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):                 July 15, 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.
            -------------

      As previously reported,  on July 2, 1999 GPU, Inc. ("the Company") entered
into a definitive agreement to acquire from Cinergy Corp.  ("Cinergy") Cinergy's
50% stake in Avon Energy  Partners  Holdings  ("Avon"),  which  indirectly  owns
Midlands  Electricity  plc, for 452.5 million British pounds  (approximately  US
$700 million).

      On July 15, 1999, the Company and Cinergy  completed the purchase and sale
transaction,  thereby  giving the Company 100%  ownership  of Avon.  The Company
financed a portion  of the  acquisition  price  through a bank  credit  facility
entered  into by its  subsidiary,  EI UK  Holdings,  Inc.,  in the amount of 245
million   British   pounds   (approximately   US  $380  million)  with  Citibank
International. GPU, Inc. has guaranteed US $100 million of that loan.



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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:   July 20, 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):                 July 15, 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.
            -------------

      As previously reported,  on July 2, 1999 GPU, Inc. ("the Company") entered
into a definitive agreement to acquire from Cinergy Corp.  ("Cinergy") Cinergy's
50% stake in Avon Energy  Partners  Holdings  ("Avon"),  which  indirectly  owns
Midlands  Electricity  plc, for 452.5 million British pounds  (approximately  US
$700 million).

      On July 15, 1999, the Company and Cinergy  completed the purchase and sale
transaction,  thereby  giving the Company 100%  ownership  of Avon.  The Company
financed a portion  of the  acquisition  price  through a bank  credit  facility
entered  into by its  subsidiary,  EI UK  Holdings,  Inc.,  in the amount of 245
million   British   pounds   (approximately   US  $380  million)  with  Citibank
International. GPU, Inc. has guaranteed US $100 million of that loan.
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:   July 20, 1999