<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<CIK> 0000077227
<NAME> PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
<MULTIPLIER>                                     1,000
<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1998
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1998
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,805,457
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                     80,646
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         282,014
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                       467,128
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               2,635,245
<COMMON>                                       105,812
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      285,487
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            427,842    <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 819,141
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          105,000    <F2>
<PREFERRED>                                     16,681
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           676,445
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                             116,000
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                       0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                       11
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                      3,115
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                18,087
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>                 880,765
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                2,635,245
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      263,655
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            19,803
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     201,032
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     220,835
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                         42,820
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                                  93
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                  42,913
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        16,268    <F3>
<NET-INCOME>                                    26,645
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<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                   26,529
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                             0
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       49,122
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                          17,196
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                        0
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<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OF $7,605.
<F2> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
<F2> SECURITIES.
<F3> INCLUDES DIVIDENDS ON COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $2,297.
</FN>