Effective August 1, 1938
Revised December 31, 1941


                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                       WASHINGTON

                           Form U-12(1)-B (Annual Statement)
                                   Calendar Year 1993

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).

1.   Name and Business address of person filing statement.

     Richard M. Burns
     One Liberty Square, P. O. Box 2333
     Boston, MA 02107

2.   Names 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-17.

           None

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

     Blackstone Valley Electric Company  Eastern Utilities Associates
     Eastern Edison Company              Montaup Electric Company
     EUA Service Corporation             EUA Ocean State Corporation
     EUA Cogenex Corporation             EUA Energy Investment Corporation
     Eastern Unicord Corporation         Newport Electric Corporation

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.

     Vice President, Director, Comptroller, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant
          Secretary, and Assistant Clerk of EUA Service Corporation.
     Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of Blackstone
          Valley Electric Company.
     Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Clerk of Eastern Edison
     Company.  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of Newport Electric
     Corporation.  Comptroller, Assistant Treasurer and Director of EUA
     Cogenex.  Director, Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant
     Clerk of Montaup Electric Company, and EUA Energy Investment.
     Assistant Treasurer of Eastern Unicord and EUA Ocean State Corporation
     Comptroller, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Chief Accounting
          Officer of Eastern Utilities Associates.

5.   (a) Compensation received during the prior year and to be received during
     the calendar year 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).


_______________________________________________________________________________
                      !  Salary or other compensations  !  Person or company
                      !_________________________________!  from whom received
   Name of recipient  ! Received during ! to be received!  or to be received
                      ! prior year (a)  !      (b)      !
___________________!______________!_______________!___________________
 Richard M. Burns     ! $161,825.04     !               !  EUA Service Corp.
______________________!_________________!_______________!_____________________


     (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:

Date        February 15, 1994           (Signed)  /s/ Richard M. Burns
     ---------------------------------            -------------------------
                                                      Richard M. Burns

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