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SEC Company Response from FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE) (CIK 0001031296) (FE) — Jul 14, 2010

FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE) (CIK 0001031296)
Date: July 14, 2010 · CIK: 0001031296 · Accession: 0000950123-10-065550

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File numbers found in text: 333-165640

Date
July 14, 2010
Author
Leila L. Vespoli
Form
CORRESP
Company
FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE) (CIK 0001031296)

Letter

Via EDGAR and Facsimile Division of Corporation Finance Attn: Mr. H. Christopher Owings Re: FirstEnergy Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-165640

Dear Mr. Owings:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, FirstEnergy Corp. (the “Company”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-165640) to July 16, 2010 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

1.

should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

2.

the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

3.

the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

If you have any questions, please call Zachary N. Wittenberg, Esq. of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP at (202) 887-4592.

Very truly yours,
FIRSTENERGY CORP.

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July 14, 2010

Via
EDGAR and Facsimile

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Mail Stop 3561

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-7010

Attn: Mr. H. Christopher Owings

    Re:

    FirstEnergy Corp.

Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-165640

Dear Mr. Owings:

     Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, FirstEnergy Corp. (the
“Company”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form
S-4 (File No. 333-165640) to July 16, 2010 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time or as soon thereafter as
practicable.

     The Company hereby acknowledges that:

    1.

    should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff,
acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not
foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

    2.

    the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its
full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

    3.

    the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness
as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.

     If you have any questions, please call Zachary N. Wittenberg, Esq. of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer
& Feld LLP at (202) 887-4592.

    Very truly yours,

FIRSTENERGY CORP.

    By:
    /s/ Leila L. Vespoli

    Leila L. Vespoli

    Executive Vice President and General Counsel

    cc:

    Lilyanna L. Peyser, Attorney Advisor, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Mara Ransom, Legal Branch Chief, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Rick L. Burdick, Esq., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP