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): ~~March~~July 1129, ~~2011~~2016

Commission	Registrant; State of Incorporation;	~~Registrant;~~I.R.S. ~~State of Incorporation;~~Employer	~~I.R.S. Employer~~
File Number	Address; and Telephone Number	~~Address;~~Identification ~~and Telephone Number~~No.	~~Identification No.~~
000-53742		FIRSTENERGY SOLUTIONS CORP.	31-1560186
333-21011	FIRSTENERGY CORP.	34-1843785
	(An Ohio Corporation)	~~(An Ohio Corporation)~~
		76 South Main Street
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
		Akron, OH 44308
	76 South Main Street
		Telephone (800)736-3402
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402
000-53742	FIRSTENERGY SOLUTIONS CORP.	31-1560186
	(An Ohio Corporation)
	c/o FirstEnergy Corp.
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736-3402

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Item 17.01 ~~Entry~~ ~~into~~Regulation aFD ~~Material Definitive Agreement.~~Disclosure

On ~~March~~July 1129, ~~2011~~2016, ~~FirstEnergy~~Moody’s ~~Generation~~Investors ~~Corp.~~Services ~~(FEG),~~announced anit ~~Ohio~~downgraded ~~corporation~~the ~~and~~senior aunsecured ~~wholly~~rating ~~owned~~for ~~subsidiary of~~ FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES), ~~entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (Agreement) with American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP), an Ohio nonprofit corporation. Pursuant~~ to ~~the~~“Ba2” Agreement, FEG will sell its Fremont Energy Center natural gas combined cycle power plant currently under construction in Fremont, Ohio, to AMP for $485 million plus construction costs to complete the facility from ~~February 1, 2011 (not to exceed $24~~“Baa3”.3 ~~million)~~The ~~based~~“Baa2” onsenior ansecured ~~expected~~revenue ~~output~~bond ofrating ~~685 megawatts (MW). FEG has an opportunity to receive additional consideration (not to exceed approximately $16 million)~~ for ~~every~~FES MWwas ~~of demonstrated output and transmission export capacity (on a prorated basis) in excess of 685 MW and up to its nameplate capacity of 707 MW, within specified time frames and under certain conditions~~affirmed. ~~AMP~~The ~~will~~rating ~~also~~outlook ~~assume~~for ~~certain~~FES ~~associated~~remains ~~liabilities from FEG~~negative.

~~The~~On ~~Agreement~~August ~~contains customary representations~~1, ~~warranties~~2016, ~~covenants~~S&P ~~and~~Global ~~indemnification~~Ratings ~~obligations~~(S&P) announced it lowered the corporate credit ratings on FES to “BB-” from “BBB-”. The ~~Agreement~~outlook ~~may~~is bestable. It ~~terminated~~also ifrevised the ~~closing~~senior ~~does~~secured ~~not~~issue-level ~~occur~~ratings onto or“BB+” ~~before~~from ~~July~~“BBB-” and assigned a “1,” ~~2011,~~recovery ~~subject~~rating to ~~extension~~the ~~under~~senior ~~certain~~secured ~~circumstances,~~debt issuances of FG (defined below) and isNG ~~subject~~(defined tobelow). In ~~customary~~a ~~conditions~~separate ~~including~~announcement, ~~the~~also ~~termination~~on ofAugust ~~the~~1, ~~waiting~~2016, ~~period~~S&P ~~under~~reaffirmed the ~~Hart~~BBB-~~Scott-Rodino~~ ~~Act~~issuer credit ratings and negative outlook of FirstEnergy Corp. and its regulated subsidiaries, ifAmerican ~~applicable~~Transmission Systems, ~~and~~Incorporated, ~~Federal~~The ~~Energy~~Cleveland ~~Regulatory~~Electric ~~Commission~~Illuminating ~~authorization~~Company, ~~pursuant~~FirstEnergy toTransmission ~~Section~~LLC, ~~203~~Jersey ofCentral ~~the~~Power ~~Federal~~& Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company, Monongahela Power ~~Act~~Company, Ohio Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Pennsylvania Power Company, The Potomac Edison Company, The Toledo Edison Company, Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company and West Penn Power Company.

