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 22, 1995


                         GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


             Pennsylvania           1-6047               13-5516589        

          (State or other         (Commission          (IRS employer
           jurisdiction of        file number)         identification no.)
           incorporation)




          100 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany,  New Jersey         07054     

          (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)




          Registrant's telephone  number, including  area code: (201)  263-
          6500<PAGE>



          ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

                    1.   FERC "MEGA NOPR"

                    On  March  29,  1995,  the  Federal  Energy  Regulatory

          Commission  ("FERC")  issued  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking

          ("NOPR") on Open Access Non-discriminatory  Transmission Services

          by  Public Utilities and  Transmitting Utilities  (RM95-8-000), a

          supplemental  NOPR on  Recovery  of Stranded  Costs  (RM94-7-001)

          superseding an earlier June 1994 NOPR, and related NOPRs.

                    According  to  the FERC,  the  new  rules, if  adopted,

          would, in essence, provide open access to the Nation's interstate

          electric transmission network and  thereby encourage a more fully

          competitive wholesale electric power market.

                    Among other things, under the FERC's proposal:

                         (a)  all electric utilities subject to  the FERC's

               jurisdiction  would be  required to  file non-discriminatory

               open access transmission tariffs for both network and point-

               to-point service  which would be available  to all wholesale

               sellers and buyers of electricity.  The FERC would establish

               "pro  forma"  initial tariffs  for  all  utilities based  on

               presently filed cost data 60  days after the effective  date

               of the  new rule;  thereafter, utilities  would  be able  to

               propose changes in these tariffs;

                         (b)  jurisdictional utilities would be required to

               accept  service  under  these  new  tariffs  for  their  own

               wholesale transactions; and

                         (c)  utilities would be entitled to  recover their

               legitimate  and verifiable "stranded  costs" --  i.e., costs

               which the utility  may incur when a wholesale customer stops

               purchasing electricity from  the utility and,  instead, uses


                                          1<PAGE>



               the utility's  transmission system  to  purchase power  from

               another source.

                    While the FERC's proposed open transmission access rule

          does  not provide  for  so-called  "corporate unbundling"  (i.e.,

          disposing of ancillary  services or creating separate  affiliates

          to manage transmission services), it does provide for "functional

          unbundling."   In  the NOPR, the  FERC describes  such functional

          unbundling to mean that 

                    (a)  the utility must make  the same charges for trans-

               mission services (including ancillary  services) to it's new

               wholesale  customers as  are  provided by  the tariff  under

               which it offers these services to others;

                    (b)  the tariff must include separate rates  for trans-

               mission and ancillary service; and 

                    (c)  the utility  (i) is  restricted to using  the same

               electronic  network as  is used by  its customers  to obtain

               system  transmission information when  engaging in wholesale

               transactions and  (ii) may not  have access to  any internal

               system transmission data which is not otherwise available to

               non-affiliated third parties.

                    With respect  to stranded  costs, the FERC  proposed in

          the related NOPR that it would  provide recovery mechanisms where

          stranded costs  result from  municipalization or other  instances

          where former retail customers become wholesale customers, as well

          as  wholesale  stranded costs.   The  NOPR  also states  that the

          states  would be  expected to  provide for  recovery of  stranded

          costs attributable to retail  wheeling or direct access programs,

          and  the  FERC would  intervene  only when  the  state regulatory

          agency lacked necessary authority.


                                          2<PAGE>



                    As  the NOPRs provide for  comment periods of 180 days,

          the FERC would not be implementing  any of its proposed new rules

          prior to the first quarter 1996, at the earliest.

                    2.   GPU System Transmission Tariff

                         On March 22, 1995, prior to the FERC's issuance of

          the NOPRs discussed above, GPU's electric  operating subsidiaries

          (Jersey  Central  Power  &  Light  Company,  Metropolitan  Edison

          Company and  Pennsylvania Electric  Company) filed with  the FERC

          proposed integrated transmission  system open access transmission

          tariffs.    Such proposed  tariffs  provide  for  both  firm  and

          interruptible transmission  service  on a  point-to-point  basis.

          Network services,  where requested, would be negotiated on a case

          by  case  basis.   Transmission service  would  be provided  on a

          comparable basis  to  that afforded  to  GPU Companies  for  off-

          system,  wholesale sales.  Rates  would be based  upon a distance

          sensitive, "megawatt-mile" methodology for firm service and zonal

          pricing for interruptible service.

                         While  the   GPU  Companies  believe   that  their

          proposed  transmission  tariffs are  consistent  with  the FERC's

          Transmission Pricing  Policy Statement, they do  not know whether

          or to what  extent the FERC will require modifications  to any of

          the proposed terms  and conditions of  transmission tariffs as  a

          result of the FERC's NOPRs or otherwise.














                                          3<PAGE>



                                      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  AUTHO-

          RIZED.


