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| THE      CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY                          |
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| CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                      |                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                | Year      Ended December 31,                                  |
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| EARNINGS      AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:                               |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |
| Income before      extraordinary items                                    | $                                                                                                                                                                            |          197,033                       |                                                          | $      |          236,531                                                                   |                                                          | $      |          231,058                                                                   |                                                          | $      |          306,051                                                                   |                                                          | $      |          276,412                                                                   |                                                          |
| Interest and      other charges, before reduction for amounts capitalized |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |
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| Provision for      income taxes                                           |                                                                                                                                                                         |          131,285                       |                                                          |   |          138,856                                                                   |                                                          |   |          153,014                                                                   |                                                          |   |          188,662                                                                   |                                                          |   |          163,363                                                                   |                                                          |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |            49,761            |                                                          |   |            49,375                                                        |                                                          |   |            47,643                                                        |                                                          |   |            45,955                                                        |                                                          |   |            29,829                                                        |                                                          |
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|                                                                      | Earnings as      defined                                                                                                                                                     | $                                                                                   |          542,211 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          563,440 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          563,941 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          682,378 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          608,581 |              |
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| FIXED      CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:                          |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          |
| Interest      before reduction for amounts capitalized and deferred       | $                                                                                                                                                                            |          159,632                       |                                                          | $      |          138,678                                                                   |                                                          | $      |          132,226                                                                   |                                                          | $      |          141,710                                                                   |                                                          | $      |          138,977                                                                   |                                                          |
| Subsidiary's      preferred stock dividend requirements                   |                                                                                                                                                                         |              4,500 |                                                          |   |                      - |                                                          |   |                      - |                                                          |   |                      - |                                                          |   |                      - |                                                          |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |            49,761            |                                                          |   |            49,375                                                        |                                                          |   |            47,643                                                        |                                                          |   |            45,955                                                        |                                                          |   |            29,829                                                        |                                                          |
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|                                                                      | Fixed charges      as defined                                                                                                                                                | $                                                                                   |          213,893 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          188,053 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          179,869 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          187,665 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          168,806 |              |
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| CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                      | 2.53                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                          | 3.00   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          | 3.14   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          | 3.64   |                                                                                                                            |                                                          | 3.61   |                                                                                                                            |
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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. |
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| THE      CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY                          |
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| CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES PLUS                 |
| PREFERRED      STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS (PRE-INCOME TAX BASIS)         |
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|                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                | (Dollars      in thousands)                                   |                                                                                |
| EARNINGS      AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:                               |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |                                                                |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |
| Income before      extraordinary items                                    |                                                                                                                                                                         | $                                                             |          197,033            |                                                                                | $                                                             |          236,531                       |                                                                                | $                                                 |        231,058                       |                                                                    | $                                                 |        306,051                                                             |                                                                                                          | $                                                                   |           276,412                                                             |                                                                                                                            |
| Interest and      other charges, before reduction for amounts capitalized |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |
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| Provision for      income taxes                                           |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |          131,285            |                                                                                |                                                          |          138,856                       |                                                                                |                                              |        153,014                       |                                                                    |                                              |        188,662                                                             |                                                                                                          |                                                                |           163,363                                                             |                                                                                                                            |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |            49,761 |                                                                                |                                                          |            49,375            |                                                                                |                                              |          47,643            |                                                                    |                                              |          45,955                                                  |                                                                                                          |                                                                |             29,829                                                  |                                                                                                                            |
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|                                                                      | Earnings as      defined                                                                                                                                                     |                                                          | $                                                                        |          542,211                       |                                                          | $                                                                                   |          563,440                       |                                              | $                                                                       |        563,941                       |                                              | $                                                                                                             |        682,378                                                             |                                                                | $                                                                                                                               |           608,581                                                             |              |
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| FIXED      CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K PLUS                      |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |                                                                |
|                                                                      | PREFERRED      STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS                                                                                                                                   |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |                                                                |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |              |
|                                                                      | (PRE-INCOME      TAX BASIS):                                                                                                                                                 |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |                                                                |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |              |
| Interest      before reduction for amounts capitalized and deferred       | $                                                                                                                                                                            |          159,632 |                                                                     | $                                                                                   |          138,678 |                                                                                | $                                                                                   |        132,226 |                                                                    | $                                                                       |        141,710 |                                                                                                          | $                                                                                                             |           138,977 |                                                                                                                            |
| Preferred      stock dividend requirements                                |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |            12,026 |                                                                                |                                                          |              7,008 |                                                                                |                                              |            2,918 |                                                                    |                                              |                   - |                                                                                                          |                                                                |                      - |                                                                                                                            |
| Adjustments to      preferred stock dividends                             |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |                                                                |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |
|                                                                      | to state on a      pre-income tax basis                                                                                                                                      |                                                          |                                                                     |              5,137 |                                                          |                                                                                |              4,113 |                                              |                                                                    |            1,932 |                                              |                                                                                                          |                   - |                                                                |                                                                                                                            |                      - |              |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |            49,761 |                                                                                |                                                          |            49,375            |                                                                                |                                              |          47,643            |                                                                    |                                              |          45,955                                                  |                                                                                                          |                                                                |             29,829                                                  |                                                                                                                            |
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| Fixed charges      as defined plus preferred stock                        |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |                                                                |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |
|                                                                      | dividend      requirements (pre-income tax basis)                                                                                                                            |                                                          | $                                                                        |          226,556                       |                                                          | $                                                                                   |          199,174                       |                                              | $                                                                       |        184,719                       |                                              | $                                                                                                             |        187,665                                                             |                                                                | $                                                                                                                               |           168,806                                                             |              |
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| CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                      |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |
|                                                                      | PLUS      PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS                                                                                                                              |                                                          |                                                                     |                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    |                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |                                                                |                                                                                                                            |
|                                                                      | (PRE-INCOME      TAX BASIS)                                                                                                                                                  |                                                          |                                                                     | 2.39                                                                                |                                                          |                                                                                | 2.83                                                                                |                                              |                                                                    | 3.05                                                                    |                                              |                                                                                                          | 3.64                                                                                                          |                                                                |                                                                                                                            | 3.61                                                                                                                            |              |
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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. |
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