Exhibit 21-A

                      JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

                         SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

                                                                   STATE OF
NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                          BUSINESS            ORGANIZATION
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JCP&L PREFERRED CAPITAL, INC.        SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE
  JCP&L CAPITAL, L.P.                SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE

JCP&L TRANSITION HOLDINGS, INC.      SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE
  JCP&L TRANSITION, INC.             SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE
  JCP&L TRANSITION FUNDING LLC       SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE



Note:    JCP&L,  along with its affiliates Met-Ed and Penelec,  collectively own
         all of the common stock of Saxton Nuclear Experimental  Corporation,  a
         Pennsylvania  nonprofit  corporation organized for nuclear experimental
         purposes  which is now  inactive.  The  carrying  value of the  owners'
         investment has been written down to a nominal value.