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| PENNSYLVANIA      ELECTRIC 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                                    | $                                                                                                                                                                            |            20,237            |                                                                     | $      |            36,030                                                        |                                                                     | $      |            27,553                                                        |                                                                     | $      |            84,182            |                                                                     | $      |            92,938                                                        |                                                                     |
| Interest and      other charges, before reduction for amounts capitalized |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                     |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                     |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                     |   |                                                                                |                                                                     |   |
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| Provision for      income taxes                                           |                                                                                                                                                                         |            24,836            |                                                                     |   |            30,001                                                        |                                                                     |   |            16,613                                                        |                                                                     |   |            56,539            |                                                                     |   |            64,015                                                        |                                                                     |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |              3,076 |                                                                     |   |              3,016                                             |                                                                     |   |              3,225                                             |                                                                     |   |              3,247 |                                                                     |   |              3,214                                             |                                                                     |
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|                                                                      | Earnings as      defined                                                                                                                                                     | $                                                                                   |            85,809 |   | $                                                                                                                               |          109,069            |   | $                                                                                                                               |            87,291 |   | $                                                                                   |          189,246            |   | $                                                                                                                               |          215,007            |              |
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| FIXED      CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:                          |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                     |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                     |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                     |   |                                                                                |                                                                     |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                     |
| Interest      before reduction for amounts capitalized and deferred       | $                                                                                                                                                                            |            33,883            |                                                                     | $      |            40,022                                                        |                                                                     | $      |            39,900                                                        |                                                                     | $      |            45,278            |                                                                     | $      |            54,840                                                        |                                                                     |
| Subsidiary's      preferred stock dividend requirements                   |                                                                                                                                                                         |              3,777 |                                                                     |   |                      - |                                                                     |   |                      - |                                                                     |   |  -                                                                             |                                                                     |   |                      - |                                                                     |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |              3,076 |                                                                     |   |              3,016                                             |                                                                     |   |              3,225                                             |                                                                     |   |              3,247 |                                                                     |   |              3,214                                             |                                                                     |
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|                                                                      | Fixed charges      as defined                                                                                                                                                | $                                                                                   |            40,736 |   | $                                                                                                                               |            43,038 |   | $                                                                                                                               |            43,125 |   | $                                                                                   |            48,525 |   | $                                                                                                                               |            58,054 |              |
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| CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                      | 2.11                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                     | 2.53   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                     | 2.02   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                     | 3.90   |                                                                                |                                                                     | 3.70   |                                                                                                                            |
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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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| PENNSYLVANIA      ELECTRIC 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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|                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                | Year      Ended December 31,                                                                                                    |   |
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| EARNINGS      AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:                               |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |   |                                                                                                    |                                                                                                    |
| Income before      extraordinary items                                    | $                                                                                                                                                                            |            20,237            |                                                                                                                            | $      |            36,030                                                        |                                                                                                                            | $      |            27,553                                                        |                                                                                                                            | $      |          84,182                                                  |                                                                                                          | $      |        92,938                                                        |                                                                                                    |
| Interest and      other charges, before reduction for amounts capitalized |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |   |
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| Provision for      income taxes                                           |                                                                                                                                                                         |            24,836            |                                                                                                                            |   |            30,001                                                        |                                                                                                                            |   |            16,613                                                        |                                                                                                                            |   |          56,539                                                  |                                                                                                          |   |        64,015                                                        |                                                                                                    |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |              3,076 |                                                                                                                            |   |              3,016                                             |                                                                                                                            |   |              3,225                                             |                                                                                                                            |   |            3,247                                       |                                                                                                          |   |          3,214                                             |                                                                                                    |
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|                                                                      | Earnings as      defined                                                                                                                                                     | $                                                                                   |            85,809                                                        |   | $                                                                                                                               |          109,069                                                                   |   | $                                                                                                                               |            87,291                                                        |   | $                                                                                                             |        189,246                                                             |   | $                                                                                                       |      215,007                                                                   |        |
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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       | $                                                                                                                                                                            |            33,883            |                                                                                                                            | $      |            40,022                                                        |                                                                                                                            | $      |            39,900                                                        |                                                                                                                            | $      |          45,278                                                  |                                                                                                          | $      |        54,840                                                        |                                                                                                    |
| Preferred      stock dividend requirements                                |                                                                                                                                                                         |              3,777 |                                                                                                                            |   |                      - |                                                                                                                            |   |                      - |                                                                                                                            |   |                   - |                                                                                                          |   |                  - |                                                                                                    |
| Adjustments to      preferred stock dividends                             |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |   |                                                                                                    |                                                                                                    |
|                                                                      | to state on a      pre-income tax basis                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                |                      - |   |                                                                                                                            |                      - |   |                                                                                                                            |                      - |   |                                                                                                          |                   - |   |                                                                                                    |                  - |        |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |              3,076 |                                                                                                                            |   |              3,016                                             |                                                                                                                            |   |              3,225                                             |                                                                                                                            |   |            3,247                                       |                                                                                                          |   |          3,214                                             |                                                                                                    |
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| Fixed charges      as defined plus preferred stock                        |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |   |                                                                                                    |                                                                                                    |
|                                                                      | dividend      requirements (pre-income tax basis)                                                                                                                            | $                                                                                   |            40,736                                                        |   | $                                                                                                                               |            43,038                                                        |   | $                                                                                                                               |            43,125                                                        |   | $                                                                                                             |          48,525                                                  |   | $                                                                                                       |        58,054                                                        |        |
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| CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                      |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |   |
|                                                                      | PLUS      PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS                                                                                                                              |                                                                                |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                          |                                                                                                          |   |                                                                                                    |
|                                                                      | (PRE-INCOME      TAX BASIS)                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                | 2.11                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            | 2.53                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                                            | 2.02                                                                                                                            |   |                                                                                                          | 3.90                                                                                                          |   |                                                                                                    | 3.70                                                                                                    |        |
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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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