FIRSTENERGY CORP (Form: 8-K, Received: 10/30/2007 11:24:48)

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 30, 2007, FirstEnergy Corp. issued two public announcements, which are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto and incorporated by reference. FirstEnergy's Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community contain non-GAAP* financial measures. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, FirstEnergy has provided quantitative reconciliations within the Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community of the non-GAAP* financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

The Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community include normalized earnings per share, which is not calculated in accordance with GAAP because it excludes the impact of "special items." Special items reflect the impact on earnings of events that are not routine or that may be related to discontinued businesses. Management believes presenting normalized earnings calculated in this manner provides useful information to investors in evaluating the ongoing results of FirstEnergy's businesses and assists investors in comparing FirstEnergy’s operating performance to the operating performance of other companies in the energy sector. Management believes presenting this non-GAAP* measure provides useful information to investors in assessing FirstEnergy's normalized operating performance. FirstEnergy's management frequently references this non-GAAP* financial measure in its decision-making, using it to facilitate historical and ongoing performance comparisons as well as comparisons to the performance of peer companies.

The non-GAAP* information presented in the Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. Also, the non-GAAP* financial measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description

99.1	Press Release issued by FirstEnergy Corp., dated October 30, 2007
99.2	Consolidated Report to the Financial Community, dated October 30, 2007

*This Form 8-K contains non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's historical or future financial performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts, or is subject to adjustment that has the effect of excluding or including amounts, that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP.

Forward-Looking Statements: This Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements based on information currently available to management. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. These statements include declarations regarding management’s intents, beliefs and current expectations. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms “anticipate,” “potential,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate” and similar words. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially due to the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry and legislative and regulatory changes affecting how generation rates will be determined following the expiration of existing rate plans in Ohio and Pennsylvania, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins, changes in markets for energy services, changing energy and commodity market prices, replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or inadequately hedged, the continued ability of FirstEnergy’s regulated utilities to collect transition and other charges or to recover increased transmission costs, maintenance costs being higher than anticipated, other legislative and regulatory changes including revised environmental requirements, the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures needed to, among other things, implement the Air Quality Compliance Plan (including that such amounts could be higher than anticipated) or levels of emission reductions related to the Consent Decree resolving the New Source Review litigation or other potential regulatory initiatives, adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes (including, but not limited to, the revocation of necessary licenses or operating permits and oversight) by the NRC (including, but not limited to, the Demand for Information issued to FENOC on May 14, 2007) as disclosed in the registrant’s SEC filings, the timing and outcome of various proceedings before the PUCO (including, but not limited to, the

distribution rate cases and the generation supply plan filing for the Ohio Companies and the successful resolution of the issues remanded to the PUCO by the Ohio Supreme Court regarding the RSP and RCP, including the deferral of fuel costs) and the PPUC (including the resolution of the Petitions for Review filed with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania with respect to the transition rate plan for Met-Ed and Penelec), the continuing availability of generating units and their the ability to operate at, or near full capacity, the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards, the inability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic goals (including employee workforce initiatives), the ability to improve electric commodity margins and to experience growth in the distribution business, the ability to access the public securities and other capital markets and the cost of such capital, the outcome, cost and other effects of present and potential legal and administrative proceedings and claims related to the August 14, 2003 regional power outage, the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in the registrant’s SEC filings, and other similar factors. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on the registrant’s business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. The registrant expressly disclaims any current intention to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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 authorized.

October 30, 2007

	FIRSTENERGY CORP.
	Registrant


	By:	/s/ Harvey L. Wagner
		Harvey L. Wagner Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

(In millions, except for per share amounts)

		Three Months Ended Sept. 30,									Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
		2007			2006			Change			2007			2006			Change
	Revenues
(1)	Electric sales	$	3,394		$	3,115		$	279		$	9,062		$	8,179		$	883
(2)	FE Facilities		-			10			(10	)		-			48			(48	)
(3)	Other		247			239			8			661			594			67
(4)	Total Revenues		3,641			3,364			277			9,723			8,821			902
	Expenses
(5)	Fuel		327			344			(17	)		887			929			(42	)
(6)	Purchased power		1,168			973			195			2,914			2,377			537
(7)	Other operating expenses		756			748			8			2,255			2,180			75
(8)	FE Facilities		-			10			(10	)		-			50			(50	)
(9)	Provision for depreciation		162			153			9			477			445			32
(10)	Amortization of regulatory assets		288			243			45			785			665			120
(11)	Deferral of new regulatory assets		(107	)		(153	)		46			(399	)		(379	)		(20	)
(12)	General taxes		197			187			10			589			553			36
(13)	Total Expenses		2,791			2,505			286			7,508			6,820			688
(14)	Operating Income		850			859			(9	)		2,215			2,001			214
	Other Income (Expense)
(15)	Investment income		30			46			(16	)		93			120			(27	)
(16)	Interest expense		(203	)		(185	)		(18	)		(593	)		(528	)		(65	)
(17)	Capitalized interest		9			7			2			21			21			-
(18)	Subsidiaries' preferred stock dividends		-			(2	)		2			-			(6	)		6
(19)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(164	)		(134	)		(30	)		(479	)		(393	)		(86	)
(20)	Income From Continuing Operations
	Before Income Taxes		686			725			(39	)		1,736			1,608			128
(21)	Income taxes		273			273			-			695			625			70
(22)	Income From Continuing Operations		413			452			(39	)		1,041			983			58
(23)	Discontinued operations		-			2			(2	)		-			(4	)		4
(24)	Net Income	$	413		$	454		$	(41	)	$	1,041		$	979		$	62
	Basic Earnings Per Common Share:
(25)	Income from continuing operations	$	1.36		$	1.40		$	(0.04	)	$	3.39		$	3.00		$	0.39
(26)	Discontinued operations		-			0.01			(0.01	)		-			(0.01	)		0.01
(27)	Basic Earnings Per Common Share	$	1.36		$	1.41		$	(0.05	)	$	3.39		$	2.99		$	0.40
(28)	Weighted Average Number of
	Basic Shares Outstanding		304			322			(18	)		307			326			(19	)
	Diluted Earnings Per Common Share:
(29)	Income from continuing operations	$	1.34		$	1.39		$	(0.05	)	$	3.35		$	2.98		$	0.37
(30)	Discontinued operations		-			0.01			(0.01	)		-			(0.01	)		0.01
(31)	Diluted Earnings Per Common Share	$	1.34		$	1.40		$	(0.06	)	$	3.35		$	2.97		$	0.38
(32)	Weighted Average Number of
	Diluted Shares Outstanding		307			325			(18	)		311			329			(18	)

