**EXHIBIT      12.1**

**FIRSTENERGY      CORP.**

**CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES**

|                                                                                                                                                       |   | **Year                Ended December 31,**  |      |
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|                                                                                                                                                       |   | **2001**                                    |      | **2002** |   | **2003** |   | **2004** |   | **2005** |   |
|                                                                                                                                                       |   | ***(Dollars                in thousands)*** |      |
|                                                                                                                                                       |   |                                        |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| **EARNINGS                AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:**                                                                                                  |   |                                        |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Income                before                extraordinary items                                                                                            |   | $                                           | 654,946   |   | $ | 618,385 |   | $ | 444,166 |   | $ | 896,240 |   | $ | 872,610 |   |
| Interest                and                other charges, before reduction foramounts                capitalized                                           |   |                                        | 591,192   |   |   | 980,344 |   |   | 841,099 |   |   | 692,269 |   |   | 676,238 |   |
| Provision                for                income taxes                                                                                                   |   |                                        | 474,457   |   |   | 514,134 |   |   | 407,633 |   |   | 673,049 |   |   | 753,782 |   |
| Interest                element of rentals charged to income (a)                                                                                           |   |                                        | 258,561   |   |   | 246,416 |   |   | 247,222 |   |   | 248,499 |   |   | 241,460 |   |
| Earnings                as                defined                                                                                                          |   | $                                           | 1,979,156 |   | $ | 2,359,279 |   | $ | 1,940,120 |   | $ | 2,510,057 |   | $ | 2,544,090 |   |
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| **FIXED                CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:**                                                                                             |   |                                        |           |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |
| Interest                expense                                                                                                                            |   | $                                           | 519,131   |   | $ | 904,697 |   | $ | 798,730 |   | $ | 670,856 |   | $ | 660,700 |   |
| Subsidiaries’                preferred stock dividend requirements                                                                                   |   |                                        | 72,061    |   |   | 75,647 |   |   | 42,369 |   |   | 21,413 |   |   | 15,538 |   |
| Adjustments                to                subsidiaries’ preferred stock dividendsto                state on a                pre-income tax basis |   |                                        | 41,349    |   |   | 28,426 |   |   | 21,515 |   |   | 16,081 |   |   | 13,422 |   |
| Interest                element of rentals charged to income (a)                                                                                           |   |                                        | 258,561   |   |   | 246,416 |   |   | 247,222 |   |   | 248,499 |   |   | 241,460 |   |
| Fixed                charges                as defined                                                                                                     |   | $                                           | 891,102   |   | $ | 1,255,186 |   | $ | 1,109,836 |   | $ | 956,849 |   | $ | 931,120 |   |
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| **CONSOLIDATED                RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED****CHARGES**                                                                                      |   |                                        | 2.22      |   |   | 1.88 |   |   | 1.75 |   |   | 2.62 |   |   | 2.73 |   |

| (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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