**EXHIBIT      12.2**

**Page      1**

**OHIO      EDISON      COMPANY**

**CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES**

|                                                                                                                                                       |   | **Year                Ended December 31,**  |    |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------------------------------------------|---------|
|                                                                                                                                                       |   | **2001**                                    |    | **2002** |   | **2003** |   | **2004** |   | **2005** |   |
|                                                                                                                                                       |   | ***(Dollars                in thousands)*** |    |
|                                                                                                                                                       |   |                                        |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| **EARNINGS                AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:**                                                                                                  |   |                                        |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Income                before                extraordinary items                                                                                            |   | $                                           | 350,212 |   | $ | 356,159 |   | $ | 292,925 |   | $ | 342,766 |   | $ | 330,398 |   |
| Interest                and                other charges, before reduction foramounts                capitalized                                           |   |                                        | 187,890 |   |   | 144,170 |   |   | 116,868 |   |   | 74,051 |   |   | 77,077 |   |
| Provision                for                income taxes                                                                                                   |   |                                        | 239,135 |   |   | 255,915 |   |   | 241,173 |   |   | 278,303 |   |   | 309,995 |   |
| Interest                element of rentals charged to income (a)                                                                                           |   |                                        | 104,507 |   |   | 102,469 |   |   | 107,611 |   |   | 104,239 |   |   | 101,862 |   |
| Earnings                as                defined                                                                                                          |   | $                                           | 881,744 |   | $ | 858,713 |   | $ | 758,577 |   | $ | 799,359 |   | $ | 819,332 |   |
|                                                                                                                                                       |   |                                        |         |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |
| **FIXED                CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:**                                                                                             |   |                                        |         |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |
| Interest                on                long-term debt                                                                                                   |   | $                                           | 150,632 |   | $ | 119,123 |   | $ | 91,068 |   | $ | 59,465 |   | $ | 58,709 |   |
| Other                interest                expense                                                                                                       |   |                                        | 22,754  |   |   | 14,598 |   |   | 22,069 |   |   | 12,026 |   |   | 16,679 |   |
| Subsidiaries’                preferred stock dividend requirements                                                                                   |   |                                        | 14,504  |   |   | 10,449 |   |   | 3,731 |   |   | 2,560 |   |   | 1,689 |   |
| Adjustments                to                subsidiaries’ preferred stock dividendsto                state on a                pre-income tax basis |   |                                        | 2,481   |   |   | 2,661 |   |   | 3,014 |   |   | 1,975 |   |   | 1,351 |   |
| Interest                element of rentals charged to income (a)                                                                                           |   |                                        | 104,507 |   |   | 102,469 |   |   | 107,611 |   |   | 104,239 |   |   | 101,862 |   |
| Fixed                charges                as defined                                                                                                     |   | $                                           | 294,878 |   | $ | 249,300 |   | $ | 227,493 |   | $ | 180,265 |   | $ | 180,290 |   |
|                                                                                                                                                       |   |                                        |         |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |
| **CONSOLIDATED                RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED****CHARGES**                                                                                      |   |                                        | 2.99    |   |   | 3.44 |   |   | 3.33 |   |   | 4.43 |   |   | 4.54 |   |

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**EXHIBIT        12.2**

**Page        2**

**OHIO        EDISON        COMPANY**

**CONSOLIDATED        RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES PLUS **

**PREFERRED        STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS (PRE-INCOME TAX BASIS)**

|                                                                                                                                                                           |   | **Year                  Ended December 31,**  |    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------|---------|
|                                                                                                                                                                           |   | **2001**                                      |    | **2002** |   | **2003** |   | **2004** |   | **2005** |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                           |   | ***(Dollars                  in thousands)*** |    |
|                                                                                                                                                                           |   |                                          |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| **EARNINGS                  AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:**                                                                                                                    |   |                                          |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Income                  before                  extraordinary items                                                                                                            |   | $                                             | 350,212 |   | $ | 356,159 |   | $ | 292,925 |   | $ | 342,766 |   | $ | 330,398 |   |
| Interest                  and                  other charges, before reduction for amounts capitalized                                                                         |   |                                          | 187,890 |   |   | 144,170 |   |   | 116,868 |   |   | 74,051 |   |   | 77,077 |   |
| Provision                  for                  income taxes                                                                                                                   |   |                                          | 239,135 |   |   | 255,915 |   |   | 241,173 |   |   | 278,303 |   |   | 309,995 |   |
| Interest                  element of rentals charged to income (a)                                                                                                             |   |                                          | 104,507 |   |   | 102,469 |   |   | 107,611 |   |   | 104,239 |   |   | 101,862 |   |
| Earnings                  as                  defined                                                                                                                          |   | $                                             | 881,744 |   | $ | 858,713 |   | $ | 758,577 |   | $ | 799,359 |   | $ | 819,332 |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                           |   |                                          |         |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |
| **FIXED                  CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K PLUS PREFERRED****STOCK                  DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS****(PRE-INCOME                  TAX BASIS):**     |   |                                          |         |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |
| Interest                  on                  long-term debt                                                                                                                   |   | $                                             | 150,632 |   | $ | 119,123 |   | $ | 91,068 |   | $ | 59,465 |   | $ | 58,709 |   |
| Other                  interest                  expense                                                                                                                       |   |                                          | 22,754  |   |   | 14,598 |   |   | 22,069 |   |   | 12,026 |   |   | 16,679 |   |
| Preferred                  stock dividend requirements                                                                                                                         |   |                                          | 25,206  |   |   | 16,959 |   |   | 6,463 |   |   | 5,062 |   |   | 4,324 |   |
| Adjustments                  to                  preferred stock dividendsto                  state on a                  pre-income tax basis                                 |   |                                          | 9,412   |   |   | 7,034 |   |   | 5,264 |   |   | 4,072 |   |   | 3,758 |   |
| Interest                  element of rentals charged to income (a)                                                                                                             |   |                                          | 104,507 |   |   | 102,469 |   |   | 107,611 |   |   | 104,239 |   |   | 101,862 |   |
| Fixed                  charges                  as defined plus preferred stockdividend                  requirements (pre-income tax basis)                                   |   | $                                             | 312,511 |   | $ | 260,183 |   | $ | 232,475 |   | $ | 184,864 |   | $ | 185,332 |   |
| **CONSOLIDATED                  RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES****PLUS                  PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS****(PRE-INCOME                  TAX BASIS)** |   |                                          | 2.82    |   |   | 3.30 |   |   | 3.26 |   |   | 4.32 |   |   | 4.42 |   |

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