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Consolidated Income Segments

(Unaudited)

(In millions)

		Three Months Ended September 30, 2007
								Ohio
		Energy			Competitive			Transitional
		Delivery			Energy			Generation						Reconciling
		Services (a)			Services (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Adjustments			Consolidated
	Revenues
(1)	Electric sales	$	2,340		$	338		$	716		$	-		$	-		$	3,394
(2)	FE Facilities		-			-			-			-			-			-
(3)	Other		180			32			7			9			19			247
(4)	Internal revenues		-			806			-			-			(806	)		-
(5)	Total Revenues		2,520			1,176			723			9			(787	)		3,641

	Expenses
(6)	Fuel		2			325			-			-			-			327
(7)	Purchased power		1,114			229			631			-			(806	)		1,168
(8)	Other operating expenses		436			264			80			3			(27	)		756
(9)	FE Facilities		-			-			-			-			-			-
(10)	Provision for depreciation		102			51			-			1			8			162
(11)	Amortization of regulatory assets		279			-			9			-			-			288
(12)	Deferral of new regulatory assets		(82	)		-			(25	)		-			-			(107	)
(13)	General taxes		166			26			1			1			3			197
(14)	Total Expenses		2,017			895			696			5			(822	)		2,791
(15)	Operating Income		503			281			27			4			35			850

	Other Income (Expense)
(16)	Investment income		58			5			-			1			(34	)		30
(17)	Interest expense		(120	)		(44	)		-			(1	)		(38	)		(203	)
(18)	Capitalized interest		3			5			-			-			1			9
(19)	Subsidiaries' preferred stock dividends		-			-			-			-			-			-
(20)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(59	)		(34	)		-			-			(71	)		(164	)
(21)	Income From Continuing Operations
	Before Income Taxes		444			247			27			4			(36	)		686
(22)	Income taxes		175			99			11			(2	)		(10	)		273

(23)	Income From Continuing Operations		269			148			16			6			(26	)		413
(24)	Discontinued operations		-			-			-			-			-			-
(25)	Net Income	$	269		$	148		$	16		$	6		$	(26	)	$	413

(a)	Consists of regulated transmission and distribution operations, including transition cost recovery, and provider of last resort generation service
	for FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania and New Jersey electric utility subsidiaries.
(b)	Consists of unregulated generation and commodity operations, including competitive electric sales, and generation sales to affiliated electric utilities.
(c)	Represents provider of last resort generation service by FirstEnergy's Ohio electric utility subsidiaries.
(d)	Primarily consists of telecommunications services.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Income Segments

(Unaudited)

(In millions)

			Three Months Ended September 30, 2006
									Ohio
			Energy			Competitive			Transitional
			Delivery			Energy			Generation						Reconciling
			Services (a)			Services (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Adjustments			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1)		Electric sales	$	2,120		$	313		$	682		$	-		$	-		$	3,115
(2)		FE Facilities		-			-			-			10			-			10
(3)		Other		186			40			8			14			(9	)		239
(4)		Internal revenues		-			762			-			-			(762	)		-
(5)		Total Revenues		2,306			1,115			690			24			(771	)		3,364

		Expenses
(6)		Fuel		2			342			-			-			-			344
(7)		Purchased power		958			173			604			-			(762	)		973
(8)		Other operating expenses		468			218			76			1			(15	)		748
(9)		FE Facilities		-			-			-			10			-			10
(10)		Provision for depreciation		97			49			-			1			6			153
(11)		Amortization of regulatory assets		237			-			6			-			-			243
(12)		Deferral of new regulatory assets		(107	)		-			(46	)		-			-			(153	)
(13)		General taxes		157			21			5			(1	)		5			187
(14)		Total Expenses		1,812			803			645			11			(766	)		2,505

