SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Form U-12(I)-B (Three-Year Statement)
Three-Year period ending 1998
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
EUA Cogenex-Canada, Inc. Newport Electric Corporation
EUA TransCapacity, Inc. Northeast Energy Management, Inc.
Eastern Unicord Corporation EUA Highland Corporation
EUA Citizens Conservation Services Corp. EUA Bioten, 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.
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 and Montaup Electric Company.
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of Newport Electric Corporation.
Comptroller, Assistant Treasurer and Director of EUA Cogenex
Corporation.
Director, Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Clerk of EUA
Energy Investment Corporation.
Assistant Treasurer of Eastern Unicord and EUA Ocean State Corporation
Comptroller, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Chief
Accounting Officer of Eastern Utilities Associates.
Vice President and Comptroller of Northeast Energy Management, Inc.
Assistant Treasurer and Director of EUA TransCapacity, Inc. and EUA
Bioten, Inc.
Vice President, Comptroller and Assistant Treasurer of EUA Cogenex
Canada, Inc.
Comptroller and Assistant Treasurer of EUA Citizens Conservation Services
Corporation and EUA Highland Corporation.
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).
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! Salary or other compensations !Person or company from
!_________________________________!whom received or to be
Name of recipient ! Received ! to be received! received
! (a) ! (b) !
<S>_________________!_<C>_____________!_______________!_<C>___________________
Richard M. Burns !$161,371.08 !$342,364.88 !EUA Service Corporation
____________________!_________________!_______________!_______________________
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(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 23, 1997 (Signed) /s/Richard M. Burns
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