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NSTAR (NYSE:NST) announced today that its Board of Trustees declared a quarterly dividend of $0.375 per common share. This is NSTAR’s 481 st consecutive dividend, payable August 1, 2009 to shareholders of record July 10, 2009.

Also, the Board of Directors of NSTAR Electric Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of NSTAR, declared the following preferred stock dividends payable August 1, 2009 to

holders of record July 10, 2009.

- A quarterly dividend of $1.0625 per share on NSTAR Electric’s cumulative preferred stock, 4.25% series; and
- A quarterly dividend of $1.195 per share on NSTAR Electric’s cumulative preferred stock, 4.78% series.



Profile

NSTAR, headquartered in Boston, is an energy delivery company with annual revenues of approximately $3.4 billion and assets of $8.2 billion that serves 1.4 million customers in Massachusetts, including approximately 1.1 million electric distribution customers in 81 communities and 300,000 natural gas distribution customers in 51 communities. NSTAR also conducts non-utility, unregulated operations.
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NSTARJohn Moreira or John Gavin, 781-441-8338 ir@nstar.com : mailto:ir@nstar.com