<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<CIK> 0000077227
<NAME> PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
<MULTIPLIER>                                     1,000
<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1998
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                               JUN-30-1998
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,693,766
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                     83,736
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         256,083
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                     2,167,060
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               4,200,645
<COMMON>                                       105,812
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      285,486
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            344,174    <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 735,472
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          105,000    <F2>
<PREFERRED>                                     16,681
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           626,444
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                              55,600
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                  53,218
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                   50,011
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                      2,664
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                16,070
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               2,539,485
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                4,200,645
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      514,010
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            31,020
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     405,584
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     436,604
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                         77,406
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                               1,028
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                  78,434
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        32,038    <F3>
<NET-INCOME>                                   (41,434)   <F4> 
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        347
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  (41,781)   
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        15,000    <F5>
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       48,880
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                          67,081
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                        0
<EPS-DILUTED>                                        0
<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OF $7,247.
<F2> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
<F2> SECURITIES.
<F3> INCLUDES DIVIDENDS ON COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $4,594.
<F4> INCLUDES AN AFTER-TAX CHARGE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY ITEM OF $87,830.
<F5> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
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