FIRSTENERGY CORP (Form: 8-K, Received: 02/17/2015 16:24:11)

UNITED STATES

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) February 17, 2015



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

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 17, 2015, FirstEnergy Corp. (FirstEnergy) issued two public documents regarding, among other things, results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014 and operating earnings guidance for 2015. FirstEnergy’s Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community, which are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto and incorporated by reference, contain non-GAAP financial measures. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G and Item 10(e)(i) of Regulation S-K, 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 financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The information in the Press Release and the Consolidated Report to the Financial Community and the information contained in this Item 2.02 and in Items 7.01 and 9.01 below shall not be deemed filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall such information and Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

The Press Release and Consolidated Report to the Financial Community contain references to non-GAAP financial measures including, among others, Operating earnings, Adjusted Equity, Adjusted Debt and Adjusted Capitalization. In addition, Basic EPS and Basic EPS-Operating, each calculated on a segment basis, are also 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 that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Operating earnings are not calculated in accordance with GAAP because they exclude the impact of “ special items ” . Basic EPS for each segment is calculated by dividing segment net income (loss) on a GAAP basis by the basic weighted average shares outstanding for the period. Basic EPS-Operating for each segment is calculated by dividing segment Operating earnings (losses), which exclude special items as discussed above, by the basic weighted average shares outstanding for the period. Management uses non-GAAP financial measures such as Operating earnings to evaluate the company ’ s performance and manage its operations and frequently references these non-GAAP financial measures in its decision-making, using them to facilitate historical and ongoing performance comparisons. Additionally, management uses Basic EPS and Basic-EPS Operating by segment to further evaluate FirstEnergy ’ s performance by segment and references these non-GAAP financial measures in its decision-making. Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures of “ Operating earnings, ” “ Basic EPS ” and “ Basic EPS-Operating ” provide consistent and comparable measures of performance of its businesses to help shareholders understand performance trends. Management uses Adjusted Equity, Adjusted Debt, and Adjusted Capitalization to calculate and monitor its compliance with the debt to total capitalization financial covenant under the FirstEnergy credit facility and term loan. These financial measures, as calculated in accordance with the FirstEnergy credit facility and term loan, help shareholders understand FirstEnergy's compliance with, and incremental debt capacity under, the debt to total capitalization financial covenant. The financial covenant requires FirstEnergy to maintain a consolidated debt to total capitalization ratio of no more than 65%, measured at the end of each fiscal quarter. All of these non-GAAP financial measures are intended to complement, and are not considered as alternatives to, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Also, the non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On February 17, 2015, FirstEnergy expects to post to its website at www.firstenergycorp.com/ir the investor FactBook, which has been, among other things, updated in certain respects with information as of the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014 and operating earnings guidance for 2015 .

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits



(d)	Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued by FirstEnergy Corp., dated February 17, 2015
99.2		Consolidated Report to the Financial Community, dated February 17, 2015

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,” "forecast," "will," "intend," “believe,” "project," “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 achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, which may include the following: the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry, in general, and the retail sales market in particular; the ability to experience growth in the Regulated Distribution and Regulated Transmission segments and to successfully implement our revised sales strategy for the Competitive Energy Services segment; the accomplishment of our regulatory and operational goals in connection with our transmission investment plan, pending transmission and distribution rate cases and the effectiveness of our repositioning strategy to reflect a more regulated business profile; changes in assumptions regarding economic conditions within our territories, assessment of the reliability of our transmission system, or the availability of capital or other resources supporting identified transmission investment opportunities; the impact of the regulatory process on the pending matters at the federal level and in the various states in which we do business including, but not limited to, matters related to rates and pending rate cases, including the Electric Security Plan IV in Ohio; the impact of the federal regulatory process on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulated entities and transactions, in particular FERC regulation of wholesale energy and capacity markets, including PJM Interconnection , L . L . C . (PJM) markets and FERC-jurisdictional wholesale transactions; FERC regulation of cost-of-service rates, including FERC Opinion No. 531’s revised Return on Equity methodology for FERC-jurisdictional wholesale generation and transmission utility service, and FERC’s compliance and enforcement activity, including compliance and enforcement activity related to North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s mandatory reliability standards; the uncertainties of various cost recovery and cost allocation issues resulting from American Transmission Systems, Incorporated's realignment into PJM; economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins such as a polar vortex or other significant weather events, and all associated regulatory events or actions; regulatory outcomes associated with storm restoration costs, including but not limited to, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Irene and the October snowstorm of 2011; changing energy, capacity and commodity market prices including, but not limited to, coal, natural gas and oil, and their availability and impact on retail margins; the continued ability of our regulated utilities to recover their costs; costs being higher than anticipated and the success of our policies to control costs and to mitigate low energy, capacity and market prices; other legislative and regulatory changes, and revised environmental requirements, including, but not limited to, proposed greenhouse gases emission and water discharge regulations and the effects of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's coal combustion residuals regulations, Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, including our estimated costs of compliance, and Clean Water Act 316(b) water intake regulation; the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures that may arise in connection with any litigation, including New Source Review litigation, or potential regulatory initiatives or rulemakings (including that such expenditures could result in our decision to deactivate or idle certain generating units); the uncertainties associated with the deactivation of certain older regulated and competitive fossil units, including the impact on vendor commitments, and the timing thereof as they relate to the reliability of the transmission grid; the impact of other future changes to the operational status or availability of our generating units; adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes with respect to our nuclear operations (including, but not limited to the revocation or non-renewal of necessary licenses, approvals or operating permits by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or as a result of the incident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant); issues arising from the indications of cracking in the shield building at Davis-Besse; the risks and uncertainties associated with litigation, arbitration, mediation and like proceedings, including, but not limited to, any such proceedings related to vendor commitments; the impact of labor disruptions by our unionized workforce; replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or not fully hedged; the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards and energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates; changes in customers' demand for power, including, but not limited to, changes resulting from the implementation of state and federal energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates; the ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic and financial goals, including, but not limited to, the ability to continue to reduce costs and to successfully execute our financial plans designed to improve our credit metrics and strengthen our balance sheet through, among other actions, our previously-implemented dividend reduction and our other proposed capital raising initiatives; our ability to improve electric commodity margins and the impact of, among other factors, the increased cost of fuel and fuel transportation on such margins; changing market conditions that could affect the measurement of certain liabilities and the value of assets held in our Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts, pension trusts and other trust funds, and cause us and/or our subsidiaries to make additional contributions sooner, or in amounts that are larger than currently anticipated; the impact of changes to material accounting policies; the ability to access the public securities and other capital and credit markets in accordance with our announced financial plans, the cost of such capital and overall condition of the capital and credit markets affecting us and our subsidiaries; actions that may be taken by credit rating agencies that could negatively affect us and/or our subsidiaries' access to financing, increase the costs thereof, and increase requirements to post additional collateral to support outstanding commodity positions, letters of credit and other financial guarantees; changes in national and regional economic conditions affecting us, our subsidiaries and/or our major industrial and commercial customers, and other counterparties with which we do business, including fuel suppliers; the impact of any changes in tax laws or regulations or adverse tax audit results or rulings; issues concerning the stability of domestic and foreign financial institutions and counterparties with which we do business; the risks associated with cyber-attacks on our electronic data centers that could compromise the information stored on our networks, including proprietary information and customer data; and the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other similar factors. Dividends declared from time to time

on FirstEnergy Corp.‘s common stock during any period may in the aggregate vary from prior periods due to circumstances considered by FirstEnergy Corp.‘s Board of Directors at the time of the actual declarations. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy or hold securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on FirstEnergy'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. FirstEnergy expressly disclaims any current intention to update, except as required by law, 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 hereunto duly authorized.

February 17, 2015



	FIRSTENERGY CORP.
	Registrant


By:	/s/ K. Jon Taylor
	K. Jon Taylor Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Exhibit Index



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued by FirstEnergy Corp., dated February 17, 2015
99.2		Consolidated Report to the Financial Community, dated February 17, 2015

FirstEnergy Corp.

76 South Main Street

Akron, Ohio 44308

www.firstenergycorp.com

News Media Contact: Investor Contact:

Tricia Ingraham Irene Prezelj

(330) 384-5247 (330) 384-3859

FirstEnergy Announces Fourth Quarter

and Full Year 2014 Results

Provides 2015 Earnings Guidance

Akron, Ohio - FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today reported 2014 operating (non-GAAP) earnings* of $2.56 per basic share of common stock, near the upper end of the company’s most recent guidance range. These results exclude the impact of the special items listed below. GAAP earnings for 2014 were $299 million, or $0.71 per basic and diluted share of common stock, on revenue of $15 billion. In 2013, operating (non-GAAP) earnings were $3.04 per basic share of common stock, while GAAP earnings were $392 million, or $0.94 per basic and diluted share of common stock, on revenue of $14.9 billion.

Fourth quarter 2014 operating (non-GAAP) earnings were $0.80 per basic share of common stock. On a GAAP basis, the company reported a loss of $(306) million, or $(0.73) per basic and diluted share of common stock, on revenue of $3.5 billion for the period. In the fourth quarter of 2013, operating (non-GAAP) earnings were $0.75 per basic share of common stock, and GAAP earnings were $142 million, or $0.34 per basic and diluted share of common stock, on revenue of $3.6 billion.

FirstEnergy also provided full-year 2015 operating (non-GAAP) earnings guidance of $2.40 to $2.70 per basic share, which reflects known drivers, as well as expectations related to pending rate cases.

“In 2014, we successfully launched our Energizing the Future transmission investment program, and laid the groundwork to support continued investment in our

regulated businesses,” said Charles E. Jones, FirstEnergy president and chief executive officer. “This year, we will continue to execute these regulated growth plans, and lay the path for future growth and success that can benefit our customers, employees and shareholders.”

Fourth quarter 2014 operating (non-GAAP) earnings primarily reflect a lower effective tax rate, lower operating expenses and increased transmission revenues, partially offset by lower commodity margin at the competitive business, higher interest expense, and higher depreciation.

In FirstEnergy’s Regulated Distribution business, fourth quarter 2014 operating earnings decreased slightly compared to the same period in 2013, primarily reflecting lower distribution deliveries. Total fourth quarter distribution deliveries decreased less than 1 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2013, primarily reflecting milder temperatures. Residential sales decreased 2.5 percent and commercial deliveries decreased 1 percent, while distribution deliveries to the industrial sector increased 2 percent, reflecting continued economic improvement across much of the company’s utility service territory.

In the Regulated Transmission business, fourth quarter 2014 operating earnings were flat, as higher transmission revenues and increased capitalized financing costs were offset by higher interest expense and property taxes resulting from a larger asset base compared to the fourth quarter of 2013.

Operating earnings in the company’s Competitive Energy Services segment decreased compared to the fourth quarter of 2013, primarily due to lower commodity margin related to decreased contract sales volume, partially offset by lower plant costs and marketing expenses. Consistent with the company’s efforts to reposition its sales portfolio to more effectively hedge its generation, total contract sales decreased 19 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2013.

For the full year, 2014 operating earnings in the company’s Regulated Distribution business decreased due to higher expenses related to operations and maintenance, depreciation, and interest, partially offset by a lower effective income tax rate, increased distribution deliveries and the impact of the West Virginia asset transfer. Total distribution deliveries increased 1 percent in 2014, resulting from a 2 percent increase in sales to industrial customers compared to the prior year. In the Regulated Transmission business, 2014 operating earnings increased as a result of higher transmission revenues reflecting incremental cost of service and rate base recovery. And in the Competitive Energy Services business, operating earnings declined primarily as a result of the extreme weather events early in the year, resulting in higher purchased power and net transmission costs.

Fourth quarter and full year 2014 operating earnings also benefited from a lower consolidated effective income tax rate.




	Consolidated GAAP EPS to Operating (Non-GAAP) EPS* Reconciliation

		Fourth Quarter		Full Year		2015 Estimates
		2014	2013	2014	2013	Full Year
Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Share (GAAP)		$(0.73)	$0.34	$0.71	$0.94	$2 . 21 - $2 . 51
Excluding Special Items*:
	Mark-to-market adjustments
	Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	1.23	(0.38)	1.23	(0.38)	—
	Other	0.01	(0.04)	0.11	(0.04)	—
	Regulatory charges	0.02	0.12	0.08	0.54	0.06
	Trust securities impairment	0.04	0.02	0.06	0.12	—
	Loss on debt redemptions	—	—	0.01	0.20	—
	Litigation resolution	—	—	(0.01)	—	—
	Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	0.01	0.02	(0.15)	0.03	0.02
	Plant deactivation costs	0.17	0.14	0.34	1.03	—
	Retail repositioning charges	0.02	—	0.11	—	0.04
	Merger accounting - commodity contracts	0.03	0.02	0.07	0.08	0.07
	Restructuring costs	—	—	—	0.01	—
	WV asset transfer charges	—	0.51	—	0.51	—
	Total Special Items*	1.53	0.41	1.85	2.10	0.19

Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP)		$0.80	$0.75	$2.56	$3.04	$2.40 - $2.7 0

Non-GAAP financial measures

*Operating earnings exclude special items as described herein, and is a non-GAAP financial measure. Management uses operating earnings and operating earnings by segment to evaluate the company’s performance and manage its operations and frequently references these non-GAAP financial measures in its decision making, using them to facilitate historical and ongoing performance comparisons. Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measure of “operating earnings” provides a consistent and comparable

measure of performance of its business to help shareholders understand performance trends. 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 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 (GAAP). This non-GAAP financial measure is intended to complement, and is not considered as an alternative to, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Also, this non-GAAP financial measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities. Per share amounts for the special items above are based on the after tax effect of each item divided by the weighted average shares outstanding for the period.

Consolidated Report and Teleconference

FirstEnergy’s Consolidated Report to the Financial Community, which provides highlights on company developments and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year, is posted on the company’s Investor Information website - www.firstenergycorp.com/ir. To access the report, click on Fourth Quarter 2014 Consolidated Report to the Financial Community . The company’s investor FactBook will also be posted to its Investor Information website this evening.

The company invites investors, customers and other interested parties to listen to a live Internet webcast of its teleconference for financial analysts at 9:00 a.m. EST tomorrow. FirstEnergy management will present an overview of the company’s financial results and discuss 2015 earnings guidance, followed by a question-and-answer session. The teleconference can be accessed on the company’s website by selecting the Q4 2014 Earnings Conference Call link. The webcast will be archived on the website.

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. Its generation subsidiaries control nearly 18,000 megawatts of capacity from a diversified mix of scrubbed coal, non-emitting nuclear, natural gas, hydro and other renewables. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp .

