8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 25, 2013

Commission	Registrant; State of Incorporation;	I.R.S. Employer
File Number	Address; and Telephone Number	Identification No.
333-21011	FIRSTENERGY CORP.	34-1843785
	(An Ohio Corporation)
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH  44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 25, 2013, FirstEnergy Corp. issued two public documents regarding fourth quarter and year end 2012 earnings, which are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto and incorporated by reference. FirstEnergy's Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community contain non-GAAP* financial measures. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, FirstEnergy has provided quantitative reconciliations within the Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community of the non-GAAP* financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. The information in the Press Release and the Consolidated Report to the Financial Community and the information contained herein Items 2.02 and 9.01 shall not be deemed filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall such information and Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

The Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community contain references to non-GAAP* financial measures including, among others, basic non-GAAP earnings per share, which are not calculated in accordance with GAAP because they exclude the impact of "special items." Special items reflect the impact on earnings of events that are not routine or that may be related to discontinued businesses. Management believes presenting normalized earnings calculated in this manner provides useful information to investors in evaluating the ongoing results of FirstEnergy's businesses and assists investors in comparing FirstEnergy's operating performance to the operating performance of other companies in the energy sector. Management believes presenting this non-GAAP* measure provides useful information to investors in assessing FirstEnergy's normalized operating performance. FirstEnergy's management frequently references this non-GAAP* financial measure in its decision-making, using it to facilitate historical and ongoing performance comparisons as well as comparisons to the performance of peer companies.

The non-GAAP* information presented in the Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. Also, the non-GAAP* financial measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)   Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued by FirstEnergy Corp., dated February 25, 2013
99.2	Consolidated Report to the Financial Community, dated February 25, 2013

*This Form 8-K contains non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's historical or future financial performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts, or is subject to adjustment that has the effect of excluding or including amounts, that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP.

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Forward-Looking Statements: This Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements based on information currently available to management. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. These statements include declarations regarding management's intents, beliefs and current expectations. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms “anticipate,” “potential,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate” and similar words. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially due to: the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry, in general, and the retail sales market in particular, the impact of the regulatory process on the pending matters before FERC and in the various states in which we do business including, but not limited to, matters related to rates and pending rate cases, the uncertainties of various cost recovery and cost allocation issues resulting from ATSI's realignment into PJM, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins, regulatory outcomes associated with Hurricane Sandy, changing energy, capacity and commodity market prices including, but not limited to, coal, natural gas and oil, and availability and their impact on retail margins, financial derivative reforms that could increase our liquidity needs and collateral costs, the continued ability of our regulated utilities to collect transition and other costs, operation and maintenance costs being higher than anticipated, other legislative and regulatory changes, and revised environmental requirements, including possible GHG emission, water discharge, water intake and coal combustion residual regulations, the potential impacts of CAIR, and any laws, rules or regulations that ultimately replace CAIR, and the effects of the EPA's MATS rules including our estimated costs of compliance, the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures that may arise in connection with any litigation, including NSR litigation or potential regulatory initiatives or rulemakings (including that such expenditures could result in our decision to deactivate or idle certain generating units), the uncertainties associated with the deactivation of certain older unscrubbed regulated and competitive fossil units, including the impact on vendor commitments, and the timing thereof as they relate to, among other things, the RMR arrangements and the reliability of the transmission grid, adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes with respect to our nuclear operations (including, but not limited to the revocation or non-renewal of necessary licenses, approvals or operating permits by the NRC or as a result of the incident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant), adverse legal decisions and outcomes related to ME's and PN's ability to recover certain transmission costs through their TSC riders, the impact of future changes to the operational status or availability of our generating units, the risks and uncertainties associated with litigation, arbitration, mediation and like proceedings, including, but not limited to, any such proceedings related to vendor commitments, replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or inadequately hedged, the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards and energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates, changes in customers' demand for power, including but not limited to, changes resulting from the implementation of state and federal energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates, the ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic and financial goals including, but not limited to, the ability to successfully complete the proposed West Virginia asset transfer and to improve our credit metrics, our ability to improve electric commodity margins and the impact of, among other factors, the increased cost of fuel and fuel transportation on such margins, the ability to experience growth in the Regulated Distribution segment and to continue to successfully implement our direct retail sales strategy in the Competitive Energy Services segment, changing market conditions that could affect the measurement of liabilities and the value of assets held in our NDTs, pension trusts and other trust funds, and cause us and our subsidiaries to make additional contributions sooner, or in amounts that are larger than currently anticipated, the impact of changes to material accounting policies, the ability to access the public securities and other capital and credit markets in accordance with our financing plans, the cost of such capital and overall condition of the capital and credit markets affecting us and our subsidiaries, actions that may be taken by credit rating agencies that could negatively affect us and our subsidiaries' access to financing, increase the costs thereof, and increase requirements to post additional collateral to support outstanding commodity positions, LOCs and other financial guarantees, changes in national and regional economic conditions affecting us, our subsidiaries and our major industrial and commercial customers, and other counterparties including fuel suppliers, with which we do business, issues concerning the stability of domestic and foreign financial institutions and counterparties with which we do business, the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in our SEC filings, and other similar factors. Dividends declared from time to time on FE's common stock during any annual period may in the aggregate vary from the indicated amount due to circumstances considered by FE's Board of Directors at the time of the actual declarations. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy or hold securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on FirstEnergy's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. The registrant expressly disclaims any current intention to update, except as required by law, any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

February 25, 2013

	FIRSTENERGY CORP.
	Registrant
By:		/s/ Harvey L. Wagner
		Harvey L. Wagner Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FirstEnergy Corp.For Release: February 25, 2013

76 South Main Street

Akron, Ohio 44308

www.firstenergycorp.com

News Media Contact:Investor Contact:

Tricia Ingraham                            Irene Prezelj

(330) 384-5247                            (330) 384-3859

FirstEnergy Reports 2012 Earnings

Reaffirms 2013 Non-GAAP Guidance

Akron, Ohio - FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today reported full-year 2012 basic earnings of $3.34 per share of common stock on a non-GAAP* basis. These results exclude the impact of the special items listed below. In 2011, non-GAAP earnings were $3.64 per share.

“In 2012, we successfully controlled costs, improved our operational performance, and continued building our competitive business, consistent with our strategies,” said Anthony J. Alexander, president and chief executive officer of FirstEnergy. “This year, we will remain focused on continuing the strong operational performance in our three core businesses, generation, transmission and distribution, while delivering financial stability and pursuing opportunities for growth.”

The company also reaffirmed its 2013 non-GAAP earnings guidance of $2.85 to $3.15 per share.

On a GAAP basis, full-year 2012 earnings were $1.85 per basic share ($1.84 diluted), on net income of $771 million and revenue of $15.3 billion. In 2011, GAAP earnings were $2.22 per basic share ($2.21 diluted) on net income of $869 million and revenue of $16.1 billion.

Fourth quarter 2012 non-GAAP earnings were $0.80 per share of common stock. This compares to fourth quarter 2011 non-GAAP earnings of $0.77 per share. On a GAAP basis, the company reported a fourth quarter 2012 net loss of $148 million, or a loss of $0.35 per basic share, on revenue of $3.5 billion. In 2011, GAAP earnings were $0.23 per basic and diluted share on net income of $99 million and revenue of $3.9 billion.

The annual adjustment for pension and other post-employment benefits actuarial assumptions reduced fourth quarter 2012 GAAP earnings by $0.91 per share, resulting in the loss for the quarter. Last year's adjustment reduced GAAP earnings by $0.74 per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, but that adjustment was more than offset by a one-time gain from the sale of non-core assets.

GAAP to Non-GAAP* Reconciliation
	Fourth Quarter		Full Year		Full Year
	2012	2011	2012	2011	2013
Basic Earnings Per Share (GAAP)	$(0.35)	$0.23	$1.85	$2.22	$2.55-$2.85
Excluding Special Items:
Mark-To-Market Adjustments -
Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	0.91	0.74	0.91	0.78	—
Other	(0.03)	(0.03)	(0.11)	0.02	—
Regulatory Charges	0.02	—	0.08	0.05	0.06
Trust Securities Impairment	0.01	—	0.02	0.03	—
Income Tax Legislative Change	0.02	0.06	0.08	0.07	—
Merger Transaction/Integration Costs	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.41	—
Impact of Non-Core Asset Sales/Impairments	0.04	(0.81)	0.03	(0.78)	0.08
Plant Closing Costs	0.12	—	0.29	—	0.01
Restructuring Costs	0.01	—	0.02	—	0.01
Merger Accounting - Commodity Contracts	0.03	0.08	0.13	0.26	0.08
Generating Plant Charges	—	0.49	—	0.52	—
Litigation Resolution	—	—	—	0.06	—
Debt Redemption Costs	—	—	—	—	0.06
Basic Earnings Per Share (Non-GAAP*)	$0.80	$0.77	$3.34	$3.64	$2.85-$3.15

Fourth quarter 2012 non-GAAP results benefited from lower operating costs, higher distribution deliveries and increased investment income. Results were negatively affected by lower sales margins and a higher effective income tax rate.

