Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Strah Steven E
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/01/2015		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FIRSTENERGY CORP [FE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
76 S. MAIN ST.		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Sr VP & President FE Utilities
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

AKRON, OH 44308		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 490.813 (1)
I
By Savings Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom 3/13D 03/01/2016(2) 03/01/2016 Common Stock 270.373 $ (4) D  
RSUP17 03/05/2015 03/05/2015 Common Stock 1,488 (3) $ (4) D  
RSUP18 03/01/2016 03/01/2016 Common Stock 1,544 (3) $ (4) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Strah Steven E
76 S. MAIN ST.
AKRON, OH 44308		       Sr VP & President FE Utilities  

Signatures

Daniel M. Dunlap, POA 02/04/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) FE's 401(k) Plan includes a unitized fund invested in FE stock, in which the reporting person may invest, which includes dividend reinvestment and company match features. The number of shares reported as indirectly held in the 401(k) Plan in this row is an estimate of the number of shares of FE's common stock held in the unitized stock fund and allocated to the reporting person's account as of December 31, 2014.
(2) These units represent Short Term Incentive Plan bonus earned on March 1, 2013 and deferred into the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
(3) These amounts are performance-adjusted restricted stock units of which 50% of the total award is reflected in Table II. Of the total number of RSUs granted, 50% of the RSUs are subject to forfeiture if the performance goals are not met. The number of RSUs can be adjusted upward by an additional 50% of the total award if the 3-year goals are achieved.
(4) 1 for 1

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