Edgar Filing: PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC CO

Form 10-Q dated November 1, 2005

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from

Commission	Registrant; State of Incorporation;	I.R.S. Employer
File Number	Address; and Telephone Number	Identification No.

333-21011	FIRSTENERGY CORP.	34-1843785
	(An Ohio Corporation)
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

1-2578	OHIO EDISON COMPANY	34-0437786
	(An Ohio Corporation)
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

1-2323	THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY	34-0150020
	(An Ohio Corporation)
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

1-3583	THE TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY	34-4375005
	(An Ohio Corporation)
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

1-3491	PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY	25-0718810
	(A Pennsylvania Corporation)
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

1-3141	JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY	21-0485010
	(A New Jersey Corporation)
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

1-446	METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY	23-0870160
	(A Pennsylvania Corporation)
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

1-3522	PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY	25-0718085
	(A Pennsylvania Corporation)
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

Indicate by check mark whether each of the registrants (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes X No

Indicate by check mark whether each registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act):

YesX	No	FirstEnergy Corp.
Yes	NoX	Ohio Edison Company, Pennsylvania Power Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, The Toledo Edison Company, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company, and Pennsylvania Electric Company

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

	OUTSTANDING
CLASS	AS OF NOVEMBER 2, 2005
FirstEnergy Corp., $.10 par value	329,836,276
Ohio Edison Company, no par value	100
The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, no par value	79,590,689
The Toledo Edison Company, $5 par value	39,133,887
Pennsylvania Power Company, $30 par value	6,290,000
Jersey Central Power & Light Company, $10 par value	15,371,270
Metropolitan Edison Company, no par value	859,500
Pennsylvania Electric Company, $20 par value	5,290,596

FirstEnergy Corp. is the sole holder of Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, The Toledo Edison Company, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company common stock. Ohio Edison Company is the sole holder of Pennsylvania Power Company common stock.

This combined Form 10-Q is separately filed by FirstEnergy Corp., Ohio Edison Company, Pennsylvania Power Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, The Toledo Edison Company, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company. Information contained herein relating to any individual registrant is filed by such registrant on its own behalf. No registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any other registrant, except that information relating to any of the FirstEnergy subsidiary registrants is also attributed to FirstEnergy Corp.

This Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements based on information currently available to management. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms "anticipate", "potential", "expect", "believe", "estimate" and similar words. Actual results may differ materially due to the speed and nature of increased competition and deregulation in the electric utility industry, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins, changes in markets for energy services, changing energy and commodity market prices, replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or inadequately hedged, the continued ability of our regulated utilities to collect transition and other charges, maintenance costs being higher than anticipated, legislative and regulatory changes (including revised environmental requirements), the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures (including that such amounts could be higher than anticipated) or levels of emission reductions related to the settlement agreement resolving the New Source Review litigation, adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes (including, but not limited to, the revocation of necessary licenses or operating permits, fines or other enforcement actions and remedies) of government investigations and oversight, including by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney’s Office and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as disclosed in the registrants’ Securities and Exchange Commission filings, generally, and with respect to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station outage and heightened scrutiny at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in particular, the availability and cost of capital, rising interest rates and other inflationary trends, the continuing availability and operation of generating units, the ability of generating units to continue to operate at, or near full capacity, the inability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits of strategic goals (including the proposed transfer of nuclear generation assets), the ability to improve electric commodity margins and to experience growth in the distribution business, any decision of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission regarding the plan filed by Penn on October 11, 2005 to secure electricity supply for its customers at a set rate, the ability to access the public securities and other capital markets, the outcome, cost and other effects of present and potential legal and administrative proceedings and claims related to the August 14, 2003 regional power outage, the final outcome in the proceeding related to FirstEnergy's Application for a Rate Stabilization Plan (RSP) in Ohio, specifically, the PUCO's acceptance of the September 9, 2005 proposed supplement to the RSP, the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in the registrants' Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including their annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and other similar factors. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and it may be subject to revision or withdrawal. Dividends declared from time to time on FirstEnergy's common stock during any annual period may in aggregate vary from the indicated amounts due to circumstances considered by FirstEnergy's Board of Directors at the time of the actual declarations. The registrants expressly disclaim any current intention to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Pages
Glossary of Terms		iii-v

Part I. Financial Information

Items 1. and 2. - Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operation and Financial Condition

	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	1-25

FirstEnergy Corp.

	Consolidated Statements of Income	26
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	27
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	28
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	29
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	30
	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and	31-65
	Financial Condition

Ohio Edison Company

	Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income	66
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	67
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	68
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	69
	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and	70-82
	Financial Condition

The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company

	Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income	83
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	84
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	85
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	86
	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and	87-98
	Financial Condition

The Toledo Edison Company

	Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income	99
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	100
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	101
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	102
	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and	103-114
	Financial Condition

Pennsylvania Power Company

	Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income	115
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	116
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	117
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	118
	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and	119-127
	Financial Condition

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Jersey Central Power & Light Company

	Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income	128
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	129
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	130
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	131
	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and	132-140
	Financial Condition

Metropolitan Edison Company

	Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income	141
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	142
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	143
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	144
	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and	145-153
	Financial Condition

Pennsylvania Electric Company

	Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income	154
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	155
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	156
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	157
	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and	158-166
	Financial Condition

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		167

Item 4. Controls and Procedures		167

Part II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings		168
		168
Item 2. Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Item 5. Other Information		168

Item 6. Exhibits		169-184

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

The following abbreviations and acronyms are used in this report to identify FirstEnergy Corp. and its current and former subsidiaries:

ATSI	American Transmission Systems, Incorporated, owns and operates transmission facilities
CEI	The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, an Ohio electric utility operating subsidiary
CFC	Centerior Funding Corporation, a wholly owned finance subsidiary of CEI
Companies	OE, CEI, TE, Penn, JCP&L, Met-Ed and Penelec
EUOC	Electric Utility Operating Companies (OE, CEI, TE, Penn, JCP&L, Met-Ed, Penelec, and ATSI)
FENOC	FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, operates nuclear generating facilities
FES	FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., provides energy-related products and services
FESC	FirstEnergy Service Company, provides legal, financial, and other corporate support services
FGCO	FirstEnergy Generation Corp., owns and operates non-nuclear generating facilities
FirstCom	First Communications, LLC, provides local and long-distance telephone service
FirstEnergy	FirstEnergy Corp., a registered public utility holding company
FSG	FirstEnergy Facilities Services Group, LLC, the parent company of several heating, ventilation,
	air conditioning and energy management companies
GPU	GPU, Inc., former parent of JCP&L, Met-Ed and Penelec, which merged with FirstEnergy on
	November 7, 2001
JCP&L	Jersey Central Power & Light Company, a New Jersey electric utility operating subsidiary
JCP&L Transition	JCP&L Transition Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and issuer of transition bonds
Met-Ed	Metropolitan Edison Company, a Pennsylvania electric utility operating subsidiary
MYR	MYR Group, Inc., a utility infrastructure construction service company
NGC	FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Corp. established to acquire FirstEnergy's nuclear generating facilities
OE	Ohio Edison Company, an Ohio electric utility operating subsidiary
OE Companies	OE and Penn
Ohio Companies	CEI, OE and TE
Penelec	Pennsylvania Electric Company, a Pennsylvania electric utility operating subsidiary
Penn	Pennsylvania Power Company, a Pennsylvania electric utility operating subsidiary of OE
PNBV	PNBV Capital Trust, a special purpose entity created by OE in 1996
Shippingport	Shippingport Capital Trust, a special purpose entity created by CEI and TE in 1997
TE	The Toledo Edison Company, an Ohio electric utility operating subsidiary
TEBSA	Termobarranquilla S. A., Empresa de Servicios Publicos

The following abbreviations and acronyms are used to identify frequently used terms in this report:

AOCL	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
APB	Accounting Principles Board
APB 25	APB Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees"
APB 29	APB Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions”
ARO	Asset Retirement Obligation
BGS	Basic Generation Service
CAIR	Clean Air Interstate Rule
CAL	Confirmatory Action Letter
CAT	Commercial Activity Tax
CO₂	Carbon Dioxide
CTC	Competitive Transition Charge
DOJ	United States Department of Justice
ECAR	East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement
EITF	Emerging Issues Task Force
EITF 03-1	EITF Issue No. 03-1, "The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary and Its Application to Certain
	Investments”
EITF 04-13	EITF Issue No. 04-13, “Accounting for Purchases and Sales of Inventory with the Same Counterparty”
EITF 99-19	EITF Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent”
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
ERO	Electric Reliability Organization
FASB	Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FIN	FASB Interpretation
FIN 46R	FIN 46 (revised December 2003), "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities"

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FIN 47	FASB Interpretation 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143”
FMBs	First Mortgage Bonds
FSP	FASB Staff Position
FSP EITF 03-1-1	FASB Staff Position No. EITF Issue 03-1-1, "Effective Date of Paragraphs 10-20 of EITF Issue
	No. 03-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain
	Investments"
FSP 109-1	FASB Staff Position No. 109-1, “Application of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, to the Tax Deduction on Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004”
GCAF	Generation Charge Adjustment Factor
GAAP	Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States
GHG	Greenhouse Gases
HVAC	Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning
IBEW	International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
KWH	Kilowatt-hours
LOC	Letter of Credit
MEIUG	Met-Ed Industrial Users Group
MISO	Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MSG	Market Support Generation
MTC	Market Transition Charge
MW	Megawatts
NAAQS	National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NERC	North American Electric Reliability Council
NJBPU	New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
NOAC	Northwest Ohio Aggregation Coalition
NOV	Notices of Violation
NO_^x	Nitrogen Oxide
NRC	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NUG	Non-Utility Generation
OCA	Office of Consumer Advocate
OCC	Ohio Consumers' Counsel
OCI	Other Comprehensive Income
OPAE	Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy
OPEB	Other Post-Employment Benefits
OSBA	Office of Small Business Advocate
OTS	Office of Trial Staff
PCAOB	Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)
PCRBs	Pollution Control Revenue Bonds
PICA	Penelec Industrial Customer Association
PJM	PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
PLR	Provider of Last Resort
PPUC	Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PRP	Potentially Responsible Party
PSA	Purchase and Sale Agreement
PUCO	Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUHCA	Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
RCP	Rate Certainty Plan
RSP	Rate Stabilization Plan
RTC	Regulatory Transition Charge
S&P	Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service
SBC	Societal Benefits Charge
SEC	United States Securities and Exchange Commission
SFAS	Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
SFAS 71	SFAS No. 71, "Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation"
SFAS 123	SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation"
SFAS 123(R)	SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”
SFAS 131	SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”
SFAS 133	SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”
SFAS 140	SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and
	Extinguishment of Liabilities”
SFAS 144	SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets"
SFAS 153	SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets - an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29”


SFAS 154	SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections - a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3”
SO₂	Sulfur Dioxide
TBC	Transition Bond Charge
TMI-2	Three Mile Island Unit 2
UWUA	Utility Workers Union of America
VIE	Variable Interest Entity

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

FIRSTENERGY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

OHIO EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

THE TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY

JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

1 - ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:

FirstEnergy’s principal business is the holding, directly or indirectly, of all of the outstanding common stock of its eight principal electric utility operating subsidiaries: OE, CEI, TE, Penn, ATSI, JCP&L, Met-Ed and Penelec. Penn is a wholly owned subsidiary of OE. FirstEnergy's consolidated financial statements also include its other principal subsidiaries: FENOC, FES and its subsidiary FGCO, FESC, FSG and MYR.

FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries follow GAAP and comply with the regulations, orders, policies and practices prescribed by the SEC, FERC and, as applicable, PUCO, PPUC and NJBPU. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make periodic estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The reported results of operations are not indicative of results of operations for any future period.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in the combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 for FirstEnergy and the Companies. The consolidated unaudited financial statements of FirstEnergy and each of the Companies reflect all normal recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to fairly present results of operations for the interim periods. Certain businesses divested in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 have been classified as discontinued operations on the Consolidated Statements of Income (see Note 6). As discussed in Note 16, interim period segment reporting in 2004 was reclassified to conform with the current year business segment organizations and operations.

FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries consolidate all majority-owned subsidiaries over which they exercise control and, when applicable, entities for which they have a controlling financial interest. Intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation. FirstEnergy consolidates a VIE (see Note 11) when it is determined to be the VIE's primary beneficiary. Investments in nonconsolidated affiliates over which FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries have the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, (20-50 percent owned companies, joint ventures and partnerships) are accounted for under the equity method. Under the equity method, the interest in the entity is reported as an investment in the Consolidated Balance Sheet and the percentage share of the entity’s earnings is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Income. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

FirstEnergy's and the Companies' independent registered public accounting firm has performed reviews of, and issued reports on, these consolidated interim financial statements in accordance with standards established by the PCAOB. Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, their reports of those reviews should not be considered a report within the meaning of Section 7 and 11 of that Act, and the independent registered public accounting firm’s liability under Section 11 does not extend to them.

2 - ACCOUNTING FOR CERTAIN WHOLESALE ENERGY TRANSACTIONS

FES engages in purchase and sale transactions in the PJM Market to support the supply of end-use customers, including PLR requirements in Pennsylvania. In conjunction with FirstEnergy's dedication of its Beaver Valley Plant to PJM on January 1, 2005, FES began accounting for purchase and sale transactions in the PJM Market based on its net hourly position -- recording each hour as either an energy purchase in Fuel and purchased power expense or an energy sale, respectively, in the Consolidated Statements of Income relating to the Power Supply Management Services segment. Hourly energy positions are aggregated to recognize gross purchases and sales for the month.

This revised method of accounting, which has no impact on net income, is consistent with the practice of other energy companies that have dedicated generating capacity to PJM and correlates with PJM's scheduling and reporting of hourly energy transactions. FES also applies the net hourly methodology to purchase and sale transactions in MISO's energy market, which became active on April 1, 2005.

For periods prior to January 1, 2005, FirstEnergy did not have substantial generating capacity in PJM and as such, FES recognized purchases and sales in the PJM Market by recording each discrete transaction. Under these transactions, FES would often buy a specific quantity of energy at a certain location in PJM and simultaneously sell a specific quantity of energy at a different location. Physical delivery occurred and the risks and rewards of ownership transferred with each transaction. FES accounted for those transactions on a gross basis in accordance with EITF 99-19.

At its September 2005 meeting, the FASB's EITF reached a final consensus on EITF 04-13, which relates to the accounting for purchases and sales of inventory with the same counterparty. The Task Force concluded that two or more transactions with the same counterparty should be viewed as a single nonmonetary transaction within the scope of APB 29, when the transactions are entered into "in contemplation" of one another. The consensus will be effective for new arrangements entered into, or modifications of existing arrangements, in interim or annual periods beginning after March 15, 2006. Retrospective application to prior transactions and/or restatement of prior period financial statements is not permitted. Accordingly, EITF 04-13 is not applicable to FES' purchases and sales in the PJM Market made prior to January 1, 2005. The recognition of these transactions on a net basis in 2004 would have no impact on net income, but would have reduced both wholesale revenue and purchased power expense by $264 million and $828 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2004, respectively.

3 - DEPRECIATION

During the second half of 2004, FirstEnergy engaged an independent third party to assist in reviewing the service lives of its fossil generation units. This study was completed in the first quarter of 2005. As a result of the analysis, FirstEnergy extended the estimated service lives of its fossil generation units for periods ranging from 11 to 33 years during the first quarter of 2005. Extension of the service lives will provide improved matching of depreciation expense with the expected economic lives of those generation units.

4 - EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share are computed using the weighted average of actual common shares outstanding during the respective period as the denominator. The denominator for diluted earnings per share reflects the weighted average of common shares outstanding plus the potential additional common shares that could result if dilutive securities and other agreements to issue common stock were exercised. Stock-based awards during the nine months ended September 30, 2004, to purchase 3.4 million shares of common stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share of common stock because their exercise prices were greater than the average market price of common shares during the period. No stock-based awards were excluded from the calculation in the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The following table reconciles the denominators for basic and diluted earnings per share from Income Before Discontinued Operations:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share	2005		2004		2005		2004
	*(In thousands, except per share amounts)*

Income Before Discontinued Operations	$	331,832	$	296,125	$	651,627	$	670,334

Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding:
Denominator for basic earnings per share
(weighted average shares outstanding)		328,119		327,499		328,030		327,280

Assumed exercise of dilutive stock options and awards		2,074		1,600		1,896		1,570

Denominator for diluted earnings per share		330,193		329,099		329,926		328,850

Income Before Discontinued Operations per Common Share:
Basic		$1.01		$0.90		$1.99		$2.05
Diluted		$1.01		$0.90		$1.98		$2.04

5 - GOODWILL

In a business combination, the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recognized as goodwill. Based on the guidance provided by SFAS 142, FirstEnergy evaluates its goodwill for impairment at least annually and would make such an evaluation more frequently if indicators of impairment should arise. In accordance with the accounting standard, if the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value (including goodwill), the goodwill is tested for impairment. If impairment is indicated, FirstEnergy recognizes a loss - calculated as the difference between the implied fair value of a reporting unit's goodwill and the carrying value of the goodwill. FirstEnergy's 2005 annual review was completed in the third quarter of 2005 with no impairment indicated.

FirstEnergy's goodwill primarily relates to its regulated services segment. In the nine months ended September 30, 2005, FirstEnergy adjusted goodwill related to the divestiture of non-core operations (FES' retail natural gas business, MYR's Power Piping Company subsidiary, and a portion of its interest in FirstCom) as further discussed in Note 6. In addition, adjustments to the former GPU and Centerior companies' goodwill were recorded to reverse pre-merger tax accruals due to final resolution of these tax contingencies. FirstEnergy estimates that completion of transition cost recovery (see Note 14) will not result in an impairment of goodwill relating to its regulated business segment. A summary of the changes in goodwill for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 is shown below.

Three Months Ended	FirstEnergy			CEI			TE			JCP&L		Met-Ed		Penelec
	*(In millions)*
Balance as of July 1, 2005	$	6,033		$	1,694		$	505		$	1,984	$	868	$	887
Pre-merger tax adjustments related to Centerior acquisition		(9	)		(5	)		(4	)		-		-		-
Balance as of September 30, 2005	$	6,024		$	1,689		$	501		$	1,984	$	868	$	887

Nine Months Ended	FirstEnergy			CEI			TE			JCP&L			Met-Ed			Penelec
	*(In millions)*
Balance as of January 1, 2005	$	6,050		$	1,694		$	505		$	1,985		$	870		$	888
Non-core asset sales		(13	)		-			-			-			-			-
Pre-merger tax adjustments related to Centerior acquisition		(9	)		(5	)		(4	)		-			-			-
Pre-merger tax adjustments related to GPU acquisition		(4	)		-			-			(1	)		(2	)		(1	)
Balance as of September 30, 2005	$	6,024		$	1,689		$	501		$	1,984		$	868		$	887

6 - DIVESTITURES AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

In December 2004, FES' retail natural gas business qualified as assets held for sale in accordance with SFAS 144. On March 31, 2005, FES completed the sale for an after-tax gain of $5 million. In March 2005, FirstEnergy sold 51% of its interest in FirstCom, resulting in an after-tax gain of $4 million. FirstEnergy accounts for its remaining 31.85% interest in FirstCom on the equity basis.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, FirstEnergy sold certain of its FSG subsidiaries (Elliott-Lewis, Spectrum and Cranston), and MYR’s Power Piping Company subsidiary, resulting in an after-tax gain of $12 million. FSG's remaining subsidiaries qualify as assets held for sale in accordance with SFAS 144 and are expected to be recognized as completed sales within one year. The assets and liabilities of these remaining FSG subsidiaries are not material to FirstEnergy’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2005, and therefore have not been separately classified as assets held for sale.

As of September 30, 2005, the remaining FSG businesses do not meet the criteria for discontinued operations; therefore, the net results from these subsidiaries have been included in continuing operations. See Note 16 for FSG's segment financial information.

Operating results from discontinued operations (including the gains on sales of assets discussed above) for Elliott-Lewis, Cranston, Power Piping and FES' retail natural gas business are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2005		2004		2005		2004
	*(In millions)*
Revenues	$	1	$	151	$	214	$	508
Income before income taxes	$	1	$	4	$	10	$	10
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	1	$	3	$	19	$	6

The following table summarizes the sources of income from discontinued operations.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2005		2004		2005		2004
	*(In millions)*
Discontinued operations (net of tax)
Gain on sale:
Retail gas business	$	-	$	-	$	5	$	-
FSG and MYR subsidiaries		-		-		12		-
Reclassification of operating income, net of tax		1		3		2		6
Total	$	1	$	3	$	19	$	6

7 - DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

FirstEnergy is exposed to financial risks resulting from the fluctuation of interest rates and commodity prices, including prices for electricity, natural gas, coal and energy transmission. To manage the volatility relating to these exposures, FirstEnergy uses a variety of non-derivative and derivative instruments, including forward contracts, options, futures contracts and swaps. The derivatives are used principally for hedging purposes, and to a lesser extent, for trading purposes. FirstEnergy’s Risk Policy Committee, comprised of members of senior management, provides general management oversight to risk management activities throughout the Company.

FirstEnergy accounts for derivative instruments on its Consolidated Balance Sheet at their fair value unless they meet the normal purchase and normal sales criteria. Derivatives that meet that criteria are accounted for on the accrual basis. The changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument are recorded in current earnings, in other comprehensive income, or as part of the value of the hedged item depending on whether or not it is designated as part of a hedge transaction, the nature of the hedge transaction and hedge effectiveness.

FirstEnergy has entered into fair value hedges of fixed-rate, long-term debt issues to protect against the risk of changes in the fair value of fixed-rate debt instruments due to lower interest rates. Swap maturities, call options, fixed interest rates received, and interest payment dates match those of the underlying debt obligations. During the third quarter of 2005, FirstEnergy unwound swaps with a total notional amount of $350 million from which it received immaterial net cash gains. The gains will be recognized in earnings over the remaining maturity of each respective hedged security as reduced interest expense. As of September 30, 2005, the aggregate notional value of interest rate swap agreements outstanding was $1.05 billion.

FirstEnergy hedges anticipated transactions using cash flow hedges. Such transactions include hedges of anticipated electricity and natural gas purchases and anticipated interest payments associated with future debt issues. The effective portion of such hedges are initially recorded in equity as other comprehensive income or loss and are subsequently included in net income as the underlying hedged commodities are delivered or interest payments are made. Gains and losses from any ineffective portion of cash flow hedges are included directly in earnings. The impact of ineffectiveness on earnings during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was not material.

