EXHIBIT 12.1
FIRSTENERGY CORP.
CONSOLIDATED RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
	Year Ended December 31,
	2002		2003		2004		2005		2006
	(Dollars in thousands)
EARNINGS AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:
Income before extraordinary items	$	618,385	$	444,166	$	906,753	$	879,053	$	1,257,806
Interest and other charges, before reduction for amounts capitalized		980,344		841,099		692,068		675,424		727,956
Provision for income taxes		514,134		407,633		680,524		748,794		794,595
Interest element of rentals charged to income (a)		246,416		247,222		248,499		241,460		226,168
Earnings as defined	$	2,359,279	$	1,940,120	$	2,527,844	$	2,544,731	$	3,006,525
FIXED CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:
Interest expense	$	904,697	$	798,730	$	670,655	$	659,886	$	721,068
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock dividend requirements		75,647		42,369		21,413		15,538		6,888
Adjustments to subsidiaries’ preferred stock dividends
to state on a pre-income tax basis		28,426		21,515		16,071		13,236		4,351
Interest element of rentals charged to income (a)		246,416		247,222		248,499		241,460		226,168
Fixed charges as defined	$	1,255,186	$	1,109,836	$	956,638	$	930,120	$	958,475
CONSOLIDATED RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		1.88		1.75		2.64		2.74		3.14
(a)Includes the interest element of rentals where determinable plus 1/3 of rental expense where no readily defined interest element can be determined.