SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 Washington, DC

                                   FORM U-6B-2

                           Certificate of Notification

     Certificate  is  filed  by:  Ohio  Edison  Company  ("Ohio  Edison"  or the
"Company"), a wholly owned subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., a registered holding
company,  pursuant to Rule  U-20(d) and Rule  U-52(c)  adopted  under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

     This certificate is notice that the above named company has issued, renewed
or guaranteed the security or securities  described herein which issue,  renewal
or guaranty was exempted from the  provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act and was
neither the subject of a  declaration  or  application  on Form U-1 nor included
within the exemption provided by Rule U-48.

1.   Type of securities:

     In connection  with the  remarketing  of  $41,000,000  aggregate  principal
     amount of State of Ohio Pollution Control Revenue  Refunding Bonds,  Series
     1999-A (Ohio Edison  Company  Project) (the "Water  Bonds") and  $9,000,000
     aggregate  principal  amount  of State of Ohio  Pollution  Control  Revenue
     Refunding  Bonds,  Series  1999-B (Ohio Edison  Company  Project) (the "Air
     Bonds" and together  with the Water Bonds,  the  "Authority  Bonds"),  Ohio
     Edison  issued and pledged to the  respective  trustees  for the  Authority
     Bonds separate  series of its mortgage  bonds (the "Mortgage  Bonds") under
     its  General  Mortgage  and Deed of Trust  with  The Bank of New  York,  as
     trustee,  dated  as  of  January  1,  1998  (as  supplemented,   the  "1998
     Mortgage"),   in  aggregate  principal  amounts  equal  to  the  respective
     aggregate principal amounts of such outstanding Authority Bonds.

     The  Mortgage  Bonds were  issued and pledged  pursuant to separate  pledge
     agreements with the respective trustees for the Authority Bonds in order to
     secure the Company's  payment  obligations  with respect to the Water Bonds
     pursuant  to its Water  Facilities  Note and with  respect to the Air Bonds
     pursuant to its Air Quality  Facilities Note  (collectively,  the "Notes").
     The Notes were originally issued in connection with the original  issuances
     of the  Authority  Bonds and were  amended to provide for the  issuance and
     pledge of the Mortgage Bonds.  It is expected that the additional  security
     provided  by  the   Mortgage   Bonds  will   enhance   future   remarketing
     opportunities for the Authority Bonds.

     The  Mortgage  Bonds will be issued  upon the basis of the  issuance to The
     Bank of New York, as trustee under the 1998  Mortgage,  of a like principal
     amount of the  Company's  bonds  (the  "First  Mortgage  Bonds")  under its
     Indenture to the The Bank of New York,  as successor  trustee,  dated as of
     August 1, 1930 (as supplemented and amended, the "1930 Mortgage",  together
     with the 1998 Mortgage,  the "Mortgage").  The First Mortgage Bonds and the
     Mortgage Bonds are referred to collectively herein as the "Bonds."



2.   Issue, renewal or guaranty:

     Issue.

3.   Principal amount of each security:

     $41,000,000 Mortgage Bonds, Guarantee Series A of 2003 due 2033
     $9,000,000 Mortgage Bonds, Guarantee Series B of 2003 due 2033
     $41,000,000 First Mortgage Bonds, Pledge Series A of 2003 due 2033
     $9,000,000 Mortgage Bonds, Pledge Series B of 2003 due 2033

4.   Rate of interest per annum of each security:

     The  Authority  Bonds  will  continue  to accrue  interest  at the  current
     Two-Year Rate of 4.30% per annum through May 31, 2003 payable semi-annually
     on June 1 and  December  1 of each year,  and will be subject to  mandatory
     purchase on the business day following the end of such period. The interest
     rate for the  Authority  Bonds is  subject  to  conversion  to a  different
     interest rate mode from time to time by the Company. The permitted interest
     rate modes are a  Commercial  Paper Rate,  a Daily Rate,  a Weekly  Rate, a
     Semi-Annual  Rate,  an Annual Rate, a Two-Year  Rate, a Three-Year  Rate, a
     Five-Year Rate, and a Long Term Rate.

     The  Bonds  will  accrue  interest  at the  same  rate of  interest  as the
     Authority  Bonds;  provided  however,  that if there are different rates of
     interest borne by the Revenue Bonds,  or if interest is required to be paid
     on the Revenue  Bonds more  frequently  than on each June 1 and December 1,
     the  interest  rate shall be the rate that  results in the total  amount of
     interest  payable on an interest  payment  date,  a  redemption  date or at
     maturity, as the case may be, or at any other time interest on the Bonds is
     due and payable,  to be equal to the total amount of unpaid  interest  that
     has accrued on all then  outstanding  Authority  Bonds.  The Mortgage Bonds
     will be deemed paid to the extent of payments made on the Authority Bonds.

5.   Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security:

     March 3, 2003.

6.   If renewal of security, give date of original issue:

     Not applicable.

7.   Date of maturity of each security:

     June 1, 2033, subject to prepayment or prior redemption.

8.   Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed:

     The Mortgage Bonds were issued to the respective trustees for the Authority
     Bonds,  which  is  in  each  case  J.P.  Morgan  Trust  Company,   National
     Association.  The First Mortgage Bonds were issued to The Bank of New York,
     as trustee under the 1998 Mortgage.

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9.   Collateral given with each security:

     The Mortgage,  which secures the Bonds and all other mortgage bonds of Ohio
     Edison,  serves  as a  direct  first  mortgage  lien on  substantially  all
     property and franchises,  other than specifically excepted property,  owned
     by Ohio Edison.

10.  Consideration given for each security:

     Ohio Edison issued the Bonds in consideration of the execution and delivery
     of certain amendments to the Notes and of separate Pledge Agreements, dated
     as of March  3,  2003,  by and  between  the  respective  trustees  for the
     Authority Bonds and the Company, pursuant to which such Mortgage Bonds were
     pledged to such trustees.

11.  Application of proceeds of each security:

     The Company received no cash proceeds for the issuance of the Bonds.

12.  Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below whether the issue,
renewal or guaranty of each  security was exempt from the  provisions of Section
6(a) because of:

     (a) the provisions contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b) [ ]

     (b) the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section 6(b) [ ]

     (c) the provisions  contained in any rule of the Commission other than Rule
         U-48 [x]

13.  If the security or securities  were  exempt from the  provisions of Section
     6(a) by virtue of the first  sentence  of Section  6(b),  give the  figures
     which indicate that the security or securities aggregate (together with all
     other then  outstanding  notes and drafts of a maturity  of nine  months or
     less,  exclusive of days of grace, as to which such company is primarily or
     secondarily  liable) not more than 5 percentum of the principal  amount and
     par value of the other securities of such company then outstanding. (Demand
     notes,  regardless  of how long  they may have been  outstanding,  shall be
     considered  as maturing  in not more than nine  months for  purposes of the
     exemption  from  Section  6(a) of the Act granted by the first  sentence of
     Section 6(b)):

     Not applicable.

14.  If the  security or securities  are exempt  from  the provisions of Section
     6(a)  because of the fourth  sentence of Section  6(b),  name the  security
     outstanding on January 1, 1935, pursuant to the terms of which the security
     or securities herein described have been issued:

     Not applicable.

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15.  If the  security or securities  are  exempt form  the provisions of Section
     6(a) because of any rule of the Commission  other than Rule U-48, designate
     the rule under which exemption is claimed.

     Rule 52.

                                              OHIO EDISON COMPANY


                                              By:____________________________
                                                    Thomas C. Navin
                                                    Treasurer


Date: March 10, 2003

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