**EXECUTION      COPY**

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**U.S.      $250,000,000**

**CREDIT      AGREEMENT**

*Dated      as of      March 2, 2007*

**FIRSTENERGY      CORP.**

*as      Borrower,*

*and*

**MORGAN      STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.**

*as      Lender*

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**TABLE      OF      CONTENTS**

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|  SECTION                1.01. Certain Defined Terms.       |                      1 |
|  SECTION                1.02. Computation of Time Periods. |                    10            |
|  SECTION                1.03. Accounting Terms.            |                    10            |
|  SECTION                1.04. Certain References.          |                    10            |

| SECTION              2.01. The              Loan.                           |                  10 |
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| SECTION              2.02. Selection of Interest Periods                    |                  11 |
| SECTION              2.03. Repayment of the Loan.                      |                  11 |
| SECTION              2.04. Interest on the Loan.                            |                  11 |
| SECTION              2.05. Additional Interest on the Loan.                 |     11         |
| SECTION              2.06. Prepayments.                                |                  12 |
| SECTION              2.07. Increased Costs.                            |                  12 |
| SECTION              2.08. Illegality.                                 |                  13 |
| SECTION              2.09. Payments and Computations.                       |                  13 |
| SECTION              2.10. Taxes.                                           |     14         |
| SECTION                2.11.  Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness. |                  15 |
| SECTION                2.12.  Extension of Termination Date.                |                  16 |

| SECTION                3.01. Conditions Precedent to the Making of the Loan. |    16 |
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| SECTION                4.01.                Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. |    17 |
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| SECTION                  5.01.                  Affirmative                  Covenants of the Borrower. |                     21 |
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| SECTION                  5.02.                  Debt to Capitalization Ratio.                           |    23             |
| SECTION                    5.03. Negative Covenants of the Borrower.                          |                     23 |

| SECTION                  6.01.                  Events of Default. |                     25 |
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| SECTION                7.01.                Amendments, Etc.                          |                    28 |
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| SECTION                7.02.                Notices, Etc.                                  |                    28 |
| SECTION                7.03.                No Waiver; Remedies.                 |     28           |
| SECTION                7.04.                Costs and Expenses; Indemnification.           |                    28 |
| SECTION                7.05.                Right of Set-off.                              |     29           |
| SECTION                7.06.                Binding Effect.                      |                    30 |
| SECTION                7.07.                Assignments and Participations.           |                    30 |
| SECTION                7.08.                Governing Law.                            |                    32 |
| SECTION                7.09.                Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. |                    32 |
| SECTION                7.10.                Severability.                                  |     32           |
| SECTION                  7.11.                  Entire Agreement.                          |                    32 |
| SECTION                  7.12.                  Execution in Counterparts.                 |                    32 |
| SECTION                7.13.                USA PATRIOT Act Notice.                        |                    33 |

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|  Schedule              I |  -       |  Lending              Office                                            |
|-------------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                          |          |                                                                         |
|  Exhibit A     |  -       |  Form of              Assignment and Acceptance                         |
|  Exhibit B          |  -  |  Form of              Note                                              |
|  Exhibit              C  |  -       |  Form of              Opinion of Gary D. Benz, Esq.                     |
|  Exhibit              D  |  -       |  Form of              Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
|                          |          |                                                                         |

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**CREDIT      AGREEMENT**

**CREDIT      AGREEMENT**
***Borrower***
***Lender***

**PRELIMINARY      STATEMENTS**

**NOW**
**THEREFORE**

**ARTICLE I**

**DEFINITIONS      AND ACCOUNTING TERMS**

***SECTION      1.01.***
***Certain      Defined Terms.***

***Affiliate***

***Agreement***

***Applicable      Law***

***Applicable      Margin***
*per      annum*

***Assignment      and Acceptance***

***ATSI***

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***Bankruptcy      Code***

***Borrower***

***Business      Day***

***CEI***

***Change      of Control***

***Code***

***Consolidated      Debt***
*provided*

***Consolidated      Subsidiary***

***Controlled      Group***

***Debt      to      Capitalization Ratio***

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***Eligible      Assignee***
*provided*
*provided,      however*

***Environmental      Laws***

***ERISA***

***Eurocurrency      Liabilities***

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***Eurodollar      Rate***
*per      annum*

***Eurodollar      Rate Reserve Percentage***

***Event      of      Default***

***Exchange      Act***

***Existing      Credit Agreement***

***FERC***

***FES***

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***FERC      PUHCA 2005 Filing***