Full year non-GAAP results benefited from lower operating costs, the net impact of the Allegheny merger (2011 included results for only 10 months), reduced interest expense and higher investment income. These drivers partially offset lower full-year sales margins, a higher effective income tax rate, and reduced distribution deliveries.

Fourth quarter distribution deliveries increased 1 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. Industrial deliveries in the quarter decreased 3 percent compared to the same period in 2011, while commercial deliveries were essentially flat and residential deliveries increased 5 percent, largely due to cooler weather compared to the fourth quarter of 2011.

The company's competitive subsidiary, FirstEnergy Solutions, expanded its retail customer count by 42 percent in the year, growing from approximately 1.9 million customers at the end of 2011 to nearly 2.6 million at the end of 2012. FirstEnergy Solutions also grew direct retail sales by 18 percent in the year. In the fourth quarter, sales margins benefited from the execution of the company's retail strategy, but these gains were offset by a decrease in capacity revenues due to lower capacity prices.

FirstEnergy's Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - which provides highlights on company developments and financial results for the year and for the fourth quarter of 2012 - is posted on the company's website - www.firstenergycorp.com/ir.To access the report, click on Fourth Quarter 2012 Consolidated Report to the Financial Community.

The company invites investors, customers and other interested parties to listen to a live Internet webcast of its teleconference for financial analysts at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time today. FirstEnergy management will present an overview of the company's financial results, followed by a question-and-answer session. The teleconference can be accessed on the company's website by selecting the Q4 2012 Earnings Conference Call link. The webcast will be archived on the website.

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FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia. Its generation subsidiaries control more than 20,000 megawatts of capacity from a diversified mix of scrubbed coal, non-emitting nuclear, natural gas, hydro, pumped-storage hydro and other renewables. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.

(*) This news release contains non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's historical or future financial performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures are intended to complement, and not considered as an alternative to, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Also, the non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities.

Forward-Looking Statements: This News Release includes forward-looking statements based on information currently available to management. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. These statements include declarations regarding management's intents, beliefs and current expectations. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms “anticipate,” “potential,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate” and similar words. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially due to: the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry, in general, and the retail sales market in particular, the impact of the regulatory process on the pending matters before FERC and in the various states in which we do business including, but not limited to, matters related to rates and pending rate cases, the uncertainties of various cost recovery and cost allocation issues resulting from ATSI's realignment into PJM, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins, regulatory outcomes associated with Hurricane Sandy, changing energy, capacity and commodity market prices including, but not limited to, coal, natural gas and oil, and availability and their impact on retail margins, financial derivative reforms that could increase our liquidity needs and collateral costs, the continued ability of our regulated utilities to collect transition and other costs, operation and maintenance costs being higher than anticipated, other legislative and regulatory changes, and revised environmental requirements, including possible GHG emission, water discharge, water intake and coal combustion residual regulations, the potential impacts of CAIR, and any laws, rules or regulations that ultimately replace CAIR, and the effects of the EPA's MATS rules including our estimated costs of compliance, the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures that may arise in connection with any litigation, including NSR litigation or potential regulatory initiatives or rulemakings (including that such expenditures could result in our decision to deactivate or idle certain generating units), the uncertainties associated with the deactivation of certain older unscrubbed regulated and competitive fossil units, including the impact on vendor commitments, and the timing thereof as they relate to, among other things, the RMR arrangements and the reliability of the transmission grid, adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes with respect to our nuclear operations (including, but not limited to the revocation or non-renewal of necessary licenses, approvals or operating permits by the NRC or as a result of the incident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant), adverse legal decisions and outcomes related to ME's and PN's ability to recover certain transmission costs through their TSC riders, the impact of future changes to the operational status or availability of our generating units, the risks and uncertainties associated with litigation, arbitration, mediation and like proceedings, including, but not limited to, any such proceedings related to vendor commitments, replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or inadequately hedged, the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards and energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates, changes in customers' demand for power, including but not limited to, changes resulting from the implementation of state and federal energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates, the ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic and financial goals including, but not limited to, the ability to successfully complete the proposed West Virginia asset transfer and to improve our credit metrics, our ability to improve electric commodity margins and the impact of, among other factors, the increased cost of fuel and fuel transportation on such margins, the ability to experience growth in the Regulated Distribution segment and to continue to successfully implement our direct retail sales strategy in the Competitive Energy Services segment, changing market conditions that could affect the measurement of liabilities and the value of assets held in our NDTs, pension trusts and other trust funds, and cause us and our subsidiaries to make additional contributions sooner, or in amounts that are larger than currently anticipated, the impact of changes to material accounting policies, the ability to access the public securities and other capital and credit markets in accordance with our financing plans, the cost of such capital and overall condition of the capital and credit markets affecting us and our subsidiaries, actions that may be taken by credit rating agencies that could negatively affect us and our subsidiaries' access to financing, increase the costs thereof, and increase requirements to post additional collateral to support outstanding commodity positions, LOCs and other financial guarantees, changes in national and regional economic conditions affecting us, our subsidiaries and our major industrial and commercial customers, and other counterparties including fuel suppliers, with which we do business, issues concerning the stability of domestic and foreign financial institutions and counterparties with which we do business, the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in our SEC filings, and other similar factors. Dividends declared from time to time on FE's common stock during any annual period may in the aggregate vary from the indicated amount due to circumstances considered by FE's Board of Directors at the time of the actual declarations. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy or hold securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on FirstEnergy's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. FirstEnergy expressly disclaims any current intention to update, except as required by law, any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Consolidated Report to the Financial Community                                                                           

Fourth Quarter 2012

(Released February 25, 2013)          

HIGHLIGHTS		After-Tax EPS Variance Analysis	4th Qtr.
		4Q 2011 Basic EPS - GAAP	$0.23
	•  Normalized non-GAAP* earnings, excluding special items, were $0.80 per basic share for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with fourth quarter 2011 normalized non-GAAP earnings of $0.77 per basic share. GAAP results for the fourth quarter of 2012 were losses of $0.35 per basic share, compared with fourth quarter 2011 earnings of $0.23 per basic share. Normalized non-GAAP earnings for 2012, excluding special items, were $3.34 per basic share, compared with $3.64 per basic share in 2011. GAAP earnings for 2012 were $1.85 per basic share, compared with $2.22 per basic share in 2011.	Special Items - 2011	0.54
		4Q 2011 Normalized Basic EPS - Non-GAAP*	$0.77
		Distribution Deliveries	0.04
		Commodity Margin	(0.08)
		O&M Expenses	0.08
		General Taxes	0.01
		Investment Income	0.02
		Effective Income Tax Rate	(0.05)
		Other	0.01
		4Q 2012 Normalized Basic EPS - Non-GAAP*	$0.80
		Special Items - 2012	(1.15)
		4Q 2012 Basic EPS - GAAP	$(0.35)

4Q2012 Results vs 4Q2011

• Distribution Deliveries - Higher distribution delivery revenues increased earnings by $0.04 per share. Electric distribution deliveries increased 252,000 MWH, or 1%, partially due to weather as heating-degree-days were 13% higher than the same period last year, but 5% below normal. Residential deliveries increased 607,000 MWH, or 5%, commercial deliveries were flat, while industrial deliveries decreased 351,000 MWH, or 3%.

*The 2012 and 2013 GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation statements can be found on page 20 of this report and all GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation statements are available on the Investor Information section of FirstEnergy Corp.'s website at www.firstenergycorp.com/ir.