(15)		Operating Income		494			312			45			13			(5	)		859

		Other Income (Expense)
(16)		Investment income		80			18			-			-			(52	)		46
(17)		Interest expense		(109	)		(52	)		-			(2	)		(22	)		(185	)
(18)		Capitalized interest		4			3			-			-			-			7
(19)		Subsidiaries' preferred stock dividends		(2	)		-			-			-			-			(2	)
(20)		Total Other Income (Expense)		(27	)		(31	)		-			(2	)		(74	)		(134	)

(21)		Income From Continuing Operations
		Before Income Taxes		467			281			45			11			(79	)		725
(22)		Income taxes		187			112			18			(14	)		(30	)		273
(23)		Income From Continuing Operations		280			169			27			25			(49	)		452
(24)		Discontinued operations		-			-			-			2			-			2
(25)		Net Income	$	280		$	169		$	27		$	27		$	(49	)	$	454

(a)	Consists of regulated transmission and distribution operations, including transition cost recovery, and provider of last resort generation service for
	FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania and New Jersey electric utility subsidiaries.
(b)	Consists of unregulated generation and commodity operations, including competitive electric sales, and generation sales to affiliated electric utilities.
(c)	Represents provider of last resort generation service by FirstEnergy's Ohio electric utility subsidiaries.
(d)	Consists of telecommunications services and non-core businesses divested in 2006 (Facilities Services Group and MYR).

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Income Segments

(Unaudited)

(In millions)

		Three Months Ended Sept. 30, 2007 vs. Three Months Ended Sept. 30, 2006
								Ohio
		Energy			Competitive			Transitional
		Delivery			Energy			Generation						Reconciling
		Services (a)			Services (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Adjustments			Consolidated
	Revenues
(1)	Electric sales	$	220		$	25		$	34		$	-		$	-		$	279
(2)	FE Facilities		-			-			-			(10	)		-			(10	)
(3)	Other		(6	)		(8	)		(1	)		(5	)		28			8
(4)	Internal revenues		-			44			-			-			(44	)		-
(5)	Total Revenues		214			61			33			(15	)		(16	)		277
	Expenses
(6)	Fuel		-			(17	)		-			-			-			(17	)
(7)	Purchased power		156			56			27			-			(44	)		195
(8)	Other operating expenses		(32	)		46			4			2			(12	)		8
(9)	FE Facilities		-			-			-			(10	)		-			(10	)
(10)	Provision for depreciation		5			2			-			-			2			9
(11)	Amortization of regulatory assets		42			-			3			-			-			45
(12)	Deferral of new regulatory assets		25			-			21			-			-			46
(13)	General taxes		9			5			(4	)		2			(2	)		10
(14)	Total Expenses		205			92			51			(6	)		(56	)		286

(15)	Operating Income		9			(31	)		(18	)		(9	)		40			(9	)

	Other Income (Expense)
(16)	Investment income		(22	)		(13	)		-			1			18			(16	)
(17)	Interest expense		(11	)		8			-			1			(16	)		(18	)
(18)	Capitalized interest		(1	)		2			-			-			1			2
(19)	Subsidiaries' preferred stock dividends		2			-			-			-			-			2
(20)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(32	)		(3	)		-			2			3			(30	)

(21)	Income From Continuing Operations
	Before Income Taxes		(23	)		(34	)		(18	)		(7	)		43			(39	)
(22)	Income taxes		(12	)		(13	)		(7	)		12			20			-
(23)	Income From Continuing Operations		(11	)		(21	)		(11	)		(19	)		23			(39	)
(24)	Discontinued operations		-			-			-			(2	)		-			(2	)
(25)	Net Income	$	(11	)	$	(21	)	$	(11	)	$	(21	)	$	23		$	(41	)

(a)	Consists of regulated transmission and distribution operations, including transition cost recovery, and provider of last resort generation service for FirstEnergy's
	Pennsylvania and New Jersey electric utility subsidiaries.
(b)	Consists of unregulated generation and commodity operations, including competitive electric sales, and generation sales to affiliated electric utilities.
(c)	Represents provider of last resort generation service by FirstEnergy's Ohio electric utility subsidiaries.
(d)	Consists of telecommunications services and non-core businesses divested in 2006 (Facilities Services Group and MYR).

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

(In millions)

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

	As of Sept. 30, 2007		As of Dec. 31, 2006
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	30	$	90
Receivables		1,626		1,267
Other		750		726
Total Current Assets		2,406		2,083

Property, Plant and Equipment		15,038		14,667
Investments		3,665		3,534
Deferred Charges and Other Assets		10,544		10,912
Total Assets	$	31,653	$	31,196

Liabilities and Capitalization
Current Liabilities:
Currently payable long-term debt	$	2,265	$	1,867
Short-term borrowings		573		1,108
Accounts payable		760		726
Other		1,780		1,554
Total Current Liabilities		5,378		5,255

Capitalization:
Common stockholders' equity (a)		8,768		9,035
Long-term debt and other long-term obligations		8,617		8,535
Total Capitalization		17,385		17,570
Noncurrent Liabilities		8,890		8,371
Total Liabilities and Capitalization	$	31,653	$	31,196

(a) Reduction reflects $900 million common share repurchase in 2007.