                                   GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION



                                   By:______________________________
                                        T. G. Howson, Vice President
                                        and Treasurer

          Date:  April 20, 1995<PAGE>
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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 22, 1995

                         GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

             Pennsylvania           1-6047               13-5516589        

          (State or other         (Commission          (IRS employer
           jurisdiction of        file number)         identification no.)
           incorporation)

          100 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany,  New Jersey         07054     

          (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)

          Registrant's telephone  number, including  area code: (201)  263-
          6500
ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

                    1.   FERC "MEGA NOPR"

                    On  March  29,  1995,  the  Federal  Energy  Regulatory

          Commission  ("FERC")  issued  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking

          ("NOPR") on Open Access Non-discriminatory  Transmission Services

          by  Public Utilities and  Transmitting Utilities  (RM95-8-000), a

          supplemental  NOPR on  Recovery  of Stranded  Costs  (RM94-7-001)

          superseding an earlier June 1994 NOPR, and related NOPRs.

                    According  to  the FERC,  the  new  rules, if  adopted,

          would, in essence, provide open access to the Nation's interstate

          electric transmission network and  thereby encourage a more fully

          competitive wholesale electric power market.

                    Among other things, under the FERC's proposal:

                         (a)  all electric utilities subject to  the FERC's

               jurisdiction  would be  required to  file non-discriminatory

               open access transmission tariffs for both network and point-

               to-point service  which would be available  to all wholesale

               sellers and buyers of electricity.  The FERC would establish

               "pro  forma"  initial tariffs  for  all  utilities based  on

               presently filed cost data 60  days after the effective  date

               of the  new rule;  thereafter, utilities  would  be able  to

               propose changes in these tariffs;

                         (b)  jurisdictional utilities would be required to

               accept  service  under  these  new  tariffs  for  their  own

               wholesale transactions; and

                         (c)  utilities would be entitled to  recover their

               legitimate  and verifiable "stranded  costs" --  i.e., costs

               which the utility  may incur when a wholesale customer stops

               purchasing electricity from  the utility and,  instead, uses

                                          1
the utility's  transmission system  to  purchase power  from

               another source.

                    While the FERC's proposed open transmission access rule

          does  not provide  for  so-called  "corporate unbundling"  (i.e.,

          disposing of ancillary  services or creating separate  affiliates

          to manage transmission services), it does provide for "functional

          unbundling."   In  the NOPR, the  FERC describes  such functional

          unbundling to mean that 

                    (a)  the utility must make  the same charges for trans-

               mission services (including ancillary  services) to it's new

               wholesale  customers as  are  provided by  the tariff  under

               which it offers these services to others;

                    (b)  the tariff must include separate rates  for trans-

               mission and ancillary service; and 

                    (c)  the utility  (i) is  restricted to using  the same

               electronic  network as  is used by  its customers  to obtain

               system  transmission information when  engaging in wholesale

               transactions and  (ii) may not  have access to  any internal

               system transmission data which is not otherwise available to

               non-affiliated third parties.

                    With respect  to stranded  costs, the FERC  proposed in

          the related NOPR that it would  provide recovery mechanisms where

          stranded costs  result from  municipalization or other  instances

          where former retail customers become wholesale customers, as well

          as  wholesale  stranded costs.   The  NOPR  also states  that the

          states  would be  expected to  provide for  recovery of  stranded

          costs attributable to retail  wheeling or direct access programs,

          and  the  FERC would  intervene  only when  the  state regulatory

          agency lacked necessary authority.

                                          2
As  the NOPRs provide for  comment periods of 180 days,

          the FERC would not be implementing  any of its proposed new rules

          prior to the first quarter 1996, at the earliest.

                    2.   GPU System Transmission Tariff

                         On March 22, 1995, prior to the FERC's issuance of

          the NOPRs discussed above, GPU's electric  operating subsidiaries

          (Jersey  Central  Power  &  Light  Company,  Metropolitan  Edison

          Company and  Pennsylvania Electric  Company) filed with  the FERC

          proposed integrated transmission  system open access transmission

          tariffs.    Such proposed  tariffs  provide  for  both  firm  and

          interruptible transmission  service  on a  point-to-point  basis.

          Network services,  where requested, would be negotiated on a case

          by  case  basis.   Transmission service  would  be provided  on a

          comparable basis  to  that afforded  to  GPU Companies  for  off-

          system,  wholesale sales.  Rates  would be based  upon a distance

          sensitive, "megawatt-mile" methodology for firm service and zonal

          pricing for interruptible service.

                         While  the   GPU  Companies  believe   that  their

          proposed  transmission  tariffs are  consistent  with  the FERC's

          Transmission Pricing  Policy Statement, they do  not know whether

          or to what  extent the FERC will require modifications  to any of

          the proposed terms  and conditions of  transmission tariffs as  a

          result of the FERC's NOPRs or otherwise.

                                          3
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  AUTHO-

          RIZED.

                                   GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

                                   By:______________________________
                                        T. G. Howson, Vice President
                                        and Treasurer

          Date:  April 20, 1995