Exhibit 23(B)




                          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS




               We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
          registration statements of Jersey Central Power & Light Company
          on Forms S-3 (File Nos. 33-49463, 33-57905 and 33-57905-01) of
          our report dated February 1, 1995, on our audits of the financial
          statements and financial statement schedule of Jersey Central
          Power & Light Company as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and for
          each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1994,
          which report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, for
          the year ended December 31, 1994.  Our report on such audits
          contains explanatory paragraphs related to a contingency which
          has resulted from the accident at Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island
          Nuclear Generating Station; the adoption of the provisions of the
          Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statement of Financial
          Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109, "Accounting for Income
          Taxes," and the provisions of SFAS No. 106, "Employers'
          Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions" in
          1993.




                                        COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.



          New York, New York
          March 9, 1995