UNITED STATES
                               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) September 30, 2004



Commission       Registrant; State of Incorporation;       I.R.S. Employer
File Number        Address; and Telephone Number           Identification No.
- -----------        -----------------------------           ------------------

333-21011          FIRSTENERGY CORP.                           34-1843785
                   (An Ohio Corporation)
                   76 South Main Street
                   Akron, OH  44308
                   Telephone (800)736-3402

1-3491             PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY                  25-0718810
                   (A Pennsylvania Corporation)
                   c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                   76 South Main Street
                   Akron, OH  44308
                   Telephone (800)736-3402

1-446             METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY                  23-0870160
                  (A Pennsylvania Corporation)
                  c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                  76 South Main Street
                  Akron, OH  44308
                  Telephone (800)736-3402

1-3522           PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY                 25-0718085
                 (A Pennsylvania Corporation)
                 c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                 76 South Main Street
                 Akron, OH  44308
                 Telephone (800)736-3402














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Item 8.01 Other Events

On  September  30,  2004,  FirstEnergy  Corp.'s  Pennsylvania  electric  utility
operating companies  (Companies)  entered into and filed a settlement  agreement
that  addresses all issues related to the  Companies'  reliability  case pending
before the Pennsylvania  Public Utility Commission  (Commission).  The agreement
outlines  steps  to  enhance  service  reliability,  performance  reporting  and
communications.  It is subject to approval by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
and the Commission.  The ALJ is expected to make a recommendation  by the end of
October and the  Commission is expected to issue a final  decision by the end of
the year. If the  settlement  is modified,  the parties would have the option to
withdraw their support.

The agreement,  which the signatory parties concluded is in the public interest,
was  signed  by the  Office  of  Consumer  Advocate,  Office  of Small  Business
Advocate, Law Bureau Prosecutory Staff, Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association,
and Allegheny Electric  Cooperative.  The remaining active parties to the case-
Met-Ed   Industrial  Users  Group,   Penelec   Industrial   Customer   Alliance,
International  Brotherhood  of Electrical  Workers  locals 459 and 777,  Utility
Workers  Union  of  America  locals  140 and 180-filed  an  attachment  to the
settlement indicating no objection to the agreement.
















Forward-Looking  Statement:  This Form 8-K includes  forward-looking  statements
based on  information  currently  available to management.  Such  statements are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties.  These statements typically contain,
but  are  not  limited  to,  the  terms  "anticipate",   "potential",  "expect",
"believe",  "estimate" and similar words.  Actual results may differ  materially
due to the speed and nature of increased  competition  and  deregulation  in the
electric utility industry, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales
and  margins,  changes  in  markets  for energy  services,  changing  energy and
commodity market prices,  replacement  power costs being higher than anticipated
or  inadequately  hedged,  maintenance  costs  being  higher  than  anticipated,
legislative   and   regulatory   changes   (including   revised    environmental
requirements),  adverse  regulatory  or  legal  decisions  and  the  outcome  of
governmental  investigations  (including  revocation  of  necessary  licenses or
operating   permits),   availability   and  cost  of  capital,   the  continuing
availability  and operation of generating  units, the inability to accomplish or
realize anticipated benefits of strategic goals, the ability to improve electric
commodity  margins and to experience  growth in the distribution  business,  the
ability to access the public securities markets,  further investigation into the
causes of the August 14, 2003  regional  power outage and the outcome,  cost and
other effects of present and potential legal and administrative  proceedings and
claims related to that outage,  the final outcome in the  proceeding  related to
FirstEnergy's  Application for a Rate  Stabilization Plan in Ohio, the risks and
other factors  discussed  from time to time in the  registrants'  Securities and
Exchange  Commission  filings,  including  their annual  report on Form 10-K (as
amended)  for the year  ended  December  31,  2003,  and their Form 10-Q for the
quarter  ended  June 30,  2004,  and  other  similar  factors.  The  registrants
expressly   disclaim  any  current  intention  to  update  any   forward-looking
statements  contained in this  document as a result of new  information,  future
events, or otherwise.


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                              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.


September 30, 2004



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

                                            PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY
                                            --------------------------
                                                     Registrant

                                            METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                                            ---------------------------
                                                     Registrant

                                           PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
                                           -----------------------------
                                                     Registrant




                                                /s/  Harvey L. Wagner
                                                ---------------------
                                                     Harvey L. Wagner
                                              Vice President, Controller and
                                                 Chief Accounting Officer



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