<ARTICLE> UT
          <CIK> 0000077227
          <NAME> PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
          <MULTIPLIER> 1,000
          <CURRENCY> US DOLLARS
                 
                                                
          <PERIOD-TYPE>                         12-MOS
          <FISCAL-YEAR-END>                DEC-31-1994
          <PERIOD-START>                   JAN-01-1994
          <PERIOD-END>                     DEC-31-1994
          <EXCHANGE-RATE>                            1
          <BOOK-VALUE>                        PER-BOOK
          <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>          1,747,864
          <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>           34,467
          <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>               212,201
          <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>             386,522
          <OTHER-ASSETS>                             0
          <TOTAL-ASSETS>                     2,381,054
          <COMMON>                             105,812
          <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>            261,671
          <RETAINED-EARNINGS>                  290,786
          <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>       658,269
          <PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                      0
          <PREFERRED>                          141,777  <F1>
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                 616,490
          <SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                    84,300
          <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                  0
          <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>        26,752
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>              9
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                  0
          <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>            6,741
          <LEASES-CURRENT>                      17,957
          <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>       828,759
          <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>      2,381,054
          <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>            944,744
          <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                  42,297
          <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>           776,215
          <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>           818,512
          <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>              126,232
          <OTHER-INCOME-NET>                  (38,077)
          <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>        88,155
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>              56,356  <F2>
          <NET-INCOME>                          31,799
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>            2,937
          <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>         28,862
          <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>              65,000  <F3>
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>             46,439
          <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>               151,566
          <EPS-PRIMARY>                              0
          <EPS-DILUTED>                              0
          <FN>
          <F1> INCLUDES PREFERRED SECURITIES OF SUBSIDIARY OF $105,000.
          <F2> INCLUDES DIVIDENDS ON PREFERRED SECURITIES OF SUBSIDIARY
          <F2> OF $4,492.
          <F3> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
          </FN>