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      EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, H. Peter Burg, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A of FirstEnergy Corp.,
      Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and The
      Toledo Edison Company;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
      statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
      make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
      statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
      this quarterly report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
      information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
      flows of each registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
      quarterly report;

4.    Each registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for such registrant and
      we have:

      a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
            material information relating to such registrant, including its
            consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
            those entities, particularly during the period in which this
            quarterly report is being prepared;

      b)    evaluated the effectiveness of such registrant's disclosure controls
            and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date
            of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

      c)    presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the
            effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
            evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.    Each registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
      our most recent evaluation, to such registrant's auditors and the audit
      committee of such registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
      the equivalent function):

      a)    all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
            controls which could adversely affect such registrant's ability to
            record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
            identified for such registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in
            internal controls; and

      b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
            other employees who have a significant role in such registrant's
            internal controls; and

6.    Each registrant's other certifying officer and I have indicated in this
      quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
      controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal
      controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including
      any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and
      material weaknesses.


Date:  August 18 , 2003

                                                 /s/H. Peter Burg
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                                                    H. Peter Burg
                                               Chief Executive Officer


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