Forward-Looking Statements: This news release 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,” "forecast," "will," "intend," “believe,” "project," “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 achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, which may include the following: the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry, in general, and the retail sales market in particular; the ability to experience growth in the Regulated Distribution and Regulated Transmission segments and to successfully implement our revised sales strategy for the Competitive Energy Services segment; the accomplishment of our regulatory and operational goals in connection with our transmission investment plan, pending transmission and distribution rate cases and the effectiveness of our repositioning strategy to reflect a more regulated business profile; changes in assumptions regarding economic conditions within our territories, assessment of the reliability of our transmission system, or the availability of capital or other resources supporting identified transmission investment opportunities; the impact of the regulatory process on the pending matters at the federal level and in the various states in which we do business including, but not limited to, matters related to rates and pending rate cases, including the Electric Security Plan IV in Ohio; the impact of the federal regulatory process on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulated entities and transactions, in particular FERC regulation of wholesale energy and capacity markets, including PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) markets and FERC-jurisdictional wholesale transactions; FERC regulation of cost-of-service rates, including FERC Opinion No. 531’s revised Return on Equity methodology for FERC-jurisdictional wholesale generation and transmission utility service, and FERC’s compliance and enforcement activity, including compliance and enforcement activity related to North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s mandatory reliability standards; the uncertainties of various cost recovery and cost allocation issues resulting from American Transmission Systems, Incorporated's realignment into PJM; economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins such as a polar vortex or other significant weather events, and all associated regulatory events or actions; regulatory outcomes associated with storm restoration costs, including but not limited to, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Irene and the October snowstorm of 2011; changing energy, capacity and commodity market prices including, but not limited to, coal, natural gas and oil, and their availability and impact on retail margins; the continued ability of our regulated utilities to recover their costs; costs being higher than anticipated and the success of our policies to control costs and to mitigate low energy, capacity and market prices; other legislative and regulatory changes, and revised environmental requirements, including, but not limited to, proposed greenhouse gases emission and water discharge regulations and the effects of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's coal combustion residuals regulations, Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, including our estimated costs of compliance, and Clean Water Act 316(b) water intake regulation; the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures that may arise in connection with any litigation, including New Source Review litigation, or potential regulatory initiatives or rulemakings (including that such expenditures could result in our decision to deactivate or idle certain generating units); the uncertainties associated with the deactivation of certain older regulated and competitive fossil units, including the impact on vendor commitments, and the timing thereof as they relate to the reliability of the transmission grid; the impact of other future changes to the operational status or availability of our generating units; adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes with respect to our nuclear operations (including, but not limited to the revocation or non-renewal of necessary licenses, approvals or operating permits by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or as a result of the incident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant); issues arising from the indications of cracking in the shield building at Davis-Besse; the risks and uncertainties associated with litigation, arbitration, mediation and like proceedings, including, but not limited to, any such proceedings related to vendor commitments; the impact of labor disruptions by our unionized workforce; replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or not fully hedged; the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards and energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates; changes in customers' demand for power, including, but not limited to, changes resulting from the implementation of state and federal energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates; the ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic and financial goals, including, but not limited to, the ability to continue to reduce costs and to successfully execute our financial plans designed to improve our credit metrics and strengthen our balance sheet through, among other actions, our previously-implemented dividend reduction and our other proposed capital raising initiatives; our ability to improve electric commodity margins and the impact of, among other factors, the increased cost of fuel and fuel transportation on such margins; changing market conditions that could affect the measurement of certain liabilities and the value of assets held in our Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts, pension trusts and other trust funds, and cause us and/or our subsidiaries to make additional contributions sooner, or in amounts that are larger than currently anticipated; the impact of changes to material accounting policies; the ability to access the public securities and other capital and credit markets in accordance with our announced financial plans, the cost of such capital and overall condition of the capital and credit markets affecting us and our subsidiaries; actions that may be taken by credit rating agencies that could negatively affect us and/or our subsidiaries' access to financing, increase the costs thereof, and increase requirements to post additional collateral to support outstanding commodity positions, letters of credit and other financial guarantees; changes in national and regional economic conditions affecting us, our subsidiaries and/or our major industrial and commercial customers, and other counterparties with which we do business, including fuel suppliers; the impact of any changes in tax laws or regulations or adverse tax audit results or rulings; issues concerning the stability of domestic and foreign financial institutions and counterparties with which we do business; the risks associated with cyber-attacks on our electronic data centers that could compromise the information stored on our

networks, including proprietary information and customer data; and the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other similar factors. Dividends declared from time to time on FirstEnergy Corp.‘s common stock during any period may in the aggregate vary from prior periods due to circumstances considered by FirstEnergy Corp.‘s Board of Directors at the time of the actual declarations. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy or hold securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on FirstEnergy'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. FirstEnergy expressly disclaims any current intention to update, except as required by law, any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

(021715)

Exhibit 99.2

Consolidated Report to the Financial Community

Fourth Quarter 2014

(Released February 17, 2015 )

HIGHLIGHTS

GAAP losses for the fourth quarter of 2014 were ( $0.73 ) per basic share, compared with fourth quarter 2013 earnings of $0.34 per basic share. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings*, excluding special items, were $0.80 per basic share for the fourth quarter of 2014, compared with fourth quarter 2013 Operating (non-GAAP) earnings of $0.75 per basic share.



				Competitive		FirstEnergy
	EPS Variance Analysis	Regulated	Regulated	Energy	Corporate /	Corp.
	(in millions, except per share amounts)	Distribution	Transmission	Services	Other	Consolidated
	4Q 2013 Net Income - GAAP	$27	$58	$80	$(23)	$142

	4Q 2013 Basic EPS* (avg. shares outstanding 418)	$0.06	$0.14	$0.19	$(0.05)	$0.34
	Special Items - 2013	0.40	—	0.02	(0.01)	0.41
	4Q 2013 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings*	$0.46	$0.14	$0.21	$(0.06)	$0.75
	Distribution Deliveries	(0.01)	—	—	—	(0.01)
	Transmission Revenues	—	0.02	—	—	0.02
	CES Commodity Margin	—	—	(0.08)	—	(0.08)
	O&M Expenses	0.03	—	0.06	—	0.09
	Depreciation	(0.01)	—	(0.01)	—	(0.02)
	Pension/OPEB	(0.01)	—	—	—	(0.01)
	General Taxes	(0.01)	(0.01)	0.01	—	(0.01)
	Interest Expense	—	(0.02)	(0.02)	—	(0.04)
	Capitalized Financing Costs	(0.02)	0.01	—	—	(0.01)
	Effective Income Tax Rate	0.02	—	—	0.10	0.12
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings*	$0.45	$0.14	$0.17	$0.04	$0.80
	Special Items - 2014	(0.76)	(0.01)	(0.76)	—	(1.53)
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS* (avg. shares outstanding 421)	$(0.31)	$0.13	$(0.59)	$0.04	$(0.73)

	4Q 2014 Net Income (Loss) - GAAP	$(134)	$54	$(246)	$20	$(306)

Per share amounts for the special items and earnings drivers above and throughout this report are based on the after tax effect of each item divided by the weighted average basic shares outstanding for the period.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, GAAP earnings were $0.71 per basic share compared with $0.94 per basic share for the same period last year. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings, excluding special items, were $2.56 per basic share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, compared to $3.04 per basic share for the same period last year.



				Competitive		FirstEnergy
	EPS Variance Analysis	Regulated	Regulated	Energy	Corporate /	Corp.
	(in millions, except per share amounts)	Distribution	Transmission	Services	Other	Consolidated
	2013 Net Income (Loss) - GAAP	$501	$214	$(220)	$(103)	$392

	2013 Basic EPS* (avg. shares outstanding 418)	$1.20	$0.51	$(0.52)	$(0.25)	$0.94
	Special Items - 2013	0.85	—	1.26	(0.01)	2.10
	2013 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings*	$2.05	$0.51	$0.74	$(0.26)	$3.04
	Distribution Deliveries	0.05	—	—	—	0.05
	Transmission Revenues	—	0.07	—	—	0.07
	CES Commodity Margin	—	—	(0.71)	—	(0.71)
	West Virginia Asset Transfer / Deactivated Units ⁽¹⁾	0.03	—	0.04	—	0.07
	O&M Expenses	(0.08)	(0.01)	0.13	—	0.04
	Depreciation	(0.08)	(0.01)	(0.01)	—	(0.10)
	Pension/OPEB	(0.03)	—	—	—	(0.03)
	General Taxes	(0.01)	(0.02)	0.02	—	(0.01)
	Investment Income	—	—	0.01	—	0.01
	Interest Expense	(0.03)	(0.05)	(0.01)	(0.02)	(0.11)
	Capitalized Financing Costs	(0.02)	0.05	(0.01)	—	0.02
	Effective Income Tax Rate	0.06	—	0.02	0.12	0.20
	Other	(0.01)	—	0.01	0.02	0.02
	2014 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings*	$1.93	$0.54	$0.23	$(0.14)	$2.56
	Special Items - 2014	(0.82)	(0.01)	(1.03)	0.01	(1.85)
	2014 Basic EPS* (avg. shares outstanding 420)	$1.11	$0.53	$(0.80)	$(0.13)	$0.71

	2014 Net Income (Loss) - GAAP	$465	$223	$(337)	$(52)	$299

Per share amounts for the special items and earnings drivers above and throughout this report are based on the after tax effect of each item divided by the weighted average basic shares outstanding for the period.
⁽¹⁾ For Regulated Distribution, consists of the impact of retail generation revenues, which include a return of and on plant costs, fuel and purchased power expenses, net transmission expenses, O&M, depreciation/amortization, general taxes, and interest expense resulting from the West Virginia asset transfer that occurred in October 2013. For Competitive Energy Services, consists of the impact of capacity revenue, fuel, O&M, depreciation/amortization, general taxes, and interest expense resulting from the West Virginia asset transfer and plant deactivations that occurred in 2013, partially offset by the purchased power to replace that generation.

*Operating earnings exclude special items as described below, and are a non-GAAP financial measure. Management uses Operating earnings and Operating earnings by segment to evaluate the company’s performance and manage its operations and frequently references these non-GAAP financial measures in its decision making, using them to facilitate historical and ongoing performance comparisons. Additionally, management uses Basic EPS and Basic EPS-Operating, each on a segment basis, to further evaluate the Company's performance by segment and references these non-GAAP financial measures in its decision making. Basic EPS for each segment is calculated by dividing segment net income (loss) on a GAAP basis by the basic weighted average shares outstanding for the period. Basic EPS-Operating for each segment is calculated by dividing segment operating earnings (losses), which exclude specials items as discussed below, by the basic weighted average shares outstanding for the period. Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures of “Operating earnings”, "Basic EPS" and "Basic EPS-Operating" by segment provide a consistent and comparable measure of performance of its businesses to help shareholders understand performance trends. 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 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 (GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures are intended to complement, and are not considered as an alternative to, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Also, the non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities. The 2014 and 2013 GAAP to Operating earnings reconciliations can be found on pages 25-36 of this report and all GAAP to Operating earnings reconciliations are available on FirstEnergy Corp.’s Investor Information website at www.firstenergycorp.com/ir. Quarter over quarter earnings drivers, as summarized in this report, are consistent with management's analysis of each segment's historical and ongoing performance comparisons and exclude the impact of special items, as well as other items that do not impact earnings, including but not limited to the cost recovery of regulatory assets.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 2

Special Items - The following special items were recognized during the fourth quarter of 2014 and 2013:



			Competitive		FirstEnergy
	Regulated	Regulated	Energy	Corporate /	Corp.
Special Items - 4Q 2014	Distribution	Transmission	Services	Other	Consolidated
Mark-to-market adjustments -
Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	$0.74	$0.01	$0.48	$—	$1.23
Other	—	—	0.01	—	0.01
Plant deactivation costs	—	—	0.17	—	0.17
Trust securities impairment	—	—	0.04	—	0.04
Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—	—	0.03	—	0.03
Regulatory charges	0.02	—	—	—	0.02
Retail repositioning charges	—	—	0.02	—	0.02
Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—	—	0.01	—	0.01
Special Items - 2014	$0.76	$0.01	$0.76	$—	$1.53



			Competitive		FirstEnergy
	Regulated	Regulated	Energy	Corporate /	Corp.
Special Items - 4Q 2013	Distribution	Transmission	Services	Other	Consolidated
Mark-to-market adjustments -
Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	$(0.22)	$—	$(0.16)	$—	$(0.38)
Other	—	—	(0.04)	—	(0.04)
West Virginia asset transfer charges	0.52	—	—	(0.01)	0.51
Plant deactivation costs	—	—	0.14	—	0.14
Regulatory charges	0.10	—	0.02	—	0.12
Trust securities impairment	—	—	0.02	—	0.02
Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—	—	0.02	—	0.02
Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—	—	0.02	—	0.02
Special Items - 2013	$0.40	$—	$0.02	$(0.01)	$0.41

The following special items were recognized during 2014 and 2013:



			Competitive		FirstEnergy
	Regulated	Regulated	Energy	Corporate /	Corp.
Special Items - 2014	Distribution	Transmission	Services	Other	Consolidated
Mark-to-market adjustments -
Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	$0.74	$0.01	$0.48	$—	$1.23
Other	—	—	0.11	—	0.11
Plant deactivation costs	—	—	0.34	—	0.34
Trust securities impairment	0.01	—	0.05	—	0.06
Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—	—	0.07	—	0.07
Regulatory charges	0.07	—	0.01	—	0.08
Litigation resolution	—	—	—	(0.01)	(0.01)
Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—	—	(0.15)	—	(0.15)
Retail repositioning charges	—	—	0.11	—	0.11
Loss on debt redemptions	—	—	0.01	—	0.01
Special Items - 2014	$0.82	$0.01	$1.03	$(0.01)	$1.85



			Competitive		FirstEnergy
	Regulated	Regulated	Energy	Corporate /	Corp.
Special Items - 2013	Distribution	Transmission	Services	Other	Consolidated
Mark-to-market adjustments -
Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	$(0.22)	$—	$(0.16)	$—	$(0.38)
Other	—	—	(0.04)	—	(0.04)
West Virgina asset transfer charges	0.52	—	—	(0.01)	0.51
Plant deactivation costs	0.01	—	0.97	0.05	1.03
Regulatory charges	0.53	—	0.03	(0.02)	0.54
Trust securities impairment	0.01	—	0.11	—	0.12
Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—	—	0.08	—	0.08
Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—	—	0.03	—	0.03
Restructuring costs	—	—	0.01	—	0.01
Loss (gain) on debt redemptions	—	—	0.23	(0.03)	0.20
Special Items - 2013	$0.85	$—	$1.26	$(0.01)	$2.10

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 3

2015 Earnings Guidance

Operating (non-GAAP) earnings guidance for 2015, excluding special items, is $2.40 - $2.70 per basic share. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings guidance for the individual business segments is $1.74 - $1.90 per basic share for Regulated Distribution, $0.63 - $0.67 per basic share for Regulated Transmission, $0.45 - $0.55 per basic share for Competitive Energy Services and ($0.42) per basic share for Corporate / Other. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2015, excluding special items, is $0.51 - $0.59 per basic share.



