| 1.   | Effective      March 2, 2008, your title will be Executive Vice President of FirstEnergy      Corp. and President, FE Generation, 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 Fossil Generation      and Commodity Operations, 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 Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars      ($650,000) 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 80%      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 138%      of your Base Salary.  For 2008, your target bonus opportunity      for Performance Shares will be 146% 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)   | Previously Granted      Stock Award.  In March 2005, you were granted 50,000      shares of restricted FirstEnergy common stock pursuant to a Restricted      Stock Agreement.  You and the Company hereby agree that in the      event your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause prior to      March 1, 2010, this stock grant will fully vest on the date of your      termination.  Consistent with the terms of the Restricted Stock      Agreement, in the event you voluntarily resign or retire prior to March 1,      2010, the restricted stock grant will be forfeited in its      entirety.  The Restricted Stock Agreement will be amended to      reflect these terms. |
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| (e)   | Prior Severance      Benefit.  Pursuant to the terms of your 1997 agreement      with Centerior Energy Corporation (“Centerior”) which provided you with a      severance benefit due to the change in control of Centerior, you remain      entitled to the lump-sum amount of $1,095,889 payable to you when you      reach age 62.  This lump-sum amount is subject to gross-up to      cover any applicable excise tax. |
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| (f)   | 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.  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.  Consistent with prior agreements, you      are not eligible to participate in the FirstEnergy Supplemental Executive      Retirement Program (the “SERP”). |
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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 date of 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 agreement 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 |   |
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