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):                 August 12, 1999



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.
            -------------

      On August 12, 1999, GPU, Inc. (GPU) announced that OFGEM, the electric and
gas regulator in the United Kingdom, had issued a draft proposal suggesting that
GPU's  wholly-owned  regional electric  distributor,  Midlands  Electricity plc,
could receive net rate  reductions of between 22% to 27% beginning  next Spring.
These  proposed  reductions  will  become  the basis for  further  consultations
leading to final rate  determinations  in November  1999.  GPU believes that the
proposed level of reductions is excessive and would reduce the level of customer
service and threaten Midlands' ability to make future capital investments.

      There can be no assurance of the outcome of this matter.

      Separately, GPU also announced that due to the recent decline in the price
of GPU,  Inc.  common  stock,  GPU was  immediately  resuming  its common  stock
repurchase  program which it temporarily  suspended in July. GPU has repurchased
$102  million of its common  stock under the program  initiated  in January 1999
when GPU's board of directors authorized repurchases of up to $350 million.

      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.
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      (c)   Exhibit

            1. GPU News Release, dated August 12, 1999.



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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:   August 13, 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):                 August 12, 1999

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 August 12, 1999, GPU, Inc. (GPU) announced that OFGEM, the electric and
gas regulator in the United Kingdom, had issued a draft proposal suggesting that
GPU's  wholly-owned  regional electric  distributor,  Midlands  Electricity plc,
could receive net rate  reductions of between 22% to 27% beginning  next Spring.
These  proposed  reductions  will  become  the basis for  further  consultations
leading to final rate  determinations  in November  1999.  GPU believes that the
proposed level of reductions is excessive and would reduce the level of customer
service and threaten Midlands' ability to make future capital investments.

      There can be no assurance of the outcome of this matter.

      Separately, GPU also announced that due to the recent decline in the price
of GPU,  Inc.  common  stock,  GPU was  immediately  resuming  its common  stock
repurchase  program which it temporarily  suspended in July. GPU has repurchased
$102  million of its common  stock under the program  initiated  in January 1999
when GPU's board of directors authorized repurchases of up to $350 million.

      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 August 12, 1999.
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:   August 13, 1999