During the third quarter of 2005, FirstEnergy entered into several forward starting swap agreements (forward swaps) in order to hedge a portion of the consolidated interest rate risk associated with the possible issuances of fixed-rate, long-term debt securities for one or more of its consolidated entities in the second half of 2006 as outstanding debt matures. These derivatives are treated as cash flow hedges, protecting against the risk of changes in future interest payments resulting from changes in benchmark U.S. Treasury rates between the date of hedge inception and the date of the debt issuance. As of September 30, 2005, FirstEnergy had entered into forward swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $500 million. As of September 30, 2005 the forward swaps had a fair value of $2 million.

The net deferred losses of $79 million included in AOCL as of September 30, 2005, for derivative hedging activity, as compared to the December 31, 2004 balance of $92 million of net deferred losses, resulted from a $6 million decrease related to current hedging activity, a $4 million increase due to the sale of gas business contracts and an $11 million decrease due to net hedge losses included in earnings during the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Approximately $14 million of the net deferred losses on derivative instruments in AOCL as of September 30, 2005 is expected to be reclassified to earnings during the next twelve months as hedged transactions occur. The fair value of these derivative instruments will fluctuate from period to period based on various market factors.

FirstEnergy trades commodity derivatives and periodically experiences net open positions. FirstEnergy’s risk management policies limit the exposure to market risk from open positions and require daily reporting to management of potential financial exposures. During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005, the effect of trading on earnings was not material.

8 - STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

FirstEnergy applies the recognition and measurement principles of APB 25 and related interpretations in accounting for its stock-based compensation plans. No material stock-based employee compensation expense is reflected in net income for options as all options granted under those plans have exercise prices equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the respective grant dates, resulting in substantially no intrinsic value.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123(R), a revision to SFAS 123 which requires expensing the fair value of stock options (see Note 15). In April 2005, the SEC delayed the effective date of SFAS 123(R) to annual, rather than interim, periods that begin after June 15, 2005. FirstEnergy will be required to adopt this standard beginning January 1, 2006. The table below summarizes the effects on FirstEnergy’s net income and earnings per share had FirstEnergy applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123(R) to stock-based employee compensation in the current reporting periods.

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2005			2004			2005			2004
	*(In thousands, except per share amounts)*

Net income, as reported	$	332,360		$	298,622		$	670,078		$	676,666

Add back compensation expense
reported in net income, net of tax
(based on APB 25)⁽¹⁾		17,404			13,549			39,785			29,355

Deduct compensation expense based
upon estimated fair value, net of tax⁽²⁾		(18,378	)		(16,981	)		(44,825	)		(40,380	)

Net income, as adjusted	$	331,386		$	295,190		$	665,038		$	665,641

Earnings Per Share of Common Stock -
Basic
As reported		$1.01			$0.91			$2.04			$2.07
As adjusted		$1.01			$0.90			$2.03			$2.03
Diluted
As reported		$1.01			$0.91			$2.03			$2.06
As adjusted		$1.00			$0.90			$2.02			$2.02

⁽¹⁾ Includes restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, performance shares, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Executive Deferred Compensation Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan for outside Directors.
⁽²⁾ Assumes vesting at age 65.

FirstEnergy reduced the use of stock options in 2005 and increased the use of performance-based, restricted stock units. Therefore, the pro forma effects of applying SFAS 123(R) may not be representative of its future effect. FirstEnergy does not expect to accelerate out-of-the-money options in anticipation of implementing SFAS 123(R) on January 1, 2006.

9 - ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

FirstEnergy has identified applicable legal obligations for nuclear power plant decommissioning, reclamation of a sludge disposal pond related to the Bruce Mansfield Plant and closure of two coal ash disposal sites. The ARO liability of $1.130 billion as of September 30, 2005 included $1.115 billion for nuclear decommissioning of the Beaver Valley, Davis-Besse, Perry and TMI-2 nuclear generating facilities. The Companies' share of the obligation to decommission these units was developed based on site specific studies performed by an independent engineer. FirstEnergy utilized an expected cash flow approach to measure the fair value of the nuclear decommissioning ARO.

In the third quarter of 2005, FirstEnergy revised the ARO associated with Beaver Valley Units 1 and 2 as a result of an updated decommissioning study. The present value of revisions in the estimated cash flows associated with projected decommissioning costs increased the ARO for Beaver Valley Unit 1 by $21 million and decreased the ARO for Beaver Valley Unit 2 by $22 million, resulting in a net decrease in the ARO liability and corresponding plant asset of $1 million (OE - ($2) million, CEI - ($5) million, TE - ($5) million and Penn - $11 million).

The Companies maintain trust funds that are legally restricted for purposes of settling the nuclear decommissioning ARO. As of September 30, 2005, the fair value of the decommissioning trust assets was $1.7 billion.

The following tables analyze changes to the ARO balance during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Three Months Ended	FirstEnergy			OE			CEI			TE			Penn		JCP&L			Met-Ed			Penelec
	*(In millions)*
Balance, July 1, 2005	$	1,113		$	208		$	281		$	201		$	143	$	75		$	137		$	68
Liabilities incurred		-			-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Liabilities settled		-			-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Accretion		18			3			5			4			2		1			2			1
Revisions in estimated
cash flows		(1	)		(2	)		(5	)		(5	)		11		-			-			-
Balance, September 30, 2005	$	1,130		$	209		$	281		$	200		$	156	$	76		$	139		$	69

Balance, July 1, 2004	$	1,217		$	194		$	263		$	188		$	134	$	113		$	216		$	108
Liabilities incurred		-			-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Liabilities settled		-			-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Accretion		19			4			5			3			2		2			3			1
Revisions in estimated
cash flows		(176	)		-			-			-			-		(43	)		(89	)		(44	)
Balance, September 30, 2004	$	1,060		$	198		$	268		$	191		$	136	$	72		$	130		$	65

Nine Months Ended	FirstEnergy			OE			CEI			TE			Penn		JCP&L			Met-Ed			Penelec
	*(In millions)*
Balance, January 1, 2005	$	1,078		$	201		$	272		$	195		$	138	$	72		$	133		$	67
Liabilities incurred		-			-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Liabilities settled		-			-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Accretion		53			10			14			10			7		4			6			2
Revisions in estimated
cash flows		(1	)		(2	)		(5	)		(5	)		11		-			-			-
Balance, September 30, 2005	$	1,130		$	209		$	281		$	200		$	156	$	76		$	139		$	69

Balance, January 1, 2004	$	1,179		$	188		$	255		$	182		$	130	$	110		$	210		$	105
Liabilities incurred		-			-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Liabilities settled		-			-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Accretion		57			10			13			9			6		5			9			4
Revisions in estimated
cash flows		(176	)		-			-			-			-		(43	)		(89	)		(44	)
Balance, September 30, 2004	$	1,060		$	198		$	268		$	191		$	136	$	72		$	130		$	65

10 - PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS:

The components of FirstEnergy's net periodic pension cost and other postretirement benefits cost (including amounts capitalized) for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, consisted of the following:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
Pension Benefits	2005			2004			2005			2004
	*(In millions)*

Service cost	$	19		$	19		$	58		$	58
Interest cost		64			63			191			189
Expected return on plan assets		(86	)		(71	)		(259	)		(215	)
Amortization of prior service cost		2			2			6			7
Recognized net actuarial loss		9			10			27			29
Net periodic cost	$	8		$	23		$	23		$	68

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
Other Postretirement Benefits	2005			2004			2005			2004
	*(In millions)*
Service cost	$	10		$	9		$	30		$	27
Interest cost		27			26			83			83
Expected return on plan assets		(11	)		(10	)		(34	)		(32	)
Amortization of prior service cost		(11	)		(9	)		(33	)		(28	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		10			9			30			29
Net periodic cost	$	25		$	25		$	76		$	79

Pension and postretirement benefit obligations are allocated to the FirstEnergy subsidiaries employing the plan participants. The Companies capitalize employee benefits related to construction projects. The net periodic pension benefits (credit) and net periodic postretirement benefits (including amounts capitalized) recognized by each of the Companies in the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
Pension Benefits (Credit)	2005			2004		2005			2004
	*(In millions)*

OE	$	0.2		$	1.7	$	0.7		$	5.2
Penn		(0.2	)		0.1		(0.7	)		0.4
CEI		0.3			1.6		1.0			4.8
TE		0.3			0.8		1.0			2.3
JCP&L		(0.3	)		1.9		(0.8	)		5.6
Met-Ed		(1.1	)		0.1		(3.2	)		0.2
Penelec		(1.3	)		0.1		(4.0	)		0.4

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
Other Postretirement Benefits	2005		2004		2005		2004
	*(In millions)*

OE	$	5.8	$	5.7	$	17.3	$	17.7
Penn		1.2		1.2		3.5		3.7
CEI		3.8		4.4		11.4		13.7
TE		2.2		1.7		6.5		5.0
JCP&L		1.5		1.0		5.7		3.5
Met-Ed		0.4		0.7		1.2		2.5
Penelec		2.0		0.7		5.9		2.5

11 - VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

Leases

FirstEnergy’s consolidated financial statements include PNBV and Shippingport, VIEs created in 1996 and 1997, respectively, to refinance debt originally issued in connection with sale and leaseback transactions. PNBV and Shippingport financial data are included in the consolidated financial statements of OE and CEI, respectively.

PNBV was established to purchase a portion of the lease obligation bonds issued in connection with OE’s 1987 sale and leaseback of its interests in the Perry Plant and Beaver Valley Unit 2. OE used debt and available funds to purchase the notes issued by PNBV. Ownership of PNBV includes a three-percent equity interest by a nonaffiliated third party and a three-percent equity interest held by OES Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of OE. Shippingport was established to purchase all of the lease obligation bonds issued in connection with CEI’s and TE’s Bruce Mansfield Plant sale and leaseback transaction in 1987. CEI and TE used debt and available funds to purchase the notes issued by Shippingport.

OE, CEI and TE are exposed to losses under the applicable sale-leaseback agreements upon the occurrence of certain contingent events that each company considers unlikely to occur. OE, CEI and TE each have a maximum exposure to loss under these provisions of approximately $1 billion, which represents the net amount of casualty value payments upon the occurrence of specified casualty events that render the applicable plant worthless. Under the applicable sale and leaseback agreements, OE, CEI and TE have net minimum discounted lease payments of $678 million, $103 million and $541 million, respectively, that would not be payable if the casualty value payments are made.

Power Purchase Agreements

In accordance with FIN 46R, FirstEnergy evaluated its power purchase agreements and determined that certain NUG entities may be VIEs to the extent they own a plant that sells substantially all of its output to the Companies and the contract price for power is correlated with the plant’s variable costs of production. FirstEnergy, through its subsidiaries JCP&L, Met-Ed and Penelec, maintains approximately 30 long-term power purchase agreements with NUG entities. The agreements were structured pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. FirstEnergy was not involved in the creation of, and has no equity or debt invested in, these entities.

FirstEnergy has determined that for all but eight of these entities, neither JCP&L, Met-Ed nor Penelec have variable interests in the entities or the entities are governmental or not-for-profit organizations not within the scope of FIN 46R. JCP&L, Met-Ed or Penelec may hold variable interests in the remaining eight entities, which sell their output at variable prices that correlate to some extent with the operating costs of the plants.

As required by FIN 46R, FirstEnergy periodically requests from these eight entities the information necessary to determine whether they are VIEs or whether JCP&L, Met-Ed or Penelec is the primary beneficiary. FirstEnergy has been unable to obtain the requested information, which in most cases was deemed by the requested entity to be proprietary. As such, FirstEnergy applied the scope exception that exempts enterprises unable to obtain the necessary information to evaluate entities under FIN 46R. The maximum exposure to loss from these entities results from increases in the variable pricing component under the contract terms and cannot be determined without the requested data. Purchased power costs from these entities during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 are shown in the table below:

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		September 30,				September 30,
		2005		2004		2005		2004
	*(In millions)*

JCP&L		$	33	$	26	$	74	$	71
Met-Ed			10		13		40		38
Penelec			7		7		21		20
Total		$	50	$	46	$	135	$	129

Securitized Transition Bonds

The consolidated financial statements of FirstEnergy and JCP&L include the results of JCP&L Transition, a wholly owned limited liability company of JCP&L. In June 2002, JCP&L Transition sold $320 million of transition bonds to securitize the recovery of JCP&L's bondable stranded costs associated with the previously divested Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.

JCP&L did not purchase and does not own any of the transition bonds, which are included as long-term debt on FirstEnergy's and JCP&L's Consolidated Balance Sheets. The transition bonds are obligations of JCP&L Transition only and are collateralized solely by the equity and assets of JCP&L Transition, which consist primarily of bondable transition property. The bondable transition property is solely the property of JCP&L Transition.

Bondable transition property represents the irrevocable right under New Jersey law of a utility company to charge, collect and receive from its customers, through a non-bypassable TBC, the principal amount and interest on the transition bonds and other fees and expenses associated with their issuance. JCP&L sold the bondable transition property to JCP&L Transition and, as servicer, manages and administers the bondable transition property, including the billing, collection and remittance of the TBC, pursuant to a servicing agreement with JCP&L Transition. JCP&L is entitled to a quarterly servicing fee of $0.1 million that is payable from TBC collections.

12 - OHIO TAX LEGISLATION

On June 30, 2005, the State of Ohio enacted tax legislation that creates a new CAT tax, which is based on qualifying “taxable gross receipts” and will not consider any expenses or costs incurred to generate such receipts, except for items such as cash discounts, returns and allowances, and bad debts. The CAT tax was effective July 1, 2005, and replaces the Ohio income-based franchise tax and the Ohio personal property tax. The CAT tax is phased-in while the current income-based franchise tax is phased-out over a five-year period at a rate of 20% annually, beginning with the year ended 2005, and the personal property tax is phased-out over a four-year period at a rate of approximately 25% annually, beginning with the year ended 2005. For example, during the phase-out period the Ohio income-based franchise tax will be computed consistently with the prior tax law, except that the tax liability as computed will be multiplied by 4/5 in 2005; 3/5 in 2006; 2/5 in 2007 and 1/5 in 2008, therefore eliminating the current income-based franchise tax over a five-year period. As a result of the new tax structure, all net deferred tax benefits that were not expected to reverse during the five-year phase-in period were written-off as of June 30, 2005.

The increase (in millions) to income taxes associated with the adjustment to net deferred taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 is summarized below:

OE	$	36.0
CEI		7.5
TE		17.5
Other FirstEnergy subsidiaries		10.7
Total FirstEnergy	$	71.7

Income tax expenses were (increased) reduced during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 by the initial phase-out of the Ohio income-based franchise tax and phase-in of the CAT tax as summarized below:

	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2005			September 30, 2005
	*(In millions)*

OE	$	1.6		$	6.5
CEI		(3.1	)		(1.7	)
TE		0.7			1.2
Other FirstEnergy subsidiaries		0.7			1.5
Total FirstEnergy	$	(0.1	)	$	7.5

13 - COMMITMENTS, GUARANTEES AND CONTINGENCIES:

(A) GUARANTEES AND OTHER ASSURANCES

As part of normal business activities, FirstEnergy enters into various agreements on behalf of its subsidiaries to provide financial or performance assurances to third parties. Such agreements include contract guarantees, surety bonds and ratings contingent collateralization provisions. As of September 30, 2005, outstanding guarantees and other assurances aggregated approximately $2.7 billion and included contract guarantees ($1.3 billion), surety bonds ($0.3 billion) and LOCs ($1.1 billion).

FirstEnergy guarantees energy and energy-related payments of its subsidiaries involved in energy commodity activities - principally to facilitate normal physical transactions involving electricity, gas, emission allowances and coal. FirstEnergy also provides guarantees to various providers of subsidiary financing principally for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment. These agreements legally obligate FirstEnergy to fulfill the obligations of those subsidiaries directly involved in energy and energy-related transactions or financing where the law might otherwise limit the counterparties' claims. If demands of a counterparty were to exceed the ability of a subsidiary to satisfy existing obligations, FirstEnergy's guarantee enables the counterparty's legal claim to be satisfied by other FirstEnergy assets. Such parental guarantees amount to $0.8 billion (included in the $1.3 billion discussed above) as of September 30, 2005 and the likelihood is remote that such guarantees will increase amounts otherwise to be paid by FirstEnergy to meet its obligations incurred in connection with financings and ongoing energy and energy-related contracts.

While these types of guarantees are normally parental commitments for the future payment of subsidiary obligations, subsequent to the occurrence of a credit rating-downgrade or “material adverse event” the immediate posting of cash collateral or provision of an LOC may be required of the subsidiary. The following table summarizes collateral provisions in effect as of September 30, 2005:

	Total		Collateral Paid				Remaining
Collateral Provisions	Exposure		Cash		LOC		Exposure
	*(In millions)*

Credit rating downgrade	$	445	$	213	$	18	$	214
Adverse event		77		-		5		72
Total	$	522	$	213	$	23	$	286

On October 3, 2005, S&P raised the senior unsecured ratings of FirstEnergy's holding company to 'BBB-' from 'BB+'. As a result of the rating upgrade, $109 million of cash collateral was subsequently returned to FirstEnergy.

Most of FirstEnergy's surety bonds are backed by various indemnities common within the insurance industry. Surety bonds and related FirstEnergy guarantees of $307 million provide additional assurance to outside parties that contractual and statutory obligations will be met in a number of areas including construction jobs, environmental commitments and various retail transactions.

The Companies, with the exception of TE and JCP&L, each have a wholly owned subsidiary whose borrowings are secured by customer accounts receivable purchased from its respective parent company. The CEI subsidiary's borrowings are also secured by customer accounts receivable purchased from TE. Each subsidiary company has its own receivables financing arrangement and, as a separate legal entity with separate creditors, would have to satisfy its obligations to creditors before any of its remaining assets could be available to its parent company.

Subsidiary Company	Parent Company		Capacity
			*(In millions)*
OES Capital, Incorporated		OE	$	170
Centerior Funding Corp.		CEI		200
Penn Power Funding LLC		Penn		25
Met-Ed Funding LLC		Met-Ed		80
Penelec Funding LLC		Penelec		75
			$	550

FirstEnergy has guaranteed the obligations of the operators of the TEBSA project, up to a maximum of $6 million (subject to escalation) under the project's operations and maintenance agreement. In connection with the sale of TEBSA in January 2004, the purchaser indemnified FirstEnergy against any loss under this guarantee. FirstEnergy has also provided an LOC ($47 million as of September 30, 2005) which is renewable and declines yearly based upon the senior outstanding debt of TEBSA. The LOC was reduced to $36 million on October 15, 2005.

(B) ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

Various federal, state and local authorities regulate the Companies with regard to air and water quality and other environmental matters. The effects of compliance on the Companies with regard to environmental matters could have a material adverse effect on FirstEnergy's earnings and competitive position. These environmental regulations affect FirstEnergy's earnings and competitive position to the extent that it competes with companies that are not subject to such regulations and therefore do not bear the risk of costs associated with compliance, or failure to comply, with such regulations. Overall, FirstEnergy believes it is in compliance with existing regulations but is unable to predict future changes in regulatory policies and what, if any, the effects of such changes would be. FirstEnergy estimates additional capital expenditures for environmental compliance of approximately $670 million for 2005 through 2007.

The Companies accrue environmental liabilities only when they conclude that it is probable that they have an obligation for such costs and can reasonably estimate the amount of such costs. Unasserted claims are reflected in the Companies’ determination of environmental liabilities and are accrued in the period that they are both probable and reasonably estimable.

FirstEnergy plans to issue a report regarding its response to air emission requirements. FirstEnergy expects to complete the report by December 1, 2005.

Clean Air Act Compliance

FirstEnergy is required to meet federally approved SO₂ regulations. Violations of such regulations can result in shutdown of the generating unit involved and/or civil or criminal penalties of up to $32,500 for each day the unit is in violation. The EPA has an interim enforcement policy for SO₂ regulations in Ohio that allows for compliance based on a 30-day averaging period. The Companies cannot predict what action the EPA may take in the future with respect to the interim enforcement policy.

FirstEnergy believes it is complying with SO₂ reduction requirements under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 by burning lower-sulfur fuel, generating more electricity from lower-emitting plants, and/or using emission allowances. NO_x reductions required by the 1990 Amendments are being achieved through combustion controls and the generation of more electricity at lower-emitting plants. In September 1998, the EPA finalized regulations requiring additional NO_x reductions from FirstEnergy's facilities. The EPA's NO_x Transport Rule imposes uniform reductions of NO_x emissions (an approximate 85 percent reduction in utility plant NO_x emissions from projected 2007 emissions) across a region of nineteen states (including Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania) and the District of Columbia based on a conclusion that such NO_x emissions are contributing significantly to ozone levels in the eastern United States. FirstEnergy believes its facilities are also complying with the NO_x budgets established under State Implementation Plans through combustion controls and post-combustion controls, including Selective Catalytic Reduction and Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction systems, and/or using emission allowances.

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

In July 1997, the EPA promulgated changes in the NAAQS for ozone and proposed a new NAAQS for fine particulate matter. On March 10, 2005, the EPA finalized the "Clean Air Interstate Rule" covering a total of 28 states (including Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania) and the District of Columbia based on proposed findings that air emissions from 28 eastern states and the District of Columbia significantly contribute to nonattainment of the NAAQS for fine particles and/or the "8-hour" ozone NAAQS in other states. CAIR provides each affected state until 2006 to develop implementing regulations to achieve additional reductions of NO_x and SO₂ emissions in two phases (Phase I in 2009 for NO_x, 2010 for SO₂ and Phase II in 2015 for both NO_x and SO₂) in all cases from the 2003 levels. FirstEnergy's Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania fossil-fired generation facilities will be subject to the caps on SO₂ and NO_x emissions, whereas their New Jersey fossil-fired generation facilities will be subject to a cap on NO_x emissions only. According to the EPA, SO₂ emissions will be reduced by 45% (from 2003 levels) by 2010 across the states covered by the rule, with reductions reaching 73% (from 2003 levels) by 2015, capping SO₂ emissions in affected states to just 2.5 million tons annually. NO_x emissions will be reduced by 53% (from 2003 levels) by 2009 across the states covered by the rule, with reductions reaching 61% (from 2003 levels) by 2015, achieving a regional NO_x cap of 1.3 million tons annually. The future cost of compliance with these regulations may be substantial and will depend on how they are ultimately implemented by the states in which FirstEnergy operates affected facilities.

