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 11, 1998


                                    GPU, Inc.
                                    ---------
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


  Pennsylvania               1-6047                13-5516989
  ------------               ------                ----------

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




              300 Madison Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1911
              -----------------------------------------------------
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)




       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (973) 455-8200
       ------------------------------------------------------------------


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

                  The Company on  February 6, 1998,  had  announced  that,  in a

February  4,  1998,  oral  decision,  the New Jersey  Board of Public  Utilities

("NJBPU")  upheld an  interim  ruling by the  Administrative  Law Judge  hearing

Jersey  Central  Power  & Light  Company's  ("JCP&L")  stranded  cost  and  rate

unbundling cases. That decision  apparently would deny JCP&L's request to update

its cost levels from 1992 in order to recover an estimated $150 million annually

of  distribution  related  charges as  inconsistent  with the New Jersey  Energy

Master Plan.  The NJBPU stated in its oral decision,  however,  that JCP&L could

seek recovery of these amounts in a separate base rate proceeding.

                  On February 11, 1998,  the NJBPU issued a written order (dated

February 9, 1998)  memorializing  and clarifying its February 4th action. In its

written order, the NJBPU substantially  affirmed the ALJ's ruling, but clarified

that  (1)  JCP&L  could  update  its  1992  cost of  service  study  to  reflect

adjustments  consistent with the NJBPU approved "Global Settlement" which, among

other things, recognized certain increased expense levels and reductions to base


rates and (2) all of the updated  post-1992 cost information JCP&L had submitted

in the  proceeding  should  remain in the record which the NJBPU will utilize in

establishing a reasonable level of rates going forward.

                  The NJBPU  emphasized  in its order that,  although the Energy

Master Plan directs that unbundled rates be "revenue  neutral",  the final rates

implemented upon retail competition "will



                                       -2-

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be lower than the current bundled rates".  This directive has been recognized in

JCP&L's initial restructuring filing which proposed revenue reductions totalling

approximately  $185  million  annually.  The NJBPU went on to state that  "after

receipt of . . . the Initial  Decisions from the ALJ's,  the [NJBPU] will render

final  and  comprehensive  decisions  on the  precise  level of  aggregate  rate

reductions  required . . . in order to establish a reasonable level of rates and

to establish a reasonable level for each component thereof, going forward, which

accomplish the primary goals of electric  restructuring to introduce competition

and lower  electricity  costs for  consumers."  Moreover,  the NJBPU stated that

after the ALJ had issued an Initial Decision,  it will allow the parties to make

additional arguments regarding the need to reflect updated cost information, and

would  "reserve  judgment  at this  time on the need for  additional  testimony,

hearing and briefs with respect to this data."

                  JCP&L is not able to predict the outcome of this matter.






                                       -3-

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


Date:  February 11, 1998
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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 11, 1998

                                    GPU, Inc.
                                    ---------
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

  Pennsylvania               1-6047                13-5516989
  ------------               ------                ----------

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

              300 Madison Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1911
              -----------------------------------------------------
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (973) 455-8200
       ------------------------------------------------------------------
ITEM 5.           OTHER EVENTS
                  ------------

                  The Company on  February 6, 1998,  had  announced  that,  in a

February  4,  1998,  oral  decision,  the New Jersey  Board of Public  Utilities

("NJBPU")  upheld an  interim  ruling by the  Administrative  Law Judge  hearing

Jersey  Central  Power  & Light  Company's  ("JCP&L")  stranded  cost  and  rate

unbundling cases. That decision  apparently would deny JCP&L's request to update

its cost levels from 1992 in order to recover an estimated $150 million annually

of  distribution  related  charges as  inconsistent  with the New Jersey  Energy

Master Plan.  The NJBPU stated in its oral decision,  however,  that JCP&L could

seek recovery of these amounts in a separate base rate proceeding.

                  On February 11, 1998,  the NJBPU issued a written order (dated

February 9, 1998)  memorializing  and clarifying its February 4th action. In its

written order, the NJBPU substantially  affirmed the ALJ's ruling, but clarified

that  (1)  JCP&L  could  update  its  1992  cost of  service  study  to  reflect

adjustments  consistent with the NJBPU approved "Global Settlement" which, among

other things, recognized certain increased expense levels and reductions to base

rates and (2) all of the updated  post-1992 cost information JCP&L had submitted

in the  proceeding  should  remain in the record which the NJBPU will utilize in

establishing a reasonable level of rates going forward.

                  The NJBPU  emphasized  in its order that,  although the Energy

Master Plan directs that unbundled rates be "revenue  neutral",  the final rates

implemented upon retail competition "will

                                       -2-
be lower than the current bundled rates".  This directive has been recognized in

JCP&L's initial restructuring filing which proposed revenue reductions totalling

approximately  $185  million  annually.  The NJBPU went on to state that  "after

receipt of . . . the Initial  Decisions from the ALJ's,  the [NJBPU] will render

final  and  comprehensive  decisions  on the  precise  level of  aggregate  rate

reductions  required . . . in order to establish a reasonable level of rates and

to establish a reasonable level for each component thereof, going forward, which

accomplish the primary goals of electric  restructuring to introduce competition

and lower  electricity  costs for  consumers."  Moreover,  the NJBPU stated that

after the ALJ had issued an Initial Decision,  it will allow the parties to make

additional arguments regarding the need to reflect updated cost information, and

would  "reserve  judgment  at this  time on the need for  additional  testimony,

hearing and briefs with respect to this data."

                  JCP&L is not able to predict the outcome of this matter.

                                       -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 AUTHORIZED.

                                             GPU, INC.

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

Date:  February 11, 1998