FirstEnergy to Address Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference; Webcast Available

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony J. Alexander will conduct an investor presentation at the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. The session will begin at approximately 11:15 a.m., ET.

A live Internet Webcast of the presentation will be available via FirstEnergy's Investor Information Web site - http://www.firstenergycorp.com/ir -- by clicking on the EEI Financial Conference link.

For those who can't listen to the live Webcast, the audio version will be archived on FirstEnergy's Web site.

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services.