| FIRST: | The                name of                the corporation is THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY                (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”). |
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| SECOND: | The                place in                the State of Ohio where the principal office is located is in the                City of                Akron, Summit County. |
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| THIRD: | The                purposes                of the Corporation are as follows: |
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|   | A. | To                generate,                produce, acquire, transmit, distribute, furnish, sell, and supply                electricity to public and private consumers; and |
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|   | B. | To                engage in                any other lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be formed                under the Ohio General Corporation Law, Chapter 1701 of the Ohio                Revised                Code. |
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| FOURTH: | The                aggregate                number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue shall                be one                hundred twelve million (112,000,000) shares, classified as follows: |
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|   | A. | Common                Stock, one                hundred five million (105,000,000) shares, with no par value; |
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|   | B. | SerialPreferred                Stock, four                million (4,000,000) shares, without par value; |
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|   | C. | Preference                Stock, three                million (3,000,000) shares, without par value. |
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| FIFTH: | The                Board of                Directors may adopt an amendment to these Articles of Incorporation                determining, in whole or in part, the express terms, within the limits                set                forth in these Articles of Incorporation or the Ohio General Corporation                Law, of any class of shares before the issuance of any shares of                that                class, or of one or more series within a class before the issuance                of                shares of that series; including, without limitation, division of                shares                into classes or into series within any class or classes, determination                of                the designation and the number of shares of any class or series,                and the                determination of the relative voting rights, preferences, limitations,                rights to dividends, conversion rights, redemption rights, stated                value,                and other special rights of the shares of any class or series. |
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| SIXTH: | The                Corporation may wind up its affairs and dissolve pursuant to a resolution                adopted, at a meeting of shareholders called for such purpose, by                the                affirmative vote of the holders of record of shares entitling them                to                exercise the majority of the voting power of the Corporation. |
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| SEVENTH: | The                Corporation may purchase its shares, regardless of class, from time                to                time, to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as its                Board of                Directors shall determine; provided, however, that the Corporation                shall                not purchase any of its shares if, after such purchase, its assets                would                be less than its liabilities plus stated capital. |
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| EIGHTH: | The                shareholders shall have no right to vote cumulatively in the election                of                Directors. |
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| NINTH: | Sections                1701.70(B)(6) through                (10) of the Ohio Revised Code shall apply to the Corporation. Thus,                as                provided in ORC §§ 1701.70(B)(6) through (10) and subject to the terms                thereof, the Board of Directors may adopt amendments to these Articles                of                Incorporation:  (a) changing the name of the Corporation;                (b) changing the location of the principal office of the Corporation;                (c) increasing proportionately the authorized number of shares of a                class of shares for the purpose of a dividend or distribution to                be paid                in shares of that class; (d) changing shares of a class of shares                into a greater number of shares of that class and increasing                proportionately the authorized number of shares of that class for                the                purpose of a stock split; or (e) decreasing the par value of shares                of a class of shares to the extent necessary to prevent an increase                in the                aggregate par value of the shares of that class in the event of and                concurrently with the adoption of an amendment as described in clauses                (c)                and (d) above for the purpose of a share dividend or stock split.                [Ohio Rev.                Code                §1701.70(D)] |
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| TENTH: | These                Amended                and Restated Articles of Incorporation take the place of and supersede                the                existing articles of incorporation as previously amended. |
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