		Estimate for Year 2015					Q1 of 2015
	(In millions, except per share amounts)	Regulated Distribution	Regulated Transmission	Competitive Energy Services	Corporate / Other	FirstEnergy Corp. Consolidated	FirstEnergy Corp. Consolidated*

	2015F Net Income (Loss) - GAAP	$710 - $780	$265 - $280	$135 - $175	$(175)	$935 - $1,060	$195 - $230

2015F Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 422)		$1.68 - $1.84	$0.63 - $0.67	$0.32 - $0.42	$(0.42)	$2.21 - $2.51	$0.46 - $0.54
Excluding Special Items:
	Regulatory charges	0.06	—	—	—	0.06	0.01
	Non-core asset sales/impairments	—	—	0.02	—	0.02	0.01
	Retail repositioning charges	—	—	0.04	—	0.04	0.01
	Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—	—	0.07	—	0.07	0.02
	Total Special Items	0.06	—	0.13	—	0.19	0.05

2015F Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) (avg. shares outstanding 422)		$1.74 - $1.90	$0.63 - $0.67	$0.45 - $0.55	$(0.42)	$2.40 - $2.70	$0.51 - $0.59

	*Average of 421 shares outstanding for the 1st quarter 2015

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 4

4Q 2014 Results vs 4Q 2013 - By Segment

Regulated Distribution



Regulated Distribution - GAAP losses for the fourth quarter of 2014 were ($134) million, or ($0.31) per basic share, compared with fourth quarter 2013 earnings of $27 million, or $0.06 per basic share. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings, excluding special items, were $0.45 per basic share for the fourth quarter of 2014, compared with fourth quarter 2013 Operating (non-GAAP) earnings of $0.46 per basic share.
	EPS Variance Analysis
	(In millions, except per share amounts)
	4Q 2013 Net Income - GAAP	$27

	4Q 2013 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 418M)	$0.06
	Special Items - 2013	0.40
	4Q 2013 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings	$0.46
	Distribution Deliveries	(0.01)
	O&M Expenses	0.03
	Depreciation	(0.01)
	Pension/OPEB	(0.01)
	General Taxes	(0.01)
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, GAAP earnings were $465 million, or $1.11 per basic share compared with $501 million, or $1.20 per basic share, for the same period last year. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings, excluding special items, were $1.93 per basic share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, compared to $2.05 per basic share for the same period last year.	Capitalized Financing Costs	(0.02)
	Effective Income Tax Rate	0.02
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings	$0.45
	Special Items - 2014	(0.76)
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 421M)	$(0.31)

	4Q 2014 Net Loss - GAAP	$(134)

4Q 2014 vs 4Q 2013 Earnings Drivers, Excluding Special Items

•

Distribution Deliveries - Total electric distribution deliveries decreased 205,000 megawatt-hours (MWH), or 0.6%, and decreased earnings $0.01 per share. Residential sales decreased by 334,000 MWH, or 2.5%, primarily resulting from milder temperatures. Heating-degree-days were 1.6% below the same period last year and 0.8% above normal. Sales to commercial customers decreased 88,000 MWH, or 0.8%, while sales to industrial customers increased by 218,000 MWH, or 1.8%.


•	O&M Expenses - Lower O&M expenses increased earnings $0.03 per share, due to higher capitalization of labor and lower benefit costs, as well as lower outage costs.


•	Depreciation - Higher depreciation expense reduced earnings $0.01 per share, due to a higher asset base.


•	Pension/OPEB - Higher pension/OPEB expense reduced earnings $0.01 per share, primarily due to lower amortization of OPEB prior service credits.


•	General Taxes - Higher general taxes decreased earnings $0.01 per share due to increased property taxes associated with a higher asset base.


•	Capitalized Financing Costs - Lower capitalized financing costs decreased earnings $0.02 per share, primarily resulting from a decrease in the rate for borrowed funds.

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•	Effective Income Tax Rate - A lower effective income tax rate (34.8% in Q4 2014 vs 37.6% in Q4 2013) increased earnings $0.02 per share.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 6

Regulated Transmission



Regulated Transmission - GAAP earnings for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $54 million, or $0.13 per basic share, compared with fourth quarter 2013 GAAP earnings of $58 million, or $0.14 per basic share. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings, excluding special items, for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $0.14 per basic share, compared with fourth quarter 2013 Operating (non-GAAP) earnings of $0.14 per basic share.
	EPS Variance Analysis
	(In millions, except per share amounts)
	4Q 2013 Net Income - GAAP	$58

	4Q 2013 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 418M)	$0.14
	Special Items - 2013	—
	4Q 2013 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings	$0.14
	Transmission Revenues	0.02
	General Taxes	(0.01)
	Interest Expense	(0.02)
	Capitalized Financing Costs	0.01
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, GAAP earnings were $223 million, or $0.53 per basic share compared with $214 million, or $0.51 per basic share, for the same period last year. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings were $0.54 per basic share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, compared to $0.51 per basic share for the same period last year.	4Q 2014 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings	$0.14
	Special Items - 2014	(0.01)
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 421M)	$0.13

	4Q 2014 Net Income - GAAP	$54

4Q 2014 vs 4Q 2013 Earnings Drivers, Excluding Special Items


•	Transmission Revenues - Higher transmission revenues increased earnings $0.02 per share, primarily due to incremental rate base and cost of service recovery at American Transmission Systems, Incorporated (ATSI) associated with its annual rate filing effective June 2014.


•	General Taxes - Higher general taxes decreased earnings $0.01 per share due to increased property taxes, resulting from a higher asset base.


•	Interest Expense - Higher interest expense decreased earnings $0.02 per share, primarily due to increased long-term debt of $1.0 billion at FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC (FET) issued in May 2014 and a September 2014 long-term debt issuance of $400 million at ATSI.


•	Capitalized Financing Costs - Higher capitalized financing costs increased earnings $0.01 per share, primarily due to increased capital expenditures resulting from the "Energizing the Future" transmission program.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 7

Competitive Energy Services



Competitive Energy Services (CES) - GAAP losses for the fourth quarter of 2014 were ($246) million, or ($0.59) per basic share, compared with fourth quarter 2013 earnings of $80 million, or $0.19 per basic share. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings, excluding special items, for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $0.17 per basic share, compared with fourth quarter 2013 Operating (non-GAAP) earnings of $0.21 per basic share.
	EPS Variance Analysis
	(In millions, except per share amounts)
	4Q 2013 Net Income - GAAP	$80

	4Q 2013 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 418M)	$0.19
	Special Items - 2013	0.02
	4Q 2013 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings	$0.21
	CES Commodity Margin	(0.08)
	O&M Expenses	0.06
	Depreciation	(0.01)
	General Taxes	0.01
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, GAAP losses were ($337) million, or ($0.80) per basic share compared with ($220) million, or ($0.52) per basic share, for the same period last year. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings, excluding special items, were $0.23 per basic share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, compared to $0.74 per basic share for the same period last year.	Interest Expense	(0.02)
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings	$0.17
	Special Items - 2014	(0.76)
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 421M)	$(0.59)

	4Q 2014 Net Loss - GAAP	$(246)

4Q 2014 vs 4Q 2013 Earnings Drivers, Excluding Special Items

CES commodity margin decreased earnings by $0.08 per share, primarily due to lower contract sales volume, partially offset by higher PJM capacity revenues and lower purchased power. Contract sales prices increased as compared to the fourth quarter of 2013 primarily due to higher capacity rates associated with CES' retail sales obligations. These prices were adversely impacted by a significant decrease in power prices beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011 when the 2014 competitive retail sales position was approximately 30% committed, whereas the 2013 sales position was approximately 60% committed. This resulted in a greater proportion of 2014 contract sales impacted by the decrease in power prices as compared to 2013.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 8

A summary by key component of commodity margin follows:




Commodity Margin EPS - 4Q14 vs 4Q13	Rate			Volume			Total
(a) Contract Sales
- Direct Sales (LCI & MCI)	$	0.03		$	(0.39	)	$	(0.36	)
- Governmental Aggregation Sales	0.04			(0.06		)	(0.02		)
- Mass Market Sales	—			(0.02		)	(0.02		)
- POLR Sales	0.02			(0.01		)	0.01
- Structured Sales	—			0.06			0.06
Subtotal - Contract Sales	$	0.09		$	(0.42	)	$	(0.33	)
(b) Wholesale Sales	(0.09		)	0.11			0.02
(c) PJM Capacity, FRR Auction Revenues	0.11			(0.02		)	0.09
(d) Fuel Expense	0.01			0.03			0.04
(e) Purchased Power	(0.02		)	0.27			0.25
(f) Capacity Expense	(0.17		)	0.03			(0.14		)
(g) Net Financial Sales and Purchases	(0.05		)	—			(0.05		)
(h) Net MISO - PJM Transmission Cost	—			0.04			0.04
Net Decrease	$	(0.12	)	$	0.04		$	(0.08	)

(a)

Contract Sales - CES' contract sales decreased 4.9 million MWH, or 19%, and reduced earnings $0.33 per share. Direct sales to large and medium commercial/industrial customers decreased 4.9 million MWH, or 35%. Governmental aggregation and mass market sales decreased 1.0 million MWH, or 15%, primarily due to lower sales in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois. The decrease in direct, governmental aggregation and mass market sales was partially offset by a 0.9 million MWH increase in structured sales. As of December 31, 2014, the total number of retail customers was 2.1 million, a decrease of approximately 600,000 customers since December 2013. Lower contract sales reflect CES' efforts to reposition its sales portfolio to more effectively hedge its generation. CES has eliminated sales efforts in certain channels to focus on a selective mix of retail and wholesale sales.

CES Contract Sales - 4Q14 vs 4Q13

(thousand MWH)

Retail

Non-Retail

Direct

Aggr.

Mass Market

POLR

Structured

Total

Contract Sales Increase / (Decrease)

(4,854)

(729

)

(237)

(34)

931

(4,923)

(b) Wholesale Sales - Wholesale sales increased by 412,000 MWH, and increased earnings $0.02 per share.

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(c) PJM Capacity Revenues (Base Residual (BR) and Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) Auctions) - Higher capacity revenues increased earnings $0.09 per share, primarily resulting from higher capacity prices in the RTO and ATSI zones.



Planning Period	RTO	ATSI	MAAC
Price Per Megawatt-Day	BR	BR	BR
June 2013 - May 2014	$27.73	$27.73	$226.15
June 2014 - May 2015	$125.99	$125.99	$136.50

(d)

Fuel Expense - Lower fuel expenses increased earnings $0.04 per share, primarily due to decreased generation output. Fossil generation output decreased by 1.4 million MWH, driven by economic dispatch of units and increased planned outages on supercritical coal units in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year. Nuclear generation output increased by 389,000 MWH resulting from no refueling outages in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to one refueling outage in the fourth quarter of 2013.

(e) Purchased Power - Lower contract sales volumes resulted in decreased power purchases and increased earnings $0.25 per share.

(f) Capacity Expense - Higher capacity expenses associated with contract sales decreased earnings $0.14 per share, primarily due to higher prices in the ATSI and RTO zones.

(g) Net Financial Sales and Purchases - Net financial hedges associated with CES sales and generation portfolio decreased earnings $0.05 per share, primarily resulting from lower market prices.

(h) Net MISO-PJM Transmission Cost - Lower transmission costs increased earnings $0.04 per share, primarily due to lower contract sales volumes.


•	O&M Expenses - Lower O&M expenses increased earnings $0.06 per share, primarily due to decreased nuclear operating expenses reflecting no refueling outages in 2014 (compared to one refueling outage in 2013) and lower retail and marketing related expenses.


•	Depreciation Expense - Higher depreciation expense decreased earnings $0.01 per share, due to an increased asset base primarily resulting from in-servicing Davis-Besse steam generators in May 2014.


•	General Taxes - Lower gross receipts tax, due to a decrease in retail sales, increased earnings $0.01 per share.


•	Interest Expense - Higher interest expense decreased earnings $0.02 per share.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 10

Corporate / Other



Corporate / Other - GAAP earnings for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $20 million, or $0.04 per basic share, compared with fourth quarter 2013 losses of ($23) million, or ($0.05) per basic share. Operating (non-GAAP) earnings for the fourth quarter of 2014 were $0.04 per basic share compared with Operating (non-GAAP) losses of ($0.06) per basic share for the fourth quarter of 2013.
	EPS Variance Analysis
	(In millions, except per share amounts)
	4Q 2013 Net Loss - GAAP	$(23)

	4Q 2013 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 418M)	$(0.05)
	Special Items - 2013	(0.01)
	4Q 2013 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Losses	$(0.06)
	Effective Income Tax Rate	0.10
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings	$0.04
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, GAAP losses were ($52) million, or ($0.13) per basic share, compared with ($103) million, or ($0.25) per basic share, for the same period last year. Operating (non-GAAP) losses, excluding special items, were ($0.14) per basic share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, compared to ($0.26) per basic share for the same period last year.	Special Items - 2014	—
	4Q 2014 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 421M)	$0.04

	4Q 2014 Net Income - GAAP	$20

4Q 2014 vs 4Q 2013 Earnings Drivers, Excluding Special Items


•	Effective Income Tax Rate - A lower consolidated effective income tax rate in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to fourth quarter of 2013 increased earnings $0.10 per share.

The consolidated effective income tax rate in the fourth quarter of 2014 was 21.6% compared to 35.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013 and increased consolidated earnings $0.12 per share. The impact of a lower effective income tax rate increased earnings $0.02 per share at Regulated Distribution and $0.10 per share at Corporate / Other. The decrease in the effective income tax rate resulted from the resolution of state tax positions and an adjustment to reverse tax liabilities that were recognized in prior periods.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, the consolidated effective income tax rate was 29.3% compared to 36.2% for the same period last year.

