<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<CIK> 0000077227
<NAME> PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
<MULTIPLIER>                                     1,000
<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS

                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                               JUN-30-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,408,193
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                     83,719
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         365,394
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                     2,160,852
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               4,018,158
<COMMON>                                       105,812
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      285,486
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                             81,898    <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 473,196
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          205,000    <F2>
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           424,561
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                   0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                       0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                       12
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                      2,379
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                17,542
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               2,895,468
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                4,018,158
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      451,346
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            26,678
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     333,695
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     360,373
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                         90,973
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              20,198
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 111,171
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        25,736    <F3>
<NET-INCOME>                                    85,435
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        154
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                   84,555    <F4>
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                       380,000    <F5>
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       42,566
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         (28,227)
<EPS-BASIC>                                        0
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<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OF $9,690.
<F2> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
<F2> SECURITIES OF $105,000 AND TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
<F2> OF $100,000.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $4,594 AND TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
<F3> OF $306.
<F4> INCLUDES LOSS ON PREFERRED STOCK REACQUSITION OF $726.
<F5> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
</FN>