<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<CIK> 0000077227
<NAME> PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
<MULTIPLIER>                                     1,000
<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1998
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1998
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,664,862
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                     90,508
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         243,859
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                     2,525,578
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               4,524,807
<COMMON>                                       105,812
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      285,486
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            376,006    <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 767,304
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          105,000    <F2>
<PREFERRED>                                     16,681
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           626,434
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                              31,900
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                  54,123
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                   50,012
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                      2,593
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                13,979
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               2,856,781
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                4,524,807
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                    1,032,226
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            45,150
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     861,453
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     906,603
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        125,623
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              (3,816)
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 121,807
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        63,217    <F3>
<NET-INCOME>                                    39,640    <F4>
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        695
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                   38,945
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        65,000    <F5>
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       47,729
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<EPS-PRIMARY>                                        0
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<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OF $8,353.
<F2> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
<F2> SECURITIES.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $9,188.
<F4> INCLUDES AN AFTER-TAX CHARGE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY ITEM OF $18,950.
<F5> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
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