Mercury Emissions

In December 2000, the EPA announced it would proceed with the development of regulations regarding hazardous air pollutants from electric power plants, identifying mercury as the hazardous air pollutant of greatest concern. On March 14, 2005, the EPA finalized the "Clean Air Mercury Rule," which provides a cap-and-trade program to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants in two phases. Initially, mercury emissions will be capped nationally at 38 tons by 2010 (as a "co-benefit" from implementation of SO₂ and NO_xemission caps under the EPA's CAIR program). Phase II of the mercury cap-and-trade program will cap nationwide mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants at 15 tons per year by 2018. However, the final rules give states substantial discretion in developing rules to implement these programs. In addition, both the CAIR and the Clean Air Mercury Rule have been challenged in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. FirstEnergy's future cost of compliance with these regulations may be substantial.

W. H. Sammis Plant

In 1999 and 2000, the EPA issued NOV or Compliance Orders to nine utilities alleging violations of the Clean Air Act based on operation and maintenance of 44 power plants, including the W. H. Sammis Plant, which was owned at that time by OE and Penn. In addition, the DOJ filed eight civil complaints against various investor-owned utilities, including a complaint against OE and Penn in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. These cases are referred to as New Source Review cases. On March 18, 2005, OE and Penn announced that they had reached a settlement with the EPA, the DOJ and three states (Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York) that resolved all issues related to the W. H. Sammis Plant New Source Review litigation. This settlement agreement, which is in the form of a Consent Decree, was approved by the Court on July 11, 2005, requires OE and Penn to reduce No_x and SO₂ emissions at the W. H. Sammis Plant and other coal fired plants through the installation of pollution control devices. Capital expenditures necessary to meet those requirements are currently estimated to be $1.5 billion (the primary portion of which is expected to be spent in the 2008 to 2011 time period). As disclosed in FirstEnergy's Form 8-K dated August 26, 2005, FGCO entered into an agreement with Bechtel Power Corporation (Bechtel), under which Bechtel will engineer, procure, and construct air quality control systems for the reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions. The settlement agreement also requires OE and Penn to spend up to $25 million toward environmentally beneficial projects, which include wind energy purchased power agreements over a 20-year term. OE and Penn agreed to pay a civil penalty of $8.5 million. Results for the first quarter of 2005 included the penalties payable by OE and Penn of $7.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively. OE and Penn also recognized liabilities of $9.2 million and $0.8 million, respectively, during the first quarter of 2005, for probable future cash contributions toward environmentally beneficial projects.

Climate Change

In December 1997, delegates to the United Nations' climate summit in Japan adopted an agreement, the Kyoto Protocol (Protocol), to address global warming by reducing the amount of man-made GHG emitted by developed countries by 5.2% from 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. The United States signed the Protocol in 1998 but it failed to receive the two-thirds vote of the United States Senate required for ratification. However, the Bush administration has committed the United States to a voluntary climate change strategy to reduce domestic GHG intensity - the ratio of emissions to economic output - by 18 percent through 2012. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 established a Committee on Climate Change Technology to coordinate federal climate change activities and promote the development and deployment of GHG reducing technologies.

FirstEnergy cannot currently estimate the financial impact of climate change policies, although the potential restrictions on CO₂ emissions could require significant capital and other expenditures. However, the CO₂ emissions per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated by FirstEnergy is lower than many regional competitors due to its diversified generation sources, which include low or non-CO₂ emitting gas-fired and nuclear generators.

Clean Water Act

Various water quality regulations, the majority of which are the result of the federal Clean Water Act and its amendments, apply to FirstEnergy's plants. In addition, Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have water quality standards applicable to FirstEnergy's operations. As provided in the Clean Water Act, authority to grant federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System water discharge permits can be assumed by a state. Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have assumed such authority.

On September 7, 2004, the EPA established new performance standards under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act for reducing impacts on fish and shellfish from cooling water intake structures at certain existing large electric generating plants. The regulations call for reductions in impingement mortality, when aquatic organisms are pinned against screens or other parts of a cooling water intake system and entrainment, which occurs when aquatic species are drawn into a facility's cooling water system. FirstEnergy is conducting comprehensive demonstration studies, due in 2008, to determine the operational measures, equipment or restoration activities, if any, necessary for compliance by its facilities with the performance standards. FirstEnergy is unable to predict the outcome of such studies. Depending on the outcome of such studies, the future cost of compliance with these standards may require material capital expenditures.

Regulation of Hazardous Waste

As a result of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, and the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, federal and state hazardous waste regulations have been promulgated. Certain fossil-fuel combustion waste products, such as coal ash, were exempted from hazardous waste disposal requirements pending the EPA's evaluation of the need for future regulation. The EPA subsequently determined that regulation of coal ash as a hazardous waste is unnecessary. In April 2000, the EPA announced that it will develop national standards regulating disposal of coal ash under its authority to regulate nonhazardous waste.

The Companies have been named as PRPs at waste disposal sites, which may require cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Allegations of disposal of hazardous substances at historical sites and the liability involved are often unsubstantiated and subject to dispute; however, federal law provides that all PRPs for a particular site are liable on a joint and several basis. Therefore, environmental liabilities that are considered probable have been recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2005, based on estimates of the total costs of cleanup, the Companies' proportionate responsibility for such costs and the financial ability of other nonaffiliated entities to pay. In addition, JCP&L has accrued liabilities for environmental remediation of former manufactured gas plants in New Jersey; those costs are being recovered by JCP&L through a non-bypassable SBC. Total liabilities of approximately $64 million (JCP&L - $46.8 million, CEI - $2.3 million, TE - $0.2 million, Met-Ed - $0.1 million and other - $14.6 million) have been accrued through September 30, 2005.

(C) OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Power Outages and Related Litigation

In July 1999, the Mid-Atlantic States experienced a severe heat wave, which resulted in power outages throughout the service territories of many electric utilities, including JCP&L's territory. In an investigation into the causes of the outages and the reliability of the transmission and distribution systems of all four of New Jersey’s electric utilities, the NJBPU concluded that there was not a prima facie case demonstrating that, overall, JCP&L provided unsafe, inadequate or improper service to its customers. Two class action lawsuits (subsequently consolidated into a single proceeding) were filed in New Jersey Superior Court in July 1999 against JCP&L, GPU and other GPU companies, seeking compensatory and punitive damages arising from the July 1999 service interruptions in the JCP&L territory.

In August 2002, the trial court granted partial summary judgment to JCP&L and dismissed the plaintiffs' claims for consumer fraud, common law fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and strict product liability. In November 2003, the trial court granted JCP&L's motion to decertify the class and denied plaintiffs' motion to permit into evidence their class-wide damage model indicating damages in excess of $50 million. These class decertification and damage rulings were appealed to the Appellate Division. The Appellate Division issued a decision on July 8, 2004, affirming the decertification of the originally certified class, but remanding for certification of a class limited to those customers directly impacted by the outages of JCP&L transformers in Red Bank, New Jersey. On September 8, 2004, the New Jersey Supreme Court denied the motions filed by plaintiffs and JCP&L for leave to appeal the decision of the Appellate Division. JCP&L has filed a motion for summary judgment. FirstEnergy is unable to predict the outcome of these matters and no liability has been accrued as of September 30, 2005.

On August 14, 2003, various states and parts of southern Canada experienced widespread power outages. The outages affected approximately 1.4 million customers in FirstEnergy's service area. The U.S. - Canada Power System Outage Task Force’s final report in April 2004 on the outages concluded, among other things, that the problems leading to the outages began in FirstEnergy’s Ohio service area. Specifically, the final report concluded, among other things, that the initiation of the August 14, 2003 power outages resulted from an alleged failure of both FirstEnergy and ECAR to assess and understand perceived inadequacies within the FirstEnergy system; inadequate situational awareness of the developing conditions; and a perceived failure to adequately manage tree growth in certain transmission rights of way. The Task Force also concluded that there was a failure of the interconnected grid's reliability organizations (MISO and PJM) to provide effective real-time diagnostic support. The final report is publicly available through the Department of Energy’s website (www.doe.gov). FirstEnergy believes that the final report does not provide a complete and comprehensive picture of the conditions that contributed to the August 14, 2003 power outages and that it does not adequately address the underlying causes of the outages. FirstEnergy remains convinced that the outages cannot be explained by events on any one utility's system. The final report contained 46 “recommendations to prevent or minimize the scope of future blackouts.” Forty-five of those recommendations related to broad industry or policy matters while one, including subparts, related to activities the Task Force recommended be undertaken by FirstEnergy, MISO, PJM, ECAR, and other parties to correct the causes of the August 14, 2003 power outages. FirstEnergy implemented several initiatives, both prior to and since the August 14, 2003 power outages, which were independently verified by NERC as complete in 2004 and were consistent with these and other recommendations and collectively enhance the reliability of its electric system. FirstEnergy’s implementation of these recommendations in 2004 included completion of the Task Force recommendations that were directed toward FirstEnergy. FirstEnergy also is proceeding with the implementation of the recommendations regarding enhancements to regional reliability that were to be completed subsequent to 2004 and will continue to periodically assess the FERC-ordered Reliability Study recommendations for forecasted 2009 system conditions, recognizing revised load forecasts and other changing system conditions which may impact the recommendations. Thus far, implementation of the recommendations has not required, nor is expected to require, substantial investment in new or material upgrades to existing equipment, and therefore FirstEnergy has not accrued a liability as of September 30, 2005 for any expenditures in excess of those actually incurred through that date. The FERC or other applicable government agencies and reliability coordinators may, however, take a different view as to recommended enhancements or may recommend additional enhancements in the future that could require additional, material expenditures. Finally, the PUCO is continuing to review FirstEnergy’s filing that addressed upgrades to control room computer hardware and software and enhancements to the training of control room operators, before determining the next steps, if any, in the proceeding.

FirstEnergy companies also are defending six separate complaint cases before the PUCO relating to the August 14, 2003 power outage. Two cases were originally filed in Ohio State courts but were subsequently dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and further appeals were unsuccessful. In these cases the individual complainants—three in one case and four in the other—sought to represent others as part of a class action. The PUCO dismissed the class allegations, stating that its rules of practice do not provide for class action complaints. Of the four other pending PUCO complaint cases, three were filed by various insurance carriers either in their own name as subrogees or in the name of their insured. In each of the four cases, the carrier seeks reimbursement from various FirstEnergy companies (and, in one case, from PJM, MISO and American Electric Power Co. as well) for claims paid to insureds for claims allegedly arising as a result of the loss of power on August 14, 2003. The listed insureds in these cases, in many instances, are not customers of any FirstEnergy company. The fourth case involves the claim of a non-customer seeking reimbursement for losses incurred when its store was burglarized on August 14, 2003. In addition to these six cases, the Ohio Companies were named as respondents in a regulatory proceeding that was initiated at the PUCO in response to complaints alleging failure to provide reasonable and adequate service stemming primarily from the August 14, 2003 power outages. No estimate of potential liability has been undertaken for any of these cases.

One complaint was filed on August 25, 2004 against FirstEnergy in the New York State Supreme Court. In this case, several plaintiffs in the New York City metropolitan area allege that they suffered damages as a result of the August 14, 2003 power outages. None of the plaintiffs are customers of any FirstEnergy affiliate. FirstEnergy's motion to dismiss the case was granted on September 26, 2005. Additionally, FirstEnergy Corp. was named in a complaint filed in Michigan State Court by an individual who is not a customer of any FirstEnergy company. A responsive pleading to this matter is not due until on or about December 1, 2005. No estimate of potential liability has been undertaken in this matter.

FirstEnergy is vigorously defending these actions, but cannot predict the outcome of any of these proceedings or whether any further regulatory proceedings or legal actions may be initiated against the Companies. In particular, if FirstEnergy or its subsidiaries were ultimately determined to have legal liability in connection with these proceedings, it could have a material adverse effect on FirstEnergy's or its subsidiaries' financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Nuclear Plant Matters

FENOC received a subpoena in late 2003 from a grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division requesting the production of certain documents and records relating to the inspection and maintenance of the reactor vessel head at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. On December 10, 2004, FirstEnergy received a letter from the United States Attorney's Office stating that FENOC is a target of the federal grand jury investigation into alleged false statements made to the NRC in the Fall of 2001 in response to NRC Bulletin 2001-01. The letter also said that the designation of FENOC as a target indicates that, in the view of the prosecutors assigned to the matter, it is likely that federal charges will be returned against FENOC by the grand jury. On February 10, 2005, FENOC received an additional subpoena for documents related to root cause reports regarding reactor head degradation and the assessment of reactor head management issues at Davis-Besse. On May 11, 2005, FENOC received a subpoena for documents related to outside meetings attended by Davis-Besse personnel on corrosion and cracking of control rod drive mechanisms and additional root cause evaluations.

On April 21, 2005, the NRC issued a NOV and proposed a $5.45 million civil penalty related to the degradation of the Davis-Besse reactor vessel head issue described above. FirstEnergy accrued $2.0 million for a potential fine prior to 2005 and accrued the remaining liability for the proposed fine during the first quarter of 2005. On September 14, 2005, FENOC filed its response to the NOV with the NRC. FENOC accepted full responsibility for the past failure to properly implement its boric acid corrosion control and corrective action programs. The NRC NOV indicated that the violations do not represent current licensee performance. FirstEnergy paid the penalty in the third quarter of 2005.

If it were ultimately determined that FirstEnergy or its subsidiaries have legal liability based on the events surrounding Davis-Besse, it could have a material adverse effect on FirstEnergy's or its subsidiaries' financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Effective July 1, 2005, the NRC oversight panel for Davis-Besse was terminated and Davis-Besse returned to the standard NRC reactor oversight process. At that time, NRC inspections were augmented to include inspections to support the NRC's Confirmatory Order dated March 8, 2004 that was issued at the time of startup and to address an NRC White Finding related to the performance of the emergency sirens.

On August 12, 2004, the NRC notified FENOC that it would increase its regulatory oversight of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant as a result of problems with safety system equipment over the preceding two years and the licensee's failure to take prompt and corrective action. FENOC operates the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, which is currently owned and/or leased by OE, CEI, TE and Penn (however, see Note 17 regarding FirstEnergy’s pending intra-system generation asset transfers, which will include owned portions of the plant).

On April 4, 2005, the NRC held a public meeting to discuss FENOC’s performance at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant as identified in the NRC's annual assessment letter to FENOC. Similar public meetings are held with all nuclear power plant licensees following issuance by the NRC of their annual assessments. According to the NRC, overall the Perry Plant operated "in a manner that preserved public health and safety" even though it remained under heightened NRC oversight. During the public meeting and in the annual assessment, the NRC indicated that additional inspections will continue and that the plant must improve performance to be removed from the Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column of the Action Matrix.

On May 26, 2005, the NRC held a public meeting to discuss its oversight of the Perry Plant. While the NRC stated that the plant continued to operate safely, the NRC also stated that the overall performance had not substantially improved since the heightened inspection was initiated. The NRC reiterated this conclusion in its mid-year assessment letter dated August 30, 2005. On September 28, 2005, the NRC sent a CAL to FENOC describing commitments that FENOC had made to improve the performance of Perry and stated that the CAL would remain open until substantial improvement was demonstrated. The CAL was anticipated as part of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process. If performance does not improve, the NRC has a range of options under the Reactor Oversight Process, from increased oversight to possible impact to the plant’s operating authority. As a result, these matters could have a material adverse effect on FirstEnergy's or its subsidiaries' financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Other Legal Matters

There are various lawsuits, claims (including claims for asbestos exposure) and proceedings related to FirstEnergy's normal business operations pending against FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries. The other potentially material items not otherwise discussed above are described below.

On October 20, 2004, FirstEnergy was notified by the SEC that the previously disclosed informal inquiry initiated by the SEC's Division of Enforcement in September 2003 relating to the restatements in August 2003 of previously reported results by FirstEnergy and the Ohio Companies, and the Davis-Besse extended outage, have become the subject of a formal order of investigation. The SEC's formal order of investigation also encompasses issues raised during the SEC's examination of FirstEnergy and the Companies under the PUHCA. Concurrent with this notification, FirstEnergy received a subpoena asking for background documents and documents related to the restatements and Davis-Besse issues. On December 30, 2004, FirstEnergy received a subpoena asking for documents relating to issues raised during the SEC's PUHCA examination. On August 24, 2005 additional information was requested regarding Davis-Besse. FirstEnergy has cooperated fully with the informal inquiry and will continue to do so with the formal investigation.

On August 22, 2005, a class action complaint was filed against OE in Jefferson County, Ohio Common Pleas Court seeking compensatory and punitive damages to be determined at trial based on claims of negligence and eight other tort counts alleging damages from the W.H. Sammis Plant air emissions. The two named plaintiffs are also seeking injunctive relief to eliminate harmful emissions and repair property damage and the institution of a medical monitoring program for class members.

JCP&L's bargaining unit employees filed a grievance challenging JCP&L's 2002 call-out procedure that required bargaining unit employees to respond to emergency power outages. On May 20, 2004, an arbitration panel concluded that the call-out procedure violated the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. At the conclusion of the June 1, 2005, hearing, the Arbitrator decided not to hear testimony on damages and closed the proceedings. On September 9, 2005, the Arbitrator issued an opinion to award approximately $16.1 million to the bargaining unit employees. JCP&L initiated an appeal of this award by filing a motion to vacate in Federal Court in New Jersey on October 18, 2005. JCP&L recognized a liability for the potential $16.1 million award during the three months ended September 30, 2005.

The City of Huron filed a complaint against OE with the PUCO challenging the ability of electric distribution utilities to collect transition charges from a customer of a newly-formed municipal electric utility. The complaint was filed on May 28, 2003, and OE timely filed its response on June 30, 2003. In a related filing, the Ohio Companies filed for approval with the PUCO of a tariff that would specifically allow the collection of transition charges from customers of municipal electric utilities formed after 1998. An adverse ruling could negatively affect full recovery of transition charges by the utility. Hearings on the matter were held in August 2005. Initial briefs from all parties were filed on September 22, 2005 and reply briefs were filed on October 14, 2005. It is unknown when the PUCO will rule on this case.

If it were ultimately determined that FirstEnergy or its subsidiaries have legal liability or are otherwise made subject to liability based on the above matters, it could have a material adverse effect on FirstEnergy's or its subsidiaries' financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

14 - REGULATORY MATTERS:

Reliability Initiatives

In late 2003 and early 2004, a series of letters, reports and recommendations were issued from various entities, including governmental, industry and ad hoc reliability entities (PUCO, FERC, NERC and the U.S. - Canada Power System Outage Task Force) regarding enhancements to regional reliability. In 2004, FirstEnergy completed implementation of all actions and initiatives related to enhancing area reliability, improving voltage and reactive management, operator readiness and training and emergency response preparedness recommended for completion in 2004. On July 14, 2004, NERC independently verified that FirstEnergy had implemented the various initiatives to be completed by June 30 or summer 2004, with minor exceptions noted by FirstEnergy, which exceptions are now essentially complete. FirstEnergy is proceeding with the implementation of the recommendations that were to be completed subsequent to 2004 and will continue to periodically assess the FERC-ordered Reliability Study recommendations for forecasted 2009 system conditions, recognizing revised load forecasts and other changing system conditions which may impact the recommendations. Thus far, implementation of the recommendations has not required, nor is expected to require, substantial investment in new, or material upgrades to existing equipment. The FERC or other applicable government agencies and reliability coordinators may, however, take a different view as to recommended enhancements or may recommend additional enhancements in the future as the result of adoption of mandatory reliability standards pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that could require additional, material expenditures. Finally, the PUCO is continuing to review the FirstEnergy filing that addressed upgrades to control room computer hardware and software and enhancements to the training of control room operators, before determining the next steps, if any, in the proceeding.

As a result of outages experienced in JCP&L's service area in 2002 and 2003, the NJBPU had implemented reviews into JCP&L's service reliability. On March 29, 2004, the NJBPU adopted an MOU that set out specific tasks related to service reliability to be performed by JCP&L and a timetable for completion and endorsed JCP&L's ongoing actions to implement the MOU. On June 9, 2004, the NJBPU approved a Stipulation that incorporates the final report of a Special Reliability Master who made recommendations on appropriate courses of action necessary to ensure system-wide reliability. The Stipulation also incorporates the Executive Summary and Recommendation portions of the final report of a focused audit of JCP&L's Planning and Operations and Maintenance programs and practices (Focused Audit). A final order in the Focused Audit docket was issued by the NJBPU on July 23, 2004. On February 11, 2005, JCP&L met with the Ratepayer Advocate to discuss reliability improvements. JCP&L continues to file compliance reports reflecting activities associated with the MOU and Stipulation.

In May 2004, the PPUC issued an order approving revised reliability benchmarks and standards, including revised benchmarks and standards for Met-Ed, Penelec and Penn. Met-Ed, Penelec and Penn filed a Petition for Amendment of Benchmarks with the PPUC on May 26, 2004, due to their implementation of automated outage management systems following restructuring. Evidentiary hearings have been scheduled for November 2005. FirstEnergy is unable to predict the outcome of this proceeding.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 provides for the creation of an ERO to establish and enforce reliability standards for the bulk power system, subject to FERC review. On September 1, 2005, the FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish certification requirements for the ERO, as well as regional entities envisioned to assume monitoring and compliance responsibility for the new reliability standards. The FERC expects to adopt a final rule on or before February 2006 regarding certification requirements for the ERO and regional entities.

The NERC is expected to reorganize its structure to meet the FERC’s certification requirements for the ERO. Following adoption of the final rule, the NERC will be required to make a filing with the FERC to obtain certification as the ERO. The proposed rule also provides for regional reliability organizations designed to replace the current regional councils. The “regional entity” may be delegated authority by the ERO, subject to FERC approval, for enforcing reliability standards adopted by the ERO and approved by the FERC. The ECAR, Mid-Atlantic Area Council, and Mid-American Interconnected Network reliability councils have signed an MOU designed to consolidate their regions into a new regional reliability organization known as ReliabilityFirst Corporation. Their intent is to file and obtain certification under the final rule as a “regional entity”. All of FirstEnergy’s facilities would be located within the ReliabilityFirst region.

On a parallel path, the NERC is establishing working groups to develop reliability standards to be filed for approval with the FERC following the NERC’s certification as an ERO. These reliability standards are expected to build on the current NERC Version 0 reliability standards. It is expected that the proposed reliability standards will be filed with the FERC in early 2006.

The impact of this effort on FirstEnergy is unclear. FirstEnergy believes that it is in compliance with all current NERC reliability standards. However, it is expected that the FERC will adopt stricter reliability standards than those contained in the current NERC Version 0 standards. The financial impact of complying with the new standards cannot be determined at this time. However, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires that all prudent costs incurred to comply with the new reliability standards be recovered in rates.