For additional information, please contact:



Irene M. Prezelj	Meghan G. Beringer	Gina E. Caskey	Rey Y. Jimenez
Vice President,	Director,	Manager,	Manager,
Investor Relations	Investor Relations	Investor Relations	Investor Relations
(330) 384-3859	(330) 384-5832	(330) 384-3841	(330) 384-4239

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)

(In millions, except for per share amounts)




				Three Months Ended December 31									Year Ended December 31
				2014			2013			Change			2014			2013			Change
		Revenues
(1	)		Regulated distribution	$	2,130		$	2,136		$	(6	)	$	9,102		$	8,720		$	382
(2	)		Regulated transmission	199			187			12			769			731			38
(3	)		Competitive energy services	1,426			1,558			(132		)	6,289			6,498			(209		)
(4	)		Other and reconciling adjustments	(272		)	(248		)	(24		)	(1,111		)	(1,057		)	(54		)
(5	)	Total Revenues		3,483			3,633			(150		)	15,049			14,892			157

		Expenses
(6	)		Fuel	569			581			(12		)	2,280			2,496			(216		)
(7	)		Purchased power	990			1,031			(41		)	4,716			3,963			753
(8	)		Other operating expenses	901			948			(47		)	3,962			3,593			369
(9	)		Pensions and OPEB mark-to-market	835			(256		)	1,091			835			(256		)	1,091
(10	)		Provision for depreciation	316			293			23			1,220			1,202			18
(11	)		Amortization (deferral) of regulatory assets, net	(15		)	96			(111		)	12			539			(527		)
(12	)		General taxes	224			231			(7		)	962			978			(16		)
(13	)		Impairment of long lived assets	—			322			(322		)	—			795			(795		)
(14	)	Total Expenses		3,820			3,246			574			13,987			13,310			677
(15	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(337		)	387			(724		)	1,062			1,582			(520		)

		Other Income (Expense)
(16	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—			—			(8		)	(132		)	124
(17	)		Investment income	5			25			(20		)	72			33			39
(18	)		Interest expense	(271		)	(245		)	(26		)	(1,073		)	(1,016		)	(57		)
(19	)		Capitalized financing costs	29			41			(12		)	118			103			15
(20	)	Total Other Expense		(237		)	(179		)	(58		)	(891		)	(1,012		)	121

(21	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(574		)	208			(782		)	171			570			(399		)
(22	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(268		)	66			(334		)	(42		)	195			(237		)
(23	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		(306		)	142			(448		)	213			375			(162		)
(24	)		Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	—			—			—			86			17			69
(25	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	(306	)	$	142		$	(448	)	$	299		$	392		$	(93	)

(26	)	Earnings (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock
(27	)		Basic - Continuing Operations	$	(0.73	)	$	0.34		$	(1.07	)	$	0.51		$	0.90		$	(0.39	)
(28	)		Basic - Discontinued Operations	—			—			—			0.20			0.04			0.16
(29	)		Basic - Earnings (Loss) Available to FirstEnergy Corp.	$	(0.73	)	$	0.34		$	(1.07	)	$	0.71		$	0.94		$	(0.23	)

(30	)		Diluted - Continuing Operations	$	(0.73	)	$	0.34		$	(1.07	)	$	0.51		$	0.90		$	(0.39	)
(31	)		Diluted - Discontinued Operations	—			—			—			0.20			0.04			0.16
(32	)		Diluted - Earnings (Loss) Available to FirstEnergy Corp.	$	(0.73	)	$	0.34		$	(1.07	)	$	0.71		$	0.94		$	(0.23	)

(33	)	Weighted Average Number of
(34	)	Common Shares Outstanding
(35	)		Basic	421			418			3			420			418			2
(36	)		Diluted	421			419			2			421			419			2

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Statements of Income (Loss) - By Segment

(In millions)




				Three Months Ended December 31, 2014

										Competitive
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Corporate/			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	2,076		$	199		$	1,182		$	(48	)	$	3,409
(2	)		Other	54			—			49			(29		)	74
(3	)		Internal	—			—			195			(195		)	—
(4	)	Total Revenues		2,130			199			1,426			(272		)	3,483

		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	126			—			443			—			569
(6	)		Purchased power	785			—			400			(195		)	990
(7	)		Other operating expenses	501			35			450			(85		)	901
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	506			2			327			—			835
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	167			34			100			15			316
(10	)		Amortization (deferral) of regulatory assets, net	(17		)	2			—			—			(15		)
(11	)		General taxes	165			18			38			3			224
(12	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—			—			—			—
(13	)	Total Expenses		2,233			91			1,758			(262		)	3,820
(14	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(103		)	108			(332		)	(10		)	(337		)

		Other Income (Expense)
(15	)		Investment income (loss)	12			—			(1		)	(6		)	5
(16	)		Interest expense	(144		)	(41		)	(46		)	(40		)	(271		)
(17	)		Capitalized financing costs	2			17			9			1			29
(18	)	Total Other Expense		(130		)	(24		)	(38		)	(45		)	(237		)

(19	)	Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(233		)	84			(370		)	(55		)	(574		)
(20	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(99		)	30			(124		)	(75		)	(268		)
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	(134	)	$	54		$	(246	)	$	20		$	(306	)

(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy Corp.'s (FirstEnergy) service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Contains corporate support and other businesses that are below the quantifiable threshold for separate disclosure as a reportable segment and interest expense on stand-alone holding company debt and corporate income taxes. Additionally, reconciling adjustments for the elimination of inter-segment transactions are included in Corporate/Other.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Statements of Income (Loss) - By Segment

(In millions)




				Three Months Ended December 31, 2013

										Competitive
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Corporate/			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	2,085		$	187		$	1,338		$	(35	)	$	3,575
(2	)		Other	51			—			38			(31		)	58
(3	)		Internal	—			—			182			(182		)	—
(4	)	Total Revenues		2,136			187			1,558			(248		)	3,633

		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	127			—			454			—			581
(6	)		Purchased power	761			—			452			(182		)	1,031
(7	)		Other operating expenses	499			33			490			(74		)	948
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	(149		)	—			(107		)	—			(256		)
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	160			30			92			11			293
(10	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	93			3			—			—			96
(11	)		General taxes	170			13			44			4			231
(12	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	322			—			—			—			322
(13	)	Total Expenses		1,983			79			1,425			(241		)	3,246
(14	)	Operating Income (Loss)		153			108			133			(7		)	387

		Other Income (Expense)
(15	)		Investment income (loss)	16			—			19			(10		)	25
(16	)		Interest expense	(139		)	(25		)	(35		)	(46		)	(245		)
(17	)		Capitalized financing costs	14			11			11			5			41
(18	)	Total Other Expense		(109		)	(14		)	(5		)	(51		)	(179		)

(19	)	Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		44			94			128			(58		)	208
(20	)		Income taxes (benefits)	17			36			48			(35		)	66
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	27		$	58		$	80		$	(23	)	$	142

(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy's service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Contains corporate support and other businesses that are below the quantifiable threshold for separate disclosure as a reportable segment and interest expense on stand-alone holding company debt and corporate income taxes. Additionally, reconciling adjustments for the elimination of inter-segment transactions are included in Corporate/Other.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Statements of Income (Loss) - By Segment

(In millions)




				Three Months Ended December 31, 2014 vs. Three Months Ended December 31, 2013

										Competitive
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Corporate/			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	(9	)	$	12		$	(156	)	$	(13	)	$	(166	)
(2	)		Other	3			—			11			2			16
(3	)		Internal revenues	—			—			13			(13		)	—
(4	)	Total Revenues		(6		)	12			(132		)	(24		)	(150		)

		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	(1		)	—			(11		)	—			(12		)
(6	)		Purchased power	24			—			(52		)	(13		)	(41		)
(7	)		Other operating expenses	2			3			(40		)	(12		)	(47		)
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	655			2			434			—			1,091
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	7			4			8			4			23
(10	)		Amortization (deferral) of regulatory assets, net	(110		)	(1		)	—			—			(111		)
(11	)		General taxes	(5		)	5			(6		)	(1		)	(7		)
(12	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	(322		)	—			—			—			(322		)
(13	)	Total Expenses		250			13			333			(22		)	574
(14	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(256		)	(1		)	(465		)	(2		)	(724		)

		Other Income (Expense)
(15	)		Investment income (loss)	(4		)	—			(20		)	4			(20		)
(16	)		Interest expense	(5		)	(16		)	(11		)	6			(26		)
(17	)		Capitalized financing costs	(12		)	6			(2		)	(4		)	(12		)
(18	)	Total Other Income (Expense)		(21		)	(10		)	(33		)	6			(58		)

(19	)	Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(277		)	(11		)	(498		)	4			(782		)
(20	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(116		)	(7		)	(172		)	(39		)	(334		)
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	(161	)	$	(4	)	$	(326	)	$	43		$	(448	)

(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy's service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Contains corporate support and other businesses that are below the quantifiable threshold for separate disclosure as a reportable segment and interest expense on stand-alone holding company debt and corporate income taxes. Additionally, reconciling adjustments for the elimination of inter-segment transactions are included in Corporate/Other.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Statements of Income (Loss) - By Segment

(In millions)




				Year Ended December 31, 2014

										Competitive
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Corporate/			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	8,898		$	769		$	5,281		$	(193	)	$	14,755
(2	)		Other	204			—			189			(99		)	294
(3	)		Internal	—			—			819			(819		)	—
(4	)	Total Revenues		9,102			769			6,289			(1,111		)	15,049

		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	567			—			1,713			—			2,280
(6	)		Purchased power	3,385			—			2,150			(819		)	4,716
(7	)		Other operating expenses	2,081			139			2,075			(333		)	3,962
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	506			2			327			—			835
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	658			127			387			48			1,220
(10	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	1			11			—			—			12
(11	)		General taxes	693			70			171			28			962
(12	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—			—			—			—
(13	)	Total Expenses		7,891			349			6,823			(1,076		)	13,987
(14	)	Operating Income (Loss)		1,211			420			(534		)	(35		)	1,062

		Other Income (Expense)
(15	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—			(8		)	—			(8		)
(16	)		Investment income	56			—			45			(29		)	72
(17	)		Interest expense	(589		)	(131		)	(189		)	(164		)	(1,073		)
(18	)		Capitalized financing costs	14			55			37			12			118
(19	)	Total Other Expense		(519		)	(76		)	(115		)	(181		)	(891		)

(20	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		692			344			(649		)	(216		)	171
(21	)		Income taxes (benefits)	227			121			(226		)	(164		)	(42		)
(22	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		465			223			(423		)	(52		)	213
(23	)		Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	—			—			86			—			86
(24	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	465		$	223		$	(337	)	$	(52	)	$	299

(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy's service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Contains corporate support and other businesses that are below the quantifiable threshold for separate disclosure as a reportable segment and interest expense on stand-alone holding company debt and corporate income taxes. Additionally, reconciling adjustments for the elimination of inter-segment transactions are included in Corporate/Other.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Statements of Income (Loss) - By Segment

(In millions)




				Year Ended December 31, 2013

										Competitive
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Corporate/			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	8,499		$	731		$	5,542		$	(161	)	$	14,611
(2	)		Other	221			—			186			(126		)	281
(3	)		Internal	—			—			770			(770		)	—
(4	)	Total Revenues		8,720			731			6,498			(1,057		)	14,892

		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	377			—			2,119			—			2,496
(6	)		Purchased power	3,308			—			1,425			(770		)	3,963
(7	)		Other operating expenses	1,773			131			2,007			(318		)	3,593
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	(149		)	—			(107		)	—			(256		)
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	606			114			439			43			1,202
(10	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	529			10			—			—			539
(11	)		General taxes	697			54			202			25			978
(12	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	322			—			473			—			795
(13	)	Total Expenses		7,463			309			6,558			(1,020		)	13,310
(14	)	Operating Income (Loss)		1,257			422			(60		)	(37		)	1,582

		Other Income (Expense)
(15	)		Gain (loss) on debt redemptions	—			—			(149		)	17			(132		)
(16	)		Investment income	57			—			11			(35		)	33
(17	)		Interest expense	(543		)	(93		)	(222		)	(158		)	(1,016		)
(18	)		Capitalized financing costs	31			14			42			16			103
(19	)	Total Other Expense		(455		)	(79		)	(318		)	(160		)	(1,012		)

(20	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		802			343			(378		)	(197		)	570
(21	)		Income taxes (benefits)	301			129			(141		)	(94		)	195
(22	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		501			214			(237		)	(103		)	375
(23	)		Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	—			—			17			—			17
(24	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	501		$	214		$	(220	)	$	(103	)	$	392

(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy's service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Contains corporate support and other businesses that are below the quantifiable threshold for separate disclosure as a reportable segment and interest expense on stand-alone holding company debt and corporate income taxes. Additionally, reconciling adjustments for the elimination of inter-segment transactions are included in Corporate/Other.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 17

FirstEnergy Corp.

Statements of Income (Loss) - By Segment

(In millions)




				Year Ended December 31, 2014 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2013

										Competitive
				Regulated			Regulated			Energy			Corporate/			FirstEnergy
				Distribution (a)			Transmission (b)			Services (c)			Other (d)			Consolidated
		Revenues
(1	)		Electric sales	$	399		$	38		$	(261	)	$	(32	)	$	144
(2	)		Other	(17		)	—			3			27			13
(3	)		Internal revenues	—			—			49			(49		)	—
(4	)	Total Revenues		382			38			(209		)	(54		)	157

		Expenses
(5	)		Fuel	190			—			(406		)	—			(216		)
(6	)		Purchased power	77			—			725			(49		)	753
(7	)		Other operating expenses	308			8			68			(15		)	369
(8	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	655			2			434			—			1,091
(9	)		Provision for depreciation	52			13			(52		)	5			18
(10	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	(528		)	1			—			—			(527		)
(11	)		General taxes	(4		)	16			(31		)	3			(16		)
(12	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	(322		)	—			(473		)	—			(795		)
(13	)	Total Expenses		428			40			265			(56		)	677
(14	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(46		)	(2		)	(474		)	2			(520		)

		Other Income (Expense)
(15	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—			141			(17		)	124
(16	)		Investment loss	(1		)	—			34			6			39
(17	)		Interest expense	(46		)	(38		)	33			(6		)	(57		)
(18	)		Capitalized financing costs	(17		)	41			(5		)	(4		)	15
(19	)	Total Other Expense		(64		)	3			203			(21		)	121

(20	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(110		)	1			(271		)	(19		)	(399		)
(21	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(74		)	(8		)	(85		)	(70		)	(237		)
(22	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		(36		)	9			(186		)	51			(162		)
(23	)		Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	—			—			69			—			69
(24	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	(36	)	$	9		$	(117	)	$	51		$	(93	)

(a)		Revenues are primarily derived from the delivery of electricity within FirstEnergy's service areas, cost recovery of regulatory assets and the sale of electric generation service to retail customers who have not selected an alternative supplier (POLR or default service). Its results reflect the commodity costs of securing electric generation from affiliated and non-affiliated power suppliers and the deferral and amortization of certain fuel costs.
(b)		Revenues are derived from rates charged to load serving entities and other transmission users that recover costs and provide a return on transmission capital investment owned and operated by certain of FirstEnergy's utilities and transmission companies. Its results reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of the respective generation loads.
(c)		Revenues are primarily derived from supplying electric power to end-use customers through retail and wholesale arrangements, including competitive retail sales to customers primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, and the provision of partial POLR and default service for affiliated and non-affiliated utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
(d)		Contains corporate support and other businesses that are below the quantifiable threshold for separate disclosure as a reportable segment and interest expense on stand-alone holding company debt and corporate income taxes. Additionally, reconciling adjustments for the elimination of inter-segment transactions are included in Corporate/Other.

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Consolidated Report to the Financial Community - 4th Quarter 2014 18

FirstEnergy Corp.

