<ARTICLE> UT
          <CIK> 0000077227
          <NAME> PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
          <MULTIPLIER> 1,000
          <CURRENCY> US DOLLARS
                 
                                                
          <PERIOD-TYPE>                          6-MOS
          <FISCAL-YEAR-END>                DEC-31-1997
          <PERIOD-START>                   JAN-01-1997
          <PERIOD-END>                     JUN-30-1997
          <EXCHANGE-RATE>                            1
          <BOOK-VALUE>                        PER-BOOK
          <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>          1,808,695
          <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>           67,804
          <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>               251,853
          <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>             441,631
          <OTHER-ASSETS>                             0
          <TOTAL-ASSETS>                     2,569,983
          <COMMON>                             105,812
          <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>            285,486
          <RETAINED-EARNINGS>                  395,799
          <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>       787,097
          <PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                105,000  <F1>
          <PREFERRED>                           16,681
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                 676,455
          <SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                    67,000
          <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                  0
          <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>        18,921
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>         30,010
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                  0
          <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>            3,654
          <LEASES-CURRENT>                      19,600
          <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>       845,565
          <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>      2,569,983
          <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>            537,615
          <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                  43,144
          <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>           401,360
          <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>           444,504
          <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>               93,111
          <OTHER-INCOME-NET>                       852
          <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>        93,963
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>              32,228  <F2>
          <NET-INCOME>                          61,735
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>              318
          <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>         61,417
          <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>              30,000  <F3>
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>             48,919
          <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                81,131
          <EPS-PRIMARY>                              0
          <EPS-DILUTED>                              0
          <FN>
          <F1> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
          <F1> SECURITIES OF $105,000
          <F2> INCLUDES DIVIDENDS ON COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
          <F2> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $4,594.
          <F3> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
          </FN>