General Information	Three Months Ended Sept. 30,						Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,

	2007			2006			2007			2006

Debt and equity securities redemptions	$	(176	)	$	(1,185	)	$	(1,565	)	$	(1,700	)
New long-term debt issues	$	300		$	182		$	1,100		$	1,235
Short-term debt increase/(decrease)	$	(1,843	)	$	111		$	(535	)	$	482
Capital expenditures	$	(430	)	$	(251	)	$	(1,127	)	$	(990	)

Adjusted Capitalization (Including Off-Balance Sheet Items) - Rating Agency View
	As of September 30,
	2007		% Total			2006		% Total
Total common equity	$	8,768		40	%	$	9,208		42	%
Preferred stock		-		-			80		0	%
Long-term debt (a)		10,478		48	%		9,994		46	%
Short-term debt		573		3	%		1,213		6	%
Off-balance sheet debt equivalents:
Sale-leaseback net debt equivalents (b)		2,032		9	%		1,255		6	%
Total	$	21,851		100	%	$	21,750		100	%

(a) Includes amount due to be paid within one year and excludes JCP&L securitization debt of $404 million and $434 million in 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
(b) Associated with 1987 and 2007 sale and leaseback transactions.

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Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

(In millions)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
	Three Months Ended Sept. 30,						Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
	2007			2006			2007			2006
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	413		$	454		$	1,041		$	979
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation, amortization, and deferral of regulatory assets		343			244			863			731
Deferred purchased power and other costs		(80	)		(84	)		(265	)		(323	)
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits*		(243	)		4			(158	)		36
Deferred rents and lease market valuation liability		51			51			(41	)		(54	)
Electric service prepayment programs		(16	)		(16	)		(52	)		(45	)
Cash collateral, net		(31	)		(43	)		(50	)		(98	)
Pension trust contribution		-			-			(300	)		-
Change in working capital and other*		583			148			113			17
Cash flows provided from operating activities		1,020			758			1,151			1,243

Cash flows used for financing activities		(1,896	)		(1,062	)		(1,442	)		(444	)

Cash flows provided from (used for) investing activities		869			(238	)		231			(822	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	$	(7	)	$	(542	)	$	(60	)	$	(23	)

* The Bruce Mansfield sale and leaseback transaction reduced deferred income taxes by $187 million and increased accrued taxes included in working capital changes by the same amount in the 2007 periods.

Deferrals and Amortizations
	Three Months Ended Sept. 30,									Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
	2007			2006			Change			2007			2006			Change
Ohio Regulatory Assets

Deferred Balance - Beginning	$	1,826		$	1,882					$	1,844		$	1,924

Deferral of shopping incentives		-			-		$	-			-			3		$	(3	)
Interest on shopping incentives		9			11			(2	)		28			32			(4	)
Deferral of MISO costs and interest		7			4			3			45			11			34
Deferral of RCP distribution reliability costs		52			40			12			143			121			22
Deferral of RCP fuel costs		21			43			(22	)		62			94			(32	)
Deferral of other regulatory assets		6			1			5			17			7			10
Current period deferrals	$	95		$	99		$	(4	)	$	295		$	268		$	27

Amortization
Ohio transition costs amortization	$	(83	)	$	(77	)	$	(6	)	$	(222	)	$	(211	)	$	(11	)
Shopping incentives amortization		(34	)		(34	)		-			(94	)		(93	)		(1	)
MISO costs amortization		(9	)		(5	)		(4	)		(20	)		(15	)		(5	)
Other		(7	)		(8	)		1			(15	)		(16	)		1
Current period amortization	$	(133	)	$	(124	)	$	(9	)	$	(351	)	$	(335	)	$	(16	)

Deferred Balance - Ending	$	1,788		$	1,857					$	1,788		$	1,857

Pennsylvania Deferred PJM Costs
Beginning Balance	$	216		$	57					$	157		$	-
Deferrals		13			54		$	(41	)		81			111		$	(30	)
Interest		1			-			1			3			-			3
Amortizations		(3	)		-			(3	)		(14	)		-			(14	)
Ending Balance	$	227		$	111					$	227		$	111

New Jersey Deferred Energy Costs
Beginning Balance	$	392		$	638					$	369		$	541
Deferral of energy costs		(62	)		(298	)	$	236			(39	)		(201	)	$	162
Ending Balance	$	330		$	340					$	330		$	340

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Statistical Summary

(Unaudited)

ELECTRIC SALES STATISTICS			Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions of kWhs)			2007	2006	Change		2007	2006	Change

Electric Generation Sales
Retail - Regulated			25,659	26,281	-2.4	%	73,653	72,878	1.1	%
Retail - Competitive			3,449	3,442	0.2	%	9,940	8,901	11.7	%
	Total Retail		29,108	29,723	-2.1	%	83,593	81,779	2.2	%
Wholesale			6,148	5,296	16.1	%	17,571	17,279	1.7	%
Total Electric Generation Sales			35,256	35,019	0.7	%	101,164	99,058	2.1	%