Financial Information

(In millions)




Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (GAAP)

		As of		As of
Assets		Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Current Assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	85	$	218
	Receivables	1,779		1,918
	Other	2,012		1,877
Total Current Assets		3,876		4,013

Property, Plant and Equipment		35,783		33,252
Investments		3,222		3,104
Assets Held for Sale		—		235
Deferred Charges and Other Assets		9,285		9,820
Total Assets		$	52,166	$	50,424

Liabilities and Capitalization
Current Liabilities:
	Currently payable long-term debt	$	804	$	1,415
	Short-term borrowings	1,799		3,404
	Accounts payable	1,279		1,250
	Other	1,679		1,568
Total Current Liabilities		5,561		7,637

Capitalization:
	Total equity	12,422		12,695
	Long-term debt and other long-term obligations	19,176		15,831
Total Capitalization		31,598		28,526
Noncurrent Liabilities		15,007		14,261
Total Liabilities and Capitalization		$	52,166	$	50,424




General Information
	Three Months Ended December 31						Year Ended December 31
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Debt redemptions	$	(697	)	$	(938	)	$	(1,759	)	$	(3,600	)
New long-term debt issues	$	750		$	1,000		$	4,528		$	3,745
Short-term borrowings increase (decrease)	$	178		$	—		$	(1,605	)	$	1,435
Property additions	$	839		$	678		$	3,312		$	2,638

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Debt to Total Capitalization Ratio as Defined Under the FE Credit Facility
	As of December 31					As of December 31
	2014			% Total		2013			% Total
Total Equity (GAAP)	$	12,422		36	%	$	12,695		37	%
Non-cash Charges / Non-cash Write Downs*	1,935			5	%	1,412			4	%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(246		)	(1	)%	(284		)	(1	)%
Adjusted Equity**	14,111			40	%	13,823			40	%

Long-term Debt and Other Long-term Obligations (GAAP)	19,176			55	%	15,831			46	%
Currently Payable Long-term Debt (GAAP)	804			2	%	1,415			4	%
Short-term Borrowings (GAAP)	1,799			5	%	3,404			10	%
Reimbursement Obligations	54			—	%	7			—	%
Guarantees of Indebtedness	487			1	%	846			3	%
Less Securitization Debt	(1,005		)	(3	)%	(1,123		)	(3	)%
Adjusted Debt**	21,315			60	%	20,380			60	%

Adjusted Capitalization**	$	35,426		100	%	$	34,203		100	%

*Includes after-tax non-cash charges and non-cash write downs, primarily associated with pensions and OPEB mark-to-market adjustments, impairment of long-lived assets and regulatory asset charges through December 31, 2014, as required by the FE Credit Facility, as amended .
**Management uses Adjusted Equity, Adjusted Debt, and Adjusted Capitalization, each of which is a non-GAAP financial measure, to calculate and monitor its compliance with the debt to total capitalization financial covenant under the FE Credit Facility. These financial measures, as calculated in accordance with the FE Credit Facility, help shareholders understand FirstEnergy's compliance with, and provide a basis for understanding FirstEnergy's incremental debt capacity under the debt to total capitalization financial covenant. The financial covenant under the FE Credit Facility requires FirstEnergy to maintain a consolidated debt to total capitalization ratio of no more than 65%, measured at the end of each fiscal quarter.

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Statements of Cash Flows and Liquidity

(In millions)




		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (GAAP)
			Three Months Ended						Year Ended
			December 31						December 31
			2014			2013			2014			2013
		Cash flows from operating activities
		Net income (loss)	$	(306	)	$	142		$	299		$	392
		Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
		Depreciation and amortization ⁽¹⁾	382			462			1,560			2,016
		Asset removal costs charged to income	6			(7		)	28			20
		Deferred purchased power and other costs	(26		)	(15		)	(115		)	(76		)
		Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net	(165		)	129			162			243
		Impairments of long-lived assets	—			322			—			795
		Investment impairments	27			16			37			90
		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market adjustment	835			(256		)	835			(256		)
		Retirement benefits	7			(35		)	(53		)	(168		)
		Gain on asset sales	—			—			—			(21		)
		Commodity derivative transactions, net	4			(18		)	64			(3		)
		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—			8			132
		Gain on sale of investment securities held in trusts	(19		)	(28		)	(64		)	(56		)
		Make-whole premiums paid on debt redemptions	—			(6		)	—			(187		)
		Lease payments on sale and leaseback transaction	(44		)	(51		)	(137		)	(136		)
		Income from discontinued operations	—			—			(86		)	(17		)
		Change in working capital and other	275			336			175			(106		)
		Cash flows provided from operating activities	976			991			2,713			2,662
		Cash flows provided from (used for) financing activities	69			(177		)	513			477
		Cash flows used for investing activities	(1,069		)	(818		)	(3,359		)	(3,093		)
		Net change in cash and cash equivalents	$	(24	)	$	(4	)	$	(133	)	$	46

₍₁	₎	Includes Amortization of Regulatory Assets, net, nuclear fuel, customer intangibles, deferred advertising costs and other assets.



Liquidity position as of January 31, 2015

Company	Type	Maturity	Amount	Available
FirstEnergy ⁽¹⁾	Revolving	March 2019	$3,500	$1,469
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES) / Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC (AE Supply)	Revolving	March 2019	1,500	1,435
FET ⁽²⁾	Revolving	March 2019	1,000	1,000
(1) FirstEnergy Corp. and FEU subsidiary borrowers		Subtotal:	$6,000	$3,904
(2) Includes FET, ATSI, and Trans-Allegheny Interstate		Cash:	—	58
Line Company (TrAILCo)		Total:	$6,000	$3,962

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Statistical Summary





Electric Distribution Deliveries		Three Months Ended December 31				Year Ended December 31
(MWH in thousand)		2014	2013	Change		2014	2013	Change

Ohio	- Residential	4,198	4,385	-4.3	%	17,440	17,279	0.9	%
	- Commercial	3,665	3,744	-2.1	%	15,261	15,202	0.4	%
	- Industrial	5,137	5,037	2.0	%	21,138	20,679	2.2	%
	- Other	84	85	-1.2	%	334	332	0.6	%
	Total Ohio	13,084	13,251	-1.3	%	54,173	53,492	1.3	%
Pennsylvania	- Residential	4,676	4,840	-3.4	%	18,948	19,066	-0.6	%
	- Commercial	3,169	3,179	-0.3	%	12,872	12,691	1.4	%
	- Industrial	5,084	5,018	1.3	%	20,600	20,345	1.3	%
	- Other	30	30	0.0	%	122	121	0.8	%
	Total Pennsylvania	12,959	13,067	-0.8	%	52,542	52,223	0.6	%
New Jersey	- Residential	2,053	2,075	-1.1	%	9,336	9,460	-1.3	%
	- Commercial	2,213	2,192	1.0	%	9,095	9,025	0.8	%
	- Industrial	553	568	-2.6	%	2,295	2,321	-1.1	%
	- Other	22	22	0.0	%	87	87	0.0	%
	Total New Jersey	4,841	4,857	-0.3	%	20,813	20,893	-0.4	%
Maryland	- Residential	804	814	-1.2	%	3,327	3,270	1.7	%
	- Commercial	496	514	-3.5	%	2,068	2,078	-0.5	%
	- Industrial	404	418	-3.3	%	1,590	1,624	-2.1	%
	- Other	4	4	0.0	%	16	16	0.0	%
	Total Maryland	1,708	1,750	-2.4	%	7,001	6,988	0.2	%
West Virginia	- Residential	1,419	1,370	3.6	%	5,715	5,404	5.8	%
	- Commercial	893	895	-0.2	%	3,692	3,586	3.0	%
	- Industrial	1,431	1,350	6.0	%	5,590	5,274	6.0	%
	- Other	7	7	0.0	%	27	28	-3.6	%
	Total West Virginia	3,750	3,622	3.5	%	15,024	14,292	5.1	%
Total Residential		13,150	13,484	-2.5	%	54,766	54,479	0.5	%
Total Commercial		10,436	10,524	-0.8	%	42,988	42,582	1.0	%
Total Industrial		12,609	12,391	1.8	%	51,213	50,243	1.9	%
Total Other		147	148	-0.7	%	586	584	0.3	%

Total Distribution Deliveries		36,342	36,547	-0.6	%	149,553	147,888	1.1	%

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Statistical Summary




Weather	Three Months Ended December 31			Year Ended December 31
	2014	2013	Normal	2014	2013	Normal
Composite Heating-Degree-Days	1,936	1,967	1,921	5,877	5,484	5,380
Composite Cooling-Degree-Days	9	35	14	824	967	937




Shopping Statistics (Based Upon MWH)	Three Months Ended December 31		Year Ended December 31
	2014	2013	2014	2013

OE	79%	79%	80%	79%
Penn	64%	67%	66%	66%
CEI	84%	85%	85%	86%
TE	75%	77%	77%	77%
JCP&L	54%	55%	52%	52%
Met-Ed	69%	68%	69%	66%
Penelec	71%	71%	71%	70%
PE ⁽¹⁾	49%	48%	47%	47%
WP	63%	63%	64%	63%

(1) Represents Maryland only.




Competitive Operating Statistics ⁽¹⁾		Three Months Ended December 31		Year Ended December 31
		2014	2013	2014	2013
Generation Capacity Factors:
	Nuclear	94%	90%	87%	88%
	Fossil - Baseload	71%	75%	75%	75%
	Fossil - Load Following	38%	63%	56%	57%

Generation Fuel Rate:
	Nuclear	$7.07	$7.80	$7.45	$7.79
	Fossil	$27	$26	$27	$27
	Total Fleet	$18	$19	$19	$20

Generation Output Mix:
	Nuclear	46%	41%	41%	34%
	Fossil - Baseload	42%	44%	44%	53%
	Fossil - Load Following	5%	8%	8%	8%
	Peaking/CT/Hydro	7%	7%	7%	5%

⁽¹⁾ Excludes RMR and units scheduled to be deactivated by April 2015.

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Competitive Energy Services - Sources & Uses




Competitive Energy Services - Sources and Uses (MWH in thousands)

			Three Months Ended December 31				Year Ended December 31
Contract Sales			2014	2013	Change		2014	2013	Change
POLR
- OH			1,194	1,116	78		4,844	4,643	201
- PA			1,970	2,089	(119	)	8,414	8,401	13
- MD			623	616	7		2,450	2,714	(264	)
		Total POLR	3,787	3,821	(34	)	15,708	15,758	(50	)

Structured Sales
- Bilaterals			2,072	1,644	428		8,177	5,996	2,181
- Muni/Co-op			1,128	625	503		4,637	3,051	1,586
Total Structured Sales			3,200	2,269	931		12,814	9,047	3,767

Direct - LCI
- OH			4,168	7,146	(2,978	)	22,209	29,602	(7,393	)
- PA			2,523	3,681	(1,158	)	11,341	14,870	(3,529	)
- NJ			314	348	(34	)	1,275	1,157	118
- MI			653	733	(80	)	2,859	2,957	(98	)
- IL			405	638	(233	)	2,088	2,483	(395	)
- MD			118	208	(90	)	704	832	(128	)
		Total Direct - LCI	8,181	12,754	(4,573	)	40,476	51,901	(11,425	)

Direct - MCI
- OH			411	602	(191	)	1,929	2,501	(572	)
- PA			306	381	(75	)	1,395	1,494	(99	)
- IL			38	58	(20	)	187	233	(46	)
- NJ			6	1	5		18	13	5
- MD			1	1	—		7	3	4
		Total Direct - MCI	762	1,043	(281	)	3,536	4,244	(708	)

Aggregation
- OH			3,603	3,612	(9	)	15,216	15,459	(243	)
- IL			549	1,273	(724	)	4,338	5,400	(1,062	)
- NJ			4	—	4		15	—	15
		Total Aggregation	4,156	4,885	(729	)	19,569	20,859	(1,290	)
Mass Market
- OH			381	469	(88	)	1,825	1,920	(95	)
- PA			1,037	1,178	(141	)	4,645	4,555	90
- IL			32	37	(5	)	160	147	13
- MD			28	32	(4	)	139	139	—
- NJ			1	—	1		4	—	4
		Total Mass Market	1,479	1,716	(237	)	6,773	6,761	12

Total Contract Sales			21,565	26,488	(4,923	)	98,876	108,570	(9,694	)

Wholesale Sales
- Spot			412	—	412		680	1,229	(549	)
Total Wholesale Sales			412	—	412		680	1,229	(549	)

Purchased Power
- Bilaterals			604	588	16		2,222	2,067	155
- Spot			3,030	7,492	(4,462	)	25,546	19,968	5,578
Total Purchased Power			3,634	8,080	(4,446	)	27,768	22,035	5,733

Generation Output
- Fossil ⁽¹⁾			10,027	11,437	(1,410	)	43,830	52,243	(8,413	)
- Nuclear			8,394	8,005	389		31,040	30,901	139
- RMR /Deactivated Units ⁽²⁾			726	105	621		1,556	9,776	(8,220	)
		Total Generation Output	19,147	19,547	(400	)	76,426	92,920	(16,494	)

⁽¹⁾	The twelve months ended December 31, 2013, includes 8.1 million MWH of competitive generation associated with the Harrison plant that was transferred to a regulated affiliate on October 9, 2013.
⁽²⁾	Includes RMR and units scheduled to be deactivated by April 2015.

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Consolidated GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Three Months Ended December 31, 2014										Three Months Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	3,483		$	—			$	3,483		$	3,633		$	2		(a,c)	$	3,635

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	569			(98		)	(b,c)	471			581			(80		)	(b,c)	501
(3	)		Purchased power	990			—				990			1,031			(1		)	(a)	1,030
(4	)		Other operating expenses	901			(37		)	(a,b,g,i)	864			948			(18		)	(a,b,c,d,h,i)	930
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	835			(835		)	(d)	—			(256		)	256			(d)	—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	316			—				316			293			—				293
(7	)		Amortization (deferral) of regulatory assets, net	(15		)	—				(15		)	96			(82		)	(a,h)	14
(8	)		General taxes	224			—				224			231			(1		)	(b)	230
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			322			(322		)	(h)	—
(10	)	Total Expenses		3,820			(970		)		2,850			3,246			(248		)		2,998
(11	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(337		)	970				633			387			250				637

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—				—			—			—				—
(13	)		Investment income	5			35			(e,f)	40			25			20			(e,f)	45
(14	)		Interest expense	(271		)	—				(271		)	(245		)	—				(245		)
(15	)		Capitalized financing costs	29			—				29			41			—				41
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(237		)	35				(202		)	(179		)	20				(159		)

(17	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(574		)	1,005				431			208			270				478
(18	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(268		)	361			(b)	93			66			102				168
(19	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		(306		)	644				338			142			168				310
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	—			—				—			—			6			(e)	6
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	(306	)	$	644			$	338		$	142		$	174			$	316

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 35 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			Regulatory charges: 2014 ($0.02 per share) ,($16) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 ($0.12 per share) , $1 million included in Revenues; ($1) million included in "Purchased power"; ($17) million included in "Other operating expenses"; and ($59) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net".
(b)			Plant deactivation costs: 2014 ($0.17 per share) , ($87) million included in "Fuel", ($2) million included in "Other operating expenses", and $15 million included in "Income taxes (benefits)". 2013 ($0.14 per share) , ($68) million included in "Fuel"; ($22) million included in "Other operating expenses"; ($1) million included in "General taxes".
(c)			Merger accounting - commodity contracts: 2014 ($0.03 per share), ($11) million included in "Fuel". 2013 ($0.02 per share), $1 million included in "Revenues", ($12) million included in "Fuel", $2 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(d)			Mark-to-market adjustments Pension / OPEB actuarial assumptions: 2014 ($1.23 per share) , ($835) million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market" . 2013 (($0.38) per share) , $256 million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market" and $2 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(e)			Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments: 2014 ($0.01 per share) , $8 million included in "Investment income". 2013 ($0.02 per share) , $5 million included in "Investment income" and $6 million included in "Discontinued operations (net of income taxes of $4 million)".
(f)			Trust securities impairment: 2014 ($0.04 per share), $27 million included in "Investment income". 2013 ($0.02 per share) , $15 million included in "Investment income".
(g)			Retail repositioning charges: 2014 ($0.02 per share) , ($12) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(h)			West Virginia asset transfer charges: 2013 ($0.51 per share), ( $23) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net"; ($5) million included in "Other operating expense"; ($322) million included in "Impairment of long-lived assets".
(i)			Mark-to-market adjustments - Other: 2014 ($0.01 per share) , ($7) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 (($0.04) per share) , $22 million included in "Other operating expenses".

