**EXHIBIT
12.6**
 **Page
1**
  **JERSEY
CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY**
 **CONSOLIDATED
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES**
 
 
 **Year
      Ended****December
      31,**
    
    **Jan.
      1-**
    
    **Nov.
      7-**
    
    **Year
      Ended December 31,****2000**
    
    **Nov.
      6, 2001**
    
    **Dec.
      31, 2001**
    
    **2002**
    
    **2003**
    
    **2004*****(Dollars
      in thousands)*****EARNINGS
      AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:**Income before
      extraordinary items
    
    $
    210,812
    
    $
    34,467
    
    $
    30,041
    
    $
    251,895
    
    $
    68,017
    
    $
    111,639Interest and
      other charges, before reduction foramounts
      capitalized
    
    
    105,799
    
    
    95,727
    
    
    16,919
    
    
    100,365
    
    
    94,719
    
    
    84,191Provision for
      income taxes
    
    
    119,875
    
    
    52
    
    
    20,101
    
    
    181,855
    
    
    46,440
    
    
    95,112Interest
      element of rentals charged to income (a)
    
    
    6,229
    
    
    3,913
    
    
    124
    
    
    3,239
    
    
    5,374
    
    
    7,589Earnings as
      defined
    
    $
    442,715
    
    $
    134,159
    
    $
    67,185
    
    $
    537,354
    
    $
    214,550
    
    $
    298,531**FIXED
      CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:**Interest on
      long-term debt
    
    $
    85,220
    
    $
    77,205
    
    $
    14,234
    
    $
    92,314
    
    $
    87,681
    
    $
    80,840Other
      interest expense
    
    
    9,879
    
    
    9,427
    
    
    1,080
    
    
    (2,643
    )
    
    1,691
    
    
    3,351Subsidiary’s
      preferred stock dividend requirements
    
    
    10,700
    
    
    9,095
    
    
    1,605
    
    
    10,694
    
    
    5,347
    
    
    --Interest
      element of rentals charged to income (a)
    
    
    6,229
    
    
    3,913
    
    
    124
    
    
    3,239
    
    
    5,374
    
    
    7,589Fixed charges
      as defined
    
    $
    112,028
    
    $
    99,640
    
    $
    17,043
    
    $
    103,604
    
    $
    100,093
    
    $
    91,780**CONSOLIDATED
      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED****CHARGES**
    
    
    3.95
    
    
    1.35
    
    
    3.94
    
    
    5.19
    
    
    2.14
    
    
    3.25
 
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 (a)  Includes the
interest element of rentals where determinable plus 1/3 of rental expense where
no readily defined interest element can be determined.
  
  **EXHIBIT
12.6**
 **Page
2**
 **JERSEY
CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY**
 
 **CONSOLIDATED
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES PLUS**
 **PREFERRED
STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS (PRE-INCOME TAX BASIS)**
 
 **Year
      Ended**
      **December
      31,**
    
    **Jan.
      1-**
    
    **Nov.
      7-**
    
    **Year
      Ended December 31,****2000**
    
    **Nov.
      6, 2001**
    
    **Dec.
      31, 2001**
    
    **2002**
    
    **2003**
    
    **2004*****(Dollars
      in thousands)*****EARNINGS
      AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:**Income before
      extraordinary items
    
    $
    210,812
    
    $
    34,467
    
    $
    30,041
    
    $
    251,895
    
    $
    68,017
    
    $
    111,639Interest and
      other charges, before reduction foramounts
      capitalized
    
    
    105,799
    
    
    95,727
    
    
    16,919
    
    
    100,365
    
    
    94,719
    
    
    84,191Provision for
      income taxes
    
    
    119,875
    
    
    52
    
    
    20,101
    
    
    181,855
    
    
    46,440
    
    
    95,112Interest
      element of rentals charged to income (a)
    
    
    6,229
    
    
    3,913
    
    
    124
    
    
    3,239
    
    
    5,374
    
    
    7,589Earnings as
      defined
    
    $
    442,715
    
    $
    134,159
    
    $
    67,185
    
    $
    537,354
    
    $
    214,550
    
    $
    298,531**FIXED
      CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K PLUS****PREFERRED
      STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS****(PRE-INCOME
      TAX BASIS):**Interest on
      long-term debt
    
    $
    85,220
    
    $
    77,205
    
    $
    14,234
    
    $
    92,314
    
    $
    87,681
    
    $
    80,840Other
      interest expense
    
    
    9,879
    
    
    9,427
    
    
    1,080
    
    
    (2,643
    )
    
    1,691
    
    
    3,351Preferred
      stock dividend requirements
    
    
    17,604
    
    
    13,642
    
    
    2,303
    
    
    9,230
    
    
    5,235
    
    
    500Adjustments
      to preferred stock dividends to state on apre-income
      tax basis
    
    
    3,928
    
    
    7
    
    
    467
    
    
    (1,057
    )
    
    (77
    )
    
    426Interest
      element of rentals charged to income (a)
    
    
    6,229
    
    
    3,913
    
    
    124
    
    
    3,239
    
    
    5,374
    
    
    7,589Fixed charges
      as defined plus preferred stock
      dividend
      requirements (pre-income tax basis)
    
    $
    122,860
    
    $
    104,194
    
    $
    18,208
    
    $
    101,083
    
    $
    99,904
    
    $
    92,706**CONSOLIDATED
      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES**
      **PLUS
      PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS**
      **(PRE-INCOME
      TAX BASIS**
    
    
    3.60
    
    
    1.29
    
    
    3.69
    
    
    5.32
    
    
    2.15
    
    
    3.22
  _________________
 
 (a)  Includes the
interest element of rentals where determinable plus 1/3 of rental expense where
no readily defined interest element can be determined.