Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned  Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Pennsylvania  Electric Company hereby constitutes and
appoints   each  of  Ira  H.  Jolles  and  T.G.   Howson  his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent with full power of substitution  and  resubstitution
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign all
or any amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments) of and supplements to
this Registration  Statement on Form S-3 and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto,  and other documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission,  granting unto each such  attorney-in-fact  and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises,  to all intents and purposes and
as fully  as said  corporation  itself  might  or  could  do in  person,  hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each such  attorney-in-fact  and agent, or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature                     Title                         Date

/s/ B.L. Levy           Vice President and                  January 11, 1999
(B.L. Levy)             Chief Financial Officer
                          (Principal Financial Officer)