Per share amounts included above are based on the after tax effect of the above special items divided by the weighted average shares outstanding of 421 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2014 and 418 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2013.

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GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Year Ended December 31, 2014										Year Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	15,049		$	4		(a)	$	15,053		$	14,892		$	—		(a,b,c)	$	14,892

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	2,280			(220		)	(b,c)	2,060			2,496			(194		)	(b,c,k)	2,302
(3	)		Purchased Power	4,716			1			(a)	4,717			3,963			(5		)	(a)	3,958
(4	)		Other operating expenses	3,962			(212		)	(a,b,c,h,i, j,m)	3,750			3,593			(62		)	(a,b,c,d,j,k,l,m)	3,531
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	835			(835		)	(d)	—			(256		)	256			(d)	—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	1,220			—				1,220			1,202			(11		)	(b)	1,191
(7	)		Amortization (deferral) of regulatory assets, net	12			(1		)	(a)	11			539			(337		)	(a,l)	202
(8	)		General taxes	962			(2		)	(b)	960			978			(6		)	(b)	972
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			795			(795		)	(b,l)	—
(10	)	Total Expenses		13,987			(1,269		)		12,718			13,310			(1,154		)		12,156
(11	)	Operating Income		1,062			1,273				2,335			1,582			1,154				2,736

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	(8		)	8			(g)	—			(132		)	132			(g)	—
(13	)		Investment income	72			57			(e,f)	129			33			94			(e,f)	127
(14	)		Interest expense	(1,073		)	—				(1,073		)	(1,016		)	4			(g)	(1,012		)
(15	)		Capitalized financing costs	118			—				118			103			—				103
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(891		)	65				(826		)	(1,012		)	230				(782		)

(17	)	Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		171			1,338				1,509			570			1,384				1,954
(18	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(42		)	484			(b)	442			195			512				707
(19	)	Income From Continuing Operations		213			854				1,067			375			872				1,247
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	86			(78		)	(e)	8			17			6			(e)	23
(21	)	Net Income		$	299		$	776			$	1,075		$	392		$	878			$	1,270

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 36 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			Regulatory charges: 2014 ($0.08 per share) , $4 million included in Revenues; $1 million included in "Purchased power"; ($46) million included in "Other operating expenses"; ($1) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net". 2013 ($0.54 per share) ,($52) million included in "Other operating expenses"; $3 million included in Revenues; ($314) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net"; ($5) million included in "Purchased power".
(b)			Plant deactivation costs: 2014 ($0.34 per share) , ($178) million included in "Fuel"; ($26) million included in "Other operating expenses"; ($2) million included in "General taxes", and $15 million included in "Income taxes (benefits)". 2013 ($1.03 per share) , ($17) million included in "Revenues"; ($146) million included in "Fuel", ($34) million included in "Other operating expenses"; ($6) million included in "General Taxes", ($11) million included in "Depreciation", ($473) million included in "Impairment of long-lived assets".
(c)			Merger accounting - commodity contracts: 2014 ($0.07 per share) , ($42) million included in "Fuel" and $1 million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 ($0.08 per share), $14 million included in "Revenues", ($47) million included in "Fuel", $5 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(d)			Mark-to-market adjustments - Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions: 2014 ($1.23 per share) , ($835) million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market. 2013(($0.38) per share), $256 million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market" and $2 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(e)			Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments: 2014 (($0.15) per share) , $20 million included in "Investment income" and ($78) million included in "Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)". 2013 ($0.03 per share) , $12 million included in "Investment income" and $6 million included in "Discontinued Operations (net of income taxes of $4 million)".
(f)			Trust securities impairment: 2014 ($0.06 per share) , $37 million included in "Investment income". 2013 ($0.12 per share) , $82 million included in "Investment income".
(g)			Loss on debt redemptions: 2014 ($0.01 per share), $8 million included in "Loss on debt redemptions". 2013 ($0.20 per share), $132 million included in "Loss on debt redemptions" and $4 million included in "Interest Expense".
(h)			Retail repositioning charges: 2014 ($0.11 per share) , ($71) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(i)			Litigation resolution: 2014 (($0.01) per share) , $6 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(j)			Restructuring Costs: 2014, ($1) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 ($0.01 per share) , ($3) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(k)			Merger transaction / integration costs: 2013, ($1) million included in "Fuel" and ($1) million included in "Other operating costs".
(l)			West Virginia asset transfer charges: 2013 ($0.51 per share) , ($23) million included "Amortization of regulatory assets,net"; ($5) million included in "Other operating expenses"; ($322) million included in "Impairments of long-lived assets".
(m)			Mark-to-market adjustments - Other: 2014 ($0.11 per share) , ($75) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 (($0.04) per share), $26 million included in "Other operating expenses".

Per share amounts included above are based on the after tax effect of the above special items divided by the weighted average shares outstanding of 420 million shares in 2014 and 418 million shares in 2013.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Regulated Distribution

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Three Months Ended December 31, 2014										Three Months Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	2,130		$	—			$	2,130		$	2,136		$	1		(a)	$	2,137

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	126			—				126			127			—				127
(3	)		Purchased power	785			—				785			761			(1		)	(a)	760
(4	)		Other operating expenses	501			(11		)	(a)	490			499			(11		)	(a,b,d)	488
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	506			(506		)	(b)	—			(149		)	149			(b)	—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	167			—				167			160			—				160
(7	)		Amortization (deferral) of regulatory assets, net	(17		)	—				(17		)	93			(82		)	(a,d)	11
(8	)		General taxes	165			—				165			170			—				170
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			322			(322		)	(d)	—
(10	)	Total Expenses		2,233			(517		)		1,716			1,983			(267		)		1,716
(11	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(103		)	517				414			153			268				421

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—				—			—			—				—
(13	)		Investment income	12			3			(c)	15			16			2			(c)	18
(14	)		Interest expense	(144		)	—				(144		)	(139		)	—				(139		)
(15	)		Capitalized financing costs	2			—				2			14			—				14
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(130		)	3				(127		)	(109		)	2				(107		)

(17	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(233		)	520				287			44			270				314
(18	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(99		)	199				100			17			101				118
(19	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		(134		)	321				187			27			169				196
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income tax benefits)	—			—				—			—			—				—
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	(134	)	$	321			$	187		$	27		$	169			$	196

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 35 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			Regulatory charges: 2014 ($0.02 per share) , $(11) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 ($0.10 per share) , $1 million included in "Revenues"; ($1) million included in "Purchased power"; ($9) million included in "Other operating expenses" and ($59) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net".
(b)			Mark-to-market adjustments - Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions: 2014 ($0.74 per share), ($506) million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market". 2013 (($0.22) per share) , $149 million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market" and $3 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(c)			Trust securities impairment: 2014, $3 million included in "Investment income". 2013, $2 million included in "Investment income".
(d)			West Virginia asset transfer charges: 2013 ($0.52 per share) , ( $23) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net"; ($5) million included in "Other operating expense"; ($322) million included in "Impairment of long-lived assets".

Per share amounts included above are based on the after tax effect of the above special items divided by the weighted average shares outstanding of 421 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2014 and 418 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2013.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Regulated Distribution

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Year Ended December 31, 2014										Year Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	9,102		$	4		(a)	$	9,106		$	8,720		$	3		(a)	$	8,723

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	567			—				567			377			—				377
(3	)		Purchased power	3,385			1			(a)	3,386			3,308			(5		)	(a)	3,303
(4	)		Other operating expenses	2,081			(42		)	(a,e,f)	2,039			1,773			(36		)	(a,c,f,g,i)	1,737
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	506			(506		)	(c)	—			(149		)	149			(c)	—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	658			—				658			606			—				606
(7	)		Amortization (deferral) of regulatory assets, net	1			(1		)	(a)	—			529			(337		)	(a,g)	192
(8	)		General taxes	693			—				693			697			(4		)	(b)	693
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			322			(322		)	(g)	—
(10	)	Total Expenses		7,891			(548		)		7,343			7,463			(555		)		6,908
(11	)	Operating Income		1,211			552				1,763			1,257			558				1,815

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—				—			—			—				—
(13	)		Investment income	56			4			(d)	60			57			10			(d)	67
(14	)		Interest expense	(589		)	—				(589		)	(543		)	1			(h)	(542		)
(15	)		Capitalized financing costs	14			—				14			31			—				31
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(519		)	4				(515		)	(455		)	11				(444		)

(17	)	Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes		692			556				1,248			802			569				1,371
(18	)		Income taxes	227			212				439			301			214				515
(19	)	Income From Continuing Operations		465			344				809			501			355				856
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income tax benefits)	—			—				—			—			—				—
(21	)	Net Income		$	465		$	344			$	809		$	501		$	355			$	856

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 36 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			Regulatory charges: 2014 ($0.07 per share) , $4 million included in Revenues; $1 million included in "Purchased power"; ($40) million included in "Other operating expenses"; and ($1) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net". 2013 ($0.53 per share) , $3 million included in Revenues; ($5) million included in "Purchased power"; ($34) million included in "Other operating expenses" and ($314) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net".
(b)			Plant deactivation costs: 2013 ($0.01 per share), ($4) million included in "General taxes".
(c)			Mark-to-market adjustments - Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions: 2014 ($0.74 per share), ($506) million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market". 2013 (($0.22) per share) ,$149 million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market" and $3 million included in "Other operating expenses"
(d)			Trust securities impairment: 2014 ($0.01 per share), $4 million included in "Investment income" 2013 ($0.01 per share), $10 million included in "Investment income".
(e)			Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments: 2014 , ($1) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(f)			Restructuring Costs: 2014, ($1) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 , ($2) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(g)			West Virginia asset transfer charges: 2013 ($0.52 per share) , ( $23) million included in "Amortization of regulatory assets, net"; ($5) million included in "Other operating expense"; ($322) million included in "Impairment of long-lived assets".
(h)			Loss on debt redemptions: 2013, $1 million included in "Interest expense"
(i)			Mark-to-market adjustments - Other: 2013, $2 million included in "Other operating expenses".

Per share amounts included above are based on the after tax effect of the above special items divided by the weighted average shares outstanding of 420 million shares in 2014 and 418 million shares in 2013.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Regulated Transmission

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Three Months Ended December 31, 2014										Three Months Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items		Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	199		$	—			$	199		$	187		$	—	$	187

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	—			—				—			—			—		—
(3	)		Purchased power	—			—				—			—			—		—
(4	)		Other operating expenses	35			(2		)	(b)	33			33			—		33
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	2			(2		)	(a)	—			—			—		—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	34			—				34			30			—		30
(7	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	2			—				2			3			—		3
(8	)		General taxes	18			—				18			13			—		13
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			—			—		—
(10	)	Total Expenses		91			(4		)		87			79			—		79
(11	)	Operating Income		108			4				112			108			—		108

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—				—			—			—		—
(13	)		Investment income	—			—				—			—			—		—
(14	)		Interest expense	(41		)	—				(41		)	(25		)	—		(25		)
(15	)		Capitalized financing costs	17			—				17			11			—		11
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(24		)	—				(24		)	(14		)	—		(14		)

(17	)	Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes		84			4				88			94			—		94
(18	)		Income taxes	30			1				31			36			—		36
(19	)	Income From Continuing Operations		54			3				57			58			—		58
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income tax benefits)	—			—				—			—			—		—
(21	)	Net Income		$	54		$	3			$	57		$	58		$	—	$	58

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 35 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.
(a)			Mark-to-market adjustments- Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions: 2014 ($0.01 per share), ($2) million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market".
(b)			Regulatory charges: 2014, ($2) million included in "Other operating expenses".

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Regulated Transmission

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Year Ended December 31, 2014										Year Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items		Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	769		$	—			$	769		$	731		$	—	$	731

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	—			—				—			—			—		—
(3	)		Purchased power	—			—				—			—			—		—
(4	)		Other operating expenses	139			(2		)	(b)	137			131			—		131
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	2			(2		)	(a)	—			—			—		—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	127			—				127			114			—		114
(7	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	11			—				11			10			—		10
(8	)		General taxes	70			—				70			54			—		54
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			—			—		—
(10	)	Total Expenses		349			(4		)		345			309			—		309
(11	)	Operating Income (Loss)		420			4				424			422			—		422

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—				—			—			—		—
(13	)		Investment income	—			—				—			—			—		—
(14	)		Interest expense	(131		)	—				(131		)	(93		)	—		(93		)
(15	)		Capitalized financing costs	55			—				55			14			—		14
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(76		)	—				(76		)	(79		)	—		(79		)

(17	)	Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes		344			4				348			343			—		343
(18	)		Income taxes	121			1				122			129			—		129
(19	)	Income From Continuing Operations		223			3				226			214			—		214
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income tax benefits)	—			—				—			—			—		—
(21	)	Net Income		$	223		$	3			$	226		$	214		$	—	$	214

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 36 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			Mark-to-market adjustments-Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions: 2014 ($0.01 per share), ($2) million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market".
(b)			Regulatory charges: 2014, ($2) million included in "Other operating expenses".