Ohio

On August 5, 2004, the Ohio Companies accepted the RSP as modified and approved by the PUCO in an August 4, 2004 Entry on Rehearing, subject to a competitive bid process. The RSP was filed by the Ohio Companies to establish generation service rates beginning January 1, 2006, in response to PUCO concerns about price and supply uncertainty following the end of the Ohio Companies' transition plan market development period. In October 2004, the OCC and NOAC filed appeals with the Supreme Court of Ohio to overturn the original June 9, 2004 PUCO order in this proceeding as well as the associated entries on rehearing. On September 28, 2005, the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral argument on the appeals.

On May 27, 2005, the Ohio Companies filed an application with the PUCO to establish a GCAF rider under the RSP. The application seeks to implement recovery of increased fuel costs from 2006 through 2008 applicable to the Ohio Companies' retail customers through a tariff rider to be implemented January 1, 2006. The application reflects projected increases in fuel costs in 2006 compared to 2002 baseline costs. The new rider, after adjustments made in testimony, is seeking to recover all costs above the baseline (approximately $88 million in 2006). Various parties including the OCC have intervened in this case and the case has been consolidated with the RCP application discussed below.

On September 9, 2005, the Ohio Companies filed an application with the PUCO that, if approved, would supplement their existing RSP with an RCP. On September 27, 2005, the PUCO granted FirstEnergy's motion to consolidate the GCAF rider application with the RCP proceedings and set hearings for the consolidated cases to begin November 29, 2005. The RCP is designed to provide customers with more certain rate levels than otherwise available under the RSP during the plan period. Major provisions of the RCP include:

· Maintain the existing level of base distribution rates through December 31, 2008 for OE and TE, and

April 30, 2009 for CEI;

· Defer and capitalize certain distribution costs to be incurred during the period January 1, 2006

through December 31, 2008, not to exceed $150 million in each of the three years;

· Adjust the RTC and extended RTC recovery periods and rate levels so that full recovery of authorized

costs will occur as of December 31, 2008 for OE and TE, and as of December 31, 2010 for CEI;

· Reduce the deferred shopping incentive balances as of January 1, 2006 by up to $75 million for OE,

$45 million for TE, and $85 million for CEI by accelerating the application of each respective

company's accumulated cost of removal regulatory liability; and

· Recover increased fuel costs of up to $75 million, $77 million, and $79 million, in 2006, 2007, and

2008, respectively, from all OE and TE distribution and transmission customers through a fuel

recovery mechanism and OE, TE, and CEI may defer and capitalize increased fuel costs above the

amount collected through the fuel recovery mechanism.

The following table provides a comparison of the estimated net amortization of regulatory transition costs and deferred shopping incentives (including associated carrying charges) under the proposed RCP and the current RSP for the period 2006 through 2010:

	Estimated Net Amortization
	RCP								RSP
Amortization							Total								Total
Period	OE		CEI		TE		Ohio		OE		CEI		TE		Ohio
	*(In millions)*

2006	$	169	$	100	$	80	$	349	$	175	$	94	$	73	$	342
2007		176		111		89		376		237		104		82		423
2008		198		129		100		427		206		122		159		487
2009		-		216		-		216		-		318		-		318
2010		-		268		-		268		-		271		-		271
Net Amortization*	$	543	$	824	$	269	$	1,636	$	618	$	909	$	314	$	1,841

* RCP aggregate amortization is less than amortization under the RSP due to the accelerated application of regulatory liabilities to reduce deferred shopping incentives.

Under provisions of the RSP, the PUCO may require the Ohio Companies to undertake, no more often than annually, a competitive bid process to secure generation for the years 2007 and 2008. On July 22, 2005, FirstEnergy filed a competitive bid process for the period beginning in 2007 that is similar to the competitive bid process approved by the PUCO for the Ohio Companies in 2004, which resulted in the PUCO accepting no bids. Any acceptance of future competitive bid results would terminate the RSP pricing, with no accounting impacts to the RSP, and not until twelve months after the PUCO authorizes such termination. On September 28, 2005, the PUCO issued an Entry that essentially approved the Ohio Companies' filing but delayed the proposed timing of the competitive bid process by four months, calling for the auction to be held on March 21, 2006.

Pennsylvania

A February 2002 Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania decision affirmed the June 2001 PPUC decision regarding approval of the FirstEnergy/GPU merger, remanded the issues of quantification and allocation of merger savings to the PPUC and denied Met-Ed and Penelec the rate relief initially approved in the PPUC decision. On October 2, 2003, the PPUC issued an order concluding that the Commonwealth Court reversed the PPUC’s June 2001 order in its entirety. In accordance with the PPUC's direction, Met-Ed and Penelec filed supplements to their tariffs that became effective in October 2003 and that reflected the CTC rates and shopping credits in effect prior to the June 2001 order.

In accordance with PPUC directives, Met-Ed and Penelec have been negotiating with interested parties in an attempt to resolve the merger savings issues that are the subject of remand from the Commonwealth Court. Met-Ed’s and Penelec’s combined portion of total merger savings is estimated to be approximately $31.5 million. On April 13, 2005, the Commonwealth Court issued an interim order in the remand proceeding that the parties should report the status of the negotiations to the PPUC with a copy to the ALJ. The parties exchanged settlement proposals in May and June 2005 and continue to have settlement discussions.

In an October 16, 2003 order, the PPUC approved September 30, 2004 as the date for Met-Ed's and Penelec's NUG trust fund refunds. The PPUC order also denied their accounting treatment request regarding the CTC rate/shopping credit swap by requiring Met-Ed and Penelec to treat the stipulated CTC rates that were in effect from January 1, 2002 on a retroactive basis. On October 22, 2003, Met-Ed and Penelec filed an Objection with the Commonwealth Court asking that the Court reverse this PPUC finding; a Commonwealth Court judge subsequently denied their Objection on October 27, 2003 without explanation. On October 31, 2003, Met-Ed and Penelec filed an Application for Clarification of the Court order with the judge, a Petition for Review of the PPUC's October 2 and October 16, 2003 Orders, and an application for reargument, if the judge, in his clarification order, indicates that Met-Ed's and Penelec's Objection was intended to be denied on the merits. The Reargument Brief before the Commonwealth Court was filed on January 28, 2005.

Met-Ed and Penelec purchase a portion of their PLR requirements from FES through a wholesale power sales agreement. The PLR sale is automatically extended for each successive calendar year unless any party elects to cancel the agreement by November 1 of the preceding year. Under the terms of the wholesale agreement, FES retains the supply obligation, and the supply profit and loss risk for the portion of power supply requirements not self-supplied by Met-Ed and Penelec under their NUG contracts and other power contracts with nonaffiliated third party suppliers. This arrangement reduces Met-Ed's and Penelec's exposure to high wholesale power prices by providing power at a fixed price for their uncommitted PLR energy costs during the term of the agreement with FES. Met-Ed and Penelec are authorized to defer differences between NUG contract costs and current market prices. On November 1, 2005, FES and the other parties to the wholesale power agreement amended the agreement to provide FES the right over the next year to terminate the agreement at any time upon 60 days notice. If the wholesale power agreement were terminated, Met-Ed and Penelec would need to satisfy the applicable portion of their PLR obligations from other sources at prevailing prices, which are likely to be higher than the current price charged by FES under the agreement and, as a result, Met-Ed’s and Penelec’s purchased power costs could materially increase.

In October 11, 2005, Penn filed a plan with the PPUC to secure electricity supply for its customers at set rates following the end of its transition period on December 31, 2006. Penn is recommending that the Request for Proposal process cover the period of January 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008. Under Pennsylvania's electric competition law, Penn is required to secure generation supply for customers who do not choose alternative suppliers for their electricity.

New Jersey

JCP&L is permitted to defer for future collection from customers the amounts by which its costs of supplying BGS to non-shopping customers and costs incurred under NUG agreements exceed amounts collected through BGS and MTC rates. As of September 30, 2005, the accumulated deferred cost balance totaled approximately $508 million. New Jersey law allows for securitization of JCP&L's deferred balance upon application by JCP&L and a determination by the NJBPU that the conditions of the New Jersey restructuring legislation are met. On February 14, 2003, JCP&L filed for approval of the securitization of the July 31, 2003 deferred balance. JCP&L is in discussions with the NJBPU staff as a result of the stipulated settlement agreements (as further discussed below) which recommended that the NJBPU issue an order regarding JCP&L's application. On July 20, 2005, JCP&L requested the NJBPU to set a procedural schedule for this matter and is awaiting NJBPU action.

The 2003 NJBPU decision on JCP&L's base electric rate proceeding (the Phase I Order) disallowed certain regulatory assets and provided for an interim return on equity of 9.5% on JCP&L's rate base. The Phase I order also provided for a Phase II proceeding in which the NJBPU would review whether JCP&L is in compliance with current service reliability and quality standards and determine whether the expenditures and projects undertaken by JCP&L to increase its system's reliability are prudent and reasonable for rate recovery. Depending on its assessment of JCP&L's service reliability, the NJBPU could have increased JCP&L’s return on equity to 9.75% or decreased it to 9.25%. On August 15, 2003 and June 1, 2004, JCP&L filed with the NJBPU an interim motion and a supplemental and amended motion for rehearing and reconsideration of the Phase I Order, respectively. On July 7, 2004, the NJBPU granted limited reconsideration and rehearing on the following issues: (1) deferred cost disallowances; (2) the capital structure including the rate of return; (3) merger savings, including amortization of costs to achieve merger savings; and (4) decommissioning costs.

On July 16, 2004, JCP&L filed the Phase II petition and testimony with the NJBPU, requesting an increase in base rates of $36 million for the recovery of system reliability costs and a 9.75% return on equity. The filing also requested an increase to the MTC deferred balance recovery of approximately $20 million annually.

On May 25, 2005, the NJBPU approved two stipulated settlement agreements. The first stipulation between JCP&L and the NJBPU staff resolves all of the issues associated with JCP&L's motion for reconsideration of the Phase I Order. The second stipulation between JCP&L, the NJBPU staff and the Ratepayer Advocate resolves all of the issues associated with JCP&L's Phase II proceeding. The stipulated settlements provide for, among other things, the following:

An annual increase in distribution revenues of $23 million effective June 1, 2005, associated with the Phase I Order reconsideration;

An annual increase in distribution revenues of $36 million effective June 1, 2005, related to JCP&L's Phase II Petition;

An annual reduction in both rates and amortization expense of $8 million, effective June 1, 2005, in anticipation of an NJBPU order regarding JCP&L's request to securitize up to $277 million of its deferred cost balance;

An increase in JCP&L's authorized return on common equity from 9.5% to 9.75%; and

A commitment by JCP&L to maintain a target level of customer service reliability with a reduction in JCP&L's authorized return on common equity from 9.75% to 9.5% if the target is not met for two consecutive quarters. The authorized return on common equity would then be restored to 9.75% if the target is met for two consecutive quarters.

The Phase II stipulation included an agreement that the distribution revenue increase also reflects a three-year amortization of JCP&L's one-time service reliability improvement costs incurred in 2003-2005. This resulted in the creation of a regulatory asset associated with accelerated tree trimming and other reliability costs which were expensed in 2003 and 2004. The establishment of the new regulatory asset of approximately $28 million resulted in an increase to net income of approximately $16 million ($0.05 per share of common stock) in the second quarter of 2005.

JCP&L sells all self-supplied energy (NUGs and owned generation) to the wholesale market with offsetting credits to its deferred energy balance with the exception of 300 MW from JCP&L's NUG committed supply currently being used to serve BGS customers pursuant to NJBPU order for the period June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2006. New BGS tariffs reflecting the results of a February 2005 auction for the BGS supply became effective June 1, 2005. On July 1, 2005, JCP&L filed its BGS procurement proposals for post transition year four. The auction is scheduled to take place in February 2006 for the annual supply period beginning June 1, 2006.

In accordance with an April 28, 2004 NJBPU order, JCP&L filed testimony on June 7, 2004 supporting a continuation of the current level and duration of the funding of TMI-2 decommissioning costs by New Jersey customers without a reduction, termination or capping of the funding. On September 30, 2004, JCP&L filed an updated TMI-2 decommissioning study. This study resulted in an updated total decommissioning cost estimate of $729 million (in 2003 dollars) compared to the estimated $528 million (in 2003 dollars) from the prior 1995 decommissioning study. The Ratepayer Advocate filed comments on February 28, 2005. On March 18, 2005, JCP&L filed a response to those comments. A schedule for further proceedings has not yet been set.

Transmission

On November 1, 2004, ATSI requested authority from the FERC to defer approximately $54 million of vegetation management costs estimated to be incurred from 2004 through 2007. On March 4, 2005, the FERC approved ATSI's request to defer those costs ($21 million deferred as of September 30, 2005). ATSI expects to file an application with the FERC in the second quarter of 2006 that would include recovery of the deferred costs.

On December 30, 2004, the Ohio Companies filed with the PUCO two applications related to the recovery of transmission and ancillary service related costs. The first application seeks recovery of these costs beginning January 1, 2006. The Ohio Companies requested that these costs be recovered through a rider that would be effective on January 1, 2006 and adjusted each July 1 thereafter. The Ohio Companies reached a settlement with OCC, PUCO staff, Industrial Energy Users - Ohio and OPAE. The only other party in this proceeding, Dominion Retail, Inc., agreed not to oppose the settlement. This settlement, which was filed with the PUCO on July 22, 2005, provides for the rider recovery requested by the Ohio Companies, with carrying charges applied in the subsequent year’s rider for any over or under collection while the then-current rider is in effect. The PUCO approved the settlement stipulation on August 31, 2005. The incremental Transmission and Ancillary service revenues expected to be recovered from January through June 2006 are approximately $61.2 million. This amount includes the recovery of the 2005 deferred MISO expenses as described below. In May 2006, the Companies will file a modification to the rider to determine revenues from July 2006 through June 2007.

The second application sought authority to defer costs associated with transmission and ancillary service related costs incurred during the period from October 1, 2003 through December 31, 2005. On May 18, 2005, the PUCO granted the accounting authority for the Ohio Companies to defer incremental transmission and ancillary service-related charges incurred as a participant in MISO, but only for those costs incurred during the period December 30, 2004 through December 31, 2005. Permission to defer costs incurred prior to December 30, 2004 was denied. The PUCO also authorized the Ohio Companies to accrue carrying charges on the deferred balances. An application filed with the PUCO to recover these deferred charges over a five-year period through the rider, beginning in 2006, was approved in the PUCO order issued on August 31, 2005 approving the stipulation referred to above. The OCC, OPAE and the Ohio Companies each filed applications for rehearing. The Ohio Companies sought authority to defer the transmission and ancillary service-related costs incurred during the period October 1, 2003 through December 29, 2004, while both OCC and OPAE sought to have the PUCO deny deferral of all costs. On July 6, 2005, the PUCO denied the Ohio Companies' and OCC’s applications and, at the request of the Ohio Companies, struck as untimely OPAE’s application. The OCC filed a notice of appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court on August 31, 2005. On September 30, 2005, in accordance with appellate procedure, the PUCO filed with the Ohio Supreme Court the record in this case. The Companies' brief will be due thirty days after the OCC files its brief, which, absent any time extensions, must be filed no later than November 9, 2005.

On January 12, 2005, Met-Ed and Penelec filed a request with the PPUC for deferral of transmission-related costs beginning January 1, 2005, estimated to be approximately $8 million per month. The OCA, OSBA, OTS, MEIUG, PICA, Allegheny Electric Cooperative and Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association have all intervened in the case. To date no hearing schedule has been established, and neither company has yet implemented deferral accounting for these costs.

On January 31, 2005, certain PJM transmission owners made three filings pursuant to a settlement agreement previously approved by the FERC. JCP&L, Met-Ed and Penelec were parties to that proceeding and joined in two of the filings. In the first filing, the settling transmission owners submitted a filing justifying continuation of their existing rate design within the PJM RTO. In the second filing, the settling transmission owners proposed a revised Schedule 12 to the PJM tariff designed to harmonize the rate treatment of new and existing transmission facilities. Interventions and protests were filed on February 22, 2005. In the third filing, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Pepco Holdings, Inc. requested a formula rate for transmission service provided within their respective zones. On May 31, 2005, the FERC issued an order on these cases. First, it set for hearing the existing rate design and indicated that it will issue a final order within six months. Second, the FERC approved the proposed Schedule 12 rate harmonization. Third, the FERC accepted the proposed formula rate, subject to referral and hearing procedures. On June 30, 2005, the PJM transmission owners filed a request for rehearing of the May 31, 2005 order. The rate design and formula rate proceedings are currently being litigated before the FERC. The outcome of these cases cannot be predicted.

Regulatory Assets

The EUOC recognize, as regulatory assets, costs which the FERC, PUCO, PPUC and NJBPU have authorized for recovery from customers in future periods. Without such authorization, costs currently recorded as regulatory assets would have been charged to income as incurred. All regulatory assets are expected to be recovered from customers under the Companies' respective transition and regulatory plans. Based on those plans, the Companies continue to bill and collect cost-based rates for their transmission and distribution services, which remain regulated; accordingly, it is appropriate that the Companies continue the application of SFAS 71 to those operations.

The Ohio Companies are deferring customer shopping incentives and interest costs as new regulatory assets in accordance with the transition and rate stabilization plans. Under the RSP, recovery of these regulatory assets (OE - $302 million, CEI - $402 million, TE - $122 million, as of September 30, 2005) would have begun through a surcharge rate equal to the RTC rate in effect only after the transition costs have been fully recovered. Under the proposed RCP, OE's and TE's recovery of the new regulatory assets would begin January 1, 2006 and expected to be completed by December 31, 2008. CEI's new regulatory asset recovery would still begin after full recovery of its transition costs (estimated as of mid-2009) and expected to be completed by December 31, 2010. Amortization of the new regulatory assets for each accounting period would equal the amount of the surcharge revenue recognized during that period.

Regulatory transition costs as of September 30, 2005 for JCP&L and Met-Ed are approximately $2.4 billion and $0.6 billion, respectively. Deferral of above-market costs from power supplied by NUGs to JCP&L are approximately $1.4 billion and are being recovered through BGS and MTC revenues. Met-Ed has deferred above-market NUG costs totaling approximately $200 million. These costs are being recovered through CTC revenues. The regulatory asset for above-market NUG future obligations and the corresponding liability are adjusted to fair value at the end of each quarter. Recovery of the remaining regulatory transition costs is expected to continue under the provisions of the various regulatory proceedings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

15 - NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND INTERPRETATIONS

FSP No. FAS 13-1, "Accounting for Rental Costs Incurred during the Construction Period"

Issued in October 2005, FSP No. FAS 13-1 requires rental costs associated with ground or building operating leases that are incurred during a construction period to be recognized as rental expense. The effective date of the FSP guidance is the first reporting period beginning after December 15, 2005. FirstEnergy is currently evaluating this FSP and its impact on the financial statements.

EITF Issue 04-13, "Accounting for Purchases and Sales of Inventory with the Same Counterparty"

In September 2005, the EITF reached a final consensus on Issue 04-13 concluding that two or more legally separate exchange transactions with the same counterparty should be combined and considered as a single arrangement for purposes of applying APB 29, when the transactions were entered into "in contemplation" of one another. If two transactions are combined and considered a single arrangement, the EITF reached a consensus that an exchange of inventory should be accounted for at fair value. Although electric power is not capable of being held in inventory, there is no substantive conceptual distinction between exchanges involving power and other storable inventory. Therefore, FirstEnergy will adopt this EITF effective for new arrangements entered into, or modifications or renewals of existing arrangements, in interim or annual periods beginning after March 15, 2006. See Note 2 for an example of FirstEnergy's application of this Issue.

EITF Issue No. 05-6, "Determining the Amortization Period for Leasehold Improvements Purchased after Lease Inception or Acquired in a Business Combination"

In June 2005, the EITF reached a consensus on the application guidance for Issue 05-6. EITF 05-6 addresses the amortization period for leasehold improvements that were either acquired in a business combination or placed in service significantly after and not contemplated at or near the beginning of the initial lease term. For leasehold improvements acquired in a business combination, the amortization period is the shorter of the useful life of the assets or a term that includes required lease periods and renewals that are deemed to be reasonably assured at the date of acquisition. Leasehold improvements that are placed in service significantly after and not contemplated at or near the beginning of the lease term should be amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the assets or a term that includes required lease periods and renewals that are deemed to be reasonably assured at the date the leasehold improvements are purchased. This EITF was effective July 1, 2005 and is consistent with FirstEnergy's current accounting.

FIN 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143”

On March 30, 2005, the FASB issued FIN 47 to clarify the scope and timing of liability recognition for conditional asset retirement obligations. Under this interpretation, companies are required to recognize a liability for the fair value of an asset retirement obligation that is conditional on a future event, if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. In instances where there is insufficient information to estimate the liability, the obligation is to be recognized in the first period in which sufficient information becomes available to estimate its fair value. If the fair value cannot be reasonably estimated, that fact and the reasons why must be disclosed. This Interpretation is effective for FirstEnergy in the fourth quarter of 2005. FirstEnergy and the Companies are currently evaluating the effect this Interpretation will have on their financial statements.

SFAS 154 - “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections - a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3”

In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS 154 to change the requirements for accounting and reporting a change in accounting principle. It applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle and to changes required by an accounting pronouncement when that pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. This Statement requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. In those instances, this Statement requires that the new accounting principle be applied to the balances of assets and liabilities as of the beginning of the earliest period for which retrospective application is practicable and that a corresponding adjustment be made to the opening balance of retained earnings (or other appropriate components of equity or net assets in the statement of financial position) for that period rather than being reported in the Consolidated Statements of Income. This Statement also requires that a change in depreciation, amortization, or depletion method for long-lived, nonfinancial assets be accounted for as a change in accounting estimate affected by a change in accounting principle. The provisions of this Statement are effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. FirstEnergy and the Companies will adopt this Statement effective January 1, 2006.

SFAS 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets - an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29”

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 153 amending APB 29, which was based on the principle that nonmonetary assets should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. The guidance in APB 29 included certain exceptions to that principle. SFAS 153 eliminates the exception from fair value measurement for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with an exception for exchanges that do not have commercial substance. This Statement specifies that a nonmonetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. The provisions of this Statement are effective January 1, 2006 for FirstEnergy. This FSP is not expected to have a material impact on FirstEnergy's financial statements.

