EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION PAGE ------- ----------- ---- 2 Asset Purchase Agreement Incorporated by and among NEP and The by Reference Narragansett Electric Company and USGen New England, Inc. 27 Financial Data Schedule Filed Herewith

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  2            Asset Purchase Agreement      Incorporated   
               by and among NEP and The      by Reference
               Narragansett Electric
               Company and USGen New
               England, Inc.

               
  27           Financial Data Schedule       Filed Herewith