UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 21, 2004
Commission Registrant; State of Incorporation; I.R.S. Employer
File Number Address; and Telephone Number Identification No.
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333-21011 FIRSTENERGY CORP. 34-1843785
(An Ohio Corporation)
76 South Main Street
Akron, OH 44308
Telephone (800)736-3402
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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(17 CFR 230.425)
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02(b) and (d) Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On September 21, 2004, FirstEnergy Corp. announced that Wes M. Taylor
has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective September 21, 2004, and
John M. Pietruski is retiring from the Board, effective October 1, 2004. A copy
of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by
reference.
Mr. Taylor, 61, retired in April 2004 as president of TXU Generation
(a position held since 1991) and previously served as president of Dallas Power
& Light from 1987 to 1991. He has been involved in a number of industry
organizations and served as chairman of the National Coal Council (2001-2004),
the National Nuclear Accrediting Board (1996-2003), and the Electric Power
Research Institute's Nuclear Power Council (1993-1995).
Mr. Taylor will serve on the Board's Nuclear Committee. There are no
arrangements or understandings between Mr. Taylor and any other person pursuant
to which Mr. Taylor was selected as a director. There are no related party
transactions between Mr. Taylor and FirstEnergy or any of its subsidiaries.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press release issued by FirstEnergy Corp., dated
September 21, 2004
Forward-Looking Statement: This Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements
based on information currently available to management. Such statements are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties. These statements typically contain,
but are not limited to, the terms "anticipate", "potential", "expect",
"believe", "estimate" and similar words. Actual results may differ materially
due to the speed and nature of increased competition and deregulation in the
electric utility industry, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales
and margins, changes in markets for energy services, changing energy and
commodity market prices, replacement power costs being higher than anticipated
or inadequately hedged, maintenance costs being higher than anticipated,
legislative and regulatory changes (including revised environmental
requirements), adverse regulatory or legal decisions and the outcome of
governmental investigations (including revocation of necessary licenses or
operating permits), availability and cost of capital, the continuing
availability and operation of generating units, the inability to accomplish or
realize anticipated benefits of strategic goals, the ability to improve electric
commodity margins and to experience growth in the distribution business, the
ability to access the public securities markets, further investigation into the
causes of the August 14, 2003 regional power outage and the outcome, cost and
other effects of present and potential legal and administrative proceedings and
claims related to that outage, the final outcome in the proceeding related to
FirstEnergy's Application for a Rate Stabilization Plan in Ohio, the risks and
other factors discussed from time to time in FirstEnergy's Securities and
Exchange Commission filings, including its annual report on Form 10-K (as
amended) for the year ended December 31, 2003, and its Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2004, and other similar factors. FirstEnergy expressly disclaims
any current intention to update any forward-looking statements contained in this
document as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
September 21, 2004
FIRSTENERGY CORP.
Registrant
/s/ Harvey L. Wagner
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Harvey L. Wagner
Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
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