EX-32 5 ex32.txt 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 June 30, 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 ------------------------------------------- Anthony J. Alexander Chief Executive Officer August 6, 2004 /s/Richard H. Marsh ------------------------------------------- Richard H. Marsh Chief Financial Officer August 6, 2004 Exhibit 32.2 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 In connection with the Quarterly Report of Jersey Central Power & Light Company ("Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2004 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 --------------------------------------- Stephen E. Morgan President (Chief Executive Officer) August 6, 2004 /s/Richard H. Marsh --------------------------------------- Richard H. Marsh Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer August 6, 2004