Exhibit 32.2



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

In connection  with Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report of Jersey Central Power
& Light Company ("Company") on Form 10-K/A for the year ending December 31, 2003
as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the
"Report"), each undersigned officer of the Company 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)  The Report 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 the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


                                                  /s/Stephen E. Morgan
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                                                     Stephen E. Morgan
                                                        President
                                                  (Chief Executive Officer)
                                                        June 25, 2004


                                                  /s/Richard H. Marsh
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                                                     Richard H. Marsh
                                                 Senior Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
                                                        June 25, 2004