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) October 29, 1997






                         OHIO EDISON COMPANY
      (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



           Ohio                      1-2578       34-0437786
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation)               File Number)  Identification No.)

     76 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio          44308
  (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 330-384-5100


Item 1.   Changes in Control of Registrant

          On November 8, 1997, the merger of Ohio Edison Company 
(Company) and Centerior Energy Corporation (Centerior) became 
effective pursuant to the Merger Agreement, dated September 13, 
1996, which was reported on Form 8-K filed by the Company on 
September 17, 1996.  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC) issued an order on October 29, 1997, conditionally approving 
the transaction and the Company and Centerior notified the FERC of 
their acceptance of that order on October 30, 1997.  The 
application of FirstEnergy Corp. (FirstEnergy) to the Securities 
and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Public Utility Holding 
Company Act of 1935 to acquire the common stock of the Company, 
Pennsylvania Power Company and the Centerior utility subsidiaries 
was approved on November 5, 1997. Under the Merger Agreement, the 
Company and Centerior formed FirstEnergy, an Ohio holding company, 
which after a series of intermediate mergers will hold directly all 
of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company and all 
of the issued and outstanding common shares of Centerior's direct 
subsidiaries, which include, among others, The Cleveland Electric 
Illuminating Company and The Toledo Edison Company.  As a result of 
the merger, the former common shareholders of the Company and 
Centerior now own all of the outstanding shares of FirstEnergy 
Common Stock.  FirstEnergy's common shares are registered pursuant 
to Section 12(b) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1935.  
FirstEnergy common stock began trading on The New York Stock 
Exchange on November 10, 1997, under the ticker symbol FE.  All 
other classes of capital stock of the Company and its subsidiaries 
and of the subsidiaries of Centerior will be unaffected by the 
Merger and will remain outstanding.













                             SIGNATURE







          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be 
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.





                              OHIO EDISON COMPANY



                             /s/ Harvey L. Wagner
                            ------------------------
                                 Harvey L. Wagner
                                   Comptroller





Dated:  November 12, 1997