Exhibit A

FirstEnergy Corp.

76 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308

Certificate

Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned certifies that:

A copy of certificate pursuant to Rule 24 related to FirstEnergy Corp.’s Nonutility Holding Company activities, for the period ended December 31, 2004, was filed with the New Jersey and Pennsylvania state commissions having jurisdiction over the electric retail rates of the company’s public utility subsidiary companies. As requested by the Ohio State Commission, a letter was sent to notify the commission having jurisdiction over the electric retail rates of the company’s public utility subsidiary companies of the URL address where the filing could be accessed on the SEC Web site.

The names and addresses of these state commissions are as follows:

New Jersey Division of Energy

Board of Public Utilities

Two Gateway Center

Newark, NJ 07102

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania*

Public Utility Commission

P.O. Box 3265

Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

180 E. Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215-3793

* A conformed copy of the publicly available report was filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

	FirstEnergy Corp.
May 20, 2005
	By:
		Harvey L. Wagner Vice President, Controller  and Chief Accounting Officer    (Principal Accounting Officer)

Note: Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) is also subject to retail rate regulation by the New York Public Service Commission with respect to retail service to approximately 3,700 customers in Waverly, New York served by Waverly Electric Power & Light Company, a Penelec subsidiary. Waverly Electric's revenues are immaterial, accounting for less than 1% of Penelec's total operating revenues.