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Competitive Energy Services

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Three Months Ended December 31, 2014										Three Months Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating- Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items				Operating- Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	1,426		$	—			$	1,426		$	1,558		$	1		(e)	$	1,559

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	443			(98		)	(b,e)	345			454			(80		)	(b,e)	374
(3	)		Purchased power	400			—				400			452			—				452
(4	)		Other operating expenses	450			(24		)	(a,b,g,h)	426			490			(7		)	(a,b,c,e,h)	483
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	327			(327		)	(c)	—			(107		)	107			(c)	—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	100			—				100			92			—				92
(7	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	—			—				—			—			—				—
(8	)		General taxes	38			—				38			44			(1		)	(b)	43
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			—			—				—
(10	)	Total Expenses		1,758			(449		)		1,309			1,425			19				1,444
(11	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(332		)	449				117			133			(18		)		115

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—				—			—			—
(13	)		Investment income	(1		)	32			(d,f)	31			19			18			(d,f)	37
(14	)		Interest expense	(46		)	—				(46		)	(35		)	—				(35		)
(15	)		Capitalized interest	9			—				9			11			—				11
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(38		)	32				(6		)	(5		)	18				13

(17	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(370		)	481				111			128			—				128
(18	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(124		)	161			(b)	37			48			—				48
(19	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		(246		)	320				74			80			—				80
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	—			—				—			—			6			(d)	6
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	(246	)	$	320			$	74		$	80		$	6			$	86

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 35 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			Regulatory charges: 2014, ($4) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 ($0.02 per share) , ($8) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(b)			Plant deactivation costs: 2014 ($0.17 per share) , ($87) million included in "Fuel", ($2) million included in "Other operating expenses", and $15 million included in "Income taxes (benefits)". 2013 ($0.14 per share) , ($68) million included in "Fuel"; and ($22) million included in "Other operating expenses"; ($1) million included in "General taxes".
(c)			Mark-to-market adjustments-Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions: 2014 ($0.48 per share) , ($327) million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market". 2013 (($0.16) per share) , $107 million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market" and ( $1) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(d)			Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments: 2014 ($0.01 per share) , $8 million included in "Investment Income". 2013 ($0.02 per share) , $5 million included in "Investment income" and $6 million included in "Discontinued operations (net of income taxes of $4 million)".
(e)			Merger accounting - commodity contracts: 2014 ($0.03 per share), ($11) million included in "Fuel". 2013 ($0.02 per share), $1 million included in Revenues;($12) million included in "Fuel" and $2 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(f)			Trust securities impairment: 2014 ($0.04 per share) , $24 million included in "Investment income". 2013 ($0.02 per share) , $13 million included in "Investment income (loss)".
(g)			Retail repositioning charges: 2014 ($0.02 per share) , ($12) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(h)			Mark-to-market adjustments-Other: 2014 ($0.01 per share) , ($6) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 (($0.04) per share) , $22 million included in "Other operating expenses".

Per share amounts included above are based on the after tax effect of the above special items divided by the weighted average shares outstanding of 421 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2014 and 418 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2013.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Competitive Energy Services

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Year Ended December 31, 2014										Year Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	6,289		$	—			$	6,289		$	6,498		$	(3	)	(b,c)	$	6,495

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	1,713			(220		)	(b,c)	1,493			2,119			(194		)	(b,c,j)	1,925
(3	)		Purchased power	2,150			—				2,150			1,425			—				1,425
(4	)		Other operating expenses	2,075			(174		)	(a,b,h,k)	1,901			2,007			(26		)	(a,b,c,d,i,j,k)	1,981
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	327			(327		)	(d)	—			(107		)	107			(d)	—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	387			—				387			439			(11		)	(b)	428
(7	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	—			—				—			—			—				—
(8	)		General taxes	171			(2		)	(b)	169			202			(2		)	(b)	200
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			473			(473		)	(b)	—
(10	)	Total Expenses		6,823			(723		)		6,100			6,558			(599		)		5,959
(11	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(534		)	723				189			(60		)	596				536

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	(8		)	8			(g)	—			(149		)	149			(g)	—
(13	)		Investment income	45			53			(e,f)	98			11			84			(e,f)	95
(14	)		Interest expense	(189		)	—				(189		)	(222		)	3			(g)	(219		)
(15	)		Capitalized interest	37			—				37			42			—				42
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(115		)	61				(54		)	(318		)	236				(82		)

(17	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(649		)	784				135			(378		)	832				454
(18	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(226		)	270			(b)	44			(141		)	311				170
(19	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		(423		)	514				91			(237		)	521				284
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)	86			(78		)	(e)	8			17			6			(e)	23
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	(337	)	$	436			$	99		$	(220	)	$	527			$	307

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 36 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			Regulatory charges: 2014 ($0.01 per share), ($4) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 ($0.03 per share) , ($18) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(b)			Plant deactivation costs: 2014 ($0.34 per share) , ($178) million included in "Fuel"; ($26) million included in "Other operating expenses"; ($2) million included in "General taxes", and $15 million included in "Income taxes (benefits)". 2013 ($0.97 per share) , ($17) million included in "Revenues"; ($146) million included in "Fuel"; and ($34) million included in "Other operating expenses"; and ($11) million included in "Provision for depreciation"; ($2) million included in "General taxes"; and ($473) million included in "Impairments of long-lived assets".
(c)			Merger accounting - commodity contracts: 2014 ($0.07 per share), ($42) million included in "Fuel". 2013 ($0.08 per share), $14 million included in "Revenues", ($47) million included in "Fuel", $5 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(d)			Mark-to-market adjustments-Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions: 2014 ($0.48 per share) , ($327) million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market". 2013 (($0.16) per share) , $107 million included in "Pension and OPEB mark-to-market" and ($1) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(e)			Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments: 2014 (($0.15) per share) , $20 million included in "Investment income" and ($78) million included in "Discontinued operations (net of income taxes)". 2013 ($0.03 per share) , $12 million included in "Investment income" and $6 million included in "Discontinued operations (net of income taxes of $4 million)".
(f)			Trust securities impairment: 2014 ($0.05 per share) , $33 million included in "Investment income". 2013 ($0.11 per share) , $72 million included in "Investment income".
(g)			Loss on debt redemptions: 2014 ($0.01 per share), $8 million included in "Loss on debt redemption". 2013 ($0.23 per share), $149 million included in "Loss on debt redemptions" and $3 million included in "Interest expense".
(h)			Retail repositioning charges: 2014 ($0.11 per share) , ($70) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(i)			Restructuring Costs: 2013 ($0.01 per share) , ($1) million included in "Other operating expenses".
(j)			Merger transaction / integration costs: 2013 , ($1) million included in "Fuel" and ($1) million in "Other operating expenses".
(k)			Mark-to-market adjustments-Other: 2014 ($0.11 per share) , ($74) million included in "Other operating expenses". 2013 (($0.04) per share) , $24 million included in "Other operating expenses".

Per share amounts included above are based on the after tax effect of the above special items divided by the weighted average shares outstanding of 420 million shares in 2014 and 418 million shares in 2013.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Corporate/Other

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Three Months Ended December 31, 2014								Three Months Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items		Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	(272	)	$	—	$	(272	)	$	(248	)	$	—			$	(248	)

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	—			—		—			—			—				—
(3	)		Purchased power	(195		)	—		(195		)	(182		)	—				(182		)
(4	)		Other operating expenses	(85		)	—		(85		)	(74		)	—				(74		)
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	—			—		—			—			—				—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	15			—		15			11			—				11
(7	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	—			—		—			—			—				—
(8	)		General taxes	3			—		3			4			—				4
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—		—			—			—				—
(10	)	Total Expenses		(262		)	—		(262		)	(241		)	—				(241		)
(11	)	Operating Income (Loss)		(10		)	—		(10		)	(7		)	—				(7		)

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—		—			—			—				—
(13	)		Investment income	(6		)	—		(6		)	(10		)	—				(10		)
(14	)		Interest expense	(40		)	—		(40		)	(46		)	—				(46		)
(15	)		Capitalized interest	1			—		1			5			—				5
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(45		)	—		(45		)	(51		)	—				(51		)

(17	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes (Benefits)		(55		)	—		(55		)	(58		)	—				(58		)
(18	)		Income taxes (benefits)	(75		)	—		(75		)	(35		)	1			(a)	(34		)
(19	)	Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations		20			—		20			(23		)	(1		)		(24		)
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income tax benefits)	—			—		—			—			—				—
(21	)	Net Income (Loss)		$	20		$	—	$	20		$	(23	)	$	(1	)		$	(24	)

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 35 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			West Virginia asset transfer charges: 2013 (($0.01) per share), $1 million included in "Income tax benefits". Represents the difference between Consolidated and Regulated Distribution tax rates on pre-tax West Virginia asset transfer charges.

Per share amounts included above are based on the after tax effect of the above special items divided by the weighted average shares outstanding of 421 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2014 and 418 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2013.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

Corporate/Other

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(In millions)




				Year Ended December 31, 2014										Year Ended December 31, 2013

				GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP			GAAP			Special Items				Operating -Non-GAAP
(1	)	Revenues		$	(1,111	)	$	—			$	(1,111	)	$	(1,057	)	$	—			$	(1,057	)

		Expenses
(2	)		Fuel	—			—				—			—			—				—
(3	)		Purchased power	(819		)	—				(819		)	(770		)	—				(770		)
(4	)		Other operating expenses	(333		)	6			(a)	(327		)	(318		)	—				(318		)
(5	)		Pension and OPEB mark-to-market	—			—				—			—			—				—
(6	)		Provision for depreciation	48			—				48			43			—				43
(7	)		Amortization of regulatory assets, net	—			—				—			—			—				—
(8	)		General taxes	28			—				28			25			—				25
(9	)		Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—				—			—			—				—
(10	)	Total Expenses		(1,076		)	6				(1,070		)	(1,020		)	—				(1,020		)
(11	)	Operating Loss		(35		)	(6		)		(41		)	(37		)	—				(37		)

		Other Income (Expense)
(12	)		Gain on debt redemptions	—			—				—			17			(17		)	(b)	—
(13	)		Investment income	(29		)	—				(29		)	(35		)	—				(35		)
(14	)		Interest expense	(164		)	—				(164		)	(158		)	—				(158		)
(15	)		Capitalized interest	12			—				12			16			—				16
(16	)	Total Other Expense		(181		)	—				(181		)	(160		)	(17		)		(177		)

(17	)	Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Tax Benefits		(216		)	(6		)		(222		)	(197		)	(17		)		(214		)
(18	)		Income tax benefits	(164		)	1			(f)	(163		)	(94		)	(13		)	(c,d,e)	(107		)
(19	)	Loss From Continuing Operations		(52		)	(7		)		(59		)	(103		)	(4		)		(107		)
(20	)		Discontinued operations (net of income tax benefits)	—			—				—			—			—				—
(21	)	Net Loss		$	(52	)	$	(7	)		$	(59	)	$	(103	)	$	(4	)		$	(107	)

The above GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation provides additional transparency to our disclosures by providing specific line items to which the special items are recorded. Management consistently utilizes these reconciliations to assist in its analysis of historical and ongoing performance. See page 36 for GAAP to Operating (non-GAAP) EPS Reconciliation.

(a)			Litigation resolution: 2014 (($0.01) per share) , $6 million included in "Other operating expenses".
(b)			Gain on debt redemptions: 2013 (($0.03) per share), ($17) million included in "Gain on debt redemptions".
(c)			West Virginia asset transfer charges: 2013 (($0.01) per share), included in "Income tax benefits". Represents the difference between Consolidated and Regulated Distribution tax rates on pre-tax West Virginia asset transfer charges.
(d)			Plant deactivation costs: 2013 ($0.05 per share), Includes $20 million associated with valuation reserves against net operating loss carryforwards as a result of plant deactivations.
(e)			Regulatory charges (credits): 2013 (($0.02) per share), included in "Income tax benefits". Represents the difference between Consolidated and Regulated Distribution tax rates on pre-tax regulatory charges.
(f)			Income tax expense on litigation resolution was offset with an income tax benefit resulting from differences in segment and statutory tax rates on plant deactivation costs.
Per share amounts included above are based on the after tax effect of the above special items divided by the weighted average shares outstanding of 420 million shares in 2014 and 418 million shares in 2013.

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FirstEnergy Corp.

EPS Reconciliations




	Earnings Per Share (EPS)
	(Reconciliation of GAAP to Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings)
	(In millions, except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended December 31, 2014								Competitive						FirstEnergy
			Regulated			Regulated		Energy			Corporate /			Corp.
			Distribution			Transmission		Services			Other			Consolidated

	4Q 2014 Net Income (Loss) - GAAP		$	(134	)	$	54	$	(246	)	$	20		$	(306	)

	4Q 2014 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 421)		$	(0.31	)	$	0.13	$	(0.59	)	$	0.04		$	(0.73	)
	Excluding Special Items:
		Mark-to-market adjustments -
		Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	0.74			0.01		0.48			—			1.23
		Other	—			—		0.01			—			0.01
		Plant deactivation costs	—			—		0.17			—			0.17
		Trust securities impairment	—			—		0.04			—			0.04
		Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—			—		0.03			—			0.03
		Regulatory charges	0.02			—		—			—			0.02
		Retail repositioning charges	—			—		0.02			—			0.02
		Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—			—		0.01			—			0.01
		Total Special Items	$	0.76		$	0.01	$	0.76		$	—		$	1.53
	Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP)		$	0.45		$	0.14	$	0.17		$	0.04		$	0.80


Three Months Ended December 31, 2013								Competitive						FirstEnergy
			Regulated			Regulated		Energy			Corporate /			Corp.
			Distribution			Transmission		Services			Other			Consolidated

	4Q 2013 Net Income (Loss) - GAAP		$	27		$	58	$	80		$	(23	)	$	142

	4Q 2013 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 418)		$	0.06		$	0.14	$	0.19		$	(0.05	)	$	0.34
	Excluding Special Items:
		Mark-to-market adjustments -
		Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	(0.22		)	—		(0.16		)	—			(0.38		)
		Other	—			—		(0.04		)	—			(0.04		)
		WV asset transfer charges	0.52			—		—			(0.01		)	0.51
		Plant deactivation costs	—			—		0.14			—			0.14
		Regulatory charges	0.10			—		0.02			—			0.12
		Trust securities impairment	—			—		0.02			—			0.02
		Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—			—		0.02			—			0.02
		Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—			—		0.02			—			0.02
		Total Special Items	$	0.40		$	—	$	0.02		$	(0.01	)	$	0.41
	Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP)		$	0.46		$	0.14	$	0.21		$	(0.06	)	$	0.75

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FirstEnergy Corp.

