FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C.

                       Three-Year Period Ending 2004

                   FORM U-12(I)-B (Three-Year Statement)


STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(i) OF PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF
   1935 BY A PERSON REGULARLY EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A REGISTERED HOLDING
   COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AND WHOSE EMPLOYMENT CONTEMPLATES ONLY
   ROUTINE EXPENSES AS SPECIFIED IN RULE U-71(b).

(To be filed in DUPLICATE.  If acknowledgment is desired, file in triplicate)

                 (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON BACK OF THIS FORM)


1. Name and business address of person filing statement.

   Richard L. Tower, Regional Vice President
   The Connecticut Light and Power Company
   P.O. Box 270, Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270

2. Name and business addresses of any persons through whom the undersigned
   proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
   paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.

   None.

3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
   undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

   The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P), a subsidiary of Northeast
   Utilities.  CL&P is an electric utility and provides retail and wholesale
   electric services in Connecticut.

4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or retained
   by each of the companies named in item 3, and brief description of nature
   of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.

   The undersigned is Regional Vice President of CL&P. He will represent
   CL&P and other Northeast Utilities system companies, as and when
   appropriate, in connection with matters and issues pertaining to the
   electric and gas utility industries, including the issuance of securities,
   rate matters, affiliations, acquisitions and dispositions, the licensing of
   hydroelectric projects, and other matters before the Securities and Exchange
   Commission, the Department of Energy and Congress or some of such bodies.

5. (a) Compensation received during the current year and estimated to be
       received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or others,
       directly or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from
       each of the companies designated in item 3.  (Use column (a) as
       supplementary statement only.)

       Name of Recipient    Salary or other Compensation    Person or company
                                                            from whom received
                                        to be received      or to be received
                            (a)         (b)
                                                
       Richard L. Tower     $ - 0 -     Cannot determine    The Connecticut Light
                                                            and Power Company



   (b) Basis for compensation if other than salary.

6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only.  See instructions.)
   expenses incurred by the undersigned or any person named in Item 2, above,
   during the calendar year in connection with the activities described in
   Item 4, above, and the source or sources of reimbursement for same.

   (a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client:  $ 541.52
   (b) Itemized list of all other expenses:  No other expenses.


Date:  January 19, 2001           (Signed) /s/ Richard L. Tower