EVERSOURCE ENERGY

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Named Executive Officers

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The executive officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table and whose compensation is discussed in this CD&A are referred to as the “Named Executive Officers” under SEC regulations. For 2025, the Named Executive Officers were:

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Joseph R. Nolan, Jr., Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

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John M. Moreira, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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Paul Chodak III, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

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Gregory B. Butler, Executive Vice President and General Counsel

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James W. Hunt, III, Executive Vice President-Customer Relations and Sustainability and Secretary

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Overview of Our Compensation Program

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The Role of the Compensation Committee. The Board of Trustees has delegated to the Compensation Committee overall responsibility for establishing the compensation program for those senior executive officers, whom we refer to in this CD&A as “executives” and who are deemed to be “executive officers” under the SEC’s regulations that determine the persons whose compensation is subject to disclosure. In this role, the Committee sets compensation policy and compensation levels, reviews and approves performance goals and evaluates executive performance. Although this CD&A refers principally to compensation for the Named Executive Officers, the same compensation principles and practices apply to all vice presidents and above. The compensation of the Chief Executive Officer is subject to the further review and approval of all of the independent Trustees.

Elements of Compensation. Total direct compensation consists of three elements: base salary, annual cash incentive awards, and long-term equity-based incentive awards. Indirect compensation is provided through certain retirement, perquisite, severance, and health and welfare benefit programs.

Our Compensation Objectives. The objectives of our compensation program are to attract and retain superior executive talent, motivate our executives to achieve annual and long-term performance goals set each year, and provide total compensation opportunities that are competitive with market practices. With respect to incentive compensation, the Committee believes it is important to balance short-term goals, such as producing earnings, with longer-term goals, such as long-term value creation for shareholders, maintaining a strong balance sheet, and being a leader in clean energy and sustainability. The Committee also places great emphasis on operating performance, customer service, safety, sustainability and workforce engagement. Our compensation program utilizes performance-based incentive compensation to reward individual and corporate performance and to align

the interests of executives with Eversource Energy’s customers, employees, and shareholders. The Committee continually increases expectations to motivate our executives and employees to achieve continuous improvement in carrying out their responsibilities to our customers to deliver energy and water reliably, safely, mindful of the environment and employee well-being, and at a reasonable cost, while providing an above-average total return to our shareholders.

Setting Compensation Levels. To ensure that the Company achieves its goal of providing market-based total direct compensation levels to attract and retain top quality management, the Committee provides our executives with target compensation opportunities approximately equal to median compensation levels for executive officers of companies in the utility industry comparable to us in size. To achieve that goal, the Committee and its independent compensation consultant work together to determine the market values of executive compensation elements by using competitive market compensation data.

The Committee reviews competitive compensation data obtained from utility and general industry surveys and a specific group of peer utility companies. Incumbent compensation levels may be set below the market median for those executives who are new to their roles, while long-tenured, high performing executives may be compensated above median. The review by Pay Governance performed in December 2025 indicated that the Company’s aggregate executive compensation levels continue to be aligned with median market rates.

Role of the Compensation Consultant. The Committee has retained Pay Governance as its independent compensation consultant. Pay Governance reports directly to the Committee and does not provide any other services to the Company. With the consent of the Committee, Pay Governance works cooperatively with the Company’s management to develop analyses and proposals for presentation to the Committee. The Committee generally

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