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                                                                 Exhibit 21(CEC)





                              LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
                                       OF
                          CENTERIOR ENERGY CORPORATION




The subsidiaries of Centerior Energy Corporation, all wholly owned, are The
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, The Toledo Edison Company, Centerior
Service Company, Centerior Properties Company, CCO Company and Market
Responsive Energy, Inc.  All those subsidiaries are incorporated under the laws
of the State of Ohio and do not do business under any names other than those
listed above, except that The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company does
business under the trade name The Illuminating Company.





March 26, 1996