FirstEnergy Solutions Extends Successful Discount Electricity Offer to More Customers

FirstEnergy Solutions Extends Successful Discount Electricity Offer to More
Customers

AKRON, Ohio, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FirstEnergy Solutions (FES)
announced that, because more than 10,000 people have already signed up to save
money through the company's discount electric generation offer, the program
will be extended to provide more customers with guaranteed savings.

"In light of the enthusiastic response to our competitive offer, we're pleased
to extend it to even more utility customers in Northeast Ohio," said Arthur
Yuan, vice president of Sales and Marketing for FES. "This is the best offer
available to electric customers in the market today because it provides
guaranteed savings."

Customers must act before July 13, 2009, to lock in savings of 10 percent off
generation prices for the remainder of 2009 and 5 percent off through 2010.
Customers who sign up by the FES deadline also will be entered into a drawing
to win free electric generation from FES for a year.

"Customers who live in communities represented by Northeast Ohio Public Energy
Council, or NOPEC, should look carefully at the fixed-price offer they
received from this aggregation group because there will be winners and
losers," Yuan said. "With FES, everyone enjoys guaranteed savings every
month, and they are buying from a local company with strong ties to our
communities instead of from NOPEC's Florida-based supplier."

Customers interested in learning more about the FES offer should contact the
company at 1-877-524-SAVE (7283) or online at www.fes.com/save. All that is
needed is the 20-digit customer number from a current electric bill.

FES is the competitive subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., (NYSE: FE). FES is
the generation supplier for more than 500,000 residential and small business
customers in 50 communities that are part of government aggregation groups in
northern Ohio. Customers that are part of these groups receive similar
savings through 2011. FES also is a licensed supplier in Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland, Michigan and Illinois.

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and
distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other
energy-related services. Its generating affiliates own or control more than
14,000 megawatts of generating capacity.

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speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry and
legislative and regulatory changes affecting how generation rates will be
determined following the expiration of existing rate plans in Pennsylvania,
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SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.

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