Electric Distribution Deliveries
Ohio		- Residential	4,676	4,642	0.7	%	13,342	12,666	5.3	%
		- Commercial	4,028	3,985	1.1	%	11,497	11,145	3.2	%
		- Industrial	6,073	6,111	-0.6	%	17,661	17,673	-0.1	%
		- Other	93	95	-2.1	%	278	280	-0.7	%
		Total Ohio	14,870	14,833	0.2	%	42,778	41,764	2.4	%

Pennsylvania		- Residential	2,987	2,987	-		8,855	8,444	4.9	%
		- Commercial	2,997	2,930	2.3	%	8,499	8,182	3.9	%
		- Industrial	2,622	2,671	-1.8	%	7,730	7,845	-1.5	%
		- Other	20	20	-		61	62	-1.6	%
		Total Pennsylvania	8,626	8,608	0.2	%	25,145	24,533	2.5	%

New Jersey		- Residential	2,878	3,092	-7.0	%	7,617	7,447	2.3	%
		- Commercial	2,732	2,708	0.8	%	7,444	7,204	3.3	%
		- Industrial	739	749	-1.2	%	2,166	2,142	1.1	%
		- Other	23	22	4.5	%	66	65	1.5	%
		Total New Jersey	6,372	6,571	-3.0	%	17,293	16,858	2.6	%

Total Residential			10,541	10,721	-1.7	%	29,814	28,557	4.4	%
Total Commercial			9,757	9,623	1.4	%	27,440	26,531	3.4	%
Total Industrial			9,434	9,531	-1.0	%	27,557	27,660	-0.4	%
Total Other			136	137	-0.7	%	405	407	-0.5	%

Total Distribution Deliveries			29,868	30,012	-0.5	%	85,216	83,155	2.5	%

Electric Sales Shopped
Ohio		- Residential	635	672	-5.5	%	1,687	1,766	-4.5	%
		- Commercial	957	1,045	-8.4	%	2,712	2,910	-6.8	%
		- Industrial	719	761	-5.5	%	2,048	2,204	-7.1	%
		Total Ohio	2,311	2,478	-6.7	%	6,447	6,880	-6.3	%

Pennsylvania		- Residential	33	-	-		44	1	-
		- Commercial	182	143	27.3	%	446	1	-
		- Industrial	513	-	-		1,389	368	277.5	%
		Total Pennsylvania	728	143	409.1	%	1,879	370	407.7	%

New Jersey		- Residential	-	-	-		-	-	-
		- Commercial	603	555	8.6	%	1,598	1,449	10.3	%
		- Industrial	567	555	2.2	%	1,641	1,578	4.0	%
		Total New Jersey	1,170	1,110	5.4	%	3,239	3,027	7.0	%

Total Electric Sales Shopped			4,209	3,731	12.8	%	11,565	10,277	12.5	%

Operating Statistics
		Three Months Ended Sept. 30,			Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
		2007	2006		2007	2006
Capacity Factors:
	Fossil - Baseload	85%	86%		80%	90%
	Fossil - Load Following	71%	72%		73%	69%
	Peaking	4%	4%		2%	1%
	Nuclear	89%	97%		89%	88%
Generation Output:
	Fossil - Baseload	40%	39%		39%	42%
	Fossil - Load Following	22%	22%		23%	22%
	Peaking	1%	1%		0%	0%
	Nuclear	37%	38%		38%	36%

		Three Months Ended Sept. 30,			Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
Weather		2007	2006	Normal	2007	2006	Normal
Composite Heating-Degree-Days		57	92	100	3,619	3,183	3,557
Composite Cooling-Degree-Days		683	678	647	969	885	906

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FirstEnergy Corp.

2007 EPS Reconciliations

(Unaudited)

( In millions, except for per share amounts )

Special Items
		Three Months Ended Sept. 30,							Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
		2007				2006			2007			2006

Pre-tax Items - Income Increase (Decrease)
Gain (Loss) on Non-Core Asset Sales of:
	Loss on sale on MYR 60% interest (a)	$	-			$	-		$	-		$	(5	)
	Gain on sale of First Communications (h)		21				-			21			-
	All other (a)(f)		-				-			-			6
Total Gain on Non-Core Asset Sales			21				-			21			1
Saxton decommissioning costs regulatory assets (b)			-				-			27			-
Trust securities impairment (c)			(4	)			-			(16	)		-
FE Facilities sales/impairment (d)(e)(g)			-				(1	)		-			(13	)
PA NUG purchased power adjustment applicable to 2005 (i)			-				(10	)		-			(10	)
	Total-Pretax Items	$	17			$	(11	)	$	32		$	(22	)


EPS Effect		$	0.04			$	(0.01	)	$	0.06		$	(0.05	)

(a)	Included in "Other operating expenses"				(f)	Before first quarter 2006 tax benefit of $2.5 million
(b)	Included in "Deferral of new regulatory assets"				(g)	Non-tax deductible
(c)	Included in "Investment income"				(h)	Located in "Other Revenue"
(d)	Included in "FE Facilities expenses"				(i)	Located in "Purchased Power"
(e)	Included in "Discontinued Operations"

