Exhibit 32.1



                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In  connection  with the Quarterly  Reports 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  ("Companies") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2004
as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the
"Reports"),  each  undersigned  officer  of each of the  Companies  does  hereby
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of his knowledge:

     (1)  Each of the Reports fully  complies with the  requirements  of section
          13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The information  contained in each of the Reports fairly presents,  in
          all  material  respects,   the  financial  condition  and  results  of
          operations of the Company to which it relates.



                                             /s/Anthony J. Alexander
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                                                Anthony J. Alexander
                                               Chief Executive Officer
                                                   August 6, 2004



                                              /s/Richard H. Marsh
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                                                 Richard H. Marsh
                                               Chief Financial Officer
                                                   August 6, 2004


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                                                                   Exhibit 32.2



                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Jersey Central Power & Light Company
("Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending June 30, 2004 as filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  each
undersigned  officer of the Company does hereby  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that
to the best of his knowledge:

     (1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company.



                                            /s/Stephen E. Morgan
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                                               Stephen E. Morgan
                                                  President
                                          (Chief Executive Officer)
                                                August 6, 2004



                                            /s/Richard H. Marsh
                                    ---------------------------------------
                                               Richard H. Marsh
                                           Senior Vice President and
                                            Chief Financial Officer
                                                August 6, 2004