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

                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.

                   Three-Year Period Ending 2007

               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.

     Leon J. Olivier, President and Chief Operating Officer - CL&P
     Northeast Utilities Service 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.

     Connecticut Light and Power Company, a subsidiary of
     Northeast Utilities.  CL&P is an electric utility and provides
     retail and wholesale electric services in the state of 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 President and Chief Operating Officer of
     Connecticut Light and Power Company.  He will represent Connecticut
     Light and Power Company 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,
     the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 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
                    received    or to be received    or to be received
                        (a)             (b)

Leon J. Olivier     To be included  To be included   Connecticut Light
                    in supplemental in supplemental  and Power Company
                    statement.      statement.

      (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:  $None

     (b) Itemized list of all other expenses:   No other expenses.


  Date:  December 31, 2004            (Signed) /s/ Leon J. Olivier