SFAS 123(R), “Share-Based Payment”

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123(R), a revision to SFAS 123, which requires expensing stock options in the financial statements. Important to applying the new standard is understanding how to (1) measure the fair value of stock-based compensation awards and (2) recognize the related compensation cost for those awards. For an award to qualify for equity classification, it must meet certain criteria in SFAS 123(R). An award that does not meet those criteria will be classified as a liability and remeasured each period. SFAS 123(R) retains SFAS 123's requirements on accounting for income tax effects of stock-based compensation. In April 2005, the SEC delayed the effective date of SFAS 123(R) to annual, rather than interim, periods that begin after June 15, 2005. The SEC’s new rule results in a six-month deferral for companies with a fiscal year beginning January 1. Therefore, FirstEnergy will adopt this Statement effective January 1, 2006. FirstEnergy expects to adopt modified prospective application, without restatement of prior interim periods. Potential cumulative adjustments, if any, have not yet been determined. FirstEnergy uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to value options for disclosure purposes only and expects to apply this pricing model upon adoption of SFAS 123(R).

SFAS 151, “Inventory Costs - an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4”

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 151 to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted material (spoilage). Previous guidance stated that in some circumstances these costs may be “so abnormal” that they would require treatment as current period costs. SFAS 151 requires abnormal amounts for these items to always be recorded as current period costs. In addition, this Statement requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the cost of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. The provisions of this statement are effective for inventory costs incurred by FirstEnergy beginning January 1, 2006. FirstEnergy is currently evaluating this Standard and does not expect it to have a material impact on the financial statements.

FSP FAS 115-1, "The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and its Application to Certain Investments"

In September 2005, the FASB finalized and renamed EITF 03-1 and 03-1-a to FSP FAS 115-1. FSP FAS 115-1 will (1) supersede Issue 03-1 and EITF topic No. D-44, "Recognition of Other Than Temporary Impairment upon the Planned Sale of a Security Whose Cost Exceeds Fair Value," (2) clarify that an investor should recognize an impairment loss no later than when the impairment is deemed other than temporary, even if a decision to sell has not been made, and (3) be effective for other-than-temporary impairment and analyses conducted in periods beginning after September 15, 2005. The FASB expects to issue this FSP in the fourth quarter of 2005, which would require prospective application with an effective date for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2005. FirstEnergy is currently evaluating this FSP Issue and any impact on its investments.

FSP 109-1, “Application of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, to the Tax Deduction and Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004”

Issued in December 2004, FSP 109-1 provides guidance related to the provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (Act) that provides a tax deduction on qualified production activities. The Act includes a tax deduction of up to nine percent (when fully phased-in) of the lesser of (a) “qualified production activities income,” as defined in the Act, or (b) taxable income (after the deduction for the utilization of any net operating loss carryforwards). The FASB believes that the deduction should be accounted for as a special deduction in accordance with SFAS 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes", which is consistent with FirstEnergy's accounting.

16 - SEGMENT INFORMATION:

FirstEnergy has three reportable segments: regulated services, power supply management services and FSG. The aggregate “Other” segments do not individually meet the criteria to be considered a reportable segment. FirstEnergy's primary segment is its regulated services segment, whose operations include the regulated sale of electricity and distribution and transmission services by its eight EUOCs in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The power supply management services segment primarily consists of the subsidiaries (FES, FGCO, NGC and FENOC) that sell electricity in deregulated markets and operate the generation facilities of OE, CEI, TE and Penn resulting from the deregulation of the Companies' electric generation business. “Other” consists of MYR (a construction service company), retail natural gas operations (recently sold - see Note 6) and telecommunications services. The assets and revenues for the other business operations are below the quantifiable threshold for operating segments for separate disclosure as “reportable segments.”

The regulated services segment designs, constructs, operates and maintains FirstEnergy's regulated transmission and distribution systems. Its revenues are primarily derived from electricity delivery and transition cost recovery. Assets of the regulated services segment as of September 30, 2005 and 2004, included generating units that were leased or whose output was sold to the power supply management services segment. The regulated services segment’s internal revenues represent the rental revenues for the generating unit leases.

The power supply management services segment has responsibility for FirstEnergy’s generation operations. Its net income is primarily derived from all electric generation sales revenues, which consist of generation services to regulated franchise customers who have not chosen an alternative generation supplier, retail sales in deregulated markets and all domestic unregulated electricity sales in the retail and wholesale markets, less the related costs of electricity generation and sourcing of commodity requirements. Its net income also reflects the expense of the intersegment generating unit leases and power sales agreements discussed above and property taxes related to those generating units.

Segment reporting for interim periods in 2004 have been reclassified to conform with the current year business segment organization and operations that were reported in the 2004 Form 10-K, emphasizing FirstEnergy's regulated electric businesses and power supply management operations and the reclassification of discontinued operations (see Note 6). FSG is being disclosed as a reporting segment due to its subsidiaries qualifying as held for sale (see Note 6 for discussion of the divestiture of three of those subsidiaries in 2005). Interest expense on holding company debt and corporate support services revenues and expenses are included in "Reconciling Items."

Segment Financial Information

			Power
			Supply
	Regulated		Management		Facilities						Reconciling
	Services		Services		Services			Other			Adjustments			Consolidated
	*(In millions)*
Three Months Ended:

September 30, 2005
External revenues	$	1,676	$	1,712	$	59		$	138		$	2		$	3,587
Internal revenues		79		-		-			-			(79	)		-
Total revenues		1,755		1,712		59			138			(77	)		3,587
Depreciation and amortization		377		9		-			1			6			393
Net interest charges		88		11		-			2			57			158
Income taxes		254		7		-			4			(28	)		237
Income before discontinued operations		366		10		(2	)		6			(49	)		331
Discontinued operations		-		-		-			1			-			1
Net income (loss)		366		10		(2	)		7			(49	)		332
Total assets		28,385		1,741		82			522			644			31,374
Total goodwill		5,938		24		-			62			-			6,024
Property additions		207		79		-			1			7			294

September 30, 2004
External revenues	$	1,481	$	1,756	$	61		$	90		$	(3	)	$	3,385
Internal revenues		80		-		-			-			(80	)		-
Total revenues		1,561		1,756		61			90			(83	)		3,385
Depreciation and amortization		374		9		-			-			9			392
Net interest charges		82		9		-			-			60			151
Income taxes		226		30		-			(1	)		(41	)		214
Income before discontinued operations		315		44		-			(2	)		(61	)		296
Discontinued operations		-		-		1			2			-			3
Net income (loss)		315		44		1			-			(61	)		299
Total assets		28,416		1,467		182			596			564			31,225
Total goodwill		5,965		24		37			75			-			6,101
Property additions		157		46		-			1			7			211

Nine Months Ended:

September 30, 2005
External revenues	$	4,366	$	4,346		$	161		$	385		$	19		$	9,277
Internal revenues		237		-			-			-			(237	)		-
Total revenues		4,603		4,346			161			385			(218	)		9,277
Depreciation and amortization		1,076		26			-			2			19			1,123
Net interest charges		285		29			1			4			170			489
Income taxes		595		(10	)		3			13			(2	)		599
Income before discontinued operations		856		(15	)		(6	)		18			(201	)		652
Discontinued operations		-		-			13			5			-			18
Net income (loss)		856		(15	)		7			23			(201	)		670
Total assets		28,385		1,741			82			522			644			31,374
Total goodwill		5,938		24			-			62			-			6,024
Property additions		506		226			1			5			18			756

September 30, 2004
External revenues	$	4,049	$	4,828		$	156		$	324		$	4		$	9,361
Internal revenues		239		-			-			-			(239	)		-
Total revenues		4,288		4,828			156			324			(235	)		9,361
Depreciation and amortization		1,098		26			1			-			28			1,153
Net interest charges		301		30			-			2			169			502
Income taxes		541		55			(1	)		(19	)		(70	)		506
Income before discontinued operations		761		79			(1	)		39			(207	)		671
Discontinued operations		-		-			3			3			-			6
Net income (loss)		761		79			2			42			(207	)		677
Total assets		28,416		1,467			182			596			564			31,225
Total goodwill		5,965		24			37			75			-			6,101
Property additions		377		149			2			1			17			546

Reconciling adjustments to segment operating results from internal management reporting to consolidated external financial reporting primarily
consist of interest expense related to holding company debt, corporate support services revenues and expenses, fuel marketing revenues, which are
reflected as reductions to expenses for internal management reporting purposes, and elimination of intersegment transactions.

17 - FIRSTENERGY INTRA-SYSTEM GENERATION ASSET TRANSFERS

On May 13, 2005, Penn, and on May 18, 2005, the Ohio Companies entered into certain agreements implementing a series of intra-system generation asset transfers. When fully completed, the asset transfers will result in the respective undivided ownership interests of the Ohio Companies and Penn in FirstEnergy’s nuclear and non-nuclear plants being owned by NGC, and FGCO, respectively. The generating plant interests that are being transferred do not include leasehold interests of CEI, TE and OE in certain of the plants that are currently subject to sale and leaseback arrangements with non-affiliates.

On October 24, 2005, the Ohio Companies and Penn completed the intra-system transfer of non-nuclear generation assets to FGCO. Prior to the transfer, FGCO, as lessee under a Master Facility Lease with the Ohio Companies and Penn, leased, operated and maintained the non-nuclear generation assets that it now owns. The asset transfers were consummated pursuant to the May 13, and May 18, 2005 agreements and FGCO's purchase option under the Master Facility Lease.

As contemplated by the agreements entered into in May 2005, the Ohio Companies and Penn intend to transfer their respective interests in the nuclear generation assets to NGC through, in the case of OE and Penn, a spin-off by way of dividend and, in the case of CEI and TE, a sale at net book value. FENOC currently operates and maintains the nuclear generation assets to be transferred. FirstEnergy currently expects to complete the nuclear asset transfers in the fourth quarter of 2005, subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals.

These transactions are pursuant to the Ohio Companies’ and Penn’s restructuring plans that were approved by the PUCO and the PPUC, respectively, under applicable Ohio and Pennsylvania electric utility restructuring legislation. Consistent with the restructuring plans, generation assets that had been owned by the Ohio Companies and Penn were required to be separated from the regulated delivery business of those companies through transfer to a separate corporate entity. The transactions will essentially complete the divestitures contemplated by the restructuring plans by transferring the ownership interests to NGC and FGCO without impacting the operation of the plants.

The following table provides the value of assets pending sale along with the related liabilities as of September 30, 2005:

		OE			Penn		CEI		TE

	*(In millions)*
Assets Pending Sale

Property, plant and equipment		$	1,598		$	440	$	1,305	$	687
Other property and investments			363			147		433		276
Current assets			93			38		73		42
Deferred charges			(60	)		2		-		-
Total		$	1,994		$	627	$	1,811	$	1,005

Liabilities Related to Assets
Pending Sale

Long-term debt		$	238		$	53	$	-	$	-
Current liabilities			40			31		434		253
Noncurrent liabilities			280			226		362		202
Total		$	558		$	310	$	796	$	455

Net Assets Pending Sale		$	1,436		$	317	$	1,015	$	550

FIRSTENERGY CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2005			2004			2005			2004
	*(In thousands, except per share amounts)*
REVENUES:
Electric utilities	$	2,935,547		$	2,526,971		$	7,573,858		$	6,874,574
Unregulated businesses (Note 2)		651,240			858,497			1,703,281			2,485,959
Total revenues		3,586,787			3,385,468			9,277,139			9,360,533

EXPENSES:
Fuel and purchased power (Note 2)		1,287,225			1,285,355			3,115,153			3,514,816
Other operating expenses		992,436			868,440			2,758,378			2,500,182
Provision for depreciation		152,786			147,052			444,443			439,017
Amortization of regulatory assets		364,337			324,300			981,750			905,488
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(123,827	)		(78,767	)		(303,496	)		(191,487	)
General taxes		187,562			177,452			540,606			514,174
Total expenses		2,860,519			2,723,832			7,536,834			7,682,190

INCOME BEFORE INTEREST AND INCOME TAXES		726,268			661,636			1,740,305			1,678,343

NET INTEREST CHARGES:
Interest expense		162,104			152,348			488,462			504,396
Capitalized interest		(7,005	)		(6,536	)		(11,957	)		(18,286	)
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock dividends		2,626			5,354			12,912			16,024
Net interest charges		157,725			151,166			489,417			502,134

INCOME TAXES		236,711			214,345			599,261			505,875

INCOME BEFORE DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS		331,832			296,125			651,627			670,334

Discontinued operations (net of income taxes (benefit) of
$367,000 and $1,625,000 in the three months ended
September 30, and ($8,684,000) and $3,762,000 in the nine
months ended September 30, of 2005 and 2004, respectively)
(Note 6)		528			2,497			18,451			6,332

NET INCOME	$	332,360		$	298,622		$	670,078		$	676,666

BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK:
Earnings before discontinued operations	$	1.01		$	0.90		$	1.99		$	2.05
Discontinued operations (Note 6)		-			0.01			0.05			0.02
Net earnings per basic share	$	1.01		$	0.91		$	2.04		$	2.07

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF BASIC SHARES
OUTSTANDING		328,119			327,499			328,030			327,280

DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK:
Earnings before discontinued operations	$	1.01		$	0.90		$	1.98		$	2.04
Discontinued operations (Note 6)		-			0.01			0.05			0.02
Net earnings per diluted share	$	1.01		$	0.91		$	2.03		$	2.06

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF DILUTED SHARES
OUTSTANDING		330,193			329,099			329,926			328,850

DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK	$	0.43		$	0.375		$	1.255		$	1.125

The preceding Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as they relate to FirstEnergy Corp. are an integral part of these statements.

FIRSTENERGY CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2005			2004		2005			2004
	*(In thousands)*

NET INCOME	$	332,360		$	298,622	$	670,078		$	676,666

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):
Unrealized gain on derivative hedges		17,723			5,927		19,023			26,536
Unrealized gain (loss) on available for sale securities		(13,093	)		8,715		(37,216	)		5,265
Other comprehensive income (loss)		4,630			14,642		(18,193	)		31,801
Income tax expense (benefit) related to other
comprehensive income		(1,797	)		2,498		(7,704	)		11,026
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		6,427			12,144		(10,489	)		20,775

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	338,787		$	310,766	$	659,589		$	697,441


The preceding Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as they relate to FirstEnergy Corp. are an integral part of these
statements.

FIRSTENERGY CORP.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
	September 30,			December 31,
	2005			2004
	*(In thousands)*
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	139,812		$	52,941
Receivables -
Customers (less accumulated provisions of $37,429,000 and
$34,476,000, respectively, for uncollectible accounts)		1,336,969			979,242
Other (less accumulated provisions of $26,416,000 and
$26,070,000, respectively, for uncollectible accounts)		198,256			377,195
Materials and supplies, at average cost -
Owned		378,937			363,547
Under consignment		117,265			94,226
Prepayments and other		235,496			145,196
		2,406,735			2,012,347
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:
In service		22,777,299			22,213,218
Less - Accumulated provision for depreciation		9,688,122			9,413,730
		13,089,177			12,799,488
Construction work in progress		684,042			678,868
		13,773,219			13,478,356
INVESTMENTS:
Nuclear plant decommissioning trusts		1,711,112			1,582,588
Investments in lease obligation bonds		905,504			951,352
Other		773,994			740,026
		3,390,610			3,273,966
DEFERRED CHARGES:
Goodwill		6,024,376			6,050,277
Regulatory assets		5,045,838			5,532,087
Other		733,164			720,911
		11,803,378			12,303,275
	$	31,373,942		$	31,067,944
LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Currently payable long-term debt	$	983,412		$	940,944
Short-term borrowings		246,505			170,489
Accounts payable		651,941			610,589
Accrued taxes		852,477			657,219
Other		1,110,511			929,194
		3,844,846			3,308,435
CAPITALIZATION:
Common stockholders’ equity -
Common stock, $0.10 par value, authorized 375,000,000 shares -
329,836,276 shares outstanding		32,984			32,984
Other paid-in capital		7,033,726			7,055,676
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(323,601	)		(313,112	)
Retained earnings		2,115,434			1,856,863
Unallocated employee stock ownership plan common stock -
1,642,223 and 2,032,800 shares, respectively		(30,584	)		(43,117	)
Total common stockholders' equity		8,827,959			8,589,294
Preferred stock of consolidated subsidiaries		183,719			335,123
Long-term debt and other long-term obligations		9,418,734			10,013,349
		18,430,412			18,937,766
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accumulated deferred income taxes		2,345,281			2,324,097
Asset retirement obligations		1,130,194			1,077,557
Power purchase contract loss liability		1,920,358			2,001,006
Retirement benefits		1,343,461			1,238,973
Lease market valuation liability		872,650			936,200
Other		1,486,740			1,243,910
		9,098,684			8,821,743
COMMITMENTS, GUARANTEES AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 13)
	$	31,373,942		$	31,067,944

The preceding Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as they relate to FirstEnergy Corp. are an integral part of these
balance sheets.

FIRSTENERGY CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2005			2004			2005			2004
	*(In thousands)*

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	332,360		$	298,622		$	670,078		$	676,666
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from
operating activities -
Provision for depreciation		152,786			147,052			444,443			439,017
Amortization of regulatory assets		364,337			324,300			981,750			905,488
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(123,827	)		(78,767	)		(303,496	)		(191,487	)
Nuclear fuel and lease amortization		25,785			26,776			63,363			71,782
Amortization of electric service obligation		(8,630	)		(3,336	)		(24,135	)		(12,877	)
Deferred purchased power and other costs		(39,215	)		(118,409	)		(231,438	)		(263,290	)
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net		(37,851	)		37,138			24,034			(56,995	)
Deferred rents and lease market valuation liability		29,834			28,402			(71,275	)		(52,182	)
Accrued retirement benefit obligations		56,116			42,397			104,488			106,897
Accrued compensation, net		4,380			25,864			(32,895	)		48,186
Commodity derivative transactions, net		(55,101	)		17,336			(40,993	)		(37,443	)
Cash collateral from suppliers		76,978			-			76,978			-
Income from discontinued operations (Note 6)		(528	)		(2,497	)		(18,451	)		(6,332	)
Pension trust contribution		-			(500,000	)		-			(500,000	)
Decrease (increase) in operating assets -
Receivables		(90,673	)		16,288			(225,982	)		187,730
Materials and supplies		11,976			6,210			(39,876	)		7,173
Prepayments and other current assets		102,025			46,969			(57,192	)		(42,625	)
Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities -
Accounts payable		(44,369	)		(37,049	)		59,662			(145,691	)
Accrued taxes		167,851			152,009			207,006			296,668
Accrued interest		95,721			82,221			91,934			75,158
Prepayment for electric service - education programs		-			-			241,685			-
Other		(38,799	)		15,979			(7,416	)		32,370
Net cash provided from operating activities		981,156			527,505			1,912,272			1,538,213

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
New Financing -
Long-term debt		88,950			86,754			334,300			961,474
Short-term borrowings, net		-			228,072			77,295			-
Redemptions and Repayments -
Preferred stock		(30,000	)		(1,000	)		(169,650	)		(1,000	)
Long-term debt		(162,939	)		(772,451	)		(851,687	)		(1,752,394	)
Short-term borrowings, net		(308,319	)		-			-			(219,032	)
Net controlled disbursement activity		(27,118	)		(19,129	)		(27,594	)		(36,400	)
Common stock dividend payments		(141,023	)		(123,965	)		(411,507	)		(367,751	)
Net cash used for financing activities		(580,449	)		(601,719	)		(1,048,843	)		(1,415,103	)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Property additions		(294,443	)		(211,243	)		(756,118	)		(545,743	)
Proceeds from asset sales		-			1,662			61,207			213,109
Proceeds from certificates of deposit		-			277,763			-			277,763
Nonutility generation trust contributions		-			-			-			(50,614	)
Contributions to nuclear decommissioning trusts		(25,370	)		(25,370	)		(76,112	)		(76,112	)
Cash investments		(13,950	)		(7,316	)		21,171			19,640
Other		23,120			7,072			(26,706	)		(7,236	)
Net cash provided from (used for) investing activities		(310,643	)		42,568			(776,558	)		(169,193	)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents		90,064			(31,646	)		86,871			(46,083	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		49,748			99,538			52,941			113,975
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	139,812		$	67,892		$	139,812		$	67,892

The preceding Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as they relate to FirstEnergy Corp. are an integral part of these
statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of

Directors of FirstEnergy Corp.:

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of FirstEnergy Corp. and its subsidiaries as of September 30, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, capitalization, common stockholders’ equity, preferred stock, cash flows and taxes for the year then ended, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004; and in our report (which contained references to the Company’s change in its method of accounting for asset retirement obligations as of January 1, 2003 as discussed in Note 2(K) to those consolidated financial statements and the Company’s change in its method of accounting for the consolidation of variable interest entities as of December 31, 2003 as discussed in Note 7 to those consolidated financial statements) dated March 7, 2005, we expressed unqualified opinions thereon. The consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting referred to above are not presented herein. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet information as of December 31, 2004, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Cleveland, Ohio

November 1, 2005

FIRSTENERGY CORP.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Net income in the third quarter of 2005 was $332 million, or basic and diluted earnings of $1.01 per share of common stock, compared to net income of $299 million, or basic and diluted earnings of $0.91 per share of common stock for the third quarter of 2004. Net income in the first nine months of 2005 was $670 million, or basic earnings of $2.04 per share of common stock ($2.03 diluted) compared to $677 million in the first nine months of 2004, or basic earnings of $2.07 per share of common stock ($2.06 diluted). The following Non-GAAP Reconciliation displays the unusual items resulting in the difference between GAAP and non-GAAP earnings.

Reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP	2005						2004
	After-tax			Basic			After-tax			Basic
	Amount			Earnings			Amount			Earnings
Three Months Ended September 30,	(Millions)			Per Share			(Millions)			Per Share
Earnings Before Unusual Items (Non-GAAP)	$	342		$	1.04		$	319		$	0.97
Unusual Items:
Non-core asset sales gains/losses, net		-			-			(16	)		(0.05	)
JCP&L arbitration decision		(10	)		(0.03	)		-			-
Other		-			-			(4	)		(0.01	)
Net Income (GAAP)	$	332		$	1.01		$	299		$	0.91

Nine Months Ended September 30,
Earnings Before Unusual Items (Non-GAAP)	$	730		$	2.22		$	753		$	2.30
Unusual Items:
Non-core asset sales gains/losses, net		22			0.07			(23	)		(0.07	)
Davis-Besse impacts		-			-			(38	)		(0.12	)
EPA settlement		(14	)		(0.04	)		-			-
NRC fine		(3	)		(0.01	)		-			-
JCP&L rate settlement		16			0.05			-			-
JCP&L arbitration decision		(10	)		(0.03	)		-			-
Ohio tax write-off		(71	)		(0.22	)		-			-
Class-action lawsuit settlement		-			-			(11	)		(0.03	)
Other		-			-			(4	)		(0.01	)
Net Income (GAAP)	$	670		$	2.04		$	677		$	2.07

The Non-GAAP measure above, earnings before unusual items, is not calculated in accordance with GAAP because it excludes the impact of "unusual items." Unusual items reflect the impact on earnings of events that are not routine or for which management believes the financial impact will disappear or become immaterial within a near-term finite period. By removing the earnings effect of such issues that have been resolved or are expected to be resolved over the near term, management and investors can better measure FirstEnergy’s business and earnings potential. In particular, the non-core asset sales item refers to a finite set of energy-related assets that have been previously disclosed as held for sale, a substantial portion of which has already been sold. In addition, as Davis-Besse restarted in 2004, further impacts from its extended outage are not expected. Similarly, further litigation settlements similar to the class action settlements in 2004 are not reasonably expected over the near term. Furthermore, FirstEnergy believes presenting normalized earnings calculated in this manner provides useful information to investors in evaluating the ongoing results of its businesses, over the longer term and assists investors in comparing FirstEnergy’s operating performance to the operating performance of others in the energy sector.

On October 3, 2005, S&P raised its corporate credit rating on FirstEnergy and the EUOC to 'BBB' from 'BBB-'. At the same time, S&P raised the senior unsecured ratings at the holding company to 'BBB-' from 'BB+' and each of the EUOC by one notch above the previous rating. S&P noted that the upgrade followed the continuation of a good operating track record, specifically for the nuclear fleet through the third quarter of 2005. S&P also stated that FirstEnergy’s rating reflects the benefits of supportive regulation, low-cost base load generation fleet, low-risk transmission and distribution operations and rate certainty in Ohio. FirstEnergy’s ability to consistently generate free cash flow, good liquidity, and an improving financial profile were also noted as strengths.

On September 20, 2005, FirstEnergy raised its quarterly dividend to $0.43 per share of outstanding common stock - 4.2% higher than the previous quarterly rate of $0.4125 per share. This action represents the second dividend payment increase this year. The dividend payment was last increased by 10% for the dividend paid on March 1, 2005. The new dividend is payable December 1, 2005 to shareholders of record on November 7, 2005. The Company’s dividend policy, established on November 30, 2004, targets sustainable annual dividend increases after 2005, generally reflecting an annual growth rate of 4% to 5%, and an earnings payout ratio generally within the range of 50% to 60%. The Board of Directors will continue to review the Company's dividend policy regularly. The amount and timing of all dividend payments are subject to the Board's consideration of business conditions, results of operations, financial condition and other factors.

On September 9, 2005, FirstEnergy filed on behalf of the Ohio Companies an RCP that, if approved by the PUCO, would essentially maintain current electricity prices through 2008. The RCP was developed as a result of concerns about potential impacts to customer rates due to rising fuel prices and other factors. A stipulated agreement in support of the plan has been signed by the cities of Cleveland and Akron, along with the Industrial Energy Users - Ohio and the Ohio Energy Group. Also, the Mayor of the City of Parma has agreed to support the stipulation. The Parma City Council passed a resolution in support of the RCP plan on September 19, 2005.

During the third quarter of 2005, several FirstEnergy operating companies reached employment agreements with various local unions. On July 13, 2005, UWUA 118 and 126 - representing 445 workers - ratified an agreement with OE. On August 17, 2005, UWUA Local 180 - representing 170 workers - ratified an agreement with Penelec. On August 25, 2005, IBEW Local 1194 - representing 240 employees - ratified an agreement with OE. The collective bargaining agreement with IBEW Local 29 representing approximately 450 workers at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station expired pursuant to its terms on September 30, 2005. The parties are currently negotiating a new agreement.

On September 14, 2005, FENOC announced that it would pay the $5.45 million fine proposed in April 2005 by the NRC related to the reactor head issue at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. FirstEnergy accrued $2.0 million of the fine in 2004 and the remaining amount in the first quarter of 2005. In a letter to the NRC, the Company noted that paying the fine brings regulatory closure to this issue and enables it to continue focusing on safe, reliable plant operations. The letter also reiterated that FENOC acknowledges full responsibility for the significant performance deficiencies that led to the reactor head issue, and that the NRC has indicated that the cited violations regarding the past plant operations do not represent current performance.

FirstEnergy announced on September 22, 2005, that FGCO plans to install an Electro-Catalytic Oxidation (ECO) system on the 215-megawatt Unit 4 of its Bay Shore Plant in Oregon, Ohio. ECO is a multipollutant-control technology for coal-based electric utility plants that was developed by Powerspan Corp., a clean energy technology company in which FirstEnergy has a minority ownership interest.

ECO is currently being demonstrated at FGCO's R. E. Burger Plant, and has proven effective in reducing NO_x, SO₂, mercury, acid gases, and fine particulates (soot). The ECO process also produces a highly marketable ammonium sulfate fertilizer co-product, currently being sold to the fertilizer market.

FGCO expects design engineering of the Bay Shore ECO system to commence in the first quarter of 2006, and estimates the overall cost of the system, including a fertilizer processing plant, to be approximately $100 million.

FIRSTENERGY’S BUSINESS

FirstEnergy is a registered public utility holding company headquartered in Akron, Ohio that operates primarily through two core business segments.

Regulated Services transmits, distributes and sells electricity through eight utility operating companies that collectively comprise the nation’s fifth largest investor-owned electric system, serving 4.5 million customers within 36,100 square miles of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This business segment primarily derives its revenue from the delivery of electricity, including transition cost recovery.

Power Supply Management Services supplies the electric power needs of end-use customers (principally in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey) through retail and wholesale arrangements, including sales to meet the PLR requirements of FirstEnergy’s Ohio Companies and Penn. This business segment operates FirstEnergy's generating facilities and purchases from the wholesale market to meet its sales obligations. Pursuant to an asset transfer on October 24, 2005, it now owns as well as operates FirstEnergy's fossil and hydroelectric generation facilities previously owned by the EUOC. It also purchases the entire output of the nuclear plants currently owned or leased by the EUOC. This business segment principally derives its revenues from electric generation sales.

Other operating segments provide a wide range of services, including heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration, electrical and facility control systems, high-efficiency electrotechnologies and telecommunication services. FirstEnergy is in the process of divesting non-core businesses. See Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements. The assets and revenues for the other business operations are below the quantifiable threshold for operating segments for separate disclosure as “reportable segments”.

FIRSTENERGY INTRA-SYSTEM GENERATION ASSET TRANSFERS

On May 13, 2005, Penn, and on May 18, 2005 the Ohio Companies, entered into certain agreements implementing a series of intra-system generation asset transfers. When fully completed, the asset transfers will result in the respective undivided ownership interests of the Ohio Companies and Penn in FirstEnergy’s nuclear and non-nuclear plants being owned by NGC, and FGCO, respectively. The generating plant interests that are being transferred do not include leasehold interests of CEI, TE and OE in certain of the plants that are currently subject to sale and leaseback arrangements with non-affiliates.

On October 24, 2005, the Ohio Companies and Penn completed the intra-system transfer of non-nuclear generation assets to FGCO. Prior to the transfer, FGCO, as lessee under a Master Facility Lease with the Ohio Companies and Penn, leased, operated and maintained the non-nuclear generation assets that it now owns. The asset transfers were consummated pursuant to the May 13 and May 18, 2005 agreements and FGCO's purchase option under the Master Facility Lease.

See Note 17 for disclosure of the assets held for sale by the Ohio Companies and Penn as of September 30, 2005.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The financial results discussed below include revenues and expenses from transactions among FirstEnergy's business segments. A reconciliation of segment financial results is provided in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements. The FSG business segment is included in “Other and Reconciling Adjustments” in this discussion due to its immaterial impact on current period financial results, but is presented separately in segment information provided in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements. Net income (loss) by major business segment is as follows:

	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						Increase			September 30,						Increase
	2005			2004			(Decrease)			2005			2004			(Decrease)
	*(In millions, except per share amounts)*
Net Income (Loss)
By Business Segment:
Regulated Services	$	366		$	315		$	51		$	856		$	761		$	95
Power supply management services		10			44			(34	)		(15	)		79			(94	)
Other and reconciling adjustments*		(44	)		(60	)		16			(171	)		(163	)		(8	)
Total	$	332		$	299		$	33		$	670		$	677		$	(7	)

Basic Earnings Per Share:
Income before discontinued operations	$	1.01		$	0.90		$	0.11		$	1.99		$	2.05		$	(0.06	)
Discontinued operations		--			0.01			(0.01	)		0.05			0.02			0.03
Net earnings per basic share	$	1.01		$	0.91		$	0.10		$	2.04		$	2.07		$	(0.03	)

Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Income before discontinued operations	$	1.01		$	0.90		$	0.11		$	1.98		$	2.04		$	(0.06	)
Discontinued operations		--			0.01			(0.01	)		0.05			0.02			0.03
Net earnings per diluted share	$	1.01		$	0.91		$	0.10		$	2.03		$	2.06		$	(0.03	)

* Represents other operating segments and reconciling items including interest expense on holding company debt and corporate support services revenues and expenses.

Net income in the regulated services segment for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased due to additional customer demand. However, net income for the power supply management services segment was lower in both the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same periods in 2004, as a result of higher costs for fossil fuel, purchased power (excluding 2004 PJM transactions on a gross basis) and nuclear refueling costs which, in aggregate, more than offset the revenue from increased electric generation sales.

A decrease in wholesale electric revenues and purchased power costs in the 2005 periods compared to the corresponding periods last year primarily resulted from FES recording PJM sales and purchased power transactions on an hourly net position basis beginning in the first quarter of 2005 compared with recording each discrete transaction (on a gross basis) in 2004 (See Note 2 - Accounting for Wholesale Energy Transactions). This change had no impact on earnings and resulted from the dedication of FirstEnergy’s Beaver Valley Power Station to PJM in January 2005. Wholesale electric revenues and purchased power costs in the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2004 each included additional amounts of $264 million and $828 million, respectively, due to recording those transactions on a gross basis.

Excluding the effect of recording the wholesale electric revenue transactions in PJM on a gross basis in 2004, total operating revenues in the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased 14.9% and 8.7%, respectively, reflecting in large part warmer than normal temperatures during the summer of 2005 compared to 2004.

Summary of Results of Operations - Third Quarter of 2005 compared with the Third Quarter of 2004

Financial results for FirstEnergy and its major business segments in the third quarter of 2005 and 2004 were as follows:

				Power
				Supply		Other and
3rd Quarter 2005	Regulated			Management		Reconciling			FirstEnergy
Quarterly Financial Results	Services			Services		Adjustments			Consolidated
	*(In millions)*
Revenue:
External
Electric	$	1,432		$	1,684	$	--		$	3,116
Other		244			28		199			471
Internal		79			--		(79	)		--
Total Revenues		1,755			1,712		120			3,587

Expenses:
Fuel and purchased power		--			1,287		--			1,287
Other operating		511			364		118			993
Provision for depreciation		137			9		7			153
Amortization of regulatory assets		364			--		--			364
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(124	)		--		--			(124	)
General taxes		159			24		5			188
Total Expenses		1,047			1,684		130			2,861

Net interest charges		88			11		59			158
Income taxes		254			7		(24	)		237
Income before discontinued operations		366			10		(45	)		331
Discontinued operations		--			--		1			1
Net Income (Loss)	$	366		$	10	$	(44	)	$	332

				Power
				Supply		Other and
3rd Quarter 2004	Regulated			Management		Reconciling			FirstEnergy
Quarterly Financial Results	Services			Services		Adjustments			Consolidated
	*(In millions)*
Revenue:
External
Electric	$	1,309		$	1,721	$	--		$	3,030
Other		172			35		148			355
Internal		80			--		(80	)		--
Total Revenues		1,561			1,756		68			3,385

Expenses:
Fuel and purchased power		--			1,285		--			1,285
Other operating		414			356		99			869
Provision for depreciation		129			9		9			147
Amortization of regulatory assets		324			--		--			324
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(79	)		--		--			(79	)
General taxes		150			23		5			178
Total Expenses		938			1,673		113			2,724

Net interest charges		82			9		60			151
Income taxes		226			30		(42	)		214
Income before discontinued operations		315			44		(63	)		296
Discontinued operations		--			--		3			3
Net Income (Loss)	$	315		$	44	$	(60	)	$	299

Change Between				Power
3^rd Quarter 2005 and 2004				Supply			Other and
Quarterly Financial Results	Regulated			Management			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
Increase (Decrease)	Services			Services			Adjustments⁽¹⁾			Consolidated
	*(In millions)*
Revenue:
External
Electric	$	123		$	(37	)	$	--		$	86
Other		72			(7	)		51			116
Internal		(1	)		--			1			--
Total Revenues		194			(44	)		52			202

Expenses:
Fuel and purchased power		--			2			--			2
Other operating		97			8			19			124
Provision for depreciation		8			--			(2	)		6
Amortization of regulatory assets		40			--			--			40
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(45	)		--			--			(45	)
General taxes		9			1			--			10
Total Expenses		109			11			17			137

Net interest charges		6			2			(1	)		7
Income taxes		28			(23	)		18			23
Income before discontinued operations		51			(34	)		18			35
Discontinued operations		--			--			(2	)		(2	)
Net Income (Loss)	$	51		$	(34	)	$	16		$	33

⁽¹⁾The impact of the new Ohio tax legislation is included with FirstEnergy’s other operating segments and reconciling adjustments.

Regulated Services - Third Quarter 2005 Compared with Third Quarter 2004

Net income increased $51 million, or 16% to $366 million, in the third quarter of 2005 compared to $315 million in the third quarter of 2004, as a result of increased customer usage.

Revenues -

Total revenues increased by $194 million in the third quarter 2005 compared to the same period in 2004, resulting from the following sources:

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,
Revenues by Type of Service	2005		2004		Increase
	*(In millions)*

Distribution services	$	1,432	$	1,309	$	123
Transmission services		117		81		36
Lease revenue from affiliates		79		79		--
Other		127		92		35
Total Revenues	$	1,755	$	1,561	$	194

Changes in distribution deliveries by customer class in the third quarter of 2005 compared with the third quarter of 2004 are summarized in the following table:


Electric Distribution Deliveries	Increase
Residential		15.4	%
Commercial		7.8	%
Industrial		5.2	%
Total Distribution Deliveries		9.6	%

Increased consumption offset in part by lower composite prices to customers resulted in higher distribution delivery revenue. The following table summarizes major factors contributing to the $123 million increase in distribution services revenue in the third quarter of 2005:

	Increase
Sources of Change in Distribution Revenues	(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*

Changes in customer usage	$	135
Changes in prices:
Rate changes --
Ohio shopping credits		(11	)
JCP&L rate settlements		21
Billing component reallocations		(22	)
Net Increase in Distribution Revenues	$	123

Distribution revenues benefited from warmer summer temperatures in the third quarter of 2005, compared to 2004, that increased the air-conditioning load of residential and commercial customers. While industrial deliveries also increased, that impact was more than offset by lower unit prices to that sector. Higher base rates from JCP&L's stipulated rate settlements were more than offset by additional credits provided to customers under the Ohio transition plan and a reallocation of billing components primarily related to special contracts. Shopping credits do not affect current period earnings due to deferral of the incentives for future recovery from customers.

Transmission revenues increased $36 million in the third quarter of 2005 from the same period last year due in part to increased loads due to warmer weather and higher transmission usage prices. Other revenues increased $35 million primarily due to higher gains realized on nuclear decommissioning trust investments.

Expenses-

The increase in total revenues discussed above was partially offset by the following increases in total expenses:

· Other operating expenses increased by $97 million in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the same

period in 2004 primarily due to increased transmission expenses resulting in part from increased loads

and higher transmission system usage charges;

· Increased provision for depreciation of $8 million that resulted from property additions and increased

leasehold improvement amortization;

· Additional amortization of regulatory assets of $40 million, principally Ohio transition costs;

Higher general taxes of $9 million resulting from increased EUOC sales which increased the Ohio KWH

tax and the Pennsylvania gross receipts tax;

· Increased interest charges of $6 million primarily due to the absence of $11 million in interest rate swap

savings achieved in the third quarter of 2004; and

· Higher income taxes of $28 million due to increased taxable income.

Partially offsetting those increases was the effect of additional deferred regulatory assets of $45 million, primarily due to the PUCO-approved deferral of MISO administrative costs, shopping incentives and related interest.

Power Supply Management Services - Third Quarter 2005 Compared with Third Quarter 2004

Net income for this segment decreased $34 million to $10 million in the third quarter of 2005 from $44 million in the same period last year, due to a decrease in the gross generation margin and higher operating costs.

Revenues -

Excluding the effect of the change in recording PJM wholesale transactions on a gross basis in 2004 ($264 million), electric generation revenues increased $227 million in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the same period of 2004 primarily as a result of a 5.2% increase in KWH sales due to higher retail customer usage and a 21% rise in unit prices in the wholesale market. The increase in retail sales reduced energy available for sale to the wholesale market, resulting in a 9% reduction in wholesale sales (before the PJM adjustment).

The change in reported segment revenues resulted from the following:

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Increase
Revenues by Type of Service	2005		2004		(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*
Electric generation sales:
Retail	$	1,254	$	1,069	$	185
Wholesale		430		388		42
Total electric generation sales		1,684		1,457		227
Transmission		16		20		(4	)
Other		12		15		(3	)
Total		1,712		1,492		220
PJM gross transactions		--		264		(264	)
Total Revenues	$	1,712	$	1,756	$	(44	)

The following table summarizes the price and volume factors contributing to increased sales to retail and wholesale customers.

	Increase
Source of Change in Electric Generation Sales	(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*
Retail:
Effect of 9.9% increase in customer usage	$	113
Change in prices		72
		185
Wholesale:
Effect of 8.7% reduction in customer usage⁽¹⁾		(41	)
Change in prices		83
		42
Net Increase in Electric Generation Sales	$	227

⁽¹⁾ Decrease of 46.4% including the effect of the PJM revision.

Expenses -

Excluding the effect of $264 million of PJM purchased power costs recorded on a gross basis in 2004, total operating expenses, net interest charges and income taxes increased in aggregate by $254 million in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the same period of 2004. Higher fuel and purchased power costs contributed $2 million ($266 million, net of $264 million PJM effect) of the increase, resulting from higher fuel costs of $121 million and increased purchased power costs of $145 million. Factors contributing to the higher costs are summarized in the following table:

	Increase
Source of Change in Fuel and Purchased Power	(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*
Fuel:
Change due to increased unit costs	$	92
Change due to volume consumed		29
		121
Purchased Power:
Change due to increased unit costs		130
Change due to volume purchased		(16	)
Reduction in costs deferred		31
		145
PJM gross transactions		(264	)
Net Increase in Fuel and Purchased Power Costs	$	2

FirstEnergy’s generation fleet established an output record of 21.7 billion KWH in the third quarter of 2005. As a result, increased coal consumption and the related cost of emission allowances combined to increase fossil fuel expense. Higher coal costs resulted from increased market purchases, market adjustment provisions in coal contracts reflecting higher market prices and increased transportation costs. Emission allowance costs increased primarily from higher prices. To a lesser extent, fuel expense increased due to higher costs associated with the increase in generation from the fossil units relative to nuclear generation. Fossil generation output increased 16% in the third quarter of 2005 while nuclear output increased by 1%, compared to the same period in 2004.

Other operating costs increased $8 million in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the same period of 2004. This increase resulted from higher transmission costs due primarily to increased loads and higher transmission system usage charges. The higher costs this year were offset in part by lower non-fuel nuclear costs resulting from expenses incurred late in the third quarter of 2004 in preparation for the fourth quarter of 2004 Beaver Valley Unit 1 refueling outage.

Offsetting higher operating costs were lower income taxes of $23 million due to lower taxable income.

Other - Third Quarter 2005 Compared with Third Quarter 2004

FirstEnergy’s financial results from other operating segments and reconciling adjustments, including interest expense on holding company debt and corporate support services revenues and expenses, resulted in a net increase of $16 million in net income in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the same quarter of 2004. The increase was primarily due to the absence this year of losses recognized in 2004 on the sale of securities and impairment of several partnership investments.

Summary of Results of Operations - Nine Months ended September 30, 2005 compared with the Nine Months ended September 30, 2004

Financial results for FirstEnergy and its major business segments for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 were as follows:

				Power
				Supply			Other and
Nine Months ended September 30, 2005	Regulated			Management			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
Financial Results	Services			Services			Adjustments			Consolidated
	*(In millions)*
Revenue:
External
Electric	$	3,759		$	4,273		$	-		$	8,032
Other		607			73			565			1,245
Internal		237			-			(237	)		-
Total Revenues		4,603			4,346			328			9,277

Expenses:
Fuel and purchased power		-			3,115			-			3,115
Other operating		1,336			1,132			290			2,758
Provision for depreciation		397			26			21			444
Amortization of regulatory assets		982			-			-			982
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(303	)		-			-			(303	)
General taxes		455			69			17			541
Total Expenses		2,867			4,342			328			7,537

Net interest charges		285			29			175			489
Income taxes		595			(10	)		14			599
Income before discontinued operations		856			(15	)		(189	)		652
Discontinued operations		-			-			18			18
Net Income (Loss)	$	856		$	(15	)	$	(171	)	$	670

				Power
				Supply		Other and
Nine Months ended September 30, 2004	Regulated			Management		Reconciling			FirstEnergy
Financial Results	Services			Services		Adjustments			Consolidated
	*(In millions)*
Revenue:
External
Electric	$	3,588		$	4,742	$	--		$	8,330
Other		461			86		484			1,031
Internal		239			--		(239	)		--
Total Revenues		4,288			4,828		245			9,361

Expenses:
Fuel and purchased power		--			3,515		--			3,515
Other operating		1,155			1,058		288			2,501
Provision for depreciation		384			26		29			439
Amortization of regulatory assets		905			--		--			905
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(192	)		--		--			(192	)
General taxes		433			65		16			514
Total Expenses		2,685			4,664		333			7,682

Net interest charges		301			30		171			502
Income taxes		541			55		(90	)		506
Income before discontinued operations		761			79		(169	)		671
Discontinued operations		--			--		6			6
Net Income (Loss)	$	761		$	79	$	(163	)	$	677

				Power
Change Between Nine Months ended				Supply			Other and
September 30, 2005 vs. 2004	Regulated			Management			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
Financial Results	Services			Services			Adjustments⁽¹⁾			Consolidated
Increase (Decrease)	*(In millions)*
Revenue:
External
Electric	$	171		$	(469	)	$	-		$	(298	)
Other		146			(13	)		81			214
Internal		(2	)		-			2			-
Total Revenues		315			(482	)		83			(84	)

Expenses:
Fuel and purchased power		-			(400	)		-			(400	)
Other operating		181			74			2			257
Provision for depreciation		13			-			(8	)		5
Amortization of regulatory assets		77			-			-			77
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(111	)		-			-			(111	)
General taxes		22			4			1			27
Total Expenses		182			(322	)		(5	)		(145	)

Net interest charges		(16	)		(1	)		4			(13	)
Income taxes		54			(65	)		104			93
Income before discontinued operations		95			(94	)		(20	)		(19	)
Discontinued operations		-			-			12			12
Net Income (Loss)	$	95		$	(94	)	$	(8	)	$	(7	)

⁽¹⁾ The impact of the new Ohio tax legislation is included with FirstEnergy's other operating segments and reconciling adjustments.

