UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D. C. 20549
FORM
10-K/A
AMENDMENT
NO. 1
(Mark
One)
[X]
ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
OR
[
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the transition period from __________________ to
___________________
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Commission
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Registrant;
State of Incorporation;
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I.R.S.
Employer
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File
Number
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Address;
and Telephone Number
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Identification
No.
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333-21011
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FIRSTENERGY
CORP.
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34-1843785
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(An
Ohio Corporation)
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76
South Main Street
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Akron,
OH 44308
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Telephone
(800)736-3402
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SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
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Name
of Each
Exchange
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Registrant
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Title
of Each
Class
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on
Which
Registered
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FirstEnergy
Corp.
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Common
Stock,
$0.10 par value
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New
York Stock
Exchange
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SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
None
Indicate
by check
mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule
405
of the Securities Act.
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Yes
(
X )
No
(
)
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FirstEnergy
Corp.
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Indicate
by check
mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section
13 or
Section 15(d) of the Act.
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Yes
(
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No (X)
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FirstEnergy
Corp.
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Indicate
by check
mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
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Yes
(
X )
No
(
)
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FirstEnergy
Corp.
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Indicate
by check
mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation
S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of
registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K.
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(
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FirstEnergy
Corp.
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Indicate
by check
mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large
accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large
Accelerated Filer
(X)
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FirstEnergy
Corp.
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Accelerated
Filer
(
)
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N/A
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Non-accelerated
Filer
(
)
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N/A
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Indicate
by check
mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the
Act).
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Yes
(
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No (X)
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FirstEnergy
Corp.
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State
the aggregate
market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrants:
FirstEnergy Corp., $17,795,189,814 as of June 30, 2006.
Indicate
the number
of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of
the latest practicable date:
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OUTSTANDING
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CLASS
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As
of
February 27,
2007
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FirstEnergy
Corp., $0.10 par value
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319,205,517
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Documents
incorporated by reference (to the extent indicated herein):
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PART
OF FORM 10-K INTO WHICH
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DOCUMENT
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DOCUMENT
IS INCORPORATED
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FirstEnergy
Corp. Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year
ended
December
31, 2006 (Pages 3-104)
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Part
II
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Proxy
Statements for 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held
May
15,
2007
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Part
III
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2
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
FirstEnergy
Corp. is
filing
this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 28, 2007 (the Original Form 10-K),
solely
to amend Item 5 to furnish a corrected copy of the performance graph that
conforms to what will be included in the annual report to stockholders that
precedes or accompanies the proxy statement relating to FirstEnergy’s 2007
annual meeting of stockholders. The performance graph that was included in
the
Original Form 10-K as part of Exhibit 13 thereto contained typographical
errors.
Except as described in this Explanatory Note, this Form 10-K/A does not modify,
amend or update the Original Form 10-K or reflect events occurring after
the
filing of the Original Form 10-K.
The
Original Form
10-K was a combined Form 10-K representing separate filings by each of
FirstEnergy Corp., Ohio Edison Company (OE), The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
Company (CEI), The Toledo Edison Company (TE), Jersey Central Power & Light
Company (JCP&L), Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania
Electric Company (Penelec). However, this Form 10-K/A constitutes an amendment
only to Item 5 of the Original Form 10-K filed by FirstEnergy Corp.
PART
II
ITEM
5. MARKET
FOR
REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
AND
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The
information required by Item 5 regarding FirstEnergy's market information,
including stock exchange listings and quarterly stock market prices, dividends
and holders of common stock is included on pages 3 and 4 of FirstEnergy's 2006
Annual Report to Stockholders (Exhibit 13). Information for OE, CEI, TE,
JCP&L, Met-Ed and Penelec is not required to be disclosed because they are
wholly owned subsidiaries.
Information
regarding compensation plans for which shares of FirstEnergy common stock may
be
issued is incorporated herein by reference to FirstEnergy's 2007 proxy statement
filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
The
table below includes information on a monthly basis for the fourth quarter,
regarding purchases made by FirstEnergy of its common stock during the fourth
quarter of 2006.
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Period
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October
1-31,
2006
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November
1-30,
2006
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December
1-31,
2006
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Fourth
Quarter
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Total
Number
of Shares Purchased (a)
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234,384
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76,844
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331,411
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642,639
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Average
Price
Paid per Share
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$58.02
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$58.90
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$60.58
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$59.45
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Total
Number
of Shares Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Maximum
Number
(or Approximate Dollar
Value) of Shares that may yet be Purchased
Under the Plans or Programs (b)
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1,369,241
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1,369,241
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1,369,241
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1,369,241
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(a)
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Share amounts reflect purchases on the open market to satisfy
FirstEnergy's obligations to deliver common stock under its Executive
and
Director Incentive
Compensation Plan, Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors,
Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, Savings Plan and Stock Investment
Plan. In
addition, such amounts reflect shares tendered by employees to pay
the
exercise price or withholding taxes upon exercise of stock options
granted
under the
Executive and Director Incentive Compensation Plan and shares purchased
as
part of publicly announced plans.
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(b)
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FirstEnergy
initiated a share repurchase plan on August 10, 2006.
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SHAREHOLDER
RETURN
The
following graph
shows the total cumulative return from a $100 investment on December 31,
2001 in FirstEnergy’s common stock compared with the total cumulative returns of
the EEI’s Index of Investor-Owned Electric Utility Companies and the S&P
500. This information, which will also be included in the annual report to
stockholders that precedes or accompanies the proxy statement relating to
FirstEnergy’s 2007 annual meeting of stockholders is not deemed to be
“soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to Regulation 14A
or 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and will not be deemed to
be
incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933
or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent FirstEnergy
specifically incorporates it by reference into such a filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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FIRSTENERGY
CORP.
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Registrant
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BY:
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/s/
Harvey L.
Wagner
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Harvey
L.
Wagner
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Vice
President, Controller
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and
Chief
Accounting Officer
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Date:
March 21,
2007
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