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 Annual Reports of FirstEnergy Corp., Ohio Edison Company,
The  Cleveland  Electric   Illuminating  Company,  The  Toledo  Edison  Company,
Pennsylvania  Power  Company,  Metropolitan  Edison  Company,  and  Pennsylvania
Electric  Company  ("Companies")  on Form 10-K for the year ending  December 31,
2002 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof
(the  "Reports"),  I, H.  Peter  Burg,  Chief  Executive  Officer of each of the
Companies,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss.
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)  Each of the Reports 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 each of the Reports fairly  presents,  in all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Company to which it relates.



                                                /s/ H. Peter Burg
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                                                    H. Peter Burg
                                              Chief Executive Officer
                                                   March 24, 2003