Regulated Services - Nine Months ended September 30, 2005 compared with Nine Months ended September 30, 2004

Net income increased $95 million to $856 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005, from $761 million in the same period of 2004, due to increased revenues partially offset by higher expenses and taxes.

Revenues -

The increase in total revenues resulted from the following:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Increase
Revenues by Type of Service	2005		2004		(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*

Distribution services	$	3,759	$	3,588	$	171
Transmission services		314		210		104
Lease revenue from affiliates		237		239		(2	)
Other		293		251		42
Total Revenues	$	4,603	$	4,288	$	315

Changes in distribution deliveries by customer class are summarized in the following table:

Electric Distribution Deliveries	Increase

Residential		7.9	%
Commercial		5.2	%
Industrial		1.8	%
Total Distribution Deliveries		5.0	%

Increased customer consumption offset in part by lower prices resulted in higher distribution delivery revenues. The following table summarizes major factors contributing to the $171 million increase in distribution services revenue in the first nine months of 2005:

	Increase
Sources of Change in Distribution Revenues	(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*

Changes in customer usage	$	210
Changes in prices:
Rate changes -
Ohio shopping credits		(33	)
JCP&L rate settlements		28
Billing component reallocation		(34	)
Net Increase in Distribution Revenues	$	171

Distribution revenues benefited from warmer temperatures in the summer months of 2005 compared to 2004 that increased the air-conditioning load of residential and commercial customers. The effect of higher base rates for JCP&L's stipulated rate settlements in 2005 were more than offset by additional credits provided to customers under the Ohio transition plan and a reallocation of billing components primarily related to special contracts. Shopping credits do not affect current period earnings due to deferral of the incentives for future recovery from customers. While industrial deliveries also increased they were more than offset by lower unit prices.

Transmission revenues increased $104 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same period last year due in part to the June 2004 amended power supply agreement with FES and increased loads due to warmer summer weather and higher transmission usage prices. Other revenues increased $42 million primarily due to higher gains realized on nuclear decommissioning trust investments.

Expenses-

Total operating expenses, net of interest charges and income taxes increased in aggregate by $220 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same period in 2004 due to the following:

Other operating expenses increased $181 million principally due to higher transmission expenses resulting from an amended power supply agreement with FES, increased loads, and higher transmission system usage charges;

Provision for depreciation increased $13 million reflecting the effect of property additions, additional costs for decommissioning the Saxton nuclear unit and increased leasehold improvement amortization, reflecting shorter lives associated with capital additions for leased generating plants of the Ohio Companies to correspond to the remaining lease terms;

Additional amortization of regulatory assets of $77 million, principally Ohio transition costs;

Higher general taxes of $22 million resulting from increased EUOC sales which increased the Ohio KWH

tax and the Pennsylvania gross receipts tax and the absence in 2005 of Pennsylvania property tax

refunds recognized in 2004; and

Higher income taxes of $54 million due to increased taxable income.

The following partially offset these higher costs:

Additional deferrals of regulatory assets of $111 million, stemming from the deferral of PUCO-approved

MISO administrative costs, JCP&L reliability improvements, shopping incentive credits and relat

interest on those deferrals (see Note 14 - Regulatory Matters - Transmission, New Jersey); and

Lower interest charges of $16 million resulting from debt and preferred stock redemptions and refinancings.

Power Supply Management Services - Nine Months ended September 30, 2005 compared with the Nine Months ended September 30, 2004

The net loss for this segment was $15 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to net income of $79 million in the same period last year. A reduction in the gross generation margin, higher nuclear operating costs and amounts recognized for fines, penalties and obligations associated with proceedings involving the W.H. Sammis Plant and the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station contributed to the 2005 net loss.

Revenues -

Excluding the effect of the change in recording PJM wholesale transactions on a gross basis in 2004 ($828 million), electric generation revenues increased $359 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same period of 2004 as a result of a 2.4% increase in KWH sales and higher unit prices.

The change in reported segment revenues resulted from the following:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Increase
Revenues by Type of Service	2005		2004		(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*

Electric generation sales:
Retail	$	3,223	$	2,933	$	290
Wholesale⁽¹⁾		1,050		981		69
Total Electric Generation Sales		4,273		3,914		359
Transmission		41		57		(16	)
Other		32		29		3
Total		4,346		4,000		346
PJM gross transactions		-		828		(828	)
Total Revenues	$	4,346	$	4,828	$	(482	)

⁽¹⁾ Excluding 2004 PJM effect of gross transactions.

Higher electric generation sales resulted from increased unit prices and increased retail customer usage. The following table summarizes the price and volume factors contributing to the increased sales to retail and wholesale customers.

Source of Change in Electric Generation Sales
	*(In millions)*
Retail:
Effect of 4.5% increase in customer usage	$	140
Change in prices		150
		290
Wholesale:
Effect of 4.4% reduction in customer usage⁽¹⁾		(48	)
Change in prices		117
		69
Net Increase in Electric Generation Sales	$	359

⁽¹⁾ Decrease of 47.3% including the effect of the PJM revision.

Expenses -

Excluding the effect of $828 million of PJM purchased power costs recorded on a gross basis in 2004, total operating expenses, net interest charges and income taxes increased in aggregate by $440 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same period of 2004. Higher fuel and purchased power costs contributed $428 million of the increase, resulting from higher fuel costs of $245 million and increased purchased power costs of $183 million. Factors contributing to the higher costs are summarized in the following table:

	Increase
Source of Change in Fuel and Purchased Power	(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*

Fuel:
Change due to unit costs	$	212
Change due to volume consumed		33
		245

Purchased Power:
Change due to unit costs		255
Change due to volume purchased		(53	)
Increase in deferred costs		(19	)
		183
PJM Gross Transactions		(828	)
Net Decrease in Fuel and Purchased Power Costs	$	(400	)

FirstEnergy’s generation fleet established an output record of 59.5 billion KWH for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Higher coal costs resulted from increased consumption, market adjustment provisions in coal contracts reflecting higher market prices and increased transportation costs. Emission allowance costs increased primarily from higher prices. To a lesser extent, fuel expense increased due to the mix of fossil versus nuclear generation resulting from the nuclear refueling outages in the first nine months of 2005 following a year with no scheduled nuclear refueling outages and improved performance of fossil generating units. Fossil generation increased 12% in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 while nuclear generation decreased by 8% compared to the same period of 2004.

Other operating costs increased $74 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same period of 2004. This increase resulted from higher non-fuel nuclear costs. The increase in non-fuel nuclear costs resulted from 2005 refueling outages at Perry Unit 1 (including an unplanned extension) and Beaver Valley Unit 2 and a scheduled 23-day mid-cycle inspection outage at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant. There were no scheduled nuclear refueling outages in the first nine months of 2004. Also included in other operating costs for 2005 were the EPA settlement loss and NRC fine described above. Offsetting the higher other operating costs were reduced non-fuel fossil generation expense of $17 million due to reduced maintenance outages in 2005 and lower transmission costs of $15 million, due to an amended power supply agreement with Met-Ed and Penelec.

Partially offsetting the increase in other operating costs were lower income taxes of $65 million due to lower taxable income.

Other - Nine Months ended September 30, 2005 compared with the Nine Months ended September 30, 2004

FirstEnergy’s financial results from other operating segments and reconciling adjustments, including interest expense on holding company debt and corporate support services revenues and expenses and the impacts of the new Ohio tax legislation (discussed below) resulted in a decrease in FirstEnergy’s net income in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same period of 2004. The decrease primarily reflected the effect of the new Ohio tax legislation partially offset by the effect of discontinued operations, which included an after-tax net gain of $17 million in 2005 (see Note 6). The following table summarizes the sources of income from discontinued operations:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Increase
	2005		2004		(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*
Discontinued operations (net of tax)
Gain on sale:
Retail gas business	$	5	$	-	$	5
FSG and MYR Subsidiaries		12		-		12
Reclassification of operating income		2		6		(4	)
Total	$	19	$	6	$	13

On June 30, 2005, the State of Ohio enacted new tax legislation that created a new CAT tax, which is based on qualifying “taxable gross receipts” and will not consider any expenses or costs incurred to generate such receipts, except for items such as cash discounts, returns and allowances, and bad debts. The CAT tax was effective July 1, 2005, and replaces the Ohio income-based franchise tax and the Ohio personal property tax. The CAT tax is phased-in while the current income-based franchise tax is phased-out over a five-year period at a rate of 20% annually, beginning with the year ended 2005, and the personal property tax is phased-out over a four-year period at a rate of approximately 25% annually, beginning with the year ended 2005. For example, during the phase-out period the Ohio income-based franchise tax will be computed consistently with the prior tax law, except that the tax liability as computed will be multiplied by 4/5 in 2005; 3/5 in 2006; 2/5 in 2007 and 1/5 in 2008, therefore eliminating the current income-based franchise tax over a five-year period. As a result of the new tax structure, all net deferred tax benefits that are not expected to reverse during the five-year phase-in period were written-off as of June 30, 2005. The impact on income taxes associated with the required adjustment to net deferred taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was an additional tax expense of approximately $72 million, which was partially offset by the initial phase-out of the Ohio income-based franchise tax, which reduced income taxes by approximately $8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005. See Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements.

Postretirement Benefits

Postretirement benefits expense decreased by $17 million in the third quarter of 2005 and $54 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the corresponding periods of 2004. Pension costs represent most of the reduction due to a $500 million voluntary contribution made in 2004 and an increase in the market value of plan assets during 2004. The following table summarizes the net pension and OPEB expense (excluding amounts capitalized) for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
Postretirement	September 30,				Increase			September 30,				Increase
Benefits Expense *	2005		2004		(Decrease)			2005		2004		(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*

Pension	$	8	$	21	$	(13	)	$	24	$	64	$	(40	)
OPEB		18		22		(4	)		54		68		(14	)
Total	$	26	$	43	$	(17	)	$	78	$	132	$	(54	)

* Excludes the capitalized portion of postretirement benefits costs (see Note 10 for total costs).

The decrease in pension and OPEB expenses are included in various cost categories and have contributed to other cost reductions discussed above.

CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

FirstEnergy’s cash requirements in 2005 for operating expenses, construction expenditures, scheduled debt maturities and preferred stock redemptions are expected to be met without increasing FirstEnergy’s net debt and preferred stock outstanding. Borrowing capacity under credit facilities is available to manage working capital requirements.

Changes in Cash Position

The primary source of ongoing cash for FirstEnergy, as a holding company, is cash dividends from its subsidiaries. The holding company also has access to $2.0 billion of short-term financing under a revolving credit facility, subject to short-term debt limitations under current regulatory approvals of $1.5 billion and to outstanding borrowings by subsidiaries of FirstEnergy who are also parties to such facility. In the third quarter of 2005, FirstEnergy received $306 million of cash dividends from its subsidiaries and paid $141 million in cash dividends to its common shareholders - in the first nine months of 2005, it received and paid $846 million and $412 million, respectively. There are no material restrictions on the payment of cash dividends by FirstEnergy’s subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2005, FirstEnergy had $140 million of cash and cash equivalents ($3 million restricted as an indemnity reserve) compared with $53 million ($3 million restricted as an indemnity reserve) as of December 31, 2004. The major sources for changes in these balances are summarized below.

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

FirstEnergy's consolidated net cash from operating activities is provided primarily by its regulated and power supply businesses (see “RESULTS OF OPERATIONS” above). Net cash provided by operating activities was $981 million and $528 million in the third quarter of 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $1.9 billion and $1.5 billion in the first nine months of 2005 and 2004, respectively, summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
Operating Cash Flows	2005		2004			2005		2004
	*(In millions)*

Cash earnings ⁽¹⁾	$	777	$	545		$	1,642	$	1,427
Pension trust contribution⁽²⁾		-		(300	)		-		(300	)
Working capital and other		204		283			270		411
Total cash flows from operating activities	$	981	$	528		$	1,912	$	1,538

⁽¹⁾ Cash earnings are a non-GAAP measure (see reconciliation below).
⁽²⁾ Pension trust contribution net of $200 million of income tax benefits.

Cash earnings, as disclosed in the table above, are not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP. FirstEnergy believes that cash earnings is a useful financial measure because it provides investors and management with an additional means of evaluating its cash-based operating performance. The following table reconciles cash earnings with net income.

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
Reconciliation of Cash Earnings	2005			2004			2005			2004
	*(In millions)*

Net income (GAAP)	$	332		$	299		$	670		$	677
Non-cash charges (credits):
Provision for depreciation		153			147			444			439
Amortization of regulatory assets		364			324			982			905
Deferral of new regulatory assets		(124	)		(79	)		(303	)		(191	)
Nuclear fuel and lease amortization		26			27			63			72
Deferred purchased power and other costs		(39	)		(118	)		(231	)		(263	)
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits⁽¹⁾		(38	)		(163	)		24			(257	)
Deferred rents and lease market valuation liability		30			28			(71	)		(52	)
Accrued retirement benefit obligations		56			42			104			107
Income from discontinued operations		(1	)		(2	)		(18	)		(6	)
Other non-cash expenses		18			40			(22	)		(4	)
Cash earnings (non-GAAP)	$	777		$	545		$	1,642		$	1,427
⁽¹⁾ Excludes $200 million of deferred tax benefits from pension contribution in 2004.

In the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005, cash earnings increased $232 million and $215 million, respectively. Both periods benefited from increased generation and distribution revenues aided by warmer summer temperatures that increased air conditioning load. In the third quarter of 2005 compared with the third quarter of 2004, cash provided from working capital decreased by $79 million, primarily due to changes in receivables. The use of cash for receivables resulted in part from the conversion of the CFC accounts receivable financing to an on-balance sheet transaction, which added $35 million of receivables to the balance sheet as of September 30, 2005. In the first nine months of 2005 compared to the first nine months of 2004, working capital changes provided $141 million less cash due in part to changes in receivables, materials and supplies, prepayments and accrued taxes, offset by accounts payable and the funds received as prepayment for electric usage, under the three-year Energy for Education II Program with the Ohio Schools Council.

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

In the third quarter and first nine months of 2005, cash used for financing activities was $580 million and $1.0 billion, respectively, compared to $602 million and $1.4 billion in the third quarter and first nine months of 2004, respectively. The following table summarizes security issuances and redemptions.

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
Securities Issued or Redeemed	2005			2004		2005		2004
	*(In millions)*

New issues
Pollution control notes	$	89		$	77	$	334	$	261
Secured notes		-			-		-		550
Long-term revolving credit		-			10		-		-
Unsecured notes		-			-		-		150
	$	89		$	87	$	334	$	961

Redemptions
First mortgage bonds	$	-		$	206	$	178	$	588
Pollution control notes		130			80		377		80
Secured notes		25			374		74		447
Long-term revolving credit		-			-		215		300
Unsecured notes		8			112		8		337
Preferred stock		30			1		170		1
	$	193		$	773	$	1,022	$	1,753

Short-term borrowings, net increase (decrease)	$	(308	)	$	228	$	77	$	(219	)

FirstEnergy had approximately $247 million of short-term indebtedness as of September 30, 2005 compared to approximately $170 million as of December 31, 2004. Available bank borrowings as of September 30, 2005 included the following:

Borrowing Capability	FirstEnergy			Penelec			Total
	*(In millions)*

Short-term credit⁽¹⁾	$	2,020		$	-		$	2,020
Utilized		-			-			-
Letters of credit		(137	)		-			(137	)
Net		1,883			-			1,883

Short-term bank facilities⁽²⁾		-			75			75
Utilized		-			(75	)		(75	)
Net		-			-			-
Total unused borrowing capability	$	1,883		$	-		$	1,883

⁽¹⁾ A $2 billion revolving credit facility is available in various amounts to FirstEnergy and certain of its subsidiaries, including Penelec. A $20 million uncommitted line of credit facility added in September 2005 is available to FirstEnergy only.
⁽²⁾ Penelec bank facility terminated on October 7, 2005.

As of October 24, 2005, the Ohio Companies and Penn had the aggregate capability to issue approximately $3.8 billion of additional FMB on the basis of property additions and retired bonds under the terms of their respective mortgage indentures following the recently completed intra-system transfer of fossil and hydroelectric generating plants (See Note 17). The issuance of FMB by OE and CEI are also subject to provisions of their senior note indentures generally limiting the incurrence of additional secured debt, subject to certain exceptions that would permit, among other things, the issuance of secured debt (including FMB) (i) supporting pollution control notes or similar obligations, or (ii) as an extension, renewal or replacement of previously outstanding secured debt. In addition, these provisions would permit OE and CEI to incur additional secured debt not otherwise permitted by a specified exception of up to $690 million and $582 million, respectively, as of October 24, 2005. Under the provisions of its senior note indenture, JCP&L may issue additional FMB only as collateral for senior notes. As of October 24, 2005, JCP&L had the capability to issue $673 million of additional senior notes upon the basis of FMB collateral. Based upon applicable earnings coverage tests in their respective charters, OE, Penn, TE and JCP&L could issue a total of $4.9 billion of preferred stock (assuming no additional debt was issued) as of September 30, 2005. It is estimated that the annualized impact of the intra-system transfer of fossil and hydroelectric generating plants will reduce the aggregate capability of OE, Penn, TE and JCP&L to issue preferred stock by approximately 10%. CEI, Met-Ed and Penelec have no restrictions on the issuance of preferred stock.

As of September 30, 2005, approximately $1 billion remained unused under an existing shelf registration statement, filed by FirstEnergy with the SEC in 2003, to support future securities issues. The shelf registration provides the flexibility to issue and sell various types of securities, including common stock, debt securities, and share purchase contracts and related share purchase units.

FirstEnergy’s and its subsidiaries' working capital and short-term borrowing needs are met principally with a $2 billion five-year revolving credit facility (included in the table above). Borrowings under the facility are available to each borrower separately and will mature on the earlier of 364 days from the date of borrowing and the commitment termination date.

The following table summarizes the borrowing sub-limits for each borrower under the facility, as well as the limitations on short-term indebtedness applicable to each borrower under current regulatory approvals and applicable statutory and/or charter limitations.

	Revolving		Regulatory and
	Credit Facility		Other Short-Term
Borrower	Sub-Limit		Debt Limitations¹
	*(In millions)*

FirstEnergy	$	2,000	$	1,500
OE		500		500
Penn		50		51
CEI		250		500
TE		250		500
JCP&L		425		416
Met-Ed		250		300
Penelec		250		300
FES		-²		n/a
ATSI		-²		26

⁽¹⁾As of September 30, 2005.

⁽²⁾

Borrowing sublimits for FES and ATSI may be increased to up to $250 million and $100 million, respectively, by delivering notice to the administrative agent that either (i) such borrower has senior unsecured debt ratings of at least BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Moody’s or (ii) FirstEnergy has guaranteed the obligations of such borrower under the facility.

The revolving credit facility, combined with an aggregate $550 million ($395 million unused as of September 30, 2005) of accounts receivable financing facilities for OE, CEI, TE, Met-Ed, Penelec and Penn, are intended to provide liquidity to meet short-term working capital requirements for FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries.

Under the revolving credit facility, borrowers may request the issuance of letters of credit expiring up to one year from the date of issuance. The stated amount of outstanding letters of credit will count against total commitments available under the facility and against the applicable borrower’s borrowing sub-limit. Total unused borrowing capability under existing credit facilities and accounts receivable financing facilities totaled $2.36 billion as of September 30, 2005.

The revolving credit facility contains financial covenants requiring each borrower to maintain a consolidated debt to total capitalization ratio of no more than 0.65 to 1.00. On October 3, 2005, FirstEnergy obtained a senior unsecured debt rating upgrade to BBB- by S&P removing the requirement under the revolving credit facility to maintain a fixed charge ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00.

As of September 30, 2005, FirstEnergy and subsidiaries’ debt to total capitalization as defined under the revolving credit facility, were as follows:

	Debt
	To Total
Borrower	Capitalization
FirstEnergy		0.54 to 1.00
OE		0.39 to 1.00
Penn		0.32 to 1.00
CEI		0.57 to 1.00
TE		0.43 to 1.00
JCP&L		0.29 to 1.00
Met-Ed		0.38 to 1.00
Penelec		0.34 to 1.00

The facility does not contain any provisions that either restrict the ability to borrow or accelerate repayment of outstanding advances as a result of any change in credit ratings. Pricing is defined in “pricing grids”, whereby the cost of funds borrowed under the facility is related to the credit ratings of the company borrowing the funds.

FirstEnergy’s regulated companies also have the ability to borrow from each other and the holding company to meet their short-term working capital requirements. A similar but separate arrangement exists among FirstEnergy’s unregulated companies. FESC administers these two money pools and tracks surplus funds of FirstEnergy and the respective regulated and unregulated subsidiaries, as well as proceeds available from bank borrowings. Companies receiving a loan under the money pool agreements must repay the principal amount of the loan, together with accrued interest, within 364 days of borrowing the funds. The rate of interest is the same for each company receiving a loan from their respective pool and is based on the average cost of funds available through the pool. The average interest rate for borrowings in the third quarter of 2005 was 3.50% for the regulated companies’ money pool and 3.46% for the unregulated companies' money pool.

On July 18, 2005, Moody’s revised its rating outlook on FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries to positive from stable. Moody’s stated that the revision to FirstEnergy’s outlook resulted from steady financial improvement and steps taken by management to improve operations, including the stabilization of its nuclear operations. Moody’s further stated that the revision in their outlook recognized management’s regional strategy of focusing on its core utility businesses and the improvement in FirstEnergy’s credit profile stemming from the application of free cash flow toward debt reduction. Moody’s noted that a ratings upgrade could be considered if FirstEnergy continues to achieve planned improvements in its operations and balance sheet.

