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 6, 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 May 6, 1999, GPU announced that it had been named the successful bidder
for  Transmission  Pipelines  Australia  ("TPA"),  a  natural  gas  transmission
business  being offered for sale by the State of Victoria,  Australia as part of
its energy privitization  program. GPU submitted a bid of $675 million (AU$1.025
billion) for TPA. The sale is expected to be completed in June 1999.

      The TPA system  encompasses  1,105 miles of pipeline,  and consists of two
separate networks serving  approximately 1.3 million  residential  customers and
about 40,000 industrial and commercial customers throughout Victoria.

      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 May 6, 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:   May 12, 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 6, 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 May 6, 1999, GPU announced that it had been named the successful bidder
for  Transmission  Pipelines  Australia  ("TPA"),  a  natural  gas  transmission
business  being offered for sale by the State of Victoria,  Australia as part of
its energy privitization  program. GPU submitted a bid of $675 million (AU$1.025
billion) for TPA. The sale is expected to be completed in June 1999.

      The TPA system  encompasses  1,105 miles of pipeline,  and consists of two
separate networks serving  approximately 1.3 million  residential  customers and
about 40,000 industrial and commercial customers throughout Victoria.

      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 May 6, 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:   May 12, 1999