EXHIBIT 23(C)

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


      We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of Jersey Central Power & Light Company of our report
dated February 25, 2004 relating to the financial statements, which appears in
Jersey Central Power & Light Company's 2003 Annual Report to Stockholders, which
is incorporated by reference in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of
our report dated February 25, 2004 relating to the financial statement
schedules, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to
the reference to us under the heading "Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm" in such Registration Statement.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Cleveland, Ohio

September 16, 2004


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