**Exhibit      31.1**

**Certification**

| 1.     | I                have                reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of FirstEnergy Corp.,                Ohio                Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, The                Toledo                Edison Company, Pennsylvania Power Company, Metropolitan Edison Company                and Pennsylvania Electric Company;                                                                              |
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| 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; |
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| 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;                   |
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| 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-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal                control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules                13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for such registrant and we                have:               |

| a)     | designed                such                disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls                and                procedures to be designed under our supervision, 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; |
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| b)     | designed                such                internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal                control                over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to                provide                reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting                and                the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in                accordance with generally accepted accounting                principles;    |
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| c)     | evaluated                the                effectiveness of such registrant's disclosure controls and procedures                and                presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness                of the                disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered                by                this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                                     |
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| d)     | disclosed                in                this report any change in such registrant's internal control over                financial reporting that occurred during such registrant's most recent                fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely                to                materially affect, such registrant's internal control over financial                reporting; and                                                                                                       |

| 5. | Each                registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our                most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,                to                such registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of such registrant’s                board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent                function): |
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| a)     | all                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal control over financial reporting which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect such registrant's ability to                record,                process, summarize and report financial data; and |
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| b)     | any                fraud,                whether or not material, that involves management or other employees                who                have a significant role in such registrant’s internal control over                financial reporting.                                                                                   |

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|   |             /s/ Anthony                J.                Alexander                                                                                                           |
|   |           Anthony                J.                Alexander                                                                                                                                |
|   |                                                  Chief Executive Officer |

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