EXHIBIT 12.1
OHIO EDISON COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||||
| (Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
EARNINGS AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K: | ||||||||||||||||
Income before extraordinary items | $ | 350,212 | $ | 356,159 | $ | 292,925 | $ | 342,766 | $ | 330,398 | ||||||
Interest and other charges, before reduction for amounts capitalized | 187,890 | 144,170 | 116,868 | 74,051 | 77,077 | |||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 239,135 | 255,915 | 241,173 | 278,303 | 309,995 | |||||||||||
Interest element of rentals charged to income(a) | 104,507 | 102,469 | 107,611 | 104,239 | 101,862 | |||||||||||
Earnings as defined | $ | 881,744 | $ | 858,713 | $ | 758,577 | $ | 799,359 | $ | 819,332 | ||||||
FIXED CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest on long-term debt | $ | 150,632 | $ | 119,123 | $ | 91,068 | $ | 59,465 | $ | 58,709 | ||||||
Other interest expense | 22,754 | 14,598 | 22,069 | 12,026 | 16,679 | |||||||||||
Subsidiaries' preferred stock dividend requirements | 14,504 | 10,449 | 3,731 | 2,560 | 1,689 | |||||||||||
Adjustments to subsidiaries' preferred stock dividends to state on a pre-income tax basis | 2,481 | 2,661 | 3,014 | 1,975 | 1,351 | |||||||||||
Interest element of rentals charged to income (a) | 104,507 | 102,469 | 107,611 | 104,239 | 101,862 | |||||||||||
Fixed charges as defined | $ | 294,878 | $ | 249,300 | $ | 227,493 | $ | 180,265 | $ | 180,290 | ||||||
CONSOLIDATED RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES | 2.99 | 3.44 | 3.33 | 4.43 | 4.54 | |||||||||||
- (a)
- Includes the interest element of rentals where determinable plus1/3 of rental expense where no readily defined interest element can be determined.