Exhibit 32.1



                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

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,
2003 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof
(the "Reports"),  each undersigned  officer of each of the Companies does hereby
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of his knowledge:

          (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/Anthony J. Alexander
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                                  Anthony J. Alexander
                                 Chief Executive Officer
                                     March 15, 2004



                                /s/Richard H. Marsh
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                                   Richard H. Marsh
                                Chief Financial Officer
                                     March 15, 2004

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