• Commodity Margin EPS Summary

Commodity Margin EPS - 4Q12 vs 4Q11	Rate			Volume			Total
Contract Sales
- Direct Sales	$	(0.05	)	$	0.07		$	0.02
- Governmental Aggregation Sales	(0.06		)	0.09			0.03
- Mass Market Sales	—			0.06			0.06
- POLR Sales	(0.02		)	(0.06		)	(0.08		)
- Structured Sales	—			0.04			0.04
Subtotal - Contract Sales	$	(0.13	)	$	0.20		$	0.07
Wholesale Sales	0.02			(0.15		)	(0.13		)
PJM Capacity, FRR Auction Revenues	(0.19		)	—			(0.19		)
REC Sales	—			(0.02		)	(0.02		)
Fuel Expense	0.01			0.07			0.08
Purchased Power	(0.02		)	(0.03		)	(0.05		)
Capacity Expense	0.24			(0.07		)	0.17
Net Financial Sales and Purchases	0.02			—			0.02
Net MISO - PJM Transmission Cost	(0.01		)	(0.02		)	(0.03		)
Net Increase / (Decrease)	$	(0.06	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.08	)

(a) Contract Sales - Competitive Energy Services' (CES) contract generation sales increased by 2.2 million MWH, or 10%, and increased earnings by $0.07 per share.

The number of retail customers totaled 2.6 million at the end of 2012, an increase of nearly 800,000 customers, or 42%, from 2011. Direct sales to large commercial and industrial customers increased by 798,000 MWH, or 6%, primarily due to higher sales in central and southern Ohio. Governmental aggregation sales increased by 990,000 MWH, or 29%, primarily due to successful expansion into communities in Illinois. Mass market sales increased by 563,000 MWH, or 72%, primarily in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Structured sales increased 487,000 MWH, or 73%, due to increased municipality, cooperative, and bilateral sales. In line with FES’ strategy to realign its sales portfolio, POLR generation sales decreased by 666,000 MWH, or 15%.

CES Contract Sales - 4Q12 vs. 4Q11
(thousand MWH)	Retail			Non-Retail
	Direct	Aggr.	Mass Market	POLR	Structured	Total
Contract Sales Increase / (Decrease)	798	990	563	(666)	487	2,172

(b) Wholesale Sales -Wholesale sales decreased by 2.4 million MWH and reduced earnings by $0.13 per share due to increased contract sales and slightly lower generation output.

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(c) PJM Capacity - Base Residual (BR) and Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) Auctions - Lower capacity revenues due to lower capacity prices decreased earnings by $0.19 per share.

Planning Period	RTO	ATSI
Price Per Megawatt-Day	BR	FRR
June 2011 - May 2012	$110.00	$108.89
June 2012 - May 2013	$16.46	$20.46

(d) Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Sales - Fewer REC sales decreased earnings by $0.02 per share.

(e) Fuel Expense - Total generation output decreased 193,000 MWH, or 1%. Increased nuclear output in the generation mix lowered fuel expenses and increased earnings by $0.08 per share. Fossil generation output decreased by 1.5 million MWH, primarily resulting from lower output associated with the deactivated units, reliability must run (RMR) units designated by PJM, and temporary operational changes at the Sammis plant. Nuclear output increased by 1.3 million MWH, primarily due to a 32-day refueling outage at Beaver Valley Unit 2 in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with a 66-day mid-cycle outage at Davis-Besse and a 17-day forced outage at Perry in the fourth quarter of 2011.

(f) Purchased Power - Power purchases increased by 595,000 MWH and reduced earnings by $0.05 per share. The increase was primarily due to economic purchases associated with the operational changes at the Sammis plant.

(g) Capacity Expense - Lower capacity prices more than offset CES' increased retail sales obligations, increasing earnings by $0.17 per share.

(h ) Net Financial Sales and Purchases - Net financial hedges, associated with CES' sales and generation portfolio, increased earnings by $0.02 per share.

(i) Net MISO-PJM Transmission Cost - Higher transmission expenses, primarily due to higher network expenses and increased retail sales, decreased earnings by $0.03 per share.

• O&M Expenses - Lower O&M expenses increased earnings by $0.08 per share.

(a) Lower Regulated Distribution expenses, net of storm deferrals, increased earnings by $0.05 per share, as the deployment of more than 10,000 FirstEnergy employees assigned to Hurricane Sandy restoration work resulted in a shift in labor and other than labor costs from normal operation and maintenance activities to capital. Total storm restoration costs in the fourth quarter of 2012, primarily associated with Hurricane Sandy, totaled $860 million. Of the total cost, $485 million was devoted to capital work, $198 million for asset removal costs, and $177 million in O&M expenses. A total of $356 million is subject to regulatory accounting, resulting in a $19 million increase in net O&M

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expenses, or $0.03 per share. Storm cost details by state are shown in Recent Developments under Operational Matters on page 22.

(b) Lower CES O&M expenses increased earnings by $0.03 per share, due to lower expenses at both fossil and nuclear operations.

• General Taxes - Lower general taxes increased earnings by $0.01 per share, due to lower gross receipts, KWH and franchise taxes, partially offset by higher property taxes.

• Investment Income - Higher nuclear decommissioning trust income increased earnings by $0.02 per share, primarily due to a rebalancing of a portion of the portfolio.

• Effective Income Tax Rate - A higher effective income tax rate decreased earnings by $0.05 per share, principally due to the reversal of tax valuation allowances for previously established state income tax benefits in the fourth quarter of 2011.

• Special Items - The following special items were recognized during the fourth quarter of 2012:

Special Items		EPS
Mark-to-market adjustments
- Pension / OPEB actuarial assumptions		$0.91
- Other		(0.03)
Regulatory charges		0.02
Trust securities impairment		0.01
Income tax legislative changes		0.02
Merger transaction / integration costs		0.02
Impact of non-core asset sales / impairments		0.04
Plant closing costs		0.12
Restructuring costs		0.01
Merger accounting - commodity contracts		0.03
	Total	$1.15

2013 Earnings Guidance

Normalized non-GAAP* earnings guidance, excluding special items, is $2.85 to $3.15 per basic share.

*The 2012 and 2013 GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation statements can be found on page 20 of this report and all GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation statements are available on the Investor Information section of FirstEnergy Corp.'s website at www.firstenergycorp.com/ir.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2012                    4

FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(In millions, except for per share amounts)

				Three Months Ended December 31									Twelve Months Ended December 31
				2012			2011			Change			2012			2011			Change
		Revenues
(1	)		Regulated distribution	$	2,040		$	2,243		$	(203	)	$	8,897		$	9,740		$	(843	)
(2	)		Regulated transmission	183			184			(1		)	740			660			80
(3	)		Competitive energy services	1,501			1,704			(203		)	6,674			7,062			(388		)
(4	)		Other and reconciling adjustments	(224		)	(271		)	47			(1,008		)	(1,315		)	307
(5	)	Total Revenues		3,500			3,860			(360		)	15,303			16,147			(844		)
		Expenses
(6	)		Fuel	638			597			41			2,471			2,317			154
(7	)		Purchased power	877			1,188			(311		)	4,237			4,875			(638		)
(8	)		Other operating expenses	1,165			928			237			3,769			3,964			(195		)
(9	)		Pensions and OPEB mark-to-market	609			507			102			609			507			102
(10	)		Provision for depreciation	287			283			4			1,124			1,066			58
(11	)		Deferral of storm costs	(327		)	(63		)	(264		)	(375		)	(145		)	(230		)
(12	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	61			48			13			307			474			(167		)
(13	)		General taxes	224			230			(6		)	985			978			7
(14	)		Impairment of long lived assets	—			372			(372		)	—			413			(413		)
(15	)	Total Expenses		3,534			4,090			(556		)	13,127			14,449			(1,322		)
(16	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(34		)	(230		)	196			2,176			1,698			478
		Other Income (Expense)
(17	)		Gain on partial sale of Signal Peak	—			569			(569		)	—			569			(569		)
(18	)		Investment income	14			14			—			77			114			(37		)
(19	)		Interest expense	(251		)	(245		)	(6		)	(1,001		)	(1,008		)	7
(20	)		Capitalized interest	18			15			3			72			70			2
(21	)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(219		)	353			(572		)	(852		)	(255		)	(597		)
(22	)	Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes		(253		)	123			(376		)	1,324			1,443			(119		)
(23	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(105		)	24			(129		)	553			574			(21		)
(24	)	Net Income (Loss)		(148		)	99			(247		)	771			869			(98		)
(25	)		Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			1			(1		)	1			(16		)	17
(26	)	Earnings (Loss) Available to FirstEnergy Corp.		$	(148	)	$	98		$	(246	)	$	770		$	885		$	(115	)
(27	)	Earnings (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock
(28	)		Basic	$	(0.35	)	$	0.23		$	(0.58	)	$	1.85		$	2.22		$	(0.37	)
(29	)		Diluted	$	(0.35	)	$	0.23		$	(0.58	)	$	1.84		$	2.21		$	(0.37	)
(30	)	Weighted Average Number of
(31	)	Common Shares Outstanding
(32	)		Basic	418			418			—			418			399			19
(33	)		Diluted	419			420			(1		)	419			401			18

