<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<CIK> 0000077227
<NAME> PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
<MULTIPLIER>                                     1,000
<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS
       
                                        
<PERIOD-TYPE>                                    3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,402,439
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                     84,389
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         836,290
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                     2,149,241
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               4,472,359
<COMMON>                                       105,812
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      285,487
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            261,369    <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 652,668
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          105,000    <F2>
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           596,434
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                   0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                       0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                   80,012
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                          0
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                12,275
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               3,025,970
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                4,472,359
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      246,249
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                             7,098
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     173,607
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     180,705
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                         65,544
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              15,878
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                  81,422






<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        15,932    <F3>
<NET-INCOME>                                    65,490
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        154
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                   64,610    <F4>
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                       180,000    <F5>
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       47,450
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                        (577,714)
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                        0
<EPS-DILUTED>                                        0
<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OF $9,105.
<F2> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
<F2> SECURITIES.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $2,297.
<F4> INCLUDES LOSS ON PREFERRED STOCK REACQUSITION OF $726.
<F5> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
</FN>