SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Form U-12(I)-B (Three-Year Statement)
Three-Year period ending 2000

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.

     Donald T. Sena
     One Liberty Square, P. O. Box 2333
     Boston, Massachusetts 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-71.         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 Bioten, Inc.
     EUA Energy Investment Corporation    Newport Electric Corporation
     EUA TransCapacity, Inc.              Northeast Energy Management, Inc.
     Eastern Unicord Corporation          EUA Compression Services, Inc.

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.

     Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Blackstone Valley Electric
        Company, EUA Ocean State Corporation, and Newport Electric Corporation
     Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Clerk of Eastern Edison Company,
        Eastern Unicord Corporation, EUA Bioten, Inc. , EUA Cogenex Corporation,
        EUA Energy Investment Corporation, EUA Transcapacity, Inc., EUA
        Compression Services, Inc., Montaup Electric Company and Northeast
        Energy Management, Inc.
     Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Clerk and Assistant Secretary of EUA
        Service Corporation
     Assistant Secretary of Eastern Utilities Associates

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).


                    !Salary or other compensations  ! Person or company from
                    !                               ! whom received or to
Name of recipient   ! Received    !  to be received ! be received
                    !    (a)      !      (b)        !
                    !             !                 !
Donald T. Sena      ! $126,330.30 ! $271,925.97     ! EUA Service Corporation
     (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            January 26, 1999   (Signed) /s/Donald T. Sena
                                               Donald T. Sena