Exhibit 99.1



                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Metropolitan Edison Company
("Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, H.
Peter Burg, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

      (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
           15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all
           material  respects,  the financial  condition and results of
           operations of the Company.



                                     /s/ H. Peter Burg
                                  ----------------------------
                                         H. Peter Burg
                                     Chief Executive Officer
                                      November 26, 2002

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                                                                  Exhibit 99.2



                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Metropolitan Edison Company
("Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Richard
H. Marsh, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:



         (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
              or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
              material respects, the financial condition and results of
              operations of the Company.



                                         /s/Richard H. Marsh
                                    -------------------------------
                                            Richard H. Marsh
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer
                                           November 26, 2002

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