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2012                    5

FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Income Segments

(In millions)

				Three Months Ended December 31, 2012
										Competitive			Other &
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Adjustments (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	2,006		$	183		1,245			—			$	3,434
(2	)		Other	34			—			76			(44		)	66
(3	)		Internal	—			—			180			(180		)	—
(4	)	Total Revenues		2,040			183			1,501			(224		)	3,500
		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	90			—			548			—			638
(6	)		Purchased power	814			—			241			(178		)	877
(7	)		Other operating expenses	714			36			458			(43		)	1,165
(8	)		Pensions and OPEB mark-to-market	392			2			215			—			609
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	142			30			106			9			287
(10	)		Deferral of storm costs	(322		)	(5		)	—			—			(327		)
(11	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	60			1			—			—			61
(12	)		General taxes	163			11			48			2			224
(13	)	Total Expenses		2,053			75			1,616			(210		)	3,534
(14	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(13		)	108			(115		)	(14		)	(34		)
		Other Income (Expense)
(15	)		Investment income	22			—			18			(26		)	14
(16	)		Interest expense	(135		)	(22		)	(75		)	(19		)	(251		)
(17	)		Capitalized interest	3			1			10			4			18
(18	)	Total Other Expense		(110		)	(21		)	(47		)	(41		)	(219		)
(19	)	Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes		(123		)	87			(162		)	(55		)	(253		)
(20	)		Income taxes	(60		)	32			(82		)	5			(105		)
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		(63		)	55			(80		)	(60		)	(148		)
(22	)		Income attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			—			—
(23	)	Earnings (Loss) Available to FirstEnergy Corp.		$	(63	)	$	55		$	(80	)	$	(60	)	$	(148	)
(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy Corp.'s (FirstEnergy) service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Consists primarily of interest expense related to holding company debt, corporate support services revenues and expenses and elimination of intersegment transactions.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2012                    6

FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Income Segments

(In millions)

				Three Months Ended December 31, 2011
										Competitive			Other &
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Adjustments (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	2,206		$	184		1,363			—			$	3,753
(2	)		Other	38			—			80			(22		)	96
(3	)		Internal	(1		)	—			261			(249		)	11
(4	)	Total Revenues		2,243			184			1,704			(271		)	3,860
		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	79			—			518			—			597
(6	)		Purchased power	1,050			—			386			(248		)	1,188
(7	)		Other operating expenses	431			27			497			(27		)	928
(8	)		Pensions and OPEB mark-to-market	290			2			215			—			507
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	140			30			108			5			283
(10	)		Deferral of storm costs	(63		)	—			—			—			(63		)
(11	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	49			(1		)	—			—			48
(12	)		General taxes	166			10			50			4			230
(13	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	87			—			285			—			372
(14	)	Total Expenses		2,229			68			2,059			(266		)	4,090
(15	)	Operating Income (Loss)		14			116			(355		)	(5		)	(230		)
		Other Income (Expense)
(16	)		Gain on partial sale of Signal Peak	—			—			569			—			569
(17	)		Investment income	23			—			7			(16		)	14
(18	)		Interest expense	(135		)	(23		)	(72		)	(15		)	(245		)
(19	)		Capitalized interest	4			—			9			2			15
(20	)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(108		)	(23		)	513			(29		)	353
(21	)	Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes		(94		)	93			158			(34		)	123
(22	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(35		)	35			59			(35		)	24
(23	)	Net Income (Loss)		(59		)	58			99			1			99
(24	)		Income attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			1			1
(25	)	Earnings (Loss) Available to FirstEnergy Corp.		$	(59	)	$	58		$	99		$	—		$	98
(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy Corp.'s (FirstEnergy) service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Consists primarily of interest expense related to holding company debt, corporate support services revenues and expenses and elimination of intersegment transactions.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2012                    7

FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Income Segments

(In millions)

				Three Months Ended December 31, 2012 vs. Three Months Ended December 31, 2011
										Competitive			Other &
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Adjustments (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	(200	)	$	(1	)	(118		)	—			$	(319	)
(2	)		Other	(4		)	—			(4		)	(22		)	(30		)
(3	)		Internal revenues	1			—			(81		)	69			(11		)
(4	)	Total Revenues		(203		)	(1		)	(203		)	47			(360		)
		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	11			—			30			—			41
(6	)		Purchased power	(236		)	—			(145		)	70			(311		)
(7	)		Other operating expenses	283			9			(39		)	(16		)	237
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	102			—			—			—			102
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	2			—			(2		)	4			4
(10	)		Deferral of storm costs	(259		)	(5		)	—			—			(264		)
(11	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	11			2			—			—			13
(12	)		General taxes	(3		)	1			(2		)	(2		)	(6		)
(13	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	(87		)	—			(285		)	—			(372		)
(14	)	Total Expenses		(176		)	7			(443		)	56			(556		)
(15	)	Operating Income		(27		)	(8		)	240			(9		)	196
		Other Income (Expense)
(16	)		Gain on partial sale of Signal Peak	—			—			(569		)	—			(569		)
(17	)		Investment income	(1		)	—			11			(10		)	—
(18	)		Interest expense	—			1			(3		)	(4		)	(6		)
(19	)		Capitalized interest	(1		)	1			1			2			3
(20	)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(2		)	2			(560		)	(12		)	(572		)
(21	)	Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes		(29		)	(6		)	(320		)	(21		)	(376		)
(22	)		Income taxes	(25		)	(3		)	(141		)	40			(129		)
(23	)	Net Income (Loss)		(4		)	(3		)	(179		)	(61		)	(247		)
(24	)		Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			(1		)	(1		)
(25	)	Earnings (Loss) Available to FirstEnergy Corp.		$	(4	)	$	(3	)	$	(179	)	$	(60	)	$	(246	)
(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy Corp.'s (FirstEnergy) service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Consists primarily of interest expense related to holding company debt, corporate support services revenues and expenses and elimination of intersegment transactions.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2012                    8

FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Income Segments

(In millions)

				Year Ended December 31, 2012
										Competitive			Other &
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Adjustments (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	8,733		$	740		5,497			—			$	14,970
(2	)		Other	164			—			311			(144		)	331
(3	)		Internal	—			—			866			(864		)	2
(4	)	Total Revenues		8,897			740			6,674			(1,008		)	15,303
		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	263			—			2,208			—			2,471
(6	)		Purchased power	3,801			—			1,298			(862		)	4,237
(7	)		Other operating expenses	1,963			132			1,849			(175		)	3,769
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	392			2			215			—			609
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	558			118			414			34			1,124
(10	)		Deferral of storm costs	(370		)	(5		)	—			—			(375		)
(11	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	305			2			—			—			307
(12	)		General taxes	706			44			210			25			985
(13	)	Total Expenses		7,618			293			6,194			(978		)	13,127
(14	)	Operating Income		1,279			447			480			(30		)	2,176
		Other Income (Expense)
(15	)		Investment income	84			1			66			(74		)	77
(16	)		Interest expense	(540		)	(92		)	(284		)	(85		)	(1,001		)
(17	)		Capitalized interest	12			3			44			13			72
(18	)	Total Other Expense		(444		)	(88		)	(174		)	(146		)	(852		)
(19	)	Income Before Income Taxes		835			359			306			(176		)	1,324
(20	)		Income taxes	295			133			91			34			553
(21	)	Net Income		540			226			215			(210		)	771
(22	)		Income attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			1			1
(23	)	Earnings Available to FirstEnergy Corp.		$	540		$	226		$	215		$	(211	)	$	770
(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy Corp.'s (FirstEnergy) service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Consists primarily of interest expense related to holding company debt, corporate support services revenues and expenses and elimination of intersegment transactions.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2012                    9

FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Income Segments

(In millions)