2007 Earnings Per Share (EPS)
(Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP)


	ACTUAL			ACTUAL			NON-GAAP
	Three Months			Nine Months			Guidance For
	Ended Sept. 30			Ended Sept. 30			Year 2007

Basic EPS (GAAP basis)	$	1.36		$	3.39			$4.21 - $4.31
Excluding Special Items:
New regulatory asset authorized by PPUC		-			(0.05	)		(0.05	)
Gain on sale of non-core assets		(0.04	)		(0.04	)		(0.04	)
Trust securities impairment		-			0.03			0.03
Basic EPS (Non-GAAP basis)	$	1.32		$	3.33			$4.15 - $4.25

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Ohio Senate Bill 221 – Energy Plan Proposal

On September 25, 2007, Ohio Governor Strickland’s proposed energy plan for the State of Ohio was introduced as Senate Bill 221. The principles of the proposed bill are similar to those outlined in the Governor’s “Energy, Jobs, and Progress for Ohio” plan announced on August 29. The bill seeks to revise state energy policy to address electric service price regulation (market rate option or electric security plan), establish energy efficiency standards, adopt advanced energy portfolio standards (advanced energy technologies to provide 25% of standard service offer generation supply by 2025, with at least one-half coming from renewables), and create greenhouse gas emission reporting and carbon-control planning requirements.

Senate Bill 221 was referred to the Senate Energy & Public Utilities Committee, which has been conducting hearings on the bill with testimony from interested parties. These include the Governor’s Energy Advisor, the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), consumer groups, and utility executives among others. On October 4, FirstEnergy CEO Tony Alexander provided testimony to the Committee, citing several concerns with the current version of the bill, including its lack of context and clarity in establishing generation prices. He recommended that the PUCO be provided clear statutory authority to negotiate rate plans and, in the event that negotiations do not result in rate plan agreements, that a competitive bid process be used to establish generation prices for customers who do not choose alternative suppliers. He also proposed that the PUCO’s statutory authority include the flexibility to address recovery for societal programs such as energy efficiency, demand response, renewable power, and infrastructure improvements. Several proposed amendments to the bill have been submitted, including those from Ohio's investor-owned electric utilities. A substitute version of the bill, which incorporated certain of the proposed amendments, was introduced into the Senate Energy & Public Utilities Committee on October 25.

Ohio Competitive Generation Supply Plan Filing

On August 16, 2007, the PUCO held a technical conference for interested parties to gain a better understanding of the competitive generation supply plan filed with the PUCO by FirstEnergy subsidiaries Ohio Edison Company (OE), The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI), and The Toledo Edison Company (TE) (collectively Ohio Companies) on July 10. The proposal seeks approval to conduct a competitive bidding process to provide generation service, beginning January 1, 2009, to customers who choose not to purchase electricity from an alternative supplier. Intervening parties filed their initial comments on the proposal on September 5, while the PUCO Staff filed its comments on September 21. Parties then filed reply comments on October 12. The proposal is pending before the PUCO.

Ohio Supreme Court Remand on Rate Certainty Plan

On August 29, 2007, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld rulings by the PUCO approving several provisions of the Ohio Companies’ Rate Certainty Plan. However, the Court remanded the portion of the order authorizing the Ohio Companies to collect deferred fuel costs through distribution rates back to the PUCO for further consideration. Under the Court’s interpretation, recovery of generation service costs through distribution rates would be unlawful. The Court didn’t dispute the Commission’s authority to allow recovery of the deferred fuel costs, just the recovery mechanism. The PUCO’s order authorized the Ohio Companies to defer increased fuel costs incurred from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2008, including interest on the deferred balances, and to recover these deferred costs over a 25-year period beginning in 2009. On September 7, 2007, the Ohio Companies filed a motion for reconsideration with the Court to contest its interpretation. The Court has not yet issued an order. Separately, on September 10, the Ohio Companies filed an application on remand with the PUCO proposing that the increased fuel costs be recovered via two generation-related fuel cost recovery riders during the period of October 2007 through December 2008. This matter is pending before the PUCO.

Ohio Companies’ Green Option for Customers Update

On August 15, 2007, the PUCO approved a stipulation that creates a green pricing option for FirstEnergy’s Ohio Companies’ customers and resolves the remand from the Supreme Court of Ohio related to the Rate Stabilization Plan. The stipulation was filed on May 29 by FirstEnergy’s Ohio Companies, the PUCO Staff, and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel. The Green Resource Program enables customers to support the development of alternative energy resources through voluntary purchases of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). The Ohio Companies acquired the right to purchase the RECs on behalf of participating customers through a PUCO-monitored competitive process.

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Penn Power Default Service Plan Update

On September 28, 2007, a Joint Petition for Settlement was filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PPUC) for approval of Pennsylvania Power Company’s (Penn Power’s) Interim Default Service Supply Plan for the three-year period covering June 1, 2008, through May 31, 2011. For customers who choose not to shop, the Plan provides for Penn Power to obtain market-based generation supply via a Request for Proposal (RFP) by rate class for residential and commercial customers, with industrial customers being supplied through short-term markets. The settlement agreement resolves all issues in the proceeding, except those regarding incremental uncollectible accounts expense, and is either supported, or not opposed, by all parties. On September 11, a PPUC hearing was held on the uncollectible expense issue. An Administrative Law Judge recommended decision is expected shortly with a PPUC Order expected on or about November 29, 2007.

