EXHIBIT 32

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

In connection with the Annual Report of The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
Company on Form 10-K/A, as amended, for the year ending December 31, 2002 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), each undersigned officer of the Company does hereby certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of his knowledge:

         (1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.

                                                 /s/ H. Peter Burg
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                                                     H. Peter Burg
                                                 Chief Executive Officer
                                                   November 13, 2003

                                                 /s/ Richard H. Marsh
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                                                     Richard H. Marsh
                                                 Chief Financial Officer
                                                   November 13, 2003

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