				Year Ended December 31, 2011
										Competitive			Other &
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Adjustments (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	9,544		$	660		5,462			—			$	15,666
(2	)		Other	196			—			363			(145		)	414
(3	)		Internal	—			—			1,237			(1,170		)	67
(4	)	Total Revenues		9,740			660			7,062			(1,315		)	16,147
		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	268			—			2,049			—			2,317
(6	)		Purchased power	4,667			—			1,380			(1,172		)	4,875
(7	)		Other operating expenses	1,669			113			2,256			(74		)	3,964
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	290			2			215			—			507
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	523			104			415			24			1,066
(10	)		Deferral of storm costs	(145		)	—			—			—			(145		)
(11	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	468			6			—			—			474
(12	)		General taxes	717			40			200			21			978
(13	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	87			—			315			11			413
(14	)	Total Expenses		8,544			265			6,830			(1,190		)	14,449
(15	)	Operating Income		1,196			395			232			(125		)	1,698
		Other Income (Expense)
(16	)		Gain on partial sale of Signal Peak	—			—			569			—			569
(17	)		Investment income	99			—			56			(41		)	114
(18	)		Interest expense	(530		)	(89		)	(298		)	(91		)	(1,008		)
(19	)		Capitalized interest	10			2			40			18			70
(20	)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(421		)	(87		)	367			(114		)	(255		)
(21	)	Income Before Income Taxes		775			308			599			(239		)	1,443
(22	)		Income taxes	287			114			222			(49		)	574
(23	)	Net Income		488			194			377			(190		)	869
(24	)		Loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			(16		)	(16		)
(25	)	Earnings Available to FirstEnergy Corp.		$	488		$	194		$	377		$	(174	)	$	885
(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy Corp.'s (FirstEnergy) service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Consists primarily of interest expense related to holding company debt, corporate support services revenues and expenses and elimination of intersegment transactions.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2012                    10

FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Income Segments

(In millions)

				Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2012 vs. Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2011
										Competitive			Other &
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Reconciling			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Adjustments (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	(811	)	$	80		35			—			$	(696	)
(2	)		Other	(32		)	—			(52		)	1			(83		)
(3	)		Internal revenues	—			—			(371		)	306			(65		)
(4	)	Total Revenues		(843		)	80			(388		)	307			(844		)
		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	(5		)	—			159			—			154
(6	)		Purchased power	(866		)	—			(82		)	310			(638		)
(7	)		Other operating expenses	294			19			(407		)	(101		)	(195		)
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	102			—			—			—			102
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	35			14			(1		)	10			58
(10	)		Deferral of storm costs	(225		)	(5		)	—			—			(230		)
(11	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	(163		)	(4		)	—			—			(167		)
(12	)		General taxes	(11		)	4			10			4			7
(13	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	(87		)	—			(315		)	(11		)	(413		)
(14	)	Total Expenses		(926		)	28			(636		)	212			(1,322		)
(15	)	Operating Income		83			52			248			95			478
		Other Income (Expense)
(16	)		Gain on partial sale of Signal Peak	—			—			(569		)	—			(569		)
(17	)		Investment income	(15		)	1			10			(33		)	(37		)
(18	)		Interest expense	(10		)	(3		)	14			6			7
(19	)		Capitalized interest	2			1			4			(5		)	2
(20	)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(23		)	(1		)	(541		)	(32		)	(597		)
(21	)	Income Before Income Taxes		60			51			(293		)	63			(119		)
(22	)		Income taxes	8			19			(131		)	83			(21		)
(23	)	Net Income (Loss)		52			32			(162		)	(20		)	(98		)
(24	)		Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			17			17
(25	)	Earnings (Loss) Available to FirstEnergy Corp.		$	52		$	32		$	(162	)	$	(37	)	$	(115	)
(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy Corp.'s (FirstEnergy) service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Consists primarily of interest expense related to holding company debt, corporate support services revenues and expenses and elimination of intersegment transactions.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Financial Information

(In millions)

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
		As of		As of
Assets		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Current Assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	172	$	202
	Receivables	1,929		1,794
	Other	1,667		1,359
Total Current Assets		3,768		3,355
Property, Plant and Equipment		32,903		30,337
Investments		3,194		3,522
Deferred Charges and Other Assets		10,541		10,112
Total Assets		$	50,406	$	47,326
Liabilities and Capitalization
Current Liabilities:
	Currently payable long-term debt	$	1,999	$	1,621
	Short-term borrowings	1,969		—
	Accounts payable	1,599		1,174
	Other	2,038		2,060
Total Current Liabilities		7,605		4,855
Capitalization:
	Total equity	13,093		13,299
	Long-term debt and other long-term obligations	15,179		15,716
Total Capitalization		28,272		29,015
Noncurrent Liabilities		14,529		13,456
Total Liabilities and Capitalization		$	50,406	$	47,326

General Information
	Three Months Ended December 31						Years Ended December 31
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Debt redemptions	$	(70	)	$	(328	)	$	(940	)	$	(1,909	)
New long-term debt issues	$	90		$	1		$	750		$	604
Short-term borrowings increase (decrease)	$	365		$	—		$	1,969		$	(700	)
Property additions	$	992		$	665		$	2,678		$	2,129

Adjusted Capitalization
	As of December 31					As of December 31
	2012			% Total		2011			% Total
Total Equity (GAAP)	$	13,093		38	%	$	13,299		40	%
Long-term Debt and Other Long-term Obligations	15,179			43	%	15,716			46	%
Currently Payable Long-term Debt	1,999			6	%	1,621			5	%
Short-term Borrowings	1,969			6	%	—			—	%
Adjustments:
Operating Lease Debt Equivalent*	1,538			4	%	2,124			6	%
Post-Retirement Benefit Obligations**	1,865			5	%	1,702			5	%
Less Securitization Debt	(736		)	-2	%	(790		)	-2	%
Adjusted capitalization (Non-GAAP)	$	34,907		100	%	$	33,672		100	%
* Present value of future operating lease payments using a discount rate of 7%
** After-tax unfunded Pension/OPEB PBO Liability

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Statements of Cash Flows and Liquidity

(In millions)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
	Three Months Ended						Years Ended
	December 31						December 31
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	(148	)	$	99		$	771		$	869
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and deferral / amortization of regulatory assets, net	22			268			1,056			1,395
Asset removal costs charged to income	180			29			203			55
Nuclear fuel and lease amortization	47			49			210			201
Deferred purchased power and other costs	(24		)	(56		)	(238		)	(278		)
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits	(65		)	102			647			798
Deferred rents and lease market valuation liability	(42		)	(32		)	(104		)	(49		)
Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	609			507			609			507
Retirement benefits	(30		)	(90		)	(127		)	(151		)
Commodity derivative transactions, net	(15		)	(5		)	(95		)	(27		)
Pension trust contribution	—			3			(600		)	(372		)
Impairments of long-lived assets	(10		)	354			—			413
Cash collateral paid, net	19			(13		)	16			(79		)
Change in working capital and other	501			(381		)	(28		)	(219		)
Cash flows provided from operating activities	1,044			834			2,320			3,063
Cash flows provided from (used for) financing activities	145			(522		)	807			(2,924		)
Cash flows used for investing activities	(1,167		)	(401		)	(3,157		)	(956		)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	$	22		$	(89	)	$	(30	)	$	(817	)

Liquidity position as of January 31, 2013
Company	Type	Maturity	Amount	Available
FirstEnergy(1)	Revolving	May 2017	$2,000	$776
FES / AE Supply	Revolving	May 2017	2,500	2,488
FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC (FET)(2)	Revolving	May 2017	1,000	—
Allegheny Generating Company (AGC)	Revolving	Dec. 2013	50	15
(1) FirstEnergy Corp. and subsidiary borrowers		Subtotal:	$5,550	$3,279
(2) Includes FET, American Transmission Systems, Incorporated (ATSI), and Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company, (TrAIL)		Cash:	—	61
		Total:	$5,550	$3,340

