Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * JUDGE JAMES J	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EVERSOURCE ENERGY [ ES ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      __ X __ Other (specify below) President and CEO / Chairman of the Bd and Trustee
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O EVERSOURCE ENERGY, 300 CADWELL DRIVE	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 2/15/2018
(Street) SPRINGFIELD, MA 01104 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares, $5.00 par value	2/15/2018		F		1599   (1)	D	$57.58	159005   (2)	D
Common Shares, $5.00 par value	2/15/2018		F		1893   (1)	D	$57.58	157112   (2)	D
Common Shares, $5.00 par value	2/15/2018		F		7377   (1)	D	$57.58	149735   (2)	D
Common Shares, $5.00 par value								25475   (3)	I	401k Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Shares	(4)							(4)	(4)	Common Shares, $5.00 par value	87832   (4)		87832   (4)	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Disposition of common shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
(2)	Includes restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon.
(3)	Shares held in trust under the Eversource 401k Plan, a qualified plan, according to information supplied by the Plan's record keeper.
(4)	Reporting Person's deferred compensation under the Eversource Deferred Compensation Plan, a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, that is nominally invested as common shares. Each phantom share represents the right to receive one Eversource Energy common share upon a distribution event, following vesting. Additional phantom shares are issued upon the automatic reinvestment of dividend-equivalents exempt from line item reporting under SEC Rule 16a-11.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
JUDGE JAMES J C/O EVERSOURCE ENERGY 300 CADWELL DRIVE SPRINGFIELD, MA 01104			President and CEO	Chairman of the Bd and Trustee

Signatures
/s/ Kerry J. Tomasevich, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Judge		2/20/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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