Exhibit 32.1


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

In connection  with Amendment No. 1 to 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/A 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
                                                        June 25, 2004


                                                  /s/Richard H. Marsh
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                                                     Richard H. Marsh
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
                                                        June 25, 2004