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Statistical Summary

Electric Distribution Deliveries		Three Months Ended December 31				Twelve Months Ended December 31*
(MWH in thousand)		2012	2011	Change		2012	2011	Change
Ohio	- Residential	4,295	3,995	7.5	%	17,646	17,833	-1.0	%
	- Commercial	3,635	3,728	-2.5	%	15,364	15,544	-1.2	%
	- Industrial	4,639	4,843	-4.2	%	20,257	20,289	-0.2	%
	- Other	80	88	-9.1	%	331	346	-4.3	%
	Total Ohio	12,649	12,654	0.0	%	53,598	54,012	-0.8	%
Pennsylvania	- Residential	4,599	4,466	3.0	%	18,548	17,721	4.7	%
	- Commercial	3,095	3,037	1.9	%	12,618	11,855	6.4	%
	- Industrial	4,901	4,990	-1.8	%	20,247	19,430	4.2	%
	- Other	30	31	-3.2	%	122	118	3.4	%
	Total Pennsylvania	12,625	12,524	0.8	%	51,535	49,124	4.9	%
New Jersey	- Residential	1,976	1,940	1.9	%	9,391	9,697	-3.2	%
	- Commercial	2,150	2,187	-1.7	%	9,015	9,282	-2.9	%
	- Industrial	500	548	-8.8	%	2,320	2,413	-3.9	%
	- Other	21	22	-4.5	%	87	89	-2.2	%
	Total New Jersey	4,647	4,697	-1.1	%	20,813	21,481	-3.1	%
Maryland	- Residential	813	758	7.3	%	3,136	2,581	21.5	%
	- Commercial	499	481	3.7	%	2,060	1,716	20.0	%
	- Industrial	365	367	-0.5	%	1,595	1,288	23.8	%
	- Other	4	4	0.0	%	17	14	21.4	%
	Total Maryland	1,681	1,610	4.4	%	6,808	5,599	21.6	%
West Virginia	- Residential	1,376	1,293	6.4	%	5,272	4,257	23.8	%
	- Commercial	882	822	7.3	%	3,588	2,920	22.9	%
	- Industrial	1,233	1,241	-0.6	%	4,959	4,161	19.2	%
	- Other	7	7	0.0	%	28	24	16.7	%
	Total West Virginia	3,498	3,363	4.0	%	13,847	11,362	21.9	%
Total Residential		13,059	12,452	4.9	%	53,993	52,089	3.7	%
Total Commercial		10,261	10,255	0.1	%	42,645	41,317	3.2	%
Total Industrial		11,638	11,989	-2.9	%	49,378	47,581	3.8	%
Total Other		142	152	-6.6	%	585	591	-1.0	%
Total Companies Distribution Deliveries		35,100	34,848	0.7	%	146,601	141,578	3.5	%
* Includes the Allegheny Energy, Inc. (AE) companies for 12 months in 2012 and 10 months in 2011

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2012                    14

FirstEnergy Corp.

Statistical Summary

Weather	Three Months Ended December 31			Twelve Months Ended December 31
	2012	2011	Normal	2012	2011	Normal
Composite Heating-Degree-Days	1,842	1,633	1,929	4,631	5,124	5,462
Composite Cooling-Degree-Days	13	5	12	1,149	1,148	918

Shopping Statistics	Three Months Ended December 31		Years Ended December 31
	2012	2011	2012	2011
OE	77%	74%	76%	73%
Penn	64%	61%	64%	58%
CEI	85%	83%	85%	82%
TE	77%	73%	75%	73%
JCP&L	53%	49%	50%	44%
Met-Ed	64%	54%	61%	47%
Penelec	69%	61%	67%	55%
MP	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PE(1)	46%	43%	46%	41%
WP	62%	55%	59%	48%
(1) Represents Maryland only.

Competitive Operating Statistics*		Three Months Ended December 31		Twelve Months Ended December 31
		2012	2011	2012	2011
Ongoing Generation Capacity Factors:
	Nuclear	91%	77%	91%	85%
	Fossil - Baseload	64%	66%	64%	68%
	Fossil - Load Following	27%	25%	36%	44%
Ongoing Generation Fuel Rate:
	Nuclear	$7.79	$7.97	$7.60	$7.52
	Fossil	$28	$28	$28	$27
	Total Fleet	$21	$22	$21	$21
Ongoing Generation Output Mix:
	Nuclear	35%	29%	35%	31%
	Fossil - Baseload	54%	60%	53%	53%
	Fossil - Load Following	5%	8%	6%	13%
	Peaking/CT/Hydro	6%	2%	6%	2%
* All competitive units excluding recently deactivated plants; includes units receiving RMR payments effective Sept. 1, 2012.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Competitive Energy Services - Sources & Uses

Competitive Energy Services - Sources and Uses (MWH in thousands)
		Three Months Ended December 31				Twelve Months Ended December 31*
Contract Sales		2012	2011	Change		2012	2011	Change
POLR
- OH		1,084	1,046	38		5,833	6,922	(1,089	)
- PA		1,999	2,623	(624	)	9,173	12,451	(3,278	)
- MD		688	768	(80	)	2,921	2,445	476
	Total POLR	3,771	4,437	(666	)	17,927	21,818	(3,891	)
Structured Sales
- Bilaterals		702	561	141		2,925	1,699	1,226
- Muni/Co-op		452	106	346		1,812	1,289	523
Total Structured Sales		1,154	667	487		4,737	2,988	1,749
Direct - LCI
- OH		7,017	6,135	882		27,916	22,974	4,942
- PA		3,898	4,025	(127	)	15,843	14,728	1,115
- NJ		214	368	(154	)	1,156	1,646	(490	)
- MI		588	538	50		2,346	1,979	367
- IL		719	716	3		3,104	2,947	157
- MD		229	148	81		818	632	186
	Total Direct - LCI	12,665	11,930	735		51,183	44,906	6,277
Direct - MCI
- OH		533	541	(8	)	2,250	1,885	365
- PA		277	230	47		1,055	786	269
- IL		24	—	24		38	—	38
- MD		—	—	—		2	—	2
	Total Direct - MCI	834	771	63		3,345	2,671	674
Aggregation
- OH		3,622	3,460	162		16,022	15,779	243
- IL		832	4	828		1,265	7	1,258
	Total Aggregation	4,454	3,464	990		17,287	15,786	1,501
Mass Market
- OH		391	214	177		1,486	743	743
- PA		923	567	356		3,639	1,191	2,448
- IL		10	2	8		35	2	33
- MD		22	—	22		52	—	52
	Total Mass Market	1,346	783	563		5,212	1,936	3,276
Total Contract Sales		24,224	22,052	2,172		99,691	90,105	9,586
Wholesale Sales
- Spot		581	3,019	(2,438	)	4,074	16,792	(12,718	)
Total Wholesale Sales		581	3,019	(2,438	)	4,074	16,792	(12,718	)
Purchased Power**
- Bilaterals		575	692	(117	)	1,820	2,998	(1,178	)
- Spot		2,888	2,176	712		10,514	10,635	(121	)
Total Purchased Power		3,463	2,868	595		12,334	13,633	(1,299	)
Generation Output**
- Fossil		14,818	16,269	(1,451	)	64,668	66,658	(1,990	)
- Nuclear		8,054	6,796	1,258		31,839	29,835	2,004
	Total Generation Output	22,872	23,065	(193	)	96,507	96,493	14
*Includes AE Supply for 12 months in 2012 and 10 months in 2011
**Actual MWH - includes generation from plants recently deactivated and planned to be deactivated

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Special Items - By Segment

(In millions)

								Competitive
		Regulated			Regulated			Energy
Special Items - Three Months Ended December 31, 2012		Distribution			Transmission			Services			Other			Consolidated
Pre-Tax Items:
	Regulatory charges	$	(11	)	$	(3	)	$	—		$	—		$	(14	)
	Trust securities impairment	—			—			(7		)	—			(7		)
	Merger transaction/integration costs	(1		)	—			—			—			(1		)
	Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	(18		)	—			(9		)	(14		)	(41		)
	Mark-to-market adjustments
	Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	(406		)	(2		)	(215		)	—			(623		)
	Other	—			—			24			—			24
	Merger accounting - commodity contracts	(2		)	—			(20		)	—			(22		)
	Debt redemption costs	—			—			(1		)	—			(1		)
	Restructuring	(5		)	—			(5		)	—			(10		)
	Plant closing costs	(6		)	—			(77		)	—			(83		)
	Subtotal	(449		)	(5		)	(310		)	(14		)	(778		)
	Income tax legislative changes	—			—			—			(7		)	(7		)
	Income taxes	164			2			119			18			303
	After-Tax Effect	$	(285	)	$	(3	)	$	(191	)	$	(3	)	$	(482	)
								Competitive
		Regulated			Regulated			Energy
Special Items - Three Months Ended December 31, 2011		Distribution			Transmission			Services			Other			Consolidated
Pre-Tax Items:
	Regulatory charges	$	(2	)	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(2	)
	Trust securities impairment	—			—			(1		)	—			(1		)
	Merger transaction/integration costs	(2		)	—			(2		)	(1		)	(5		)
	Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—			—			526			(3		)	523
	Mark-to-market adjustments -
	Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	(291		)	(2		)	(214		)	—			(507		)
	Other	—			—			23			—			23
	Merger accounting - commodity contracts	(2		)	—			(49		)	—			(51		)
	Generating plant charges	(87		)	—			(247		)	—			(334		)
	Subtotal	(384		)	(2		)	36			(4		)	(354		)
	Income tax legislative changes	—			—			—			(26		)	(26		)
	Income taxes	142			1			(13		)	27			157
	After-Tax Effect	$	(242	)	$	(1	)	$	23		$	(3	)	$	(223	)

