Exhibit 21-C

                          PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY

                         SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

                                                                    STATE OF
NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                         BUSINESS               ORGANIZATION
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NINEVEH WATER COMPANY                WATER SERVICE               PENNSYLVANIA

THE WAVERLY ELECTRIC LIGHT           ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION       PENNSYLVANIA
 AND POWER COMPANY

PENELEC PREFERRED CAPITAL, INC.      SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE
  PENELEC CAPITAL, L.P.              SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE

PENELEC PREFERRED CAPITAL II, INC.   SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE
  PENELEC CAPITAL II, L.P.           SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE
  PENELEC CAPITAL TRUST              SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE     DELAWARE



Note:    Penelec,  along with its affiliates JCP&L and Met-Ed,  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.