SEC FILE NO. 70-9885


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





                             CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

                                     RULE 24

                                OF COMPLETION OF

                                  TRANSACTIONS





                                FIRSTENERGY CORP.
                      JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY





                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


In the Matter of                     )
FirstEnergy Corp. and                )    Certificate Pursuant
Jersey Central Power & Light Company )    to Rule 24 of
SEC File No. 70-9885                 )    Completion of
                                     )    Transactions
(Public Utility Holding Company      )
 Company Act of 1935)                )




TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION:

      The  undersigned,  FirstEnergy  Corp.  ("FirstEnergy")  and Jersey Central
Power & Light Company ("JCP&L" and,  together with  FirstEnergy,  "Applicants"),
hereby certify  pursuant to Rule 24 of the General Rules and  Regulations  under
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act"), that the
transactions  authorized  by the  Commission's  Order,  dated  June 5, 2002 (the
"Order"),  have been carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions of,
and for the purposes  represented by, the Application,  as amended,  in SEC File
No. 70-9885, as follows:

      1.  On June 11, 2002, JCP&L  Transition  Funding LLC (the "SPE"), a direct
subsidiary of JCP&L and an indirect  subsidiary of FirstEnergy,  issued and sold
$320,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its transition bonds.

      2.  On June 11, 2002, the SPE entered into a service  agreement  ("Service
Agreement")  under  which  JCP&L  will  receive an annual  fee of  $400,000  for
services  provided to the SPE. The compensation  under the Service Agreement may
not comply with the at-cost  requirements  of section 13(b) of the Act and rules
90 and 91 thereunder, as authorized in the Order.

      3.  On  June  11,  2002,  JCP&L   capitalized  the SPE  through  a  direct
contribution of $1.6 million.






      4.  The following exhibits are filed in Item 6:

          F-1(a)   "Past-tense" opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP.

          F-2(a)   "Past-tense" opinion of Gary D. Benz, Esq.





                                    SIGNATURE


      PURSUANT TO THE  REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF
1935, THE UNDERSIGNED  COMPANIES HAVE DULY CAUSED THIS STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON
THEIR BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.


                        FIRSTENERGY CORP.
                        JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY



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



Date:  June 24, 2002