IfThe ~~the~~information ~~Agreement~~contained isherein ~~terminated~~shall ~~under~~not ~~certain~~be ~~circumstances~~deemed ~~generally~~filed ~~involving~~for apurposes ~~material breach by AMP~~ of ~~its obligations under~~ the ~~Agreement~~Securities orExchange aAct ~~failure~~of by1934, ~~AMP~~nor toshall ~~consummate~~such ~~the~~information ~~transaction, FEG will~~ be ~~entitled~~deemed toincorporated ~~retain a $4.85 million deposit made~~ by ~~AMP~~reference in ~~connection~~any ~~with~~filing ~~the~~under ~~execution of~~ the ~~Agreement. If~~Securities ~~the~~Act ~~Agreement is terminated under certain other circumstances generally involving a material breach by FEG~~ of ~~its obligations under the Agreement or a failure by FEG to consummate the transaction~~1933, ~~the~~except ~~$4.85~~as ~~million~~shall ~~deposit~~be ~~will~~expressly beset ~~returned~~forth by ~~FEG~~specific toreference ~~AMP and FEG will pay AMP $375,000~~ in ~~respect~~such ofa ~~AMP’s fees and expenses in connection with the Agreement~~filing. ~~If the Agreement is terminated under circumstances other than the foregoing, the $4.85 million deposit will be returned by FEG to AMP.~~

~~The~~Item ~~press release issued by FirstEnergy Corp~~8.01 onOther ~~March 14, 2011, announcing the execution of the Agreement, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.~~Events

~~Item~~On 9August 2, 2016, FES and its subsidiaries, FirstEnergy Generation, LLC (FG) and FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation, LLC (NG), entered into reoffering agreements with J.~~01 Financial~~P. ~~Statements~~Morgan Securities LLC (JPM) pursuant to which JPM will purchase on the applicable settlement date, and ~~Exhibits~~may reoffer, each of the following eight series of tax-exempt pollution control revenue refunding bonds (PCRBs) totaling approximately $470.9 million issued by the Beaver County Industrial Development Authority (BCIDA), the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (OAQDA), the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA) and the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (PEDFA) :

(d) Exhibits



Primary Obligor	Issuer	Principal Amount	Interest Rate Mode	Interest Rate	Mandatory Purchase Date	Final Maturity	Settlement Date
FG	BCIDA	$ 46.3 million	Five-Year	4.250%	4/1/2021	10/1/2047	8/15/16
FG	BCIDA	25.0 million	Five-Year	4.500%	5/1/2021	6/1/2028	8/15/16
FG	OAQDA	100.0 million	Five-Year	4.250%	9/15/2021	8/1/2029	9/15/16
FG	PEDFA	15.0 million	Five-Year	4.500%	6/1/2021	6/1/2028	8/15/16
NG	BCIDA	60.0 million	Long-Term	4.375%	7/1/2022	1/1/2035	8/15/16
NG	OAQDA	62.5 million	Long-Term	4.375%	6/1/2022	6/1/2033	8/15/16
NG	OWDA	107.5 million	Long-Term	4.375%	6/1/2022	6/1/2033	8/15/16
NG	OWDA	54.6 million	Long-Term	4.375%	6/1/2022	6/1/2033	8/15/16

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued by FirstEnergy Corp., dated March 14, 2011

JPM’s obligation to purchase the PCRBs is not conditioned upon its ability to successfully reoffer them. As of the applicable settlement date, each series of PCRBs will be converted to the interest rate mode, bear interest from such date at the fixed rate per annum and be subject to mandatory purchase on the mandatory purchase date all as specified above. In addition, each series of PCRBs is, or will be as of the settlement date, secured by a like principal amount of first mortgage bonds of, as applicable, FG or NG issued under, in the case of FG, its Open-End Mortgage, General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust, dated as of June 19, 2008, as amended and supplemented, to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (BNYMTC), as trustee, and, in the case of NG, its Open-End Mortgage, General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust, dated as of June 1, 2009, as amended and supplemented, to BNYMTC, as trustee.

FES' debt obligations are generally guaranteed by FG and NG and FES guarantees the debt obligations of each of FG and NG. Accordingly, present and future holders of indebtedness of FES, FG and NG would have claims against each of FES, FG and NG, regardless of whether their primary obligor is FES, FG or NG.

