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):                 December 24, 1998



Commission       Registrant, State of Incorporation,          I.R.S. Employer
File Number      Address and Telephone Number                Identification No.
-----------      ----------------------------------          ------------------

1-6047          GPU, Inc.                                       13-5516989
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                300 Madison Avenue
                Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1911
                Telephone (973) 455-8200




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ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.
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      On December 24, 1998, GPU announced that it had entered into agreements to
purchase  Emdersa,  an  Argentine  holding  company  that  owns  three  electric
distribution   companies,   for  US$435  million.   The  three  companies  serve
approximately  335,000 customers throughout a service territory of approximately
322,000 square  kilometers in northwest  Argentina.  Assuming  timely receipt of
Argentinean  provincial  regulatory  approvals,  GPU  expects  to  complete  its
purchase of Emdersa in the first quarter of 1999.
      A copy of GPU's related news release is annexed as an exhibit.


ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
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      (c)   Exhibits

            1. GPU News Release, dated December 24, 1998.




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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.


                              GPU, INC.


                              By:  /s/ T. G. Howson   
                                   -----------------------------
                                   T. G. Howson, Vice President
                                   and Treasurer


Date:   January 4, 1999
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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):                 December 24, 1998

Commission       Registrant, State of Incorporation,          I.R.S. Employer
File Number      Address and Telephone Number                Identification No.
-----------      ----------------------------------          ------------------

1-6047          GPU, Inc.                                       13-5516989
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                300 Madison Avenue
                Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1911
                Telephone (973) 455-8200
ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.
            -------------

      On December 24, 1998, GPU announced that it had entered into agreements to
purchase  Emdersa,  an  Argentine  holding  company  that  owns  three  electric
distribution   companies,   for  US$435  million.   The  three  companies  serve
approximately  335,000 customers throughout a service territory of approximately
322,000 square  kilometers in northwest  Argentina.  Assuming  timely receipt of
Argentinean  provincial  regulatory  approvals,  GPU  expects  to  complete  its
purchase of Emdersa in the first quarter of 1999.
      A copy of GPU's related news release is annexed as an exhibit.

ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
            ------------------------------------------------------------------

      (c)   Exhibits

            1. GPU News Release, dated December 24, 1998.
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.

                              GPU, INC.

                              By:  /s/ T. G. Howson   
                                   -----------------------------
                                   T. G. Howson, Vice President
                                   and Treasurer

Date:   January 4, 1999