SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three Year Period Ending 1998

                      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 71(b)
  (To be filed in DUPLICATE.  If acknowledgment is desired, file in triplicate)

          1.  Name and business address of person filing statement.

                              William S. Lamb, Esq.
                         LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
               125 W. 55th Street                 1875 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
               New York, New York  10019          Washington, D.C.  20009

          2.  Names and business address 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, Charter Oak Energy, Inc. and
               other subsidiaries of Charter Oak Energy, 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.

               Partner in LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
               which regularly renders legal services to
               Northeast Utilities, Charter Oak Energy, Inc. and
               other subsidiaries of Charter Oak Energy Inc.

          5.(a)  Compensation received during the current year and expected 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

                                to be             Person or company from
Name of            received    received              whom received or
recipient            (a)         (b)                  to be received

LeBoeuf, Lamb,    $42,508.75    Regular           Charter Oak Energy, Inc.
Greene & MacRae,                 hourly
L.L.P.                          billing
                                 rates

     (b)  Basis for compensation if other than salary.

                         See (a) above.

     6.  (To be answered in supplementary statement only.  See instructions.) 
Expenses incurred by the undersigned or other 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:  $ 10,334.69
     (b)  Itemized list of all other expenses:


Date February 22, 1995                  (Signed):       /s/ William S. Lamb