Exhibit 21.6





                          PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
                         SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT





                                                                    STATE OF
NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                         BUSINESS               ORGANIZATION
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NINEVEH WATER COMPANY                WATER SERVICE                PENNSYLVANIA

THE WAVERLY ELECTRIC LIGHT           ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION        PENNSYLVANIA
 AND POWER COMPANY

PENELEC PREFERRED CAPITAL, INC.      SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE      DELAWARE
  PENELEC CAPITAL, L.P.              SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE      DELAWARE

PENELEC PREFERRED CAPITAL II, INC.   SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE      DELAWARE
  PENELEC CAPITAL II, L.P.           SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE      DELAWARE
  PENELEC CAPITAL TRUST              SPECIAL-PURPOSE FINANCE      DELAWARE



Note:  Penelec, along with its affiliates JCP&L and Met-Ed, collectively own all
       of the  common  stock  of  Saxton  Nuclear  Experimental  Corporation,  a
       Pennsylvania  nonprofit  corporation  organized for nuclear  experimental
       purposes  which  is now  inactive.  The  carrying  value  of the  owners'
       investment has been written down to a nominal value.