SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 Washington, DC

                                   FORM U-6B-2

                           Certificate of Notification

      Certificate is filed by: Ohio Edison Company ("Ohio Edison"), a 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:

      Pursuant to a Reimbursement Agreement dated as of April 5, 2002 among Ohio
      Edison, Barclays Bank, PLC ("Barclays"),  as Joint Lead Arranger, Fronting
      Bank and Administrative  Agent,  Union Bank of California,  N.A., as Joint
      Lead Arranger and Syndication  Agent,  and the  Participating  Banks named
      therein, five letters of credit (each individually,  a "Letter of Credit",
      and  collectively,  the  "Letters of  Credit")  were issued by Barclays in
      favor of the Owner Participants  (listed in Item 3 below), as provided for
      in the  Participation  Agreements,  each  dated as of March 16,  1987,  as
      amended to the date hereof,  among (i) each such Owner  Participant,  (ii)
      PNPP  Funding  Corporation,  (iii) PNPP II Funding  Corporation,  (iv) the
      Owner Trustee,  under the Trust  Agreement dated as of March 16, 1987 with
      the Owner  Participant,  (v) The Bank of New York (as  successor to Irving
      Trust Company), as Indenture Trustee, under the Trust Indenture, Mortgage,
      Security Agreement and Assignment of Lease dated as of March 16, 1987 with
      the Owner  Trustee and (vi) the  Company,  relating to the  ownership  and
      lease of an  undivided  interest in the Perry  Nuclear  Power Plant Unit 1
      located in North Perry Village,  Ohio,  through a trust for the benefit of
      the Owner  Participant,  which interest was leased to the Company pursuant
      to a Facility  Lease  dated as of March 16,  1987 (as  amended to the date
      hereof, the "Facility Lease"),  between the Owner Trustee and the Company.
      The Company is required  to  maintain an  irrevocable  letter of credit in
      support of certain of its obligations under such Facility Lease.

2.    Issue, renewal or guaranty:

      Issue.






3.    Principal amount of each security:

      The  Letters  of Credit  were  issued  in the  following  maximum  drawing
      amounts, in each case declining semiannually:

      a.    $52,611,308.76   in  favor  of  Security   Pacific  Capital  Leasing
            Corporation,  as Owner  Participant.
      b.    $16,990,034.06  in favor of Perry One Beta Limited  Partnership,  as
            Owner  Participant.
      c.    $431,158.34  in favor of Perry One  Gamma  Limited  Partnership,  as
            Owner  Participant.
      d.    $16,689,084.19 in favor of Perry One Alpha Limited  Partnership,  as
            Owner  Participant.
      e.    $67,209,563.12 in favor of Perry One Delta Limited  Partnership,  as
            Owner Participant.

4.    Rate of interest per annum of each security:

      Drawings  under the Letters of Credit not  immediately  reimbursed by Ohio
      Edison to the Fronting Bank bear interest at either an Alternate Base Rate
      or a Eurodollar Rate. As of the date hereof, such rates would be 4.75% and
      3.185% per annum, respectively.

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

      April 5, 2002

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

      Not Applicable.

7.    Date of maturity of each security:

      April 5, 2005

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

      Each  Letter of Credit was issued for the  account of the Company in favor
      of the Owner Participants listed above in Item 3.

9.    Collateral given with each security:

      None.

10.   Consideration given for each security:

      None.
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11.   Application of proceeds of each security:

      Not Applicable.

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.

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 Navin
                                                   Treasurer

Date: April 15, 2002
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