Forward-Looking Statements: 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 include declarations regarding management’'s intents, beliefs and current expectations. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms “anticipate,” “potential,” “expect,” "forecast," "target," "will," "intend," “believe,” "project," “estimate”," "plan" and similar words. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements., ~~Actual~~which ~~results~~ may ~~differ~~include ~~materially~~the ~~due~~following: to the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry, in general, and the retail sales market in particular; the ability to experience growth in the Regulated Distribution and Regulated Transmission segments; the accomplishment of our regulatory and operational goals in connection with our transmission investment plan, including, but not limited to, the proposed transmission asset transfer to Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission, LLC, and the effectiveness of our strategy to reflect a more regulated business profile; changes in assumptions regarding economic conditions within our territories, assessment of the reliability of our transmission system, or the availability of capital or other resources supporting identified transmission investment opportunities; the impact of the regulatory process and resulting outcomes on the ~~pending~~ matters at the federal level and in the various states in which we do business including, but not limited to, matters related to rates, and the ~~status~~Electric Security Plan IV; the impact of the ~~Potomac-Appalachian~~federal ~~Transmission~~regulatory ~~Highline~~process on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (~~PATH~~FERC)-regulated ~~project~~entities and transactions, in ~~light~~particular FERC regulation of wholesale energy and capacity markets, including PJM Interconnection, ~~LLC’s~~L.L.C. ~~efforts~~(PJM) tomarkets ~~determine~~and ~~whether~~FERC-jurisdictional ~~the~~wholesale ~~need~~transactions; ~~for~~FERC ~~PATH~~regulation ~~should~~of becost-of-service rerates, including FERC Opinion No. 531's revised Return on Equity methodology for FERC-~~evaluated~~jurisdictional wholesale generation and ~~the~~transmission ~~related~~utility ~~suspension~~service; ofand ~~work~~FERC’s oncompliance ~~the~~and ~~project~~enforcement activity, ~~PATH~~including compliance and enforcement activity related to North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s ~~rate~~mandatory ofreliability ~~recovery~~standards; at the ~~FERC,~~uncertainties ~~business~~of various cost recovery and ~~regulatory~~cost ~~impacts~~allocation issues resulting from American Transmission Systems, Incorporated’'s realignment into PJM; ~~Interconnection, L.L.C.,~~ economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins, ~~changes~~such inas ~~markets~~a ~~for~~polar ~~energy~~vortex ~~services~~or other significant weather events, and all associated regulatory events or actions; changing energy, capacity and commodity market prices including, but not limited to, coal, natural gas and ~~availability~~oil prices, ~~financial~~and ~~derivative~~their ~~reforms~~availability ~~that~~and ~~could~~impact ~~increase~~on ~~our~~margins ~~liquidity~~and ~~needs~~asset valuations, including without limitation impairments thereon; the risks and ~~collateral~~uncertainties ~~costs~~at the CES segment, ~~replacement~~including ~~power~~FES, ~~costs~~related ~~being~~to ~~higher~~continued ~~than~~depressed ~~anticipated~~wholesale orenergy ~~inadequately~~and ~~hedged~~capacity markets, including the potential need to deactivate or sell additional generating units; the continued ability of ~~FirstEnergy’s~~our regulated utilities to ~~collect~~recover ~~transition~~their ~~and~~costs; ~~other~~ costs, ~~operation~~being higher than anticipated and ~~maintenance~~the success of our policies to control costs ~~being~~and ~~higher~~to ~~than~~mitigate ~~anticipated~~low energy, capacity and market prices; other legislative and regulatory changes, and revised environmental requirements, including, ~~possible~~but ~~greenhouse~~not ~~gas~~limited ~~emission~~to, ~~and~~the ~~coal~~effects ~~combustion~~of ~~residual~~the ~~regulations,~~United ~~the~~States ~~potential~~Environmental ~~impacts~~Protection ofAgency’s ~~any~~Clean ~~laws~~Power Plan, ~~rules~~Coal orCombustion Residuals regulations, ~~that~~Cross-State ~~ultimately~~Air ~~replace~~Pollution ~~the~~Rule ~~Clean~~and ~~Air~~Mercury ~~Interstate~~and ~~Rules,~~Air ~~the~~Toxics ~~uncertainty~~Standards ofprograms, ~~the~~including ~~timing~~our ~~and~~estimated ~~amounts~~costs of ~~the~~compliance, ~~capital~~Clean ~~expenditures~~Water ~~needed~~Act to(CWA) ~~complete,~~waste ~~among~~water ~~other~~effluent ~~things,~~limitations ~~the~~for ~~PATH~~power ~~project~~plants, asand aCWA ~~result~~316(b) ofwater ~~its~~intake ~~current~~regulation; 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changes in customers’' demand for power, including, but not limited to, changes resulting from the implementation of state and federal energy efficiency and peak demand reduction mandates,; the ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic and financial goals, (including, ~~employee~~but ~~workforce~~not ~~initiatives)~~limited to, the ability to continue to reduce costs and to successfully execute our financial plans designed to improve our credit metrics and strengthen