Exhibit (c) 1

                    PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
                       HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17105-3265

JOINT APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MERGER       PUBLIC MEETING
OF GPU, INC. WITH FIRSTENERGY CORP.                JUNE 14, 2001
                                                   MAY-2001-OSA-0197
                                                   DOCKET NOS. A-110300F0095
                                                               A-110400F0040
                                                               Revised

PETITIONS OF METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY AND       DOCKET NOS. P-00001860
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY, AS SUPPLEMENTED,                P-00001861
FOR RELIEF UNDER THEIR APPROVED RESTRUCTURING
PLAN AND THE ELECTRICITY GENERATION CUSTOMER
CHOICE AND COMPETITION ACT


                   MOTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN ROBERT K. BLOOM

This matter comes before the Commission as Petitions  filed by the  Metropolitan
Edison  Company  (Met-Ed)  and  Pennsylvania  Electric  Company  (Penelec),   as
supplemented,   requesting  expedited  authorization  to  implement  an  Interim
Deferral  Tracking  Mechanism for their Provider of Last Resort (PLR) Generation
Service.  Administrative  Law Judge  Larry  Gesoff  recommended  approval of the
Petition  and  recommended  that Met-Ed and Penelec be permitted to adjust their
existing  generation  rates to  collect  additional  annual  revenues.  Numerous
Exceptions and Reply Exceptions have been filed.

By a Motion offered by  Commissioner  Terrance  Fitzpatrick at Public Meeting of
May 24, 2001, the Commission  ruled that this  proceeding be held in abeyance to
afford the  parties an  opportunity  to  attempt  to  resolve  this  matter in a
Commission facilitated  collaborative.  The Commission also stated its intention
to decide this matter no later than the Public Meeting of July 13, 2001, whether
or  not  the   collaborative   was  successful.   While  the  collaborative  was
unsuccessful in deriving a consensus  resolution of this matter,  the parties to
the  proceeding  continued  to  negotiate  and on June  11,  2001,  submitted  a
Settlement  Stipulation  (Settlement)  representing a comprehensive  resolution.
While the  Settlement  does not  represent  a  consensus  resolution  of all the
parties,   it  is  supported  by  Met-Ed,   Penelec,   FirstEnergy   Corporation
(FirstEnergy),  the Office of Consumer  Advocate,  the Office of Small  Business
Advocate,  the Citizen's for  Pennsylvania's  Future,  Met-Ed  Industrial  Users
Group,  Penelec Industrial Customer Alliance,  the International  Brotherhood of
Electrical  Workers,  Local Union Nos. 459 and 777 and the Utility Workers Union
of America, Local Union No. 180.

I  recommend  that  the  Commission  approve  the  Settlement  submitted  by the
signatory  parties  without  modification.  Adoption of the Settlement is in the
public  interest for several  reasons.  First and  foremost,  it  preserves  the
existing  generation  rate caps through 2010.  The  Settlement  raises  existing
shopping  credits thereby  enabling  customers to have a greater  opportunity of
finding  alternative  suppliers of  generation.  Customers will benefit from the
extension of the distribution rate caps for an additional three years beyond the
dates  in  Met-Ed  and  Penelec's  respective  restructuring  settlements.   The
Settlement also increases company support of renewable energy projects, provides
additional  funding  to the  sustainable  energy  funds  and  provides  for  the
development and  implementation  of a Demand Side Response program that is hoped
will assist the companies in easing their PLR obligations.





Finally,  the Settlement will permit Met-Ed and Penelec to defer, for ratemaking
and accounting  purposes,  the difference  between their charges for PLR service
and their actual cost of supply beginning January 1, 2001. In the event that the
merger with  FirstEnergy  is not  consummated,  the  Settlement  provides  for a
write-off of the  deferrals  from  January 1, 2001  through May 31, 2001,  and a
re-opening of the PLR proceedings.

THEREFORE, I MOVE THAT:

1. Adoption of the Settlement Stipulation is in the public interest and
   therefore it is approved without modifications.

2. The deferral accounting and subsequent recovery mechanism proposed in the
   Settlement Stipulation is approved.

3. The Recommended Decision of Administrative Law Judge Larry Gesoff is
   adopted, as modified by the Settlement Stipulation.

4. The  Exceptions  and Reply  Exceptions of the parties are granted in part and
   denied in part consistent with this Motion.

5. The  Office of  Special  Assistants  and the Law  Bureau  shall  prepare  the
   appropriate Order consistent with this Motion.



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DATE                          ROBERT K. BLOOM, VICE CHAIRMAN