directors of~~issued ~~The~~a ~~Connecticut~~news ~~Light~~release ~~and~~announcing ~~Power~~its ~~Company,~~unaudited ~~NSTAR~~results ~~Electric Company and Public Service Company~~ of ~~New~~operations ~~Hampshire each approved and adopted an Amended and Restated Code of Ethics~~ for ~~Senior Financial Officers (~~the ~~“Amended~~three- and ~~Restated~~twelve-month ~~Code”).~~periods ~~The~~ended ~~Amended~~December 31, ~~and~~2025 ~~Restated Code applies to each of the registrants named in this report. The Amended~~ and ~~Restated Code reflects changes in how public companies describe~~ ~~auditor~~related ~~oversight~~financial ~~and~~information ~~compliance~~for ~~programs,~~certain ~~and~~of ~~other~~its ~~clarifying,~~subsidiaries ~~stylistic and non-substantive revisions. It also reflects current best practice by identifying the Audit Committee~~ as ~~having~~of ~~ongoing~~and ~~oversight responsibility~~ for the ~~Amended~~same ~~and Restated Code~~period. ~~The~~A ~~Amended and~~copy ~~Restated~~of ~~Code does not materially change~~ the ~~responsibilities~~news ~~and~~release ~~obligations that applied previously~~ and ~~did~~related ~~not result in any waiver,~~unaudited ~~explicit~~financial orreports ~~implicit,~~are ofattached ~~any~~as ~~provision~~Exhibits of99.1 ~~the~~and ~~previous~~99.2 ~~Code~~and ~~for~~are ~~any~~incorporated ofherein ~~the~~by ~~registrants~~reference thereto.

The ~~summary~~information ofcontained ~~the Amended and Restated Code included~~ in this ~~Current~~Item ~~Report~~2.02, onincluding Exhibits ~~Form 8-K~~99.1 isand ~~qualified~~99.2, inshall ~~its~~not ~~entirety~~be bydeemed ~~reference~~“filed” towith the ~~full~~Securities ~~text~~and ofExchange ~~the~~Commission ~~Amended~~(“SEC”) ~~and~~nor ~~Restated Code. The~~incorporated ~~Amended~~by ~~and~~reference ~~Restated~~in ~~Code~~any ~~can~~registration bestatement ~~found~~filed onby Eversource Energy’s ~~website~~or atany ~~www.eversource.com~~subsidiary thereof under ~~“Investor~~the ~~Relations~~Securities ~~– Corporate~~Act ~~Governance – Code~~ of ~~Ethics~~1933, ~~for~~as ~~Senior~~amended (the ~~Financial~~“Securities ~~Officers.~~Act”), ~~The~~unless ~~contents~~specified ~~of Eversource Energy’s website are not incorporated by reference in this report~~otherwise.

Section 97 –Regulation ~~Financial Statements and Exhibits~~FD

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 13, 2026, Eversource Energy will webcast a conference call with financial analysts during which senior management will discuss the company’s financial performance through the fourth quarter of 2025. The webcast will be accessible from the Investors section of the Eversource Energy website at www.investors.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.

Section 9

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	~~Description~~	Description
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
99.1		News Release of Eversource Energy dated February 12, 2026.
99.2		Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023; unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
99.3		February 13, 2026 presentation slides.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	EVERSOURCE ENERGY THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (Registrants)
January 30, 2026	By:	/s/ Jay S. Buth
February 12, 2026	By:	/s/ Jay S. Buth
		Jay S. Buth
		Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

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Document Period End Date	2026-0102-2712
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THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT_Written communications	¨
THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT_Soliciting material pursuant to	¨
THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT_Pre-commencement communications pursuant	¨
THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT_Pre-commencement communications pursuant	¨
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Document Period End Date	2026-0102-2712
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NSTAR ELECTRIC_Written communications	¨
NSTAR ELECTRIC_Soliciting material pursuant to	¨
NSTAR ELECTRIC_Pre-commencement communications pursuant	¨
NSTAR ELECTRIC_Pre-commencement communications pursuant	¨
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Public Service Company_Written communications	¨
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Public Service Company_Soliciting material pursuant to	¨
Public Service Company_Pre-commencement communications pursuant	¨
Public Service Company_Pre-commencement communications pursuant	¨

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