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):                 February 3, 2000



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

1-446           Metropolitan Edison Company                     23-0870160
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601

1-3522          Pennsylvania Electric Company                   25-0718085
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601


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ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.
            ------------

      On February 3, 2000,  GPU, Inc. (GPU)  announced that its GPU Energy units
in Pennsylvania  (Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company)
had received no bids in response to their offers to provide  competitive bidding
for default energy supply service for 20% of their customers in 2000. GPU Energy
had issued the  requests  for bids as required by  Pennsylvania  Public  Utility
Commission orders.

      As a result,  GPU Energy  will be  required  to  continue  as the  default
supplier and is expanding its forward  purchases of  electricity  to accommodate
these customers.  GPU believes that this will negatively impact 2000 earnings by
an estimated $0.04 to $0.08 per share, but expects to offset this impact through
additional  common stock  repurchases - funded by the expected proceeds from the
proposed sale of a  substantial  portion of its  Australian  energy assets - and
other cost reduction initiatives.

      A copy of GPU's related news release is annexed as an exhibit.


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

      (c)   Exhibit

            1.    GPU News Release, dated February 3, 2000.



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                                    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 DULY AUTHORIZED.

                              GPU, INC.
                              METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                              PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY



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


Date:   February 4, 2000
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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):                 February 3, 2000

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

1-446           Metropolitan Edison Company                     23-0870160
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601

1-3522          Pennsylvania Electric Company                   25-0718085
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601
ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.
            ------------

      On February 3, 2000,  GPU, Inc. (GPU)  announced that its GPU Energy units
in Pennsylvania  (Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company)
had received no bids in response to their offers to provide  competitive bidding
for default energy supply service for 20% of their customers in 2000. GPU Energy
had issued the  requests  for bids as required by  Pennsylvania  Public  Utility
Commission orders.

      As a result,  GPU Energy  will be  required  to  continue  as the  default
supplier and is expanding its forward  purchases of  electricity  to accommodate
these customers.  GPU believes that this will negatively impact 2000 earnings by
an estimated $0.04 to $0.08 per share, but expects to offset this impact through
additional  common stock  repurchases - funded by the expected proceeds from the
proposed sale of a  substantial  portion of its  Australian  energy assets - and
other cost reduction initiatives.

      A copy of GPU's related news release is annexed as an exhibit.
ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
            ------------------------------------------------------------------

      (c)   Exhibit

            1.    GPU News Release, dated February 3, 2000.
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 DULY AUTHORIZED.

                              GPU, INC.
                              METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                              PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY

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

Date:   February 4, 2000