Met-Ed and Penelec Commonwealth Court Appeals Update

On September 21 and October 5, 2007, response and reply briefs, respectively, were filed by the parties in the appeal of the PPUC’s January 2007 transition rate plan order to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) have appealed the PPUC’s decision on the denial of generation rate relief and on a consolidated income tax adjustment related to cost of capital, while other parties appealed the PPUC’s decision on transmission rate relief. Oral arguments are expected to take place in late 2007 or early 2008.

Penelec Debt Offering

On August 30, 2007, Penelec issued $300 million of 6.05% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2017. Proceeds from the transaction were used to repay short-term borrowings and to repurchase Penelec common stock from FirstEnergy Corp.

Transfer of Pollution Control Revenue Bonds

On October 4, 2007, FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.’s generation company subsidiaries (GenCos) closed on the issuance of $427 million of pollution control revenue bonds (PCRBs). Proceeds from the issuance will be used to redeem, during the fourth quarter, an equal amount of outstanding PCRBs originally issued on behalf of the Ohio Companies. This transaction brings the total amount of PCRBs transferred from the Ohio Companies and Penn Power to the GenCos to approximately $1.9 billion, with approximately $265 million remaining to be transferred. The transfer of these PCRBs supports the intra-system generation asset transfer that was completed in 2005.

Nuclear Update

On August 21, 2007, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) announced plans to expand used nuclear fuel storage capacity at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. The plan calls for installing above-ground, airtight steel and concrete cylindrical canisters, cooled by natural air circulation, to store used fuel assemblies. Initially, six canisters will be installed, with the capability to add up to 74 canisters as needed. Construction of the new fuel storage system, which is expected to cost approximately $30 million, is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2008, with completion planned for 2010.

On October 24, the 911-megawatt Beaver Valley Unit 1 returned to service following completion of its regularly scheduled refueling outage that began on September 24.

In late August, FENOC filed an application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) seeking renewal of the operating licenses for Beaver Valley Units 1 & 2 for an additional 20 years, which would extend the operating licenses to January 29, 2036, for Unit 1; and May 27, 2047, for Unit 2. The NRC accepted the application for review on October 24.

Economic Development Award

For the fourth time in the last five years, Site Selection magazine has selected FirstEnergy as one of the top utilities in the country for helping to promote economic development in its service area. The award is based upon economic development in four categories in 2006 – capital investment, job creation, capital investment per capita, and jobs per 10,000 in population – and gauges the ability of utility companies to help foster corporate investment in their service areas. FirstEnergy’s work with state and local development agencies helped attract more than $1.6 billion in capital investment and helped create nearly 11,500 new jobs throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 2006.

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Forward-Looking Statements: This Consolidated Report to the Financial Community includes forward-looking statements based on information currently available to management. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. These statements include declarations regarding our, or our management’s, intents, beliefs and current expectations. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms “anticipate,” “potential,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate” and similar words. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially due to the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry and legislative and regulatory changes affecting how generation rates will be determined following the expiration of existing rate plans in Ohio and Pennsylvania, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins, changes in markets for energy services, changing energy and commodity market prices, replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or inadequately hedged, the continued ability of FirstEnergy’s regulated utilities to collect transition and other charges or to recover increased transmission costs, maintenance costs being higher than anticipated, other legislative and regulatory changes including revised environmental requirements, the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures needed to, among other things, implement the Air Quality Compliance Plan (including that such amounts could be higher than anticipated) or levels of emission reductions related to the Consent Decree resolving the New Source Review litigation or other potential regulatory initiatives, adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes (including, but not limited to, the revocation of necessary licenses or operating permits and oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission including, but not limited to, the Demand for Information issued to FENOC on May 14, 2007) as disclosed in our SEC filings, the timing and outcome of various proceedings before the PUCO (including, but not limited to, the Distribution Rate Cases and the generation supply plan filing for the Ohio Companies and the successful resolution of the issues remanded to the PUCO by the Supreme Court of Ohio regarding the Rate Stabilization Plan and the Rate Certainty Plan, including the deferral of fuel costs) and the PPUC (including the resolution of the Petitions for Review filed with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania with respect to the transition rate plan for Met-Ed and Penelec), the continuing availability of generating units and their ability to continue to operate at or near full capacity, the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards, the inability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic goals (including employee workforce initiatives), the ability to improve electric commodity margins and to experience growth in the distribution business, the ability to access the public securities and other capital markets and the cost of such capital, the outcome, cost and other effects of present and potential legal and administrative proceedings and claims related to the August 14, 2003 regional power outage, the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in our SEC filings, and other similar factors. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all such factors, nor can we assess the impact of any such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We expressly disclaim any current intention to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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Commission	Registrant; State of Incorporation;	I.R.S. Employer
File Number	Address; and Telephone Number	Identification No.

