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):                 May 19, 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


1-3141          Jersey Central Power & Light Company           21-0485010
                (a New Jersey corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601


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ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.

      As previously reported,  on April 14, 1999, GPU Inc.'s subsidiary,  Jersey
Central Power & Light Company (doing  business as "GPU Energy"),  entered into a
Stipulation   of  Settlement   ("Settlement")   with  various   parties  to  its
restructuring  proceedings  pending  before  the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Public
Utilities  ("NJBPU").  On May 19, 1999, the NJBPU  approved the Settlement  with
certain modifications and clarifications including the following:

      1. GPU Energy's  distribution rate was reduced to 3.35(cent)/kwh  from the
3.45(cent)/kwh set forth in the Settlement as filed.

      2. The NJBPU ordered that GPU Energy  phase-in an 11% rate  reduction on a
more  accelerated  basis than the 10% rate reduction GPU Energy had agreed to in
the Settlement.

      3.  The  NJBPU  raised  the  initial  residential  "shopping  credit"  for
customers who choose an alternative electric supplier by 6 mills so that it will
begin at 5.65(cent) in 1999 and increase to 5.82(cent) in 2003.

      On May 24, 1999, the NJBPU issued a Summary Order memorializing the action
it took on May 19, 1999. The NJPBU stated that it will subsequently issue a more
detailed Decision and Order.

      Copies of GPU Energy's  related news release and the NJBPU's Summary Order
are annexed as exhibits.



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

      (c)   Exhibits

            1. GPU Energy News Release, dated May 19, 1999.

            2. NJBPU Summary Order, dated May 24, 1999.



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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.
                              JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY



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


Date:   May 26, 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):                 May 19, 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

1-3141          Jersey Central Power & Light Company           21-0485010
                (a New Jersey corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601
ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.

      As previously reported,  on April 14, 1999, GPU Inc.'s subsidiary,  Jersey
Central Power & Light Company (doing  business as "GPU Energy"),  entered into a
Stipulation   of  Settlement   ("Settlement")   with  various   parties  to  its
restructuring  proceedings  pending  before  the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Public
Utilities  ("NJBPU").  On May 19, 1999, the NJBPU  approved the Settlement  with
certain modifications and clarifications including the following:

      1. GPU Energy's  distribution rate was reduced to 3.35(cent)/kwh  from the
3.45(cent)/kwh set forth in the Settlement as filed.

      2. The NJBPU ordered that GPU Energy  phase-in an 11% rate  reduction on a
more  accelerated  basis than the 10% rate reduction GPU Energy had agreed to in
the Settlement.

      3.  The  NJBPU  raised  the  initial  residential  "shopping  credit"  for
customers who choose an alternative electric supplier by 6 mills so that it will
begin at 5.65(cent) in 1999 and increase to 5.82(cent) in 2003.

      On May 24, 1999, the NJBPU issued a Summary Order memorializing the action
it took on May 19, 1999. The NJPBU stated that it will subsequently issue a more
detailed Decision and Order.

      Copies of GPU Energy's  related news release and the NJBPU's Summary Order
are annexed as exhibits.
ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

      (c)   Exhibits

            1. GPU Energy News Release, dated May 19, 1999.

            2. NJBPU Summary Order, dated May 24, 1999.
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.
                              JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

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

Date:   May 26, 1999