SEC No. 70-6903



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549



                             CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

                                     RULE 24

                             OF FINAL COMPLETION OF

                                  TRANSACTIONS



                      JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY





                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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         In The Matter of                   :
                                            :  Certificate
Jersey Central Power & Light Company        :  Pursuant to
                                            :  Rule 24 of
         File No. 70-6903                   :  Final Completion
                                            :  of Transactions
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935):
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To The Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

         The undersigned,  Jersey Central Power & Light Company ("JCP&L"),  does
hereby certify  pursuant to Rule 24 of the General Rules and  Regulations  under
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, that the  transactions  proposed
in the  Application (as amended) filed in SEC File No. 70-6903 have been carried
out in  accordance  with the  terms  and  conditions  of,  and for the  purposes
requested in, said Application,  and pursuant to the Commission's  Order,  dated
November  16, 1983,  and as amended by  Supplemental  Orders dated  November 19,
1984,  July 30,  1985,  June 27, 1986,  January 17,  1990,  October 24, 1994 and
November 19, 1999 with respect to said Application, certifies as follows:

         At September 30, 2002,  JCP&L acquired  obligations of its customers in
accordance  with its  approved  Home Energy Loan  Program,  Solar Water  Heating
Conversion  Program and Electric Heat Conversion Program (the "Loan Program") in
the total aggregate amounts as follows:





Obligations at June 30, 2002                          $ 8,419,180.44
as previously reported

Obligations acquired during the period
June 30, 2002 through September 30, 2002                    -0-
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Total as at September 30, 2002                        $ 8,419,180.44


         As of September  30, 2002,  the amount of loans  outstanding  under the
Loan Program was approximately $137,900 ("Outstanding  Balance").  JCP&L will no
longer issue any new loans under the Loan Program.  Therefore,  JCP&L files this
Certificate of Final  Completion to notify the Commission  that the Loan Program
has been  substantially  completed.  JCP&L expects that the Outstanding  Balance
will either be collected or written off by December 31, 2005.





      PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS  OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF
1935, THE UNDERSIGNED COMPANY HAS DULY CAUSED THIS STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS
BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

                           JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY


                              By /s/ Randy Scilla
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                                Randy Scilla
                                Assistant Treasurer


Dated: October 9, 2002