1 EXHIBIT 24.1 August 10, 1995 POWER OF ATTORNEY H. P. Burg N. C. Brink c/o Ohio Edison Company 76 South Main Street Akron, Ohio 44308 J. H. Byington M. F. Cusick c/o Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts One Battery Park Plaza New York, New York 10004 Dear Sirs: Ohio Edison Company (the "Company") and Ohio Edison Financing Trust (the "Issuer") propose to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement or registration statements on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the issuance of up to $115,000,000 aggregate liquidation amount of ___% Trust Preferred Capital Securities, Series A, by the Issuer, and the issuance of up to $118,556,702 aggregate principal amount of ___% Junior Subordinated Debentures, Series A, Due 2025, by the Company to the Issuer. The undersigned directors and officers of said Company, individually as a director and/or as an officer of said Company, hereby make, constitute and appoint each of you the true and lawful attorney for each of the undersigned, and in each of the names, places and steads of the undersigned, and hereby authorize 2 you or any one of you to execute, as such attorney-in-fact for each of the undersigned directors and officers, and cause to be filed with said Commission, said registration statement and any appropriate amendment or amendments thereto, to be accompanied by a prospectus and any appropriately amended prospectus and by any necessary exhibits. Very truly yours, /s/ W. R. HOLLAND /s/ CAROL A. CARTWRIGHT _________________________ _________________________ W. R. HOLLAND CAROL A. CARTWRIGHT /s/ DONALD C. BLASIUS /s/ R. L. LOUGHHEAD _________________________ ________________________ DONALD C. BLASIUS R. L. LOUGHHEAD /s/ ROBERT H. CARLSON /s/ GLENN H. MEADOWS _________________________ ________________________ ROBERT H. CARLSON GLENN H. MEADOWS /s/ ROBERT M. CARTER /s/ PAUL J. POWERS _________________________ ________________________ ROBERT M. CARTER PAUL J. POWERS /s/ CHARLES W. RAINGER /s/ GEORGE M. SMART _________________________ ________________________ CHARLES W. RAINGER GEORGE M. SMART /s/ JESSE T. WILLIAMS, SR. /s/ H. P. BURG _________________________ _________________________ JESSE T. WILLIAMS, SR. H. P. BURG -2-