**EXHIBIT        31.1**

**CERTIFICATION        PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d)**

|   | 1.   | I                  have                  reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D                  required to                  be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form                  10-K of                  JCP&L Transition Funding II LLC (the “Exchange Act periodic                  reports”); |
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|   | 2.   | Based                  on my                  knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole,                  do not                  contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state                  a                  material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of                  the                  circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading                  with                  respect to the period covered by this                  report; |
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|   | 3.   | Based                  on my                  knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information                  required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered                  by this                  report is included in the Exchange Act periodic                  reports; |
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|   | 4.   | I                  am                  responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the servicer                  and                  based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing                  the                  service compliance statement required in this report under Item                  1123 of                  Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Ace periodic                  reports, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the servicing                  agreement; and |
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|   | 5.   | All                  of the                  reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for                  asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on                  assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed                  securities required to be included in this report in accordance                  with Item                  1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act rules 13a-18 and 15d-18                  have been                  included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed                  in                  this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described                  in such                  reports have been disclosed in this report on Form                  10-K. |
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|         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | /s/  Richard                    H. Marsh |
|         | Richard                    H.                    Marsh                                                                                                                                                                       |
|         | Senior                    Vice                    President and Chief                    Financial Officer of Jersey Central                    Power                    & Light Company, as                    Servicer |