| FirstEnergy      Corp.        |   |  For      Release: June 2,    2009 |
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|  76      South Main Street                                  |   |                                         |
|  Akron, Ohio      44308                                     |   |                                         |
|  www.firstenergycorp.com                                    |   |                                         |
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|  News Media      Contact:                              |   |  Investor      Contact:                 |
|  Ellen      Raines                                |   |  Ron      Seeholzer                     |
|  (330)      384-5808                                        |   |  (330)  384-5415                        |

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|  2009      Earnings Per Share Guidance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|  Non-GAAP      Basic Earnings Per Share Reconciliation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                                                             Basic      Earnings Per Share      (Non-GAAP)                        $3.70      - $3.85                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                           Including Special      Items:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                            Regulatory      Charges                                                        (0.55)                         |
|                                                                           Trust Securities      Impairment                                                (0.07)                                                                                                         |
|                                                                       Organizational      Restructuring                                         (0.05)                                                                                                              |
|                                                                        Income Tax Issue      Resolution                                        0.04                                                                                                                      |
|                                                                        Non-Core Assets      Sale                                                    0.52        |
|                                                                  Basic Earnings Per Share      (GAAP)                                 $3.59 -      $3.74                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

| 2009 First      Quarter GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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|                                                             Basic      Earnings Per Share      (Non-GAAP)                               $1.02                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|                                                           Including Special      Items:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                                                                            Regulatory      Charges                                                        (0.55) |
|                                                                           Trust Securities      Impairment                                           (0.07)                                                                            |
|                                                                       Organizational      Restructuring                                        (0.05)                                                                                       |
|                                                                       Income Tax Issue      Resolution                                         0.04                                                                                         |
|                                                                  Basic Earnings Per Share      (GAAP)                                        $0.39                                                                                                                                                 |
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| 2009 Cash      Flow Guidance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| Reconciliation      of Estimated Cash from Operating Activities (GAAP) to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                                      Estimated      Cash Flow      (Non-GAAP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|   ($      millions)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|                                                     Net Cash from Operating Activities      (GAAP)                  $2,583                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                                                       Asset      Sales                                                                      252 |
|                                                                            Capital      expenditures                                                  (1,598)                                                                                                            |
|                                                                       Nuclear fuel      fabrication                                                 (312)                                                                                                                |
|                                                                       Common stock      dividends                                       (669)                                                                                                                                                |
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|                                                             Cash Flow      (Non-GAAP)                                                         $256                                                                                                                                      |
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