333-21011	FIRSTENERGY CORP.	34-1843785
	(An Ohio Corporation)
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736 - 3402

FirstEnergy Corp. 76 South Main Street Akron, Ohio 44308 www.firstenergycorp.com	For Release : October 30, 2007

News Media Contact:	Investor Contact:
Tricia Ingraham	Ron Seeholzer
(330) 384-5247	(330) 384-5783

Estimated 2007 Basic Earnings Per Share (GAAP)			$4.21 - $4.31
Excluding Special Items:
New Regulatory Asset Authorized by Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Gain on Sale of Non-Core Assets Trust Securities Impairment			(0.05) (0.04) 0.03
Estimated 2007 Basic Earnings Per Share (Non-GAAP)			$4.15 - $4.25


HIGHLIGHTS		After-Tax EPS Variance Analysis	3rd Qtr.
		3Q 2006 Basic EPS - GAAP Basis	$1.41
▪	Normalized non-GAAP* earnings, excluding special items,	Special Items - 2006	0.01
	were $1.32 per share for the third quarter of 2007, compared	3Q 2006 Normalized Earnings - Non-GAAP Basis*	$1.42
	with $1.42 per share for the third quarter of 2006. GAAP	Distribution Deliveries	(0.03)
	earnings for the third quarter of 2007 were $1.36 per share	Met-Ed and Penelec Distribution Rate Decrease	(0.07)
	compared with $1.41 per share in the prior year.	Generation Revenues	0.20
		Purchased Power	(0.11)
3Q 2007 Results vs. 3Q 2006		Sale of Emission Allowances - 2006	(0.06)
		Pensions and Other Post-retirement Benefits	0.06
▪	Electric distribution deliveries declined slightly primarily due	Depreciation	(0.02)
	to milder weather in the eastern portion of our service area	General Taxes	(0.02)
	compared to the previous year. Residential and industrial	Investment Income - NDT and COLI	(0.04)
	deliveries decreased 2% and 1%, respectively, while	Financing Costs	(0.03)
	commercial deliveries increased 1%. The change in	Income Tax Benefit - 2006	(0.05)
	customer class and geographic sales mix, along with the	Reduced Common Shares	0.08
	slight overall decrease in distribution deliveries, reduced	Other	(0.01)
	earnings by $0.03 per share, while the impact of the	3Q 2007 Normalized Earnings-Non-GAAP Basis*	$1.32
	distribution rate decrease at Metropolitan Edison Company	Special Items - 2007	0.04
	(Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec),	3Q 2007 Basic EPS - GAAP Basis	$1.36
	effective January 2007, reduced earnings by $0.07 per share.

▪	Total electric generation sales increased 1%, as an increase of 0.9 million megawatt hours (MWh) or 16% in wholesale sales was partially offset by a 0.6 million MWh or 2% reduction in retail generation sales. Generation revenues, excluding power sourced from third-party auction suppliers for our Jersey Central Power & Light Company (JCP&L) and Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) customers, increased earnings by $0.20 per share. This increase was attributable to higher wholesale and retail prices, as well as higher sales volumes.

▪	Higher purchased power expense, excluding JCP&L and Penn Power purchases from third-party auction suppliers, reduced earnings by $0.11 per share due to replacement power purchases for the 25-day outage at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant and higher market prices.

▪	The absence of any material sales of emission allowances in the third quarter of 2007, compared to the same period last year, reduced earnings by $0.06 per share.

▪	Reduced pension and other post-retirement benefit costs increased earnings by $0.06 per share, mainly due to retiree health care design changes and the impact of the $300-million voluntary contribution to the pension plan made in January 2007.

▪	Incremental property additions increased depreciation expense by $0.02 per share.

▪	Higher general taxes reduced earnings by $0.02 per share, primarily due to increased property taxes and Pennsylvania gross receipts taxes.

▪	Decreased investment income related to nuclear decommissioning trusts and corporate-owned life insurance reduced earnings by $0.04 per share.

▪	Increased financing costs lowered earnings by $0.03 per share, primarily attributable to the interim financing of the accelerated share repurchase program and the January 2007 pension plan contribution.

▪	A $0.05 per share reduction in earnings resulted from an income tax benefit that increased earnings in the third quarter last year. The benefit principally related to the 2005 estimated manufacturing deduction in connection with the filing of the 2005 federal income tax return in September 2006.

▪	The reduction in shares outstanding due to the accelerated repurchases of 10.6 million and 14.4 million common shares in August 2006 and March 2007, respectively, enhanced earnings by $0.08 per share.

▪	During the quarter, a $0.04 per share increase in earnings was recognized from gains related to the sale of a portion of our ownership interest in First Communications.

2007 Earnings Guidance

▪	Normalized non-GAAP earnings guidance for 2007, excluding special items, has been revised to $4.15 to $4.25 per share from our previous non-GAAP guidance of $4.05 to $4.25 per share. The increase toward the top half of the prior guidance reflects the strong performance during the first nine months of the year. Year-to-date normalized non-GAAP earnings through September now stand at $3.33 per share.

Ronald E. Seeholzer	Kurt E. Turosky	Rey Y. Jimenez
Vice President, Investor Relations	Director, Investor Relations	Principal, Investor Relations
(330) 384-5783	(330) 384-5500	(330) 761-4239