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

                           SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                     WASHINGTON, D.C.

                              Three-Year Period Ending 2002

                          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.
        
    Frank P. Sabatino, Vice President - Wholesale Marketing
    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.

    Northeast Utilities Service Company, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities.
    The Northeast Utilities Service Company provides services for Northeast
    Utilities and its subsidiaries.

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 - Wholesale Marketing of Northeast
    Utilities Service Company.  He will represent Northeast Utilities system
    companies, as and when appropriate, in connection with 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)

    Frank P. Sabatino   To be included    To be included    Northeast Utilities
                        in supplemental   in supplemental   Service 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  1/26/99                           (Signed) /s/ Frank P. Sabatino