Exhibit 24


                           POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the officers and directors of FirstEnergy Corp. who have signed
this Power of Attorney, individually constitute and appoint
H. Peter Burg, Nancy C. Ashcom and Edward J. Udovich, and each of them,
our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to act without the others
and full power to substitute and resubstitute another individual to
serve as our attorney,

(A)  to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below,
     one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, Form S-4 or Form
     S-8 or any other appropriate form and any and all amendments to
     these Registration Statements (including post-effective amendments)
     for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
     of the shares of common stock of FirstEnergy, deferred compensation
     obligations of FirstEnergy and interests in employee benefits plans
     of FirstEnergy, as the case may be, to be issued in connection with
     employee benefits plans of FirstEnergy or its subsidiaries or
     predecessors, including:

          Amended FirstEnergy Corp. Deferred Compensation Plan for
           Directors
          FirstEnergy Corp. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan
          GPU Companies Employee Savings Plan for Nonbargaining
           Employees
          GPU Companies Employee Savings Plan for Employees Represented
           by IBEW System Council U-3
          GPU Companies Employee Savings Plan for Employees Represented
           by IBEW Local 459 or UWUA Local 180
          GPU Companies Employee Savings Plan for Employees Represented
           by IBEW Local 777
          GPU, Inc. 1990 Stock Plan for Employees of GPU, Inc. and
           Subsidiaries
          GPU Companies Deferred Compensation Plan
          Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Outside Directors of GPU, Inc.
          GPU, Inc. Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan for MYR Group
           Inc. Employees

     and any other stock, stock option, restricted stock, deferred
     compensation or other benefit plan or successor plan maintained for
     the benefit of employees or directors of FirstEnergy or any of its
     subsidiaries or predecessors, and

(B)  to file any of the Registration Statements mentioned, including a
     form of prospectus, and any and all amendments and post-effective
     amendments to these Registration Statements, with all exhibits, and
     any and all related documents, with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission.

       By signing this Power of Attorney we grant to the attorneys named
above, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts and things necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as fully as we could do in person, and we ratify and confirm
all that our attorneys, and each of them or their substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.

       We have signed our names in the capacities and on the dates
indicated below.



         Signature              Title                         Date
         ---------              -----                         ----

/s/ H. Peter Burg
---------------------------  Chairman of the Board,       November 5,
2001
    H. Peter Burg            Chief Executive Officer
                             and Director

/s/ Anthony J. Alexander     President and Director       November 5,
2001
---------------------------
Anthony J. Alexander






/s/ Richard H. Marsh         Vice President and           November 5,
2001
---------------------------  Chief Financial Officer
Richard H. Marsh

/s/ Harvey L. Wagner         Controller                   November 5,
2001
---------------------------
Harvey L. Wagner

/s/ Dr. Carol A. Cartwright  Director                     November 5,
2001
---------------------------
Dr. Carol A. Cartwright

/s/ William F. Conway
---------------------------  Director                     November 5,
2001
William F. Conway

/s/ Robert B. Heisler, Jr.
---------------------------  Director                     November 5,
2001
Robert B. Heisler, Jr.

/s/ Robert L. Loughhead      Director                     November 5,
2001
---------------------------
Robert L. Loughhead

/s/ Russell W. Maier
---------------------------  Director                     November 5,
2001
Russell W. Maier

/s/ Paul J. Powers           Director                     November 5,
2001
---------------------------
Paul J. Powers

/s/ Robert C. Savage         Director                     November 5,
2001
---------------------------
Robert C. Savage

/s/ George M. Smart          Director                     November 5,
2001
---------------------------
George M. Smart

/s/ Jesse T. Williams, Sr.   Director                     November 5,
2001
---------------------------
Jesse T. Williams, Sr.



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