| 1.   | Effective      March 2, 2008, your title will be Executive Vice President of FirstEnergy      Corp. and President, FE Utilities, and your duties and responsibilities      will be commensurate with those customarily performed, undertaken and      exercised by persons situated in a similar executive capacity, including,      without limitation responsibility for the FirstEnergy Energy Delivery and      Customer Service Business Unit and such other duties as may be assigned      from time to time.  In consideration of your performance of such      duties you will be compensated asfollows: |
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| (a)   | Base      Salary.  You will receive a base salary (the “Base      Salary”) at an annual rate of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars      ($750,000) which will be payable in accordance with the existing payroll      practices of FirstEnergy.  The Base Salary will be reviewed at      least annually at the same time as the base salaries of FirstEnergy’s      other executives. |
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| (b)   | Annual      Bonus.  You will be a participant in FirstEnergy’s 2007      Incentive Plan (“ICP”) and be eligible to receive an annual bonus each      year under the Short-Term Incentive Program (“STIP”) component of the ICP      (or any successor program).  Your annual short-term target      opportunity will be set by the Compensation Committee of the Board of      Directors at the same time as other senior executive      officers.  For 2008, your target bonus opportunity will be 70%      of your Base Salary.  Any annual incentive compensation awarded      to you will be payable in accordance with the provisions of the      STIP.  The Key Performance Indicators (“KPIs”), which serve as      the basis for determining the amount of the annual bonus earned, will be      set and approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and provided to you      as soon as practicable thereafter. |
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| (c)   | Long-Term Incentive      Compensation.  You are eligible for a long-term incentive      opportunity under the Long-Term Incentive Program (“LTIP”) component of      the ICP.  Your annual long-term target opportunity will be set      by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors at the same time      as other senior executive officers.  For 2008, your target bonus      opportunity for Performance-Adjusted Restricted Stock Units will be 101%      of your Base Salary.  For 2008, your target bonus opportunity      for Performance Shares will be 107% of your Base Salary.  Any      long-term incentive compensation awarded to you will be payable in      accordance with the provisions of theLTIP. |
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| (d)   | Change in Control      Agreement (CIC).  The CIC executed by you on December 31,      2007, remains in effect pursuant to its terms and is unaffected by the      terms of this Agreement. |
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| (e)   | Employee      Benefits.  The Company maintains a Flexible Benefits Plan      that includes programs providing health care insurance, dental insurance,      group term life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance,      long-term disability, long-term care, dependent care and health care      spending accounts.  Except as specifically set forth in this      Agreement, you will be eligible to participate in the FirstEnergy Flexible      Benefits Plan, as well as all executive and employee welfare benefit      plans, programs, policies and arrangements sponsored, maintained or      contributed to by FirstEnergy on the same level as other senior executive      officers of FirstEnergy, subject to the terms and conditions of such      plans. |
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| (f)   | Pension      Benefits.  You are eligible to participate in any and all      of FirstEnergy’s qualified and non-qualified pension, retirement, and      deferred compensation plans, programs, policies and arrangements as they      relate to FirstEnergy’s senior executive officers with the exception of      the Supplemental Executive Retirement Program (the      “SERP”).  Your participation in any of the programs for which      you are eligible will be on the same terms and conditions as applicable to      other participants in those programs and will be governed by the      applicable plan documents. |
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| (g)   | Financial      Planning.  You will be entitled to the financial planning      benefits available to other senior executive officers during your      employment with the Company and will be entitled to continue to receive      the financial planning benefits for one (1) year following the termination      of your employment, provided that the Company continues to offer this      benefit to other similarly situated executives of    FirstEnergy. |
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| (h)   | Executive Severance      Plan.  You and the Company agree that, notwithstanding      any other agreements you may have had with the Company or any of its      affiliates, under no circumstances will you be eligible for benefits under      the Company’s Executive Severance Benefits Plan or any successor plan at      any time. |
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| (i)   | Other      Agreements.  This Agreement supersedes any other      agreements you may have had with the Company regarding the terms of your      employment. |
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| 2.   | The term of      this agreement shall be from the date so agreed below until June 30, 2010;      unless either terminated early by either party for any reason upon written      notice given 60 days in advance, or mutually extended in      writing. |
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|   | Sincerely,                                   |
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|   | Anthony J.      Alexander                    |
|   | President      & Chief Executive Officer |