SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 Washington, DC

                                   FORM U-6B-2

                           Certificate of Notification

     Certificate is filed by: Ohio Edison Company (the "Company"),  a subsidiary
of FirstEnergy Corp. ("FirstEnergy"),  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:

     $175,000,000 4.00% Senior Notes due 2008 (the "2008 Notes")
     $150,000,000 5.45% Senior Notes due 2015 (the "2015 Notes", together
     with the 2008 Notes, the "Notes")

2.   Issue, renewal or guaranty:

     Issue.

3.   Principal amount of each security:

     $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2008 Notes
     $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2015 Notes


4.   Rate of interest per annum of each security:

     2008 Notes:  4.00% per annum
     2015 Notes:  5.45% per annum

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

     April 21, 2003





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

     Not Applicable.

7.   Date of maturity of each security:

     2008 Notes:  May 1, 2008
     2015 Notes:  May 1, 2015

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

     The Company issued and sold the Notes to Barclays  Capital Inc.,  Citigroup
     Global Markets Inc., Fleet Securities,  Inc., PNC Capital Markets, Inc. and
     The Royal Bank of Scotland plc  (collectively,  the "Initial  Purchasers"),
     pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated April 15, 2003 among the Company and
     the Initial  Purchasers.  The Notes were offered by the Initial  Purchasers
     only  to  "qualified  institutional  buyers"  under  Rule  144A  under  the
     Securities Act of 1933 and to non-U.S. persons under Regulation S under the
     Securities Act of 1933.

9.   Collateral given with each security:

     The Notes,  which were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of April 1,
     2003, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee,  are senior
     unsecured  general  obligations of the Company and rank equally with all of
     its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

10.  Consideration given for each security:

     2008 Notes:  $173,208,000
     2015 Notes:  $148,918,500

11.  Application of proceeds of each security:

     The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds for the redemption
     of $219,460,000  aggregate  principal  amount of the Company's  outstanding
     first mortgage bonds; the remaining proceeds will be used for other general
     corporate purposes.

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]

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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.


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: /s/ Thomas C. Navin
                                             ----------------------
                                                 Thomas C. Navin
                                                 Treasurer


Date: April 25, 2002

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