EPS Reconciliations




	Earnings Per Share (EPS)
	(Reconciliation of GAAP to Operating (Non-GAAP) Earnings)
	(In millions, except per share amounts)

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2014								Competitive						FirstEnergy
			Regulated			Regulated		Energy			Corporate /			Corp.
			Distribution			Transmission		Services			Other			Consolidated

	2014 Net Income (Loss) - GAAP		$	465		$	223	$	(337	)	$	(52	)	$	299

	2014 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 420)		$	1.11		$	0.53	$	(0.80	)	$	(0.13	)	$	0.71
	Excluding Special Items:
		Mark-to-market adjustments -
		Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	0.74			0.01		0.48			—			1.23
		Other	—			—		0.11			—			0.11
		Regulatory charges	0.07			—		0.01			—			0.08
		Trust securities impairment	0.01			—		0.05			—			0.06
		Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—			—		(0.15		)	—			(0.15		)
		Plant deactivation costs	—			—		0.34			—			0.34
		Litigation resolution	—			—		—			(0.01		)	(0.01		)
		Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—			—		0.07			—			0.07
		Retail repositioning charges	—			—		0.11			—			0.11
		Loss on debt redemptions	—			—		0.01			—			0.01
		Total Special Items	$	0.82		$	0.01	$	1.03		$	(0.01	)	$	1.85
	Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP)		$	1.93		$	0.54	$	0.23		$	(0.14	)	$	2.56


Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2013								Competitive						FirstEnergy
			Regulated			Regulated		Energy			Corporate /			Corp.
			Distribution			Transmission		Services			Other			Consolidated

	2013 Net Income (Loss) - GAAP		$	501		$	214	$	(220	)	$	(103	)	$	392

	2013 Basic EPS (avg. shares outstanding 418)		$	1.20		$	0.51	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.25	)	$	0.94
	Excluding Special Items:
		Mark-to-market adjustments -
		Pension/OPEB actuarial assumptions	(0.22		)	—		(0.16		)	—			(0.38		)
		Other	—			—		(0.04		)	—			(0.04		)
		Regulatory charges	0.53			—		0.03			(0.02		)	0.54
		Trust securities impairment	0.01			—		0.11			—			0.12
		Impact of non-core asset sales/impairments	—			—		0.03			—			0.03
		Plant deactivation costs	0.01			—		0.97			0.05			1.03
		Restructuring costs	—			—		0.01			—			0.01
		Merger accounting - commodity contracts	—			—		0.08			—			0.08
		West Virgina asset transfer charges	0.52			—		—			(0.01		)	0.51
		Loss (gain) on debt redemptions	—			—		0.23			(0.03		)	0.20
		Total Special Items	$	0.85		$	—	$	1.26		$	(0.01	)	$	2.10
	Basic EPS - Operating (Non-GAAP)		$	2.05		$	0.51	$	0.74		$	(0.26	)	$	3.04

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Recent Developments

Financial Matters

Di vidend

On January 20, 2015, the Board of Directors of FirstEnergy Corp. declared an unchanged quarterly dividend of $0.36 cents per share of outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable March 1, 2015, to shareholders of record as of February 6, 2015.

Financing Activities

On November 25, 2014, The Potomac Edison Company (PE) issued $200 million of 4.44% first mortgage bonds due 2044. The proceeds were used to refinance $175 million of 5.35% first mortgage bonds that matured on November 15, 2014, to pay down short-term borrowings and for other general corporate purposes.

On December 11, 2014, TrAILCo issued $550 million of 3.85% senior notes due 2025. The proceeds were used to defease $450 million of 4.00% senior notes due January 15, 2015, to fund capital expenditures and for working capital needs and other general business purposes.

Operational Matters

Executive Leadership Changes Announced

On December 16, 2014, FirstEnergy Corp. announced that its Board of Directors elected Anthony J. Alexander, Executive Chairman of the company, effective January 1, 2015. He was succeeded as President and Chief Executive Officer by Charles E. Jones, who also was elected to the company's Board of Directors. He most recently served as Executive Vice President and President, FirstEnergy Utilities. George M. Smart, then chairman of the FirstEnergy Board of Directors, was elected as lead independent director during the transition period.

On January 20, 2015, Steven E. Strah was promoted to Senior Vice President of FirstEnergy and President of FirstEnergy Utilities and will have overall responsibility for the company's 10 electric distribution companies, its transmission business, and related support services.

On February 17, 2015, the Board of Directors of FirstEnergy Corp. determined that as part of its executive transition plan, Anthony J. Alexander will conclude his service with the company on April 30, 2015. Mr. Alexander will receive the benefits of his March 20, 2012 employment agreement, and, in accordance with his agreement, he will also step down from the Board effective May 1, 2015. Effective May 1, 2015, George M. Smart, currently FE’s lead independent director, will return to his prior role as chairman and the size of the Board of Directors will be decreased by one.

FirstEnergy’s Ohio Utilities Auction

On January 27, 2015, FirstEnergy’s Ohio utilities (Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and The Toledo Edison Company) conducted a competitive bidding process to procure full-requirements electric generation service for their Standard Service Offer customers for the delivery period June 2015 through May 2016.

The auction was the last in a series of six auctions that began in October 2012 as part of the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' approved Electric Security Plan 3 (ESP3) and resulted in a twelve-month winning bid price of $69.18 per MWH for 16 tranches, compared to $73.82 per MWH for the same amount of power and the same 12-month delivery period resulting from the October 2014 auction.

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Regulatory Matters

2014 ATSI Formula Rate Filing

On October 31, 2014, ATSI filed a proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting a "forward-looking" transmission formula rate with an effective date of January 1, 2015.

On December 31, 2014, FERC issued an order accepting the filing effective January 1, 2015, as requested, subject to refund and the outcome of hearing and settlement proceedings. Settlement discussions are ongoing.

FERC also initiated an inquiry into ATSI's return on equity and certain other matters, with a refund effective date of January 12, 2015 for any resulting refund. A procedural schedule for the inquiry has not yet been established.

PJM Capacity Performance Proposal and Energy Market Reform

On December 12 and 24, 2014, PJM submitted important reforms to the Reliability Pricing Model and related rules in the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff and related agreements to better ensure that committed capacity resources will be available and perform when called upon to meet the reliability needs of the PJM Region. PJM requested that these proposed revisions become effective on February 23, 2015, and April 1, 2015. FirstEnergy, as part of a coalition, submitted comments and protests on the various proposed reforms, which remain pending before FERC.

FERC Order No. 745 - Demand Response

On January 14, 2015, PJM filed proposed tariff revisions describing PJM’s proposal to transition demand response (DR) from a supply side resource to a load (demand) side resource in the PJM capacity market under various scenarios. The proposal represents PJM's response to the D.C. Circuit's May 23, 2014 opinion finding that FERC does not have jurisdiction to regulate DR in the wholesale energy market. Comments on PJM’s proposal were filed on February 13, 2015. PJM requested an effective date for the proposed changes of April 1, 2015, subject to the U.S. Supreme Court's review of the D.C. Circuit opinion.

Powering Ohio’s Progress

On December 22, 2014, FirstEnergy’s Ohio utilities filed a partial stipulation agreement demonstrating broad support for Powering Ohio's Progress, their proposed ESP currently pending before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The proposed stipulation reflects the diverse interests of 15 signatories, including parties that represent residential, commercial, industrial and low-income customers, as well as organized labor and schools.

The proposed stipulation supports FirstEnergy's proposed ESP that outlines plans for its Ohio utilities to provide electric service to customers for a three-year period from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2019. Parties to the proposed stipulation include the City of Akron, Ohio Energy Group, Council of Smaller Enterprises, Cleveland Housing Network, Consumer Protection Association, Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland, Citizens Coalition, Nucor Steel Marion, Material Sciences Corporation, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Ohio, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 245, Ohio Power Company and FirstEnergy's three Ohio utilities.

On February 4, 2015, the attorney examiner modified the procedural schedule and the evidentiary hearing is scheduled to commence on April 13, 2015.

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Pennsylvania Rate Cases

On February 3, 2015, FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania utilities (Pennsylvania Power Company (PP), Pennsylvania Electric Company (PN), Metropolitan Edison Company (ME) and WPP) filed Joint Petitions for settlement seeking approval of the agreements reached in each company's distribution base rate case which include, among other things:


•	Increases in current distribution operating revenue of $89.3 million for ME, $90.8 million for PN, $15.9 million for PP, and $96.8 million for WPP


•	A Universal Service Charge Rider to be established for WPP


•	Storm reserve accounts for future storm recovery to be established for each utility


•	Certain other operational and customer service-related provisions

The sole issue reserved for briefing is the scope and pricing of the utilities' proposed LED offerings. The settlements must be reviewed by the Administrative Law Judge and are subject to approval by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PPUC). Final orders for each of FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania utilities are expected to be issued by the PPUC by May 19, 2015.

New Jersey Rate Case

On January 8, 2015, the Administrative Law Judge issued his initial decision, recommending a rate decrease of $107.5 million per year which excludes recovery of 2012 storm costs and any consolidated tax adjustment. On February 11, 2015, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved a 45-day extension to render a final decision. During that time, the parties in the case have an opportunity to file exceptions.

West Virginia Rate Case

On November 3, 2014, a Joint Stipulation was submitted to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (WVPSC) by all parties which resolves all issues in the pending proceeding and includes, among other things:


•	A $15 million increase in base rate revenues effective February 25, 2015;


•	The implementation of a Vegetation Management Surcharge effective February 25, 2015 to recover O&M and capital costs related to a new vegetation maintenance program;


•	Authority to establish a regulatory asset for MATS investments placed into service in 2016 and 2017 and recover in the next base rate case;


•	Authority to defer, amortize and recover over a 5-year period approximately $46 million of restoration costs for the 2012 Derecho and Hurricane Sandy storms; and


•	Elimination of the Temporary Transaction Surcharge and movement of the costs currently being collected for the 2013 Harrison generation transaction into base rates effective February 25, 2015.

On February 3, 2015, the WVPSC approved the settlement without modification and rates will go into effect February 25, 2015.

West Virginia Expanded Net Energy Costs (ENEC) Case Update

On August 29, 2014, Monongahela Power Company (MP) and PE filed their annual ENEC case proposing an approximate $65.8 million annual increase in ENEC rates, which is a 5.7% overall increase to existing rates. The increase is comprised of an actual $51.6 million under-recovered balance as of June 30, 2014, and a projected $14.2 million in under-recovery for the 2015 rate effective period.

On December 2, 2014, a settlement was reached by all the parties and was filed with the WVPSC. The parties agreed that MP and PE will defer $16.8 million of the energy portion of the under-

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recovery balance for medium and large customers for one year at a carrying cost of 4% in order to mitigate the proposed rate impact to those customers. The settlement permits MP and PE to recover all of their costs incurred during the two-year review period and closes the review period except for two coal issues for further review in next year’s ENEC case.

On January 29, 2015, the WVPSC approved the settlement without modification with rates to go into effect February 25, 2015.

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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 management's intents, beliefs and current expectations. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms “anticipate,” “potential,” “expect,” "forecast," "will," "intend," “believe,” "project," “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 achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, which may include the following: the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry, in general, and the retail sales market in particular; the ability to experience growth in the Regulated Distribution and Regulated Transmission segments and to successfully implement our revised sales strategy for the Competitive Energy Services segment; the accomplishment of our regulatory and operational goals in connection with our transmission investment plan, pending transmission and distribution rate cases and the effectiveness of our repositioning strategy to reflect a more regulated business profile; changes in assumptions regarding economic conditions within our territories, assessment of the reliability of our transmission system, or the availability of capital or other resources supporting identified transmission investment opportunities; the impact of the regulatory process on the pending matters at the federal level and in the various states in which we do business including, but not limited to, matters related to rates and pending rate cases, including the Electric Security Plan IV in Ohio; the impact of the federal regulatory process on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulated entities and transactions, in particular FERC regulation of wholesale energy and capacity markets, including PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) markets and FERC-jurisdictional wholesale transactions; FERC regulation of cost-of-service rates, including FERC Opinion No. 531’s revised Return on Equity methodology for FERC-jurisdictional wholesale generation and transmission utility service, and FERC’s compliance and enforcement activity, including compliance and enforcement activity related to North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s mandatory reliability standards; the uncertainties of various cost recovery and cost allocation issues resulting from American Transmission Systems, Incorporated's realignment into PJM; economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins such as a polar vortex or other significant weather events, and all associated regulatory events or actions; regulatory outcomes associated with storm restoration costs, including but not limited to, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Irene and the October snowstorm of 2011; changing energy, capacity and commodity market prices including, but not limited to, coal, natural gas and oil, and their availability and impact on retail margins; the continued ability of our regulated utilities to recover their costs; costs being higher than anticipated and the success of our policies to control costs and to mitigate low energy, capacity and market prices; other legislative and regulatory changes, and revised environmental requirements, including, but not limited to, proposed greenhouse gases emission and water discharge regulations and the effects of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's coal combustion residuals regulations, Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, including our estimated costs of compliance, and Clean Water Act 316(b) water intake regulation; the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures that may arise in connection with any litigation, including New Source Review litigation, or potential regulatory initiatives or rulemakings (including that such expenditures could result in our decision to deactivate or idle certain generating units); the uncertainties associated with the deactivation of certain older regulated and competitive fossil units, including the impact on vendor commitments, and the timing thereof as they relate to the reliability of the transmission grid; the impact of other future changes to the operational status or availability of our generating units; adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes with respect to our nuclear operations (including, but not limited to the revocation or non-renewal of necessary licenses, approvals or operating permits by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or as a result of the incident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant); issues arising from the indications of cracking in the shield building at Davis-Besse; the risks and uncertainties associated with litigation, arbitration, mediation and like proceedings, including, but not limited to, any such proceedings related to vendor commitments; the impact of labor disruptions by our unionized workforce; replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or not fully hedged; the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards and energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates; changes in customers' demand for power, including, but not limited to, changes resulting from the implementation of state and federal energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates; the ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic and financial goals, including, but not limited to, the ability to continue to reduce costs and to successfully execute our financial plans designed to improve our credit metrics and strengthen our balance sheet through, among other actions, our previously-implemented dividend reduction and our other proposed capital raising initiatives; our ability to improve electric commodity margins and the impact of, among other factors, the increased cost of fuel and fuel transportation on such margins; changing market conditions that could affect the measurement of certain liabilities and the value of assets held in our Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts, pension trusts and other trust funds, and cause us and/or our subsidiaries to make additional contributions sooner, or in amounts that are larger than currently anticipated; the impact of changes to material accounting policies; the ability to access the public securities and other capital and credit markets in accordance with our announced financial plans, the cost of such capital and overall condition of the capital and credit markets affecting us and our subsidiaries; actions that may be taken by credit rating agencies that could negatively affect us and/or our subsidiaries' access to financing, increase the costs thereof, and increase requirements to post additional collateral to support outstanding commodity positions, letters of credit and other financial guarantees; changes in national and regional economic conditions affecting us, our subsidiaries and/or our major industrial and commercial customers, and other counterparties with which we do business, including fuel suppliers; the impact of any changes in tax laws or regulations or adverse tax audit results or rulings; issues concerning the stability of domestic and foreign financial institutions and counterparties with which we do business; the risks associated with cyber-attacks on our electronic data centers that could compromise the information stored on our networks, including proprietary information and customer data; and the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other similar factors. Dividends declared from time to time on FirstEnergy Corp.‘s common stock during any period may in the aggregate vary from prior periods due to circumstances considered by FirstEnergy Corp.‘s Board of Directors at the time of the actual declarations. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy or hold securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on FirstEnergy'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. FirstEnergy expressly disclaims any current intention to update, except as required by law, any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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