SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 Washington, DC

                                   FORM U-6B-2

                           Certificate of Notification

       Certificate  is filed by: The  Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Company
("Cleveland Electric"),  a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., a registered holding
company,  pursuant to Rule  U-20(d) and Rule  U-52(c)  adopted  under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

       This  certificate  is notice  that the above  named  company  has issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities  described  herein which issue,
renewal or guaranty was exempted from the  provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act
and was neither  the subject of a  declaration  or  application  on Form U-1 nor
included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48.

1.     Type of securities:

       Concurrently  with the remarketing of $27,700,000 Ohio Water  Development
       Authority State of Ohio Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series
       1999-A  (The  Cleveland  Electric   Illuminating  Company  Project)  (the
       "Authority  Bonds"),  Cleveland  Electric entered into a Letter of Credit
       and Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 15, 2004 (the "Reimbursement
       Agreement") with the participating  banks named therein and Barclays Bank
       plc,   acting  through  its  New  York  Branch,   as  Fronting  Bank  and
       Administrative  Agent  (the  "Fronting  Bank").  A letter of credit  (the
       "Letter of  Credit")  supporting  the payment of  principal  and up to 36
       days' interest on the Authority Bonds was issued on June 15, 2004 for the
       benefit of the trustee for the Authority Bonds.

2.     Issue, renewal or guaranty:

       Guaranty.

3.     Principal amount of each security:

       $27,973,206.00

4.     Rate of interest per annum of each security:

       Drawings  under the  Letter  of  Credit  not  immediately  reimbursed  by
       Cleveland  Electric to the  Fronting  Bank bear  interest at an Alternate
       Base Rate. As of the date hereof, such rate would be 4.25% per annum.

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5.     Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security:

       June 15, 2004

6.     If renewal of security, give date of original issue:

       Not Applicable.

7.     Date of maturity of each security:

       June 15, 2007


8.     Name  of the  person  to  whom  each  security  was  issued,  renewed  or
       guaranteed:

       The Letter of Credit was issued in favor of J.P.  Morgan  Trust  Company,
       National Association, as trustee for the Authority Bonds.

9.     Collateral given with each security:

       None.

10.    Consideration given for each security:

       None.

11.    Application of proceeds of each security:

       Not Applicable.

12.    Indicate  by a check after the  applicable  statement  below  whether the
       issue,  renewal  or  guaranty  of  each  security  was  exempt  from  the
       provisions of Section 6(a) because of:

       (a) the provisions contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b) [ ]

       (b) the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section 6(b) [ ]

       (c) the  provisions  contained in any rule of the  Commission  other than
           Rule U-48 [x]

13.    If the security or securities  were exempt from the provisions of Section
       6(a) by virtue of the first  sentence of Section  6(b),  give the figures
       which indicate that the security or securities  aggregate  (together with
       all other then outstanding  notes and drafts of a maturity of nine months
       or  less,  exclusive  of days of  grace,  as to  which  such  company  is
       primarily  or  secondarily  liable)  not  more  than 5  percentum  of the
       principal  amount and par value of the other  securities  of such company
       then  outstanding.  (Demand  notes,  regardless of how long they may have
       been  outstanding,  shall be considered as maturing in not more than nine
       months for purposes of the exemption from Section 6(a) of the Act granted
       by the first sentence of Section 6(b)):

       Not applicable.

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14.    If the security or securities  are exempt from the  provisions of Section
       6(a) because of the fourth  sentence of Section  6(b),  name the security
       outstanding  on  January  1,  1935,  pursuant  to the  terms of which the
       security or securities herein described have been issued:

       Not applicable.

15.    If the security or securities  are exempt form the  provisions of Section
       6(a)  because  of any  rule  of the  Commission  other  than  Rule  U-48,
       designate the rule under which exemption is claimed.

       Rule 52.




                                   THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING
                                   COMPANY


                                   By: /s/Thomas C. Navin
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                                          Thomas C. Navin
                                          Treasurer

Date: July 27, 2004

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