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Special Items - By Segment

(In millions)

								Competitive
		Regulated			Regulated			Energy
Special Items - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2012		Distribution			Transmission			Services			Other			Consolidated
Pre-Tax Items:
	Regulatory charges	$	(50	)	$	(3	)	$	—		$	—		$	(53	)
	Trust securities impairment	(1		)	—			(14		)	—			(15		)
	Merger transaction/integration costs	(4		)	—			(3		)	—			(7		)
	Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	(17		)	—			(5		)	(15		)	(37		)
	Mark-to-market adjustments
	Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	(406		)	(2		)	(215		)	—			(623		)
	Other	—			—			75			—			75
	Merger accounting - commodity contracts	(7		)	—			(85		)	—			(92		)
	Debt redemption costs	—			—			(2		)	—			(2		)
	Restructuring	(5		)	—			(6		)	—			(11		)
	Plant closing costs	(22		)	—			(168		)	—			(190		)
	Subtotal	(512		)	(5		)	(423		)	(15		)	(955		)
	Income tax legislative changes	—			—			—			(34		)	(34		)
	Income taxes	188			2			160			17			367
	After-Tax Effect	$	(324	)	$	(3	)	$	(263	)	$	(32	)	$	(622	)
								Competitive
		Regulated			Regulated			Energy
Special Items - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2011		Distribution			Transmission			Services			Other			Consolidated
Pre-Tax Items:
	Regulatory charges	$	(26	)	$	—		$	—		$	(10	)	$	(36	)
	Trust securities impairment	(2		)	—			(17		)	—			(19		)
	Merger transaction/integration costs	(78		)	(4		)	(100		)	(2		)	(184		)
	Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—			—			504			(30		)	474
	Mark-to-market adjustments
	Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	(291		)	(2		)	(214		)	—			(507		)
	Other	—			—			(14		)	—			(14		)
	Merger accounting - commodity contracts	(6		)	—			(161		)	—			(167		)
	Litigation resolution	2			—			(10		)	(29		)	(37		)
	Debt redemption costs	—			—			(1		)	(2		)	(3		)
	Generating plant charges	(87		)	—			(247		)	—			(334		)
	Subtotal	(488		)	(6		)	(260		)	(73		)	(827		)
	Income tax legislative changes	—			—			—			(26		)	(26		)
	Income taxes	181			2			96			7			286
	After-Tax Effect	$	(307	)	$	(4	)	$	(164	)	$	(92	)	$	(567	)

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Special Items - Consolidated

(In millions, except for per share amounts)

Special Items
		Three Months Ended						Years Ended
		December 31						December 31
		2012			2011			2012			2011
Pre-tax Items - Income Increase (Decrease)
Regulatory charges (a)		$	(14	)	$	(2	)	$	(53	)	$	(36	)
Trust securities impairment (b)		(7		)	(1		)	(15		)	(19		)
Merger transaction/integration costs (c)		(1		)	(5		)	(7		)	(184		)
Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments (d)		(41		)	523			(37		)	474
Mark-to-market adjustments
Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions (e)		(623		)	(507		)	(623		)	(507		)
Other (f)		24			23			75			(14		)
Merger accounting - commodity contracts (g)		(22		)	(51		)	(92		)	(167		)
Generating plant charges (h)		—			(334		)	—			(334		)
Litigation resolution (i)		—			—			—			(37		)
Restructuring (j)		(10		)	—			(11		)	—
Plant closing costs (k)		(83		)	—			(190		)	—
Debt redemption costs (l)		(1		)	—			(2		)	(3		)
	Total-Pretax Items	$	(778	)	$	(354	)	$	(955	)	$	(827	)
Income tax legislative changes		(7		)	(26		)	(34		)	(26		)
EPS Effect		$	(1.15	)	$	(0.54	)	$	(1.49	)	$	(1.42	)
(a)	For YTD 2012, $43 million included in "Other operating expenses"; $4 million included in Revenues; $6 million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net". For YTD 2011, $17 million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net"; $13 million included in "Other operating expenses"; $6 million included in "Revenues".
(b)	Included in "Investment income"
(c)	For YTD 2012, included in "Other operating expenses". For YTD 2011, $176 million included in "Other operating expenses"; $8 million included in "Fuel".
(d)	For YTD 2012, ($17) million included in "Revenues"; $37 million included in "Investment income"; $17 million in "Other operating expenses. For YTD 2011, $(569) million in "Gain on partial sale of Signal Peak"; $79 million included in "Impairment of long-lived assets"; $8 million included in "Revenues"; and $8 million includes in "Other Operating expenses".
(e)	For YTD 2012, $609 included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market"; $14 million included in "Other operating expenses". For YTD 2011, Included in "Pensions and OPEB mark-to-market"
(f)	Included in "Other operating expenses"
(g)	For YTD 2012, $42 million included in "Fuel"; $43 million included in "Revenues"; $9 million included in "Purchased Power"; $(2) million included in "Other operating expenses". For YTD 2011 $49 million included in "Fuel"; $58 million included in "Revenues"; $60 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(h)	Included in "Impairment of long-lived assets"
(i)	For YTD 2011, $29 million included in "Other operating expenses"; $22 million included in "Revenues"; ($9) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net"; ($5) million included in "Purchased Power".
(j)	Included in "Other operating expenses"
(k)	For YTD 2012, ($9) million included in "Revenues", $264 million included in "Fuel", ($154) million included in Purchased Power, $81 million included in "Other operating expenses"; and $8 million included in General Taxes.
(l)	Included in "Interest expense"

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FirstEnergy Corp.

EPS Reconciliations

Earnings Per Share (EPS)
(Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP)
		Three Months Ended						Years Ended						Estimate
		December 31						December 31						for Year
		2012			2011			2012			2011			2013
Basic EPS (GAAP basis)		$	(0.35	)	$	0.23		$	1.85		$	2.22		$2.55 - $2.85
Excluding Special Items:
	Mark-to-market adjustments -
	Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	0.91			0.74			0.91			0.78			—
	Other	(0.03		)	(0.03		)	(0.11		)	0.02			—
	Regulatory charges	0.02			—			0.08			0.05			0.06
	Trust securities impairment	0.01			—			0.02			0.03			—
	Income tax legislative changes	0.02			0.06			0.08			0.07			—
	Merger transaction/integration costs	0.02			0.01			0.04			0.41			—
	Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	0.04			(0.81		)	0.03			(0.78		)	0.08
	Plant closing costs	0.12			—			0.29			—			0.01
	Restructuring costs	0.01			—			0.02			—			0.01
	Merger accounting - commodity contracts	0.03			0.08			0.13			0.26			0.08
	Generating plant charges	—			0.49			—			0.52			—
	Litigation resolution	—			—			—			0.06			—
	Debt redemption costs	—			—			—			—			0.06
Basic EPS (Non-GAAP basis)		$	0.80		$	0.77		$	3.34		$	3.64		$2.85 - $3.15

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Recent Developments

Financial Matters

Dividend

On December 18, 2012, the Board of Directors of FirstEnergy Corp. (FirstEnergy or FE) declared an unchanged quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share of outstanding FE common stock. The dividend is payable March 1, 2013, to shareholders of record as of February 7, 2013.

Financing Activities

On October 10, 2012, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved an application to securitize certain deferred costs with certain modifications for Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, and The Toledo Edison Company (Ohio Companies). The Ohio Companies filed an application for rehearing on November 9, 2012, which was granted on December 19, 2012. The PUCO issued an additional entry on January 9, 2013, and the financing order, as modified, became final on February 18, 2013.

On December 3, 2012, FirstEnergy Generation, LLC (FG) and FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation, LLC (NG) remarketed $40 million and $56 million, respectively, of pollution control revenue bonds (PCRBs) previously held by the companies. The entire $96 million was remarketed in a variable-rate mode with a 3-year letter of credit. On December 3, 2012, FG refinanced an additional $26 million of PCRBs with a mandatory put date of December 3, 2018 at 2.55%.

On December 3, 2012, NG repurchased lessor equity interests in Ohio Edison Company's existing sale and leaseback of Beaver Valley Unit 2 for approximately $21.5 million.

On December 31, 2012, FirstEnergy extended the stated maturity of a $150 million variable-rate term loan from April 7, 2013 to December 31, 2014.

Leadership Changes in Finance Group

On December 18, 2012, FirstEnergy announced several leadership changes in its Finance group designed to expand roles and responsibilities for key executives as part of its succession planning strategy. Effective January 1, 2013, Mark T. Clark, executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), was elected executive vice president, Finance and Strategy. James F. Pearson, senior vice president and treasurer, was elected senior vice president and CFO. Steven R. Staub, executive director and assistant treasurer, was elected vice president and treasurer.

On February 19, 2013, FirstEnergy's Board elected K. Jon Taylor vice president, controller and chief accounting officer effective May 1, 2013, succeeding Harvey L. Wagner, who has elected to retire.

Operational Matters

Natural Gas Combustion Turbines at Eastlake

On November 5, 2012, FirstEnergy and American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) to site, build and operate a natural gas peaking facility located on the grounds of FirstEnergy's existing Eastlake Plant in Eastlake, Ohio. The proposed project is subject to regulatory approval. As part of the non-binding MOU, FirstEnergy would supervise construction of the four combustion turbine units that are capable of producing 873 MW. AMP will provide the construction financing and own 75 percent of the generation output, while FirstEnergy will fund and own the remaining 25 percent of the output, upon completion. Plans call for the facility to be operational in early 2016.

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Impact of Hurricane Sandy

In late October 2012, FirstEnergy subsidiaries experienced unprecedented damage in their respective service territories, primarily as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Details of fourth quarter 2012 storm restoration costs by state are shown below:

Fourth Quarter 2012 Storm Restoration Costs (in millions)
	Total		Capital		Asset Removal		O&M		Asset Removal and O&M		Regulatory Accounting		Net Expense
New Jersey	$	629	$	354	$	154	$	121	$	275	$	268	$	7
West Virginia	86		51		15		20		35		35		—
Pennsylvania	82		47		17		18		35		28		7
Ohio	35		16		6		13		19		19		—
Maryland	28		17		6		5		11		6		5
Total	$	860	$	485	$	198	$	177	$	375	$	356	$	19

Regulatory Matters

Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) Rate Filing

On November 30, 2012, JCP&L filed with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to request a change in distribution base rates. If approved, the $31 million rate request would result in about a 1.1 percent increase in overall rates. On February 22, 2013, JCP&L updated its filing to request recovery of $603 million of distribution-related Hurricane Sandy costs, including recovery of deferred costs over a six-year period, resulting in increasing the total revenues requested to approximately $112 million.

JCP&L's filing is to comply with a BPU order issued in 2012 for the company to file a base rate case using a historic 2011 test year, detailing its spending on operations, maintenance and capital investment. The filing includes a proposed Accelerated Reliability Enhancement Program rate recovery mechanism for any necessary accelerated capital investment for potentially higher than standard service and reliability levels.

Rate Change for West Virginia Customers

On December 18, 2012, Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) and The Potomac Edison Company (Potomac Edison) announced that the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (WVPSC) issued an order lowering electric bills for their West Virginia customers beginning January 1, 2013. The decrease lowered electric rates by $66 million, primarily reflecting lower coal and purchased power costs during the past year and including $5 million of synergy savings resulting from the merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy Inc. which closed in February 2011.

West Virginia Utilities File Generation Plan

On November 16, 2012, Mon Power and Potomac Edison filed a proposal with the WVPSC to transfer full ownership of the Harrison Power Station to Mon Power and full ownership of the Pleasants Power Station to Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC (AE Supply). This two-part transaction, if approved as filed, is expected to provide AE Supply with approximately $1.1 billion of cash which would be used to redeem FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. and AE Supply debt.

On January 29, 2013, Mon Power and Potomac Edison provided supplemental rate information to the WVPSC about the companies' proposed generation plan. If approved, the plan would result in an overall average

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monthly residential customer bill of $99.94. Transaction-related expenses would be reflected in a temporary surcharge that would remain in place until the conclusion of Mon Power's and Potomac Edison's next base rate case. The companies plan to file a base rate case no later than six months from the date of the completion of the transaction.

On February 11, 2013, the WVPSC issued an order adopting the following procedural schedule:

• Intervenor and Staff Direct Testimony due by April 26, 2013

• Rebuttal Testimony from all parties due by May 17, 2013

• Hearings have been set for May 29 - 31, 2013 in Charleston, WV

For additional information, please contact:

Irene M. Prezelj Meghan G. BeringerRey Y. Jimenez

Vice President, Investor Relations Director, Investor Relations     Manager, Investor Relations

(330) 384-3859 (330) 384-5832             (330) 761-4239

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Forward-Looking Statements: This Consolidated Report to the Financial Community includes forward-looking statements based on information currently available to management. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. These statements include declarations regarding management's intents, beliefs and current expectations. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms “anticipate,”“potential,”“expect,”“believe,”“estimate” and similar words. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially due to: the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry, in general, and the retail sales market in particular, the impact of the regulatory process on the pending matters before FERC and in the various states in which we do business including, but not limited to, matters related to rates and pending rate cases, the uncertainties of various cost recovery and cost allocation issues resulting from ATSI's realignment into PJM, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins, regulatory outcomes associated with Hurricane Sandy, changing energy, capacity and commodity market prices including, but not limited to, coal, natural gas and oil, and availability and their impact on retail margins, financial derivative reforms that could increase our liquidity needs and collateral costs, the continued ability of our regulated utilities to collect transition and other costs, operation and maintenance costs being higher than anticipated, other legislative and regulatory changes, and revised environmental requirements, including possible GHG emission, water discharge, water intake and coal combustion residual regulations, the potential impacts of CAIR, and any laws, rules or regulations that ultimately replace CAIR, and the effects of the EPA's MATS rules including our estimated costs of compliance, the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures that may arise in connection with any litigation, including NSR litigation or potential regulatory initiatives or rulemakings (including that such expenditures could result in our decision to deactivate or idle certain generating units), the uncertainties associated with the deactivation of certain older unscrubbed regulated and competitive fossil units, including the impact on vendor commitments, and the timing thereof as they relate to, among other things, the RMR arrangements and the reliability of the transmission grid, adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes with respect to our nuclear operations (including, but not limited to the revocation or non-renewal of necessary licenses, approvals or operating permits by the NRC or as a result of the incident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant), adverse legal decisions and outcomes related to ME's and PN's ability to recover certain transmission costs through their TSC riders, the impact of future changes to the operational status or availability of our generating units, the risks and uncertainties associated with litigation, arbitration, mediation and like proceedings, including, but not limited to, any such proceedings related to vendor commitments, replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or inadequately hedged, the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards and energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates, changes in customers' demand for power, including but not limited to, changes resulting from the implementation of state and federal energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates, the ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic and financial goals including, but not limited to, the ability to successfully complete the proposed West Virginia asset transfer and to improve our credit metrics, our ability to improve electric commodity margins and the impact of, among other factors, the increased cost of fuel and fuel transportation on such margins, the ability to experience growth in the Regulated Distribution segment and to continue to successfully implement our direct retail sales strategy in the Competitive Energy Services segment, changing market conditions that could affect the measurement of liabilities and the value of assets held in our NDTs, pension trusts and other trust funds, and cause us and our subsidiaries to make additional contributions sooner, or in amounts that are larger than currently anticipated, the impact of changes to material accounting policies, the ability to access the public securities and other capital and credit markets in accordance with our financing plans, the cost of such capital and overall condition of the capital and credit markets affecting us and our subsidiaries, actions that may be taken by credit rating agencies that could negatively affect us and our subsidiaries' access to financing, increase the costs thereof, and increase requirements to post additional collateral to support outstanding commodity positions, LOCs and other financial guarantees, changes in national and regional economic conditions affecting us, our subsidiaries and our major industrial and commercial customers, and other counterparties including fuel suppliers, with which we do business, issues concerning the stability of domestic and foreign financial institutions and counterparties with which we do business, the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in our SEC filings, and other similar factors. Dividends declared from time to time on FE's common stock during any annual period may in the aggregate vary from the indicated amount due to circumstances considered by FE's Board of Directors at the time of the actual declarations. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy or hold securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on FirstEnergy's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. FirstEnergy expressly disclaims any current intention to update, except as required by law, any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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