Exhibit 32.1



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

In  connection  with the Quarterly  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-Q for the period ending March 31, 2004
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
                                                        May 10, 2004



                                                  /s/Richard H. Marsh
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                                                     Richard H. Marsh
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
                                                        May 10, 2004