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) April 11, 2002


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

1-3141          JERSEY  CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT  COMPANY            21-0485010
                (A New Jersey Corporation)
                c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                76 South Main Street
                Akron, OH  44308
                Telephone (800)736-3402

1-446           METROPOLITAN   EDISON   COMPANY                   23-0870160
                (A   Pennsylvania Corporation)
                c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                76 South Main Street
                Akron, OH  44308
                Telephone (800)736-3402

1-3522          PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY                     25-0718085
                (A  Pennsylvania Corporation)
                c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                76 South Main Street
                Akron, OH  44308
                Telephone (800)736-3402

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Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

(a)   Previous independent accountant

      (i)   Effective  with  the  completion  of the  2001  audits  and  related
            regulatory  filings,  Arthur  Andersen  LLP will be dismissed as the
            independent  accountant  for Jersey  Central Power & Light  Company,
            Metropolitan  Edison  Company  and  Pennsylvania   Electric  Company
            (collectively,  "Registrants").  On April  11,  2002,  the  Board of
            Directors of FirstEnergy  Corp.,  the  Registrants'  parent company,
            approved the  decision to change  independent  accountants  upon the
            recommendation of its Audit Committee.

      (ii)  Arthur  Andersen LLP was appointed as the  Registrants'  independent
            accountant  for the most recent fiscal year in  connection  with the
            acquisition of the  Registrants by FirstEnergy  Corp. on November 7,
            2001. The reports of Arthur Andersen LLP on the financial statements
            of the  Registrants  for the most recent  fiscal year  contained  no
            adverse  opinion or  disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or
            modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle.

      (iii) In connection with the audits for the most recent fiscal year, there
            have been no disagreements with Arthur Andersen LLP on any matter of
            accounting principles or practices,  financial statement disclosure,
            or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved
            to the satisfaction of Arthur Andersen LLP would have caused them to
            make reference thereto in their reports on the financial  statements
            for such year.

      (iv)  During the most recent fiscal year and through April 11, 2002, there
            have been no  reportable  events as defined in  Regulation  S-K Item
            304(a)(1)(v).

      (v)   The Registrants have requested that Arthur Andersen LLP furnish them
            with a letter  addressed to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
            stating whether or not they agree with the above statements.  A copy
            of such letter, dated April 18, 2002, is filed as Exhibit 16 to this
            Form 8-K.

(b)   New independent accountant

      On April 11, 2002, the Registrants appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as
      their new independent  accountant effective for the first quarter of 2002.
      PricewaterhouseCoopers  served as the Registrants'  independent accountant
      for the  fiscal  year prior to the most  recent  fiscal  year and  through
      November  7, 2001.  Since  November  8,  2001,  the  Registrants  have not
      consulted with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding either:

     (i)  the application of accounting  principles to a specified  transaction,
          either completed or proposed;  or the type of audit opinion that might
          be rendered on the Registrants'  financial  statements,  and neither a
          written  report was  provided  to the  Registrants  or oral advice was
          provided  that  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP concluded was an important
          factor  considered by the Registrants in reaching a decision as to the
          accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; nor

     (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term
          is defined in Item  304(a)(1)(iv)  of  Regulation  S-K and the related
          instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K, or a reportable  event, as
          that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.


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Item 7.  Exhibits

Exhibit No.                  Description
-----------                  -----------

   16    Arthur  Andersen LLP letter to the Securities and Exchange
         Commission regarding the change in certifying accountant.


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                                    SIGNATURE



         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
each  Registrant  has duly  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



April 18, 2002




                                   JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                                   ------------------------------------
                                                 Registrant

                                       METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                                       ---------------------------
                                                 Registrant

                                       PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
                                       -----------------------------
                                                 Registrant


                                         /s/Harvey L. Wagner
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                            Harvey L. Wagner
                                      Vice President and Controller
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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) April 11, 2002

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

1-3141          JERSEY  CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT  COMPANY            21-0485010
                (A New Jersey Corporation)
                c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                76 South Main Street
                Akron, OH  44308
                Telephone (800)736-3402

1-446           METROPOLITAN   EDISON   COMPANY                   23-0870160
                (A   Pennsylvania Corporation)
                c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                76 South Main Street
                Akron, OH  44308
                Telephone (800)736-3402

1-3522          PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY                     25-0718085
                (A  Pennsylvania Corporation)
                c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
                76 South Main Street
                Akron, OH  44308
                Telephone (800)736-3402
Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

(a)   Previous independent accountant

      (i)   Effective  with  the  completion  of the  2001  audits  and  related
            regulatory  filings,  Arthur  Andersen  LLP will be dismissed as the
            independent  accountant  for Jersey  Central Power & Light  Company,
            Metropolitan  Edison  Company  and  Pennsylvania   Electric  Company
            (collectively,  "Registrants").  On April  11,  2002,  the  Board of
            Directors of FirstEnergy  Corp.,  the  Registrants'  parent company,
            approved the  decision to change  independent  accountants  upon the
            recommendation of its Audit Committee.

      (ii)  Arthur  Andersen LLP was appointed as the  Registrants'  independent
            accountant  for the most recent fiscal year in  connection  with the
            acquisition of the  Registrants by FirstEnergy  Corp. on November 7,
            2001. The reports of Arthur Andersen LLP on the financial statements
            of the  Registrants  for the most recent  fiscal year  contained  no
            adverse  opinion or  disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or
            modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle.

      (iii) In connection with the audits for the most recent fiscal year, there
            have been no disagreements with Arthur Andersen LLP on any matter of
            accounting principles or practices,  financial statement disclosure,
            or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved
            to the satisfaction of Arthur Andersen LLP would have caused them to
            make reference thereto in their reports on the financial  statements
            for such year.

      (iv)  During the most recent fiscal year and through April 11, 2002, there
            have been no  reportable  events as defined in  Regulation  S-K Item
            304(a)(1)(v).

      (v)   The Registrants have requested that Arthur Andersen LLP furnish them
            with a letter  addressed to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
            stating whether or not they agree with the above statements.  A copy
            of such letter, dated April 18, 2002, is filed as Exhibit 16 to this
            Form 8-K.

(b)   New independent accountant

      On April 11, 2002, the Registrants appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as
      their new independent  accountant effective for the first quarter of 2002.
      PricewaterhouseCoopers  served as the Registrants'  independent accountant
      for the  fiscal  year prior to the most  recent  fiscal  year and  through
      November  7, 2001.  Since  November  8,  2001,  the  Registrants  have not
      consulted with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding either:

     (i)  the application of accounting  principles to a specified  transaction,
          either completed or proposed;  or the type of audit opinion that might
          be rendered on the Registrants'  financial  statements,  and neither a
          written  report was  provided  to the  Registrants  or oral advice was
          provided  that  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP concluded was an important
          factor  considered by the Registrants in reaching a decision as to the
          accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; nor

     (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term
          is defined in Item  304(a)(1)(iv)  of  Regulation  S-K and the related
          instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K, or a reportable  event, as
          that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Item 7.  Exhibits

Exhibit No.                  Description
-----------                  -----------

   16    Arthur  Andersen LLP letter to the Securities and Exchange
         Commission regarding the change in certifying accountant.
SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
each  Registrant  has duly  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

April 18, 2002

                                   JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                                   ------------------------------------
                                                 Registrant

                                       METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                                       ---------------------------
                                                 Registrant

                                       PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
                                       -----------------------------
                                                 Registrant

                                         /s/Harvey L. Wagner
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                            Harvey L. Wagner
                                      Vice President and Controller