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

                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 WASHINGTON, D.C.

                           Three-Year Period Ending 1999

                       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 acknowledgement is desired, file in triplicate)

                       (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON BACK OF THIS FORM)

1. NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS OF PERSON FILING STATEMENT.


   Kerry J. Kuhlman, Vice President - Eastern Region
   The Connecticut Light and Power Company
   49 Randolph Road, Middletown, Connecticut 06457

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, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities.

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 Vice President - Eastern Region of The Connecticut Light
  and Power Company. She will represent Northeast Utilities system companies,
  as and when appropriate, in connection with matters and issues pertaining to
  the electric utility industry, 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.)

                                                             Person or
                                                           company from
                                                           whom received
                          Salary or other compensation       or to be
    Name of recipient                                        received

                                        to be received
                           (a)                 (b)

     Kerry J. Kuhlman  To be included    To be included     The Connecticut
                       in supplemental   in supplemental    Light and Power
                       statement.        statement.         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: $  None

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


   Date     January  29, 1997          (Signed)    /s/ Kerry J. Kuhlman