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 8, 2000



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

1-446           Metropolitan Edison Company                     23-0870160
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601

1-3522          Pennsylvania Electric Company                   25-0718085
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601




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

      1. Merger with FirstEnergy Corp.
         -----------------------------

      On August 8, 2000,  GPU, Inc. ("the Company" or "GPU")  announced that its
Board  of  Directors   and  the  Board  of  Directors   of   FirstEnergy   Corp.
("FirstEnergy")   had  unanimously   approved  a  definitive   merger  agreement
("Agreement")  pursuant to which  FirstEnergy would acquire all of the Company's
outstanding  shares of common stock for  approximately  $4.5 billion in cash and
FirstEnergy   common  stock.   FirstEnergy   would  also  assume  the  Company's
outstanding  debt,  which  together  with the  outstanding  debt  and  preferred
securities of the Company's  subsidiaries,  totals approximately $7.4 billion as
of June 30, 2000.

      Under the  Agreement,  GPU  shareholders  would receive the  equivalent of
$36.50  for each  share of GPU  common  stock  they own,  payable  in cash or in
FirstEnergy common stock, so long as FirstEnergy's common stock price is between
$24.24  and  $29.63.  Each GPU  shareholder  would be able to elect  the form of
consideration  they wish to receive,  subject to proration so that the aggregate
consideration  to all GPU  shareholders  will be 50 percent  cash and 50 percent
FirstEnergy common stock. Each GPU share converted into FirstEnergy common stock
would  receive  not  less  than  1.2318  and not  more  than  1.5055  shares  of
FirstEnergy common stock,  depending on the average closing price of FirstEnergy
stock during the 20-day  trading period ending on the sixth trading day prior to
the merger closing.

      Following the merger,  the combined  company's  principal electric utility
operating  companies  would include  FirstEnergy's  Ohio Edison  Company and its
Pennsylvania  Power  Company  subsidiary,  The Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating
Company,  and Toledo Edison Company,  as well as GPU Energy's  electric  utility
operating   companies  -  Jersey  Central  Power  &  Light  Company   ("JCP&L"),
Metropolitan  Edison  Company and  Pennsylvania  Electric  Company,  which serve
customers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

      Together, these companies serve approximately 4.3 million customers within
37,200  square miles of Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and New Jersey.  In  addition,  the
combination  would make  FirstEnergy's  mechanical  contracting and construction
business the fourth largest in the nation, with annual revenues of approximately
$1 billion and 3,800 employees.

      The merger is subject to the approval of the Company's  and  FirstEnergy's
shareholders. Regulatory approvals will also be required from the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  ("SEC"),  the Federal Energy  Regulatory  Commission,  the
Federal  Communications  Commission,  the Nuclear Regulatory  Commission and the
Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and New Jersey  utility  commissions.  FirstEnergy  will be
required to register with the SEC as a holding  company under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935.

      It is expected that the merger can be completed within 12 months.

      A copy of the Company's related news release is annexed as an exhibit.

      2. Sale of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station

      Separately,  the Company  also  announced on August 8, 2000 that its JCP&L
subsidiary had completed the sale of its 619 mw Oyster Creek Nuclear  Generating
Station to AmerGen Energy Company  ("AmerGen")  for  approximately  $10 million.
AmerGen is a joint venture of PECO Energy Company and British Energy Company.

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<PAGE>


      As  part  of  the  sale,  AmerGen  has  assumed  full  responsibility  for
decommissioning  Oyster Creek and JCP&L has  transferred to AmerGen $440 million
of  decommissioning  trust funds for this purpose.  JCP&L has agreed to purchase
energy from Oyster Creek at a fixed price through March 2003 and will  initially
fund the costs of the next refueling  outage scheduled to begin in October 2000.
AmerGen will repay these costs (up to approximately  $88 million) in nine annual
installments beginning in August 2001.

      A copy of the Company's related news release is annexed as an exhibit.

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<PAGE>


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

      (c)   Exhibits

          1.   Merger Agreement, dated August 8, 2000, between FirstEnergy Corp.
               and GPU, Inc. (exclusive of schedules).

