POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all persons by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Rhonda S. Ferguson, Jacqueline S. Cooper and Edward J. Udovich,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of FirstEnergy Corp. and/or any of its
subsidiaries and affiliates (referred to as the "Company"), as applicable, Forms
3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended ("Section 16") and Form 144 ("Form 144") pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144") and the rules thereunder;

(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, 5 or
144 and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned; it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such
attorney in fact's reasonable discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 or Rule 144.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.  Additionally, this Power
of Attorney revokes any and all previous Power of Attorney forms for this same
purpose which was entered into by the undersigned.

		This Power of Attorney shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the law of the State of Ohio, regardless of the law that might be applied under
principles of conflict of laws.









IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 24th day of January, 2011.





   /s/ Paul J. Evanson


Signed and acknowledged
in the presence of:



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State of     _________	)
		)  ss:
County of  _________ 	)


The foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged before me this _____ day of
__________, 2011, by Paul J. Evanson.



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