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) November 29, 2001



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



1-2323          THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC  ILLUMINATING COMPANY    34-0150020
                (An Ohio Corporation)
                c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                76 South Main Street
                Akron, OH  44308
                Telephone (800) 736-3402


1-3583          THE TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY                       34-4375005
                (An Ohio  Corporation)
                c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                76 South Main Street
                Akron, OH  44308
                Telephone (800) 736-3402





Item 5.  Other Events

     On November 29, 2001,  FirstEnergy  Corp.  (Company) issued a press release
announcing that it has reached an agreement to sell four coal-fired power plants
located along Lake Erie in Ohio to NRG Energy,  Inc.  (NRG).  Under terms of the
agreement, the 376-megawatt (MW) Ashtabula Plant in Ashtabula,  648-MW Bay Shore
Plant in Oregon,  1,262-MW  Eastlake  Plant in  Eastlake,  and 249-MW Lake Shore
Plant in Cleveland will be sold for $1.5 billion.  Regulatory  approvals will be
needed from the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  Federal Energy  Regulatory
Commission, and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The sale is expected to
close  mid-2002.  Attached as Exhibit  99.1 hereto,  is a copy of the  Company's
press release for more details related to this announcement.



Item 7.  Exhibits

Exhibit No.                  Description
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   99.1        Press  Release of the Company  announcing  an agreement to sell
               four coal-fired power plants in Ohio.





                                    SIGNATURE



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



November 30, 2001




                                             FIRSTENERGY CORP.
                                             -----------------
                                                 Registrant

                                          THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC
                                          ----------------------
                                           ILLUMINATING COMPANY
                                           --------------------
                                                Registrant

                                         THE TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY
                                         -------------------------
                                                Registrant




                                             /s/ Harvey L. Wagner
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                                                Harvey L. Wagner
                                          Vice President and Controller