          2.   GPU  News  Release  (FirstEnergy  Corp.  and GPU,  Inc.  Announce
               Merger), dated August 8, 2000.

          3.   GPU News  Release  (GPU,  AmerGen  Complete  Sale of Oyster Creek
               Facility), dated August 8, 2000.




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<PAGE>


                                    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
                              METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                              PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY



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


Date:   August 11, 2000



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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 8, 2000

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

1-446           Metropolitan Edison Company                     23-0870160
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601

1-3522          Pennsylvania Electric Company                   25-0718085
                (a Pennsylvania corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601
ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
         ------------

      1. Merger with FirstEnergy Corp.
         -----------------------------

      On August 8, 2000,  GPU, Inc. ("the Company" or "GPU")  announced that its
Board  of  Directors   and  the  Board  of  Directors   of   FirstEnergy   Corp.
("FirstEnergy")   had  unanimously   approved  a  definitive   merger  agreement
("Agreement")  pursuant to which  FirstEnergy would acquire all of the Company's
outstanding  shares of common stock for  approximately  $4.5 billion in cash and
FirstEnergy   common  stock.   FirstEnergy   would  also  assume  the  Company's
outstanding  debt,  which  together  with the  outstanding  debt  and  preferred
securities of the Company's  subsidiaries,  totals approximately $7.4 billion as
of June 30, 2000.

      Under the  Agreement,  GPU  shareholders  would receive the  equivalent of
$36.50  for each  share of GPU  common  stock  they own,  payable  in cash or in
FirstEnergy common stock, so long as FirstEnergy's common stock price is between
$24.24  and  $29.63.  Each GPU  shareholder  would be able to elect  the form of
consideration  they wish to receive,  subject to proration so that the aggregate
consideration  to all GPU  shareholders  will be 50 percent  cash and 50 percent
FirstEnergy common stock. Each GPU share converted into FirstEnergy common stock
would  receive  not  less  than  1.2318  and not  more  than  1.5055  shares  of
FirstEnergy common stock,  depending on the average closing price of FirstEnergy
stock during the 20-day  trading period ending on the sixth trading day prior to
the merger closing.

      Following the merger,  the combined  company's  principal electric utility
operating  companies  would include  FirstEnergy's  Ohio Edison  Company and its
Pennsylvania  Power  Company  subsidiary,  The Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating
Company,  and Toledo Edison Company,  as well as GPU Energy's  electric  utility
operating   companies  -  Jersey  Central  Power  &  Light  Company   ("JCP&L"),
Metropolitan  Edison  Company and  Pennsylvania  Electric  Company,  which serve
customers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

      Together, these companies serve approximately 4.3 million customers within
37,200  square miles of Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and New Jersey.  In  addition,  the
combination  would make  FirstEnergy's  mechanical  contracting and construction
business the fourth largest in the nation, with annual revenues of approximately
$1 billion and 3,800 employees.

      The merger is subject to the approval of the Company's  and  FirstEnergy's
shareholders. Regulatory approvals will also be required from the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  ("SEC"),  the Federal Energy  Regulatory  Commission,  the
Federal  Communications  Commission,  the Nuclear Regulatory  Commission and the
Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and New Jersey  utility  commissions.  FirstEnergy  will be
required to register with the SEC as a holding  company under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935.

      It is expected that the merger can be completed within 12 months.

      A copy of the Company's related news release is annexed as an exhibit.

      2. Sale of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station

      Separately,  the Company  also  announced on August 8, 2000 that its JCP&L
subsidiary had completed the sale of its 619 mw Oyster Creek Nuclear  Generating
Station to AmerGen Energy Company  ("AmerGen")  for  approximately  $10 million.
AmerGen is a joint venture of PECO Energy Company and British Energy Company.

                                        1
As  part  of  the  sale,  AmerGen  has  assumed  full  responsibility  for
decommissioning  Oyster Creek and JCP&L has  transferred to AmerGen $440 million
of  decommissioning  trust funds for this purpose.  JCP&L has agreed to purchase
energy from Oyster Creek at a fixed price through March 2003 and will  initially
fund the costs of the next refueling  outage scheduled to begin in October 2000.
AmerGen will repay these costs (up to approximately  $88 million) in nine annual
installments beginning in August 2001.

      A copy of the Company's related news release is annexed as an exhibit.

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

      (c)   Exhibits

          1.   Merger Agreement, dated August 8, 2000, between FirstEnergy Corp.
               and GPU, Inc. (exclusive of schedules).

          2.   GPU  News  Release  (FirstEnergy  Corp.  and GPU,  Inc.  Announce
               Merger), dated August 8, 2000.

          3.   GPU News  Release  (GPU,  AmerGen  Complete  Sale of Oyster Creek
               Facility), dated August 8, 2000.

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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
                              METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                              PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY

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

Date:   August 11, 2000

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