our balance sheet through, among other actions, our cash flow improvement plan and other proposed capital raising initiatives; our ability to improve electric commodity margins and the impact of, among other factors, the increased cost of ~~coal~~fuel and ~~coal~~fuel transportation on such margins; ~~and~~changing ~~the~~market ~~ability~~conditions tothat ~~experience~~could ~~growth~~affect in the ~~distribution~~measurement ~~business,~~of ~~the~~certain ~~changing~~liabilities ~~market~~and ~~conditions that could affect~~ the value of assets held in ~~FirstEnergy’s~~our ~~nuclear~~Nuclear ~~decommissioning~~Decommissioning ~~trusts~~Trusts, pension trusts and other trust funds, and cause ~~FirstEnergy~~us and/or our subsidiaries to make additional contributions sooner, or in amounts that are larger than currently anticipated,; the impact of changes to material accounting policies; the ability to access the public securities and other capital and credit markets in accordance with ~~FirstEnergy’s~~our ~~financing~~financial ~~plan~~plans, ~~and~~ the cost of such capital, ~~changes~~and inoverall ~~general~~condition ~~economic conditions affecting the company, the state~~ of the capital and credit markets affecting ~~the~~us ~~company,~~and ~~interest~~our ~~rates~~subsidiaries; ~~and~~actions ~~any~~that ~~actions~~may be taken by credit rating agencies that could negatively affect ~~FirstEnergy’s~~us and/or our subsidiaries' access to financing, orincrease ~~its~~the costs thereof, and increase ~~its~~ requirements to post additional collateral to support outstanding commodity positions, letters of credit and other financial guarantees,; ~~the~~changes ~~continuing~~in ~~uncertainty of the~~ national and regional ~~economy~~economic ~~and~~conditions ~~its~~affecting ~~impact~~us, onour ~~the~~subsidiaries ~~company’s~~and/or our major industrial and commercial customers, ~~issues concerning the soundness of financial institutions~~ and other counterparties with which ~~FirstEnergy~~we ~~does~~do business, ~~issues~~including ~~arising~~fuel ~~from~~suppliers; the ~~recently~~impact ~~completed merger~~ of ~~FirstEnergy~~any ~~and~~changes ~~Allegheny~~in ~~Energy,~~tax ~~Inc.~~laws ~~and~~or ~~the~~regulations ~~ongoing~~or ~~coordination~~adverse oftax ~~their~~audit ~~combined~~results ~~operations,~~or ~~including~~rulings; ~~FirstEnergy’s~~issues ~~ability~~concerning tothe ~~maintain~~stability ~~relationships~~of ~~with~~domestic ~~customers,~~and ~~employees~~foreign orfinancial ~~suppliers~~institutions asand ~~well~~counterparties aswith ~~the~~which ~~ability~~we todo ~~successfully~~business; ~~integrate~~ the ~~businesses~~risks ~~and~~associated ~~realize~~with ~~cost~~cyber-attacks ~~savings~~ and ~~any~~ other ~~synergies~~disruptions ~~and~~to ~~the~~our ~~risk~~information ~~that~~technology ~~the~~system ~~credit~~that ~~ratings~~may ofcompromise ~~the~~our ~~combined~~generation, ~~company~~transmission and/or ~~its~~distribution ~~subsidiaries~~services ~~may~~and bedata ~~different~~security ~~from~~breaches ~~what~~of ~~the~~sensitive ~~companies~~data, ~~expect~~intellectual ~~and~~property ~~the risks~~ and ~~other~~proprietary ~~factors~~or ~~discussed~~personally ~~from~~identifiable ~~time~~information toregarding ~~time~~our inbusiness, ~~FirstEnergy’s~~employees, ~~Securities~~shareholders, ~~and~~customers, ~~Exchange~~suppliers, ~~Commission~~business ~~filings,~~partners and other ~~similar~~individuals ~~factors.~~in ~~The~~our ~~foregoing~~data ~~review~~centers ofand ~~factors~~on ~~should~~our ~~not~~networks; beand ~~construed~~the asrisks ~~exhaustive.~~and ~~New~~other factors ~~emerge~~discussed from time to time, ~~and~~in itour isUnited ~~not~~States ~~possible~~Securities ~~for~~and ~~management~~Exchange toCommission ~~predict~~(SEC) ~~all such factors~~filings, ~~nor~~and ~~assess~~other ~~the~~similar ~~impact of any such factor on FirstEnergy’s business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of~~ factors,. ~~may~~Dividends ~~cause~~declared ~~results to differ materially~~ from ~~those~~time ~~contained in any forward-looking statements. The Registrant expressly disclaims any current intention~~ to ~~update~~time ~~any~~on ~~forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.~~

~~SIGNATURE~~FirstEnergy Corp.'s common stock during any period may in the aggregate vary from prior periods due to circumstances considered by FirstEnergy Corp.'s Board of Directors at the time of the actual declarations. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy or hold securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The foregoing factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements and risks that are included in our filings with the SEC, including but not limited to the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. FirstEnergy expressly disclaims any current intention to update, except as required by law, any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto authorized.

March 14, 2011

FIRSTENERGY SOLUTIONS CORP. Registrant By: /s/ Harvey L. Wagner Harvey L. Wagner Vice President and Controller

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto authorized.

August 3, 2016



		FIRSTENERGY CORP.
		Registrant

		FIRSTENERGY SOLUTIONS CORP.
		Registrant


By:		/s/ K. Jon Taylor
		K. Jon Taylor Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

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