***First      Mortgage Indenture***

***GAAP***

***Governmental      Action***

***Governmental      Authority***

***Indebtedness***

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***Interest      Period***
*provided,      however,*

*provided*

***JCP&L***

***Junior      Subordinated Deferred Interest Debt Obligations***

***Lending      Office***

***Lender***

***Lien***

***Loan***

***Loan      Documents***

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***Mansfield      Sale/Leaseback***

***Margin      Stock***

***Met-Ed***

***Moody’s***

***Multiemployer      Plan***

***Nonrecourse      Indebtedness***

|   | (i) | recourse                to                the named obligor with respect to such Indebtedness (the “***Debtor***”)                for amounts                limited to the cash flow or net cash flow (other than historic cash                flow)                from the asset; and |
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|   | (ii) | recourse                to                the Debtor for the purpose only of enabling amounts to be claimed                in                respect of such Indebtedness in an enforcement of any security interest                or                lien given by the Debtor over the asset or the income, cash flow                or other                proceeds deriving from the asset (or given by any shareholder or                the like                in the Debtor over its shares or like interest in the capital of                the                Debtor) to secure the Indebtedness, but only if the extent of the                recourse                to the Debtor is limited solely to the amount of any recoveries made                on                any such enforcement; and |
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|   | (iii) | recourse                to                the Debtor generally or indirectly to any Affiliate of the Debtor,                under                any form of assurance, undertaking or support, which recourse is                limited                to a claim for damages (other than liquidated damages and damages                required                to be calculated in a specified way) for a breach of an obligation                (other                than a payment obligation or an obligation to comply or to procure                compliance by another with any financial ratios or other tests of                financial condition) by the Person against which such recourse is                available. |
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***Note***

***OE***

***OECD***

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***Organizational      Documents***

***Other      Taxes***

***Patriot      Act***

***PBGC***

***Penelec***

***Penn***

***Person***

***Plan***

***S&P***

***SEC***

***SEC      Order***
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***Significant      Subsidiaries***

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***Stranded      Cost Securitization Bonds***

***Subsidiary***

***Taxes***

***Termination      Date***

***Termination      Event***
*substantial      employer*

***Total      Capitalization***

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***Trust      Preferred Securities***

***Unfunded      Vested Liabilities***

***Unmatured      Default***

***SECTION      1.02.***
***Computation      of Time Periods.***

***SECTION      1.03.***
***Accounting      Terms.***

***SECTION      1.04.***
***Certain      References.***

**ARTICLE II**

**AMOUNT      AND      TERMS OF THE LOAN**

***SECTION      2.01.***
***The      Loan.***

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***SECTION      2.02.***
***of      Interest Periods***

***SECTION      2.03.***
***Repayment      of the Loan.***

***SECTION      2.04.***
***Interest      on the Loan.***

*plus*

***SECTION      2.05.***
***Additional      Interest on the Loan.***

*per      annum*
*provided*
*provided      further, however*

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***SECTION      2.06.     Prepayments.***

***Optional***
*provided,      however*

***Mandatory***

***SECTION      2.07.***
***Increased      Costs.***

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***SECTION      2.08.***
***Illegality.***

***SECTION      2.09.***
***Payments      and Computations.***

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*provided,      however*

*per      annum*
*plus*
*per      annum*

***Returned      Payment***

***SECTION      2.10.***
***Taxes.***

*excluding*
***Taxes***

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***Other      Taxes***

***SECTION      2.11.***
***Noteless      Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness.***

*provided,      however*

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***SECTION      2.12.***
***Extension      of Termination Date.***

*provided*

**ARTICLE III**

**CONDITIONS      OF LENDING**

***SECTION      3.01.***
***Conditions      Precedent to the Making of the Loan.***

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**ARTICLE IV**

**REPRESENTATIONS      AND WARRANTIES**

***SECTION      4.01.***
***Representations      and Warranties of the Borrower.***

***Corporate      Existence and Power***

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***Corporate      Authorization***

***No      Violation, Etc.***

***Governmental      Actions***

***Execution      and Delivery***
*subject,      however*

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***Litigation***

***Financial      Statements; Material Adverse Change***

***ERISA***

***Taxes***

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***Use      of      Proceeds***
*.*

