<ARTICLE> UT <LEGEND> (AMOUNTS IN 1,000'S, EXCEPT EARNINGS PER SHARE) INCOME TAX EXPENSE INCLUDES $1,104,000 RELATED TO OTHER INCOME. </LEGEND> <CIK> 0000077278 <NAME> PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <CURRENCY> US DOLLARS <PERIOD-TYPE> YEAR <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1997 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1997 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1997 <EXCHANGE-RATE> 1 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 742,796 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 26,157 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 95,799 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 169,705 <OTHER-ASSETS> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,034,457 <COMMON> 188,700 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> (400) <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 103,677 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 291,977 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 15,000 <PREFERRED> 50,905 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 289,305 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 0 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 850 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LEASES-CURRENT> 7,551 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 378,869 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 1,034,457 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 323,381 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 26,659 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 247,090 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 272,645 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 50,736 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 2,760 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 53,496 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 22,024 <NET-INCOME> 31,472 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 4,626 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 26,846 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 21,386 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 20,458 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 88,751 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0 <EPS-DILUTED> 0