{"url_path":"/sec/es/8-k/2026-07-01/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 ****Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72741/0001104659-26-079426-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-079426","cik":"0000072741","ticker":"ES","issuer_name":"EVERSOURCE ENERGY","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72741/0001104659-26-079426-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000072741","primary_entity_name":"EVERSOURCE ENERGY"},"word_count":1260,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01****Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn June 30, 2026, Eversource Energy announced\nthat it has successfully completed the sale of Aquarion Water Company, consistent with all regulatory terms and requirements, to the Aquarion\nWater Authority, a quasi-public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Connecticut and a standalone water authority alongside\nthe South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority. The total transaction purchase price was $2.4 billion in cash. The adjusted net\nequity proceeds of approximately $1.7 billion will be used to displace Eversource Energy debt.\n\n \n\nAs a result of the sale, Eversource Energy expects\nto recognize an after-tax non-cash non-recurring charge of approximately $115 million, or $0.31 per share, in the second quarter of 2026.\n\n \n\nThis Current Report on Form 8-K includes financial\nmeasures that are not recognized under generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP) referencing earnings and EPS excluding the\nloss on sale of the Aquarion water distribution business and excluding a charge for the March 2026 FERC decision in the FERC base\nROE complaints. EPS by business is also a non-GAAP financial measure and is calculated by dividing the Net Income Attributable to Common\nShareholders of each business by the weighted average diluted Eversource Energy common shares outstanding for the period. The earnings\nand EPS of each business do not represent a direct legal interest in the assets and liabilities of such business but rather represent\na direct interest in Eversource Energy’s assets and liabilities as a whole. Eversource Energy uses these non-GAAP financial measures\nto evaluate and provide details of earnings results by business and to more fully compare and explain results without including these\nitems. This information is among the primary indicators management uses as a basis for evaluating performance and planning and forecasting\nof future periods. Management believes the loss on sale of the Aquarion water distribution business and the charge for the March 2026\nFERC decision in the FERC base ROE complaints are not indicative of Eversource Energy’s ongoing costs and performance. Management\nviews these charges as not directly related to the ongoing operations of the business and therefore not indicators of baseline operating\nperformance. Due to the nature and significance of the effect of these items on Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders and EPS,\nmanagement believes that the non-GAAP presentation is a more meaningful representation of Eversource Energy’s financial performance\nand provides additional and useful information to readers of this report in analyzing historical and future performance of the business.\nThese non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to reported Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders\nand EPS determined in accordance with GAAP as indicators of Eversource Energy's operating performance. Eversource Energy does not provide\na reconciliation of guidance from non-GAAP recurring earnings or non-GAAP recurring EPS to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because\nit is not able to predict with reasonable certainty the amount or nature of all items that will be included in Net Income Attributable\nto Common Shareholders or recurring EPS for the year ending December 31, 2026. These items are uncertain, depend on many factors\nand could have a material impact on Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders and recurring EPS for the year ending December 31,\n2026, and therefore cannot be made available without unreasonable effort.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nThis Current Report on Form 8-K also includes\nstatements concerning Eversource Energy’s expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, assumptions of future events,\nfuture financial performance or growth and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are “forward-looking\nstatements” within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, readers can identify these forward-looking statements\nthrough the use of words or phrases such as “estimate,” “expect,” “pending,” “anticipate,”\n“intend,” “plan,” “project,” “believe,” “forecast,” “would,” “should,”\n“could” and other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results\nor outcomes to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the current\nexpectations, estimates, assumptions or projections of management and are not guarantees of future performance. These expectations, estimates,\nassumptions or projections may vary materially from actual results. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by\nreference to, and are accompanied by, the following important factors that may cause our actual results or outcomes to differ materially\nfrom those contained in our forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: cyber events or breaches, including acts of war\nor terrorism, affecting our systems or the systems of third parties on which we rely, unauthorized access to, and the misappropriation\nof, confidential and proprietary Company, customer, employee, financial or system operating information; actions or inaction of local,\nstate and federal regulatory, public policy and taxing bodies; changes in laws, regulations, Presidential executive orders or regulatory\npolicy, including compliance with laws and regulations, which may impact the cost of compliance and strategic initiatives of the Company;\nadverse publicity, which can harm our reputation, influence legislative and regulatory bodies, and result in unfavorable outcomes; variability\nin the costs and final investment returns of the Revolution Wind and South Fork Wind offshore wind projects as it relates to the purchase\nprice post-closing adjustment under the terms of the sale agreement for these projects; the ability to qualify for investment tax credits;\nextreme weather, including severe storms, due to the impacts of climate change, and fluctuations in weather patterns; physical attacks\nor grid disturbances that may damage and disrupt our electric transmission and electric and natural gas distribution systems; ability\nor inability to commence and complete our major strategic development projects and opportunities; breakdown, failure of, or damage to\noperating equipment, information technology systems, or processes of our transmission and distribution systems; changes in levels or timing\nof capital expenditures, including unplanned expenditures and increased capital expenditure requirements; changes in business conditions,\nwhich could include disruptive technology or development of alternative energy sources related to our current or future business model;\nsubstandard performance of third-party suppliers and service providers, or counterparties not meeting their obligations; limits on our\naccess to, or increases in, the cost of capital, including disruptions in the capital markets or other events that make our access to\nnecessary capital more difficult or costly; changes in economic conditions, including impact on interest rates, tax policies, tariffs\nand customer demand and payment ability; changes in accounting standards and financial reporting regulations; actions of rating agencies,\nand other presently unknown or unforeseen factors.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nOther risk factors are detailed in Eversource Energy’s\nreports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). They are updated as necessary and available on Eversource\nEnergy’s website at investors.eversource.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and management encourages you to consult\nsuch disclosures.\n\n \n\nAll such factors are difficult to predict and contain\nuncertainties that may materially affect Eversource Energy’s actual results, many of which are beyond our control. You should not\nplace undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, as each speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and, except\nas required by federal securities laws, Eversource Energy undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements\nto reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.\nNew factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all of such factors, nor can we assess the impact of each\nsuch factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially\nfrom those contained in any forward-looking statements.\n\n \n\n**Section 9**\n**-**\n**Financial Statements and Exhibits**"}