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):                            June 30, 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) 401-8200


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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
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         As previously  announced,  on June 20, 2000 GPU, Inc.  ("the  Company")
entered  into a  definitive  agreement  to  sell  GPU  PowerNet,  the  Company's
Australian electric  transmission  subsidiary,  to Singapore Power International
(SPI)  for  A$2.1  billion  (approximately   US$1.26  billion).   Together  with
additional transaction considerations, the full value of the transaction will be
A$2.175 billion. On June 30, 2000 the Company completed the sale of GPU PowerNet
to SPI.

         The  Company  will  use the  net  proceeds  from  the  sale  to  reduce
outstanding debt.

         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.
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       (c)   Exhibit

               1.       GPU News Release, dated June 30, 2000.



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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:   June 30, 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):                            June 30, 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) 401-8200
ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
         ------------

         As previously  announced,  on June 20, 2000 GPU, Inc.  ("the  Company")
entered  into a  definitive  agreement  to  sell  GPU  PowerNet,  the  Company's
Australian electric  transmission  subsidiary,  to Singapore Power International
(SPI)  for  A$2.1  billion  (approximately   US$1.26  billion).   Together  with
additional transaction considerations, the full value of the transaction will be
A$2.175 billion. On June 30, 2000 the Company completed the sale of GPU PowerNet
to SPI.

         The  Company  will  use the  net  proceeds  from  the  sale  to  reduce
outstanding debt.

         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 June 30, 2000.
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:   June 30, 2000