SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 Washington, DC

                                   FORM U-6B-2

                           Certificate of Notification

      Certificate is filed by: Ohio Edison Company ("Ohio Edison"), a subsidiary
of FirstEnergy Corp., a registered holding company, pursuant to Rule U-20(d) and
Rule U-52(c) adopted under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

      This  certificate  is notice  that the above  named  company  has  issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities  described  herein which issue,
renewal or guaranty was exempted from the  provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act
and was neither  the subject of a  declaration  or  application  on Form U-1 nor
included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48.

1.    Type of securities:

      Pursuant to a Reimbursement Agreement dated as of April 5, 2002 among Ohio
      Edison, Barclays Bank, PLC ("Barclays"),  as Joint Lead Arranger, Fronting
      Bank and Administrative  Agent,  Union Bank of California,  N.A., as Joint
      Lead Arranger and Syndication  Agent,  and the  Participating  Banks named
      therein,  a letter  of credit  (the  "Letter  of  Credit")  was  issued by
      Barclays in favor of the Owner  Participant  (as defined in Item 3 below),
      as provided for in the  Participation  Agreement dated as of September 15,
      1987, as amended to the date hereof, among (i) the Owner Participant, (ii)
      BVPS  Funding  Corporation,  (iii) BVPS II Funding  Corporation,  (iv) the
      Owner Trustee,  under the Trust  Agreement  dated as of September 15, 1987
      with the  Owner  Participant,  (v) The Bank of New York (as  successor  to
      Irving Trust Company),  as Indenture  Trustee,  under the Trust Indenture,
      Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment of Lease dated as of September
      15,  1987 with the Owner  Trustee  and (vi) the  Company,  relating to the
      ownership  and lease of an undivided  interest in the Beaver  Valley Power
      Station Unit 2 located in the borough of  Shippingport  and Beaver County,
      Pennsylvania,  through a trust for the  benefit of the Owner  Participant,
      which  interest  was leased to the Company  pursuant  to a Facility  Lease
      dated as of  September  15,  1987 (as  amended  to the  date  hereof,  the
      "Facility Lease"),  between the Owner Trustee and the Company. The Company
      is  required to  maintain  an  irrevocable  letter of credit in support of
      certain of its obligations under such Facility Lease.

2.    Issue, renewal or guaranty:

      Issue.





3.    Principal amount of each security:

      The  Letter  of  Credit  was  issued  with a  maximum  drawing  amount  of
      $56,846,433.15,  declining  semiannually,  in  favor of  Security  Pacific
      Capital Leasing Corporation, as Owner Participant.

4.    Rate of interest per annum of each security:

      Drawings  under the Letter of Credit not  immediately  reimbursed  by Ohio
      Edison to the Fronting Bank bear interest at either an Alternate Base Rate
      or a Eurodollar Rate. As of the date hereof, such rates would be 4.75% and
      3.185% per annum, respectively.

5.    Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security:

      April 5, 2002

6.    If renewal of security, give date of original issue:

      Not Applicable.

7.    Date of maturity of each security:

      April 5, 2005

8.    Name  of  the  person  to  whom  each  security  was  issued,  renewed  or
      guaranteed:

      The Letter of Credit was issued for the account of the Company in favor of
      the Owner Participant listed above in Item 3.

9.    Collateral given with each security:

      None.

10.   Consideration given for each security:

      None.

11.   Application of proceeds of each security:

      Not Applicable.

12.   Indicate  by a check  after the  applicable  statement  below  whether the
      issue, renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt from the provisions
      of Section 6(a) because of:

      (a)   the provisions contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b) [ ]

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      (b)   the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section 6(b) [ ]

      (c)   the provisions contained in any rule of the Commission other than
            Rule U-48 [x]

13.   If the security or securities  were exempt from the  provisions of Section
      6(a) by virtue of the first  sentence  of Section  6(b),  give the figures
      which  indicate that the security or securities  aggregate  (together with
      all other then  outstanding  notes and drafts of a maturity of nine months
      or less, exclusive of days of grace, as to which such company is primarily
      or secondarily  liable) not more than 5 percentum of the principal  amount
      and par value of the other  securities  of such company then  outstanding.
      (Demand  notes,  regardless  of how long they may have  been  outstanding,
      shall be  considered as maturing in not more than nine months for purposes
      of the  exemption  from  Section  6(a) of the  Act  granted  by the  first
      sentence of Section 6(b)):

      Not applicable.

14.   If the security or  securities  are exempt from the  provisions of Section
      6(a)  because of the fourth  sentence of Section  6(b),  name the security
      outstanding  on  January  1,  1935,  pursuant  to the  terms of which  the
      security or securities herein described have been issued:

      Not applicable.

15.   If the security or  securities  are exempt form the  provisions of Section
      6(a) because of any rule of the Commission other than Rule U-48, designate
      the rul under which exemption is claimed.

      Rule 52.


                                          OHIO EDISON COMPANY


                                          By:______________________________
                                                   Thomas Navin
                                                   Treasurer


Date: April 15, 2002

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