On October 3, 2005, S&P raised its corporate credit rating on FirstEnergy and the EUOC to 'BBB' from 'BBB-'. At the same time, S&P raised the senior unsecured ratings at the holding company to 'BBB-' from 'BB+' and each of the EUOC by one notch above the previous rating. S&P noted that the upgrade followed the continuation of a good operating track record, specifically for the nuclear fleet through the third quarter 2005. S&P also stated that FirstEnergy’s rating reflects the benefits of supportive regulation, low-cost base load generation fleet, low-risk transmission and distribution operations and rate certainty in Ohio. FirstEnergy’s ability to consistently generate free cash flow, good liquidity, and an improving financial profile were also noted as strengths.

FirstEnergy’s access to capital markets and costs of financing are influenced by the ratings of its securities. The following table displays FirstEnergy’s and its EUOC’s securities ratings as of October 3, 2005. The ratings outlook from S&P and Fitch on all securities is stable. Moody’s outlook on all securities is Positive.

Ratings of Securities	Securities	S&P	Moody’s	Fitch

FirstEnergy	Senior unsecured	BBB-	Baa3	BBB-

OE	Senior unsecured	BBB-	Baa2	BBB
	Preferred stock	BB+	Ba1	BBB-

CEI	Senior secured	BBB	Baa2	BBB-
	Senior unsecured	BBB-	Baa3	BB

TE	Senior secured	BBB	Baa2	BBB-
	Preferred stock	BB+	Ba2	BB-

Penn	Senior secured	BBB+	Baa1	BBB+
	Senior unsecured ⁽¹⁾	BBB-	Baa2	BBB
	Preferred stock	BB+	Ba1	BBB-

JCP&L	Senior secured	BBB+	Baa1	BBB+
	Preferred stock	BB+	Ba1	BBB

Met-Ed	Senior secured	BBB+	Baa1	BBB+
	Senior unsecured	BBB	Baa2	BBB

Penelec	Senior unsecured	BBB	Baa2	BBB

(1) Penn's only senior unsecured debt obligations are notes underlying pollution control revenue refunding bonds issued

by the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority to which bonds this rating applies.

On July 1, 2005, TE redeemed all of its 1,200,000 outstanding shares of 7.00% Series A preferred stock at $25.00 per share, plus accrued dividends to the date of redemption. TE also repurchased $37 million of pollution control revenue bonds on September 1, 2005, with the intent to remarket them by the end of the first quarter of 2006.

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

Net cash flows used for investing activities resulted principally from property additions. Regulated services expenditures for property additions primarily include expenditures supporting the distribution of electricity. Capital expenditures by the power supply management services segment are principally generation-related. The following table summarizes the investment activities for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 by FirstEnergy’s regulated services, power supply management services and other segments:

Summary of Cash Flows	Property
Used for Investing Activities	Additions			Investments			Other			Total
Sources (Uses)	*(In millions)*

Three Months Ended September 30, 2005
Regulated services	$	(207	)	$	(17	)	$	2		$	(222	)
Power supply management services		(79	)		1			-			(78	)
Other		(1	)		-			1			-
Reconciling items		(7	)		(9	)		5			(11	)
Total	$	(294	)	$	(25	)	$	8		$	(311	)

Three Months Ended September 30, 2004
Regulated services	$	(157	)	$	242		$	(69	)	$	16
Power supply management services		(46	)		(11	)		-			(57	)
Other		(1	)		-			(2	)		(3	)
Reconciling items		(7	)		10			84			87
Total	$	(211	)	$	241		$	13		$	43

Summary of Cash Flows	Property
Used for Investing Activities	Additions			Investments			Other			Total
Sources (Uses)	(In millions)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
Regulated services	$	(506	)	$	(13	)	$	(5	)	$	(524	)
Power supply management services		(226	)		-			-			(226	)
Other		(6	)		19			(18	)		(5	)
Reconciling items		(18	)		(9	)		5			(22	)
Total	$	(756	)	$	(3	)	$	(18	)	$	(777	)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004
Regulated services	$	(377	)	$	196		$	(76	)	$	(257	)
Power supply management services		(149	)		(14	)		-			(163	)
Other		(3	)		173			2			172
Reconciling items		(17	)		31			65			79
Total	$	(546	)	$	386		$	(9	)	$	(169	)

Net cash used for investing activities was $311 million in the third quarter of 2005 compared to $43 million of cash provided from investing activities in the same period of 2004. The change was primarily due to an $83 million increase in property additions and the absence in 2005 of $278 million in cash proceeds from certificates of deposit (released collateral) received in the third quarter of 2004. Net cash used for investing activities increased by $608 million in the first nine months of 2005 compared to the same period of 2004. The increase principally resulted from a $210 million increase in property additions, lower proceeds from the sale of assets of $152 million and the absence in 2005 of $278 million of cash proceeds from certificates of deposit (released collateral) received in 2004.

In the last quarter of 2005, capital requirements for property additions and capital leases are expected to be approximately $378 million. FirstEnergy and the Companies have additional requirements of approximately $312 million for maturing long-term debt during the remainder of 2005. These cash requirements are expected to be satisfied from internal cash and short-term credit arrangements.

FirstEnergy’s capital spending for the period 2005-2007 is expected to be about $3.5 billion (excluding nuclear fuel), of which $1.1 billion applies to 2005. Investments for additional nuclear fuel during the 2005-2007 periods are estimated to be approximately $285 million, of which approximately $59 million applies to 2005. During the same period, FirstEnergy’s nuclear fuel investments are expected to be reduced by approximately $282 million and $86 million respectively, as the nuclear fuel is consumed.

GUARANTEES AND OTHER ASSURANCES

As part of normal business activities, FirstEnergy enters into various agreements on behalf of its subsidiaries to provide financial or performance assurances to third parties. Such agreements include contract guarantees, surety bonds, and LOCs. Some of the guaranteed contracts contain ratings contingent collateralization provisions.

As of September 30, 2005, the maximum potential future payments under outstanding guarantees and other assurances totaled $2.7 billion as summarized below:

	Maximum
Guarantees and Other Assurances	Exposure
	*(In millions)*
FirstEnergy guarantees of subsidiaries:
Energy and energy-related contracts ⁽¹⁾	$	785
Other ⁽²⁾		503
		1,288

Surety bonds		307
Letters of credit ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾		1,055

Total Guarantees and Other Assurances	$	2,650

⁽¹⁾Issued for a one-year term, with a 10-day termination right by FirstEnergy.
⁽²⁾Issued for various terms.
⁽³⁾Includes $137 million issued for various terms under LOC capacity available
under FirstEnergy's revolving credit agreement and $299 million outstanding in
support of pollution control revenue bonds issued with various maturities.
⁽⁴⁾Includes approximately $194 million pledged in connection with the sale and
leaseback of Beaver Valley Unit 2 by CEI and TE, $291 million pledged in connection
with the sale and leaseback of Beaver Valley Unit 2 by OE and $134 million pledged
in connection with the sale and leaseback of Perry Unit 1 by OE.

FirstEnergy guarantees energy and energy-related payments of its subsidiaries involved in energy marketing activities - principally to facilitate normal physical transactions involving electricity, gas, emission allowances and coal. FirstEnergy also provides guarantees to various providers of subsidiary financing principally for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment. These agreements legally obligate FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries to fulfill the obligations of those subsidiaries directly involved in energy and energy-related transactions or financings where the law might otherwise limit the counterparties’ claims. If demands of a counterparty were to exceed the ability of a subsidiary to satisfy existing obligations, FirstEnergy’s guarantee enables the counterparty’s legal claim to be satisfied by FirstEnergy’s other assets. The likelihood that such parental guarantees will increase amounts otherwise paid by FirstEnergy to meet its obligations incurred in connection with ongoing energy-related contracts is remote.

While these types of guarantees are normally parental commitments for the future payment of subsidiary obligations, subsequent to the occurrence of a credit rating downgrade or “material adverse event,” the immediate posting of cash collateral or provision of an LOC may be required of the subsidiary. The following table summarizes collateral provisions in effect as of September 30, 2005:

	Total		Collateral Paid				Remaining
Collateral Provisions	Exposure		Cash		LOC		Exposure
	*(In millions)*

Credit rating downgrade	$	445	$	213	$	18	$	214
Adverse event		77		-		5		72
Total	$	522	$	213	$	23	$	286

As a result of S&P's credit rating upgrade described above, $109 million of cash collateral was returned to FirstEnergy in October 2005.

Most of FirstEnergy’s surety bonds are backed by various indemnities common within the insurance industry. Surety bonds and related guarantees provide additional assurance to outside parties that contractual and statutory obligations will be met in a number of areas including construction contracts, environmental commitments and various retail transactions.

FirstEnergy has guaranteed the obligations of the operators of the TEBSA project up to a maximum of $6 million (subject to escalation) under the project's operations and maintenance agreement. In connection with the sale of TEBSA in January 2004, the purchaser indemnified FirstEnergy against any loss under this guarantee. FirstEnergy has provided an LOC ($47 million as of September 30, 2005, which is included in the caption “Other” in the above table of Guarantees and Other Assurances), which is renewable and declines yearly based upon the senior outstanding debt of TEBSA. The LOC was reduced to $36 million on October 15, 2005.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

FirstEnergy has obligations that are not included on its Consolidated Balance Sheet related to the sale and leaseback arrangements involving Perry Unit 1, Beaver Valley Unit 2 and the Bruce Mansfield Plant, which are satisfied through operating lease payments. The present value of these sale and leaseback operating lease commitments, net of trust investments, total $1.3 billion as of September 30, 2005.

FirstEnergy has equity ownership interests in certain businesses that are accounted for under the equity method. There are no undisclosed material contingencies related to these investments. Certain guarantees that FirstEnergy does not expect to have a material current or future effect on its financial condition, liquidity or results of operations, are disclosed under contractual obligations above.

MARKET RISK INFORMATION

FirstEnergy uses various market risk sensitive instruments, including derivative contracts, primarily to manage the risk of price and interest rate fluctuations. FirstEnergy’s Risk Policy Committee, comprised of members of senior management, provides general management oversight to risk management activities throughout the Company.

Commodity Price Risk

FirstEnergy is exposed to price risk primarily due to fluctuating electricity, natural gas, coal, nuclear fuel, emission allowance prices and energy transmission. To manage the volatility relating to these exposures, it uses a variety of non-derivative and derivative instruments, including forward contracts, options, futures contracts and swaps. The derivatives are used principally for hedging purposes and, to a much lesser extent, for trading purposes. All derivatives that fall within the scope of SFAS 133 must be recorded at their fair market value and marked to market. The majority of FirstEnergy’s derivative hedging contracts qualify for the normal purchases and normal sales exception under SFAS 133 and are therefore excluded from the table below. Of those contracts not exempt from such treatment, most are non-trading contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment. The change in the fair value of commodity derivative contracts related to energy production during the third quarter and first nine months of 2005 is summarized in the following table:

	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
Increase (Decrease) in the Fair Value	September 30, 2005									September 30, 2005
Of Commodity Derivative Contracts	Non-Hedge			Hedge			Total			Non-Hedge			Hedge			Total
	*(In millions)*
Change in the Fair Value of
Commodity Derivative Contracts:
Outstanding net asset at beginning of period	$	55		$	(2	)	$	53		$	62		$	2		$	64
New contract when entered		-			-			-			-			-			-
Additions/change in value of existing contracts		(3	)		3			-			(4	)		5			1
Change in techniques/assumptions		-			-			-			-			-			-
Settled contracts		-			-			-			(7	)		-			(7	)
Sale of retail natural gas contracts		-			-			-			1			(6	)		(5	)
Outstanding net asset at end of period ⁽¹⁾	$	52		$	1		$	53		$	52		$	1		$	53

Non-commodity Net Assets at End of Period:
Interest rate swaps ⁽²⁾		-			(10	)		(10	)		-			(10	)		(10	)
Net Assets - Derivative Contracts at End of Period	$	52		$	(9	)	$	43		$	52		$	(9	)	$	43

Impact of Changes in Commodity Derivative Contracts⁽³⁾
Income Statement effects (pre-tax)	$	(4	)	$	-		$	(4	)	$	(4	)	$	-		$	(4	)
Balance Sheet effects:
Other comprehensive income (pre-tax)	$	-		$	3		$	3		$	-		$	(1	)	$	(1	)
Regulatory liability	$	1		$	-		$	1		$	(6	)	$	-		$	(6	)

⁽¹⁾ Includes $55 million in non-hedge commodity derivative contracts which are offset by a regulatory liability.
⁽²⁾Interest rate swaps are treated as cash flow or fair value hedges. (See Interest Rate Swap Agreements - Fair Value Hedges and Forward
Starting Swap Agreements - Cash Flow Hedges)
⁽³⁾Represents the change in value of existing contracts, settled contracts and changes in techniques/assumptions.

Derivatives are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2005 as follows:

Balance Sheet Classification	Non-Hedge			Hedge			Total
	*(In millions)*
Current -
Other assets	$	-		$	39		$	39
Other liabilities		(1	)		(39	)		(40	)

Non-Current -
Other deferred charges		56			5			61
Other noncurrent liabilities		(3	)		(14	)		(17	)

Net assets	$	52		$	(9	)	$	43

The valuation of derivative commodity contracts is based on observable market information to the extent that such information is available. In cases where such information is not available, FirstEnergy relies on model-based information. The model provides estimates of future regional prices for electricity and an estimate of related price volatility. FirstEnergy uses these results to develop estimates of fair value for financial reporting purposes and for internal management decision making. Sources of information for the valuation of derivative contracts by year are summarized in the following table:

Sources of Information -
Fair Value by Contract Year	2005 ⁽¹⁾			2006			2007			2008		2009		Thereafter		Total
	*(In millions)*

Prices actively quoted ⁽²⁾	$	(3	)	$	(3	)	$	(2	)	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	(8	)
Other external sources ⁽³⁾		19			7			10			-		-		-		36
Prices based on models		-			-			-			9		8		8		25
Total ⁽⁴⁾	$	16		$	4		$	8		$	9	$	8	$	8	$	53

⁽¹⁾ For the last quarter of 2005.
⁽²⁾ Exchange traded.
⁽³⁾ Broker quote sheets.
⁽⁴⁾ Includes $55 million in non-hedge commodity derivative contracts which are offset by a regulatory liability.

FirstEnergy performs sensitivity analyses to estimate its exposure to the market risk of its commodity positions. A hypothetical 10% adverse shift (an increase or decrease depending on the derivative position) in quoted market prices in the near term on both FirstEnergy's trading and nontrading derivative instruments would not have had a material effect on its consolidated financial position (assets, liabilities and equity) or cash flows as of September 30, 2005. Based on derivative contracts held as of September 30, 2005, an adverse 10% change in commodity prices would decrease net income by approximately $1 million for the next twelve months.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements - Fair Value Hedges

FirstEnergy utilizes fixed-to-floating interest rate swap agreements as part of its ongoing effort to manage the interest rate risk of its debt portfolio. These derivatives are treated as fair value hedges of fixed-rate, long-term debt issues - protecting against the risk of changes in the fair value of fixed-rate debt instruments due to lower interest rates. Swap maturities, call options, fixed interest rates and interest payment dates match those of the underlying obligations. During the third quarter of 2005, FirstEnergy executed no new fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps and unwound swaps with a total notional amount of $350 million (see Note 7). As of September 30, 2005, the debt underlying the $1.05 billion outstanding notional amount of interest rate swaps had a weighted average fixed interest rate of 5.66%, which the swaps have effectively converted to a current weighted average variable interest rate of 5.23%.

	September 30, 2005							December 31, 2004
	Notional		Maturity		Fair			Notional		Maturity		Fair
Interest Rate Swaps	Amount		Date		Value			Amount		Date		Value
	*(Dollars in millions)*

Fixed to Floating Rate	$	-		2006	$	-		$	200		2006	$	(1	)
(Fair value hedges)		100		2008		(3	)		100		2008		(1	)
		50		2010		-			100		2010		1
		50		2011		-			100		2011		2
		450		2013		-			400		2013		4
		-		2014		-			100		2014		2
		150		2015		(7	)		150		2015		(7	)
		150		2016		2			200		2016		1
		-		2018		-			150		2018		5
		-		2019		-			50		2019		2
		100		2031		(4	)		100		2031		(4	)
	$	1,050			$	(12	)	$	1,650			$	4

Forward Starting Swap Agreements - Cash Flow Hedges

During the third quarter, FirstEnergy entered into several forward starting swap agreements (forward swap) in order to hedge a portion of the consolidated interest rate risk associated with the planned issuance of fixed-rate, long-term debt securities for one or more of its consolidated entities in the fourth quarter of 2006. These derivatives are treated as cash flow hedges, protecting against the risk of changes in future interest payments resulting from changes in benchmark U.S. Treasury rates between the date of hedge inception and the date of the debt issuance. As of September 30, 2005, the forward swaps had a fair value of $2 million.

Equity Price Risk

Included in nuclear decommissioning trusts are marketable equity securities carried at their market value of approximately $1.038 billion and $951 million as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. A hypothetical 10% decrease in prices quoted by stock exchanges would result in a $104 million reduction in fair value as of September 30, 2005.

CREDIT RISK

Credit risk is the risk of an obligor’s failure to meet the terms of any investment contract, loan agreement or otherwise perform as agreed. Credit risk arises from all activities in which success depends on issuer, borrower or counterparty performance, whether reflected on or off the balance sheet. FirstEnergy engages in transactions for the purchase and sale of commodities including gas, electricity, coal and emission allowances. These transactions are often with major energy companies within the industry.

FirstEnergy maintains credit policies with respect to its counterparties to manage overall credit risk. This includes performing independent risk evaluations, actively monitoring portfolio trends and using collateral and contract provisions to mitigate exposure. As part of its credit program, FirstEnergy aggressively manages the quality of its portfolio of energy contracts evidenced by a current weighted average risk rating for energy contract counterparties of BBB (S&P). As of September 30, 2005, the largest credit concentration was with one party, currently rated investment grade that represented 8% of FirstEnergy’s total credit risk. Within its unregulated energy subsidiaries, 99% of credit exposures, net of collateral and reserves, were with investment-grade counterparties as of September 30, 2005.

Outlook

State Regulatory Matters

In Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, laws applicable to electric industry restructuring contain similar provisions that are reflected in the Companies' respective state regulatory plans. These provisions include:

restructuring the electric generation business and allowing the Companies' customers to select a

competitive electric generation supplier other than the Companies;

establishing or defining the PLR obligations to customers in the Companies' service areas;

providing the Companies with the opportunity to recover potentially stranded investment (or transition costs)

not otherwise recoverable in a competitive generation market;

itemizing (unbundling) the price of electricity into its component elements - including generation,

transmission, distribution and stranded costs recovery charges;

continuing regulation of the Companies' transmission and distribution systems; and

requiring corporate separation of regulated and unregulated business activities.

The EUOCs recognize, as regulatory assets, costs which the FERC, PUCO, PPUC and NJBPU have authorized for recovery from customers in future periods or for which authorization is probable. Without the probability of such authorization, costs currently recorded as regulatory assets would have been charged to income as incurred. All regulatory assets are expected to be recovered from customers under the Companies' respective transition and regulatory plans. Based on those plans, the Companies continue to bill and collect cost-based rates for their transmission and distribution services, which remain regulated; accordingly, it is appropriate that the Companies continue the application of SFAS 71 to those operations.

	September 30,		December 31,		Increase
Regulatory Assets*	2005		2004		(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*

OE	$	845	$	1,116	$	(271	)
CEI		889		959		(70	)
TE		310		375		(65	)
JCP&L		2,311		2,176		135
Met-Ed		572		693		(121	)
Penelec		99		200		(101	)
ATSI		20		13		7
Total	$	5,046	$	5,532	$	(486	)

*Penn had net regulatory liabilities of approximately $48 million and $18 million included in Noncurrent Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

Regulatory assets by source are as follows:

	September 30,			December 31,			Increase
Regulatory Assets by Source	2005			2004			(Decrease)
	*(In millions)*

Regulatory transition costs	$	4,169		$	4,889		$	(720	)
Customer shopping incentives		826			612			214
Customer receivables for future income taxes		289			246			43
Societal benefits charge		18			51			(33	)
Loss on reacquired debt		83			89			(6	)
Employee postretirement benefit costs		57			65			(8	)
Nuclear decommissioning, decontamination
and spent fuel disposal costs		(172	)		(169	)		(3	)
Asset removal costs		(366	)		(340	)		(26	)
Property losses and unrecovered plant costs		34			50			(16	)
MISO transmission costs		52			-			52
JCP&L reliability costs		26			-			26
Other		30			39			(9	)
Total	$	5,046		$	5,532		$	(486	)

Reliability Initiatives

FirstEnergy is proceeding with the implementation of the recommendations regarding enhancements to regional reliability that were to be completed subsequent to 2004 and will continue to periodically assess the FERC-ordered Reliability Study recommendations for forecasted 2009 system conditions, recognizing revised load forecasts and other changing system conditions which may impact the recommendations. Thus far, implementation of the recommendations has not required, nor is expected to require, substantial investment in new, or material upgrades, to existing equipment. The FERC or other applicable government agencies and reliability coordinators, however, may take a different view as to recommended enhancements or may recommend additional enhancements in the future as the result of adoption of mandatory reliability standards pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that could require additional, material expenditures. Finally, the PUCO is continuing to review FirstEnergy's filing that addressed upgrades to control room computer hardware and software and enhancements to the training of control room operators, before determining the next steps, if any, in the proceeding.

As a result of outages experienced in JCP&L's service area in 2002 and 2003, the NJBPU had implemented reviews into JCP&L's service reliability. On March 29, 2004, the NJBPU adopted an MOU that set out specific tasks related to service reliability to be performed by JCP&L and a timetable for completion and endorsed JCP&L's ongoing actions to implement the MOU. On June 9, 2004, the NJBPU approved a Stipulation that incorporates the final report of a Special Reliability Master who made recommendations on appropriate courses of action necessary to ensure system-wide reliability. The Stipulation also incorporates the Executive Summary and Recommendation portions of the final report of a focused audit of JCP&L's Planning and Operations and Maintenance programs and practices (Focused Audit). A Final Order in the Focused Audit docket was issued by the NJBPU on July 23, 2004. On February 11, 2005, JCP&L met with the Ratepayer Advocate to discuss reliability improvements. JCP&L continues to file compliance reports reflecting activities associated with the MOU and Stipulation.

See Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements for a more detailed discussion of reliability initiatives, including actions by the PPUC, that impact Met-Ed, Penelec and Penn.

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