SEC No. 70-6903








                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549















                             CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

                                     RULE 24

                            OF PARTIAL COMPLETION OF

                                  TRANSACTIONS
























                      JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY





                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549




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                                             :
            In The Matter of                 :
                                             :        Certificate
Jersey Central Power & Light Company         :        Pursuant to
                                             :        Rule 24 of
            File No. 70-6903                 :        Partial
                                             :        Completion of
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) :        Transactions
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To The Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
      The  undersigned,  Jersey  Central Power & Light Company  ("JCP&L"),  does
hereby certify  pursuant to Rule 24 of the General Rules and  Regulations  under
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, that certain of the transactions
proposed in the  Applications  (as amended) filed in SEC File No. 70-6903,  have
been carried out in  accordance  with the terms and  conditions  of, and for the
purposes  requested in said Application and pursuant to the Commission's  Order,
dated November 16, 1983, and Supplemental  Orders, dated November 19, 1984, July
30, 1985,  June 27, 1986,  January 17, 1990 and October 24, 1994 with respect to
said Application, as follows:
      At December 31,  1998,  JCP&L  acquired  obligations  of its  customers in
accordance  with its  approved  Home Energy Loan  Program,  Solar Water  Heating
Conversion  Program and Electric Heat Conversion  Program in the total aggregate
amounts as follows:





Obligations acquired as at September 30, 1998              $ 8 419 180.44
as previously reported

Obligations acquired during the period
October 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998                         -0-      
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Total as at December 31, 1998                              $ 8 419 180.44






                                    SIGNATURE

      PURSUANT TO THE  REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC UTILTIY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF
1935, THE UNDERSIGNED COMPANY HAS DULY CAUSED THIS STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS
BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

                                 JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY


                                 By  /s/ T. G. Howson                      
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                                     T. G. Howson
                                     Vice President and Treasurer

Dated:  January 7, 1999