FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Three-Year Period Ending 2001
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 EGISTERED 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.
John B. Keane, Vice President and Treasurer
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 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 and Treasurer 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 To be received Person or company
compensation from whom received
or to be received
(a) (b)
John B. Keane $160,994.10 To be included Northeast Utilities
in supplemental Service Company
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 1/23/98 (Signed) /s/ John B. Keane