***Margin      Stock***
*.*

***Investment      Company***
*.*

***No      Event      of Default***

***Solvency***

***No      Material Misstatements.***

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**ARTICLE V**

**COVENANTS      OF      THE BORROWER**

***SECTION      5.01.***
***Affirmative      Covenants of the Borrower.***

***Preservation      of Corporate Existence, Etc.***

***Compliance      with Laws, Etc.***

***Maintenance      of Insurance, Etc.***

***Inspection      Rights***
*provided,      however,*

***Keeping      of Books***

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***Maintenance      of Properties***

***Reporting      Requirements***

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***SEC      Order.***

***SECTION      5.02.***
***Debt      to      Capitalization Ratio.***

***SECTION      5.03.***
***Negative      Covenants of the Borrower.***

***Sales,      Etc.***
*provided,      however,*

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***Liens,      Etc.***
*provided*
*provided*
*however*
*provided*
*however*

***Mergers,      Etc.***

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***Compliance      with ERISA***

***Use      of      Proceeds.***

**ARTICLE VI**

**EVENTS      OF      DEFAULT**

***SECTION      6.01.***
***Events      of Default.***

***Event      of      Default***

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*substantial      employer*

***Change      of Control***

*provided,      however,*

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**ARTICLE VII**

**MISCELLANEOUS**

***SECTION      7.01.***
***Amendments,      Etc.***

***SECTION      7.02.***
***Notices,      Etc.***

***SECTION      7.03.***
***No      Waiver; Remedies.***

***SECTION      7.04.***
***Costs      and Expenses; Indemnification.***

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***Indemnified      Person***

***SECTION      7.05.***
***Right      of      Set-off.***

*excluding,      however,*
*provided*

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***SECTION      7.06.***
***Binding      Effect.***

***SECTION      7.07.***
***Assignments      and Participations.***

*provided,      however*

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*provided,      however*

*provided*

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***SECTION      7.08.***
***Governing      Law.***

**THIS      AGREEMENT AND ANY NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,      THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.**

***SECTION      7.09.***
***Consent      to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.***

**(b)**
**THE      BORROWER      AND THE LENDER HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING      OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN      DOCUMENT OR OTHER INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER OR      THEREUNDER.**

***SECTION      7.10.***
***Severability***

***SECTION      7.11.***
***Entire      Agreement.***

***SECTION      7.12.***
***Execution      in Counterparts.***

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***SECTION      7.13.***
***USA      PATRIOT Act Notice.***

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**IN      WITNESS      WHEREOF**

|   |  FIRSTENERGY                  CORP.  By:    _____________________________________________             Name:                                              Title: |
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|   | MORGAN                    STANLEY                    SENIOR FUNDING, INC.as                    Lender  By:    _____________________________________________             Name:                                                  Title: |
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**SCHEDULE      1**

**Lending      Office**

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**EXHIBIT        A**

**Form        of        Assignment and Acceptance**

***Credit        Agreement***
***“Borrower”***
***“Lender”***

***Assignor***
***Assignee***

***Assigned        Interest***

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***Effective        Date***

|  * | If                        the                        Assignee is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside                        the United                        States. |
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**8.**
**THIS        ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE        WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.**

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**IN        WITNESS        WHEREOF**

|   | [NAME                  OF                  ASSIGNOR], as Assignor  By                  _____________________________Name:Title: |
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|   | [NAME                  OF                  ASSIGNOR], as Assignor  By                  _____________________________Name:Title: |
|   |                                                                                                                                      |
|   | Lending                  Office                  (andaddress                  for                  notices):[Address]                     |

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| Section 1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                |
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|                         Total Outstanding Principal Amount of the Loan:                                                                                                                                                                              | $________________                                   |
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|                          Amount of Assigned Share:                                                                                                                                                                                              | $________________                                   |
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| Percentage                      Interest:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                        ________________ % |
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| Section 2.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                |
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|                     Assignee’s                      Portion of Outstanding Loan:                                                                     | $                                                   |
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| A                      Note payable                      to the order of the AssigneeDated:                      ____________ Principal                      amount                                                                                       |    $                                 |
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|                         [A Note payable to the order of the AssignorDated:                      _____________ Principal                      amount:                                                                                            |    $________________                 |
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| Section 3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                |
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|                                         Effective Date:                _____________ |                                                |
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**EXHIBIT      B**

**Form      of      Note**

***Borrower***
***Lender***

***Credit      Agreement***

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**THIS      PROMISSORY NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE      LAWS      OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.**

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|         | FIRSTENERGY              CORP. |
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|         | By:                  |         |
|         | Name:                          |
|         | Title:                    |

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