<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000077227 <NAME> PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <CURRENCY> US DOLLARS <PERIOD-TYPE> 12-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1996 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1996 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1996 <EXCHANGE-RATE> 1 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 1,811,337 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 61,465 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 217,900 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 444,363 <OTHER-ASSETS> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 2,535,065 <COMMON> 105,812 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 285,486 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 363,702 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 755,000 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 105,000 <F1> <PREFERRED> 16,681 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 656,459 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 98,700 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 8,980 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 26,010 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 4,129 <LEASES-CURRENT> 15,881 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 848,225 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 2,535,065 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 1,019,645 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 45,648 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 840,288 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 885,936 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 133,709 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> (553) <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 133,156 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 63,347 <F2> <NET-INCOME> 69,809 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 1,503 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 73,872 <F3> <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 40,000 <F4> <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 49,654 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 138,657 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0 <EPS-DILUTED> 0 <FN> <F1> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED <F1> SECURITIES. <F2> INCLUDES DIVIDENDS ON COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE <F2> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $9,188. <F3> INCLUDES GAIN ON PREFERRED STOCK REACQUISITIONS OF $5,566. <F4> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION. </FN>