SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                WASHINGTON, DC  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 8, 1995



                         GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



               Pennsylvania           1-6047              13-5516589       

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



          100 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany,  New Jersey     07054         

          (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)



          Registrant's telephone number,  including area  code: (201)  263-
          6500<PAGE>





          ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

                    On June  8, 1995, General Public  Utilities Corporation
          ("GPU")  entered  into an  underwriting  agreement with  Goldman,
          Sachs  & Co. providing  for the issuance and  sale of one million
          shares of GPU's  Common Stock, par  value $2.50 per  share, in  a
          block  transaction.    The new  issue  is  part  of a  previously
          approved shelf registration of five million shares.  GPU will use
          the  proceeds from the  offering to make  equity contributions to
          its subsidiaries and reduce outstanding short-term debt.

                    GPU  had  deferred  the  planned   five  million  share
          offering earlier  this year  when the Pennsylvania  Supreme Court
          agreed to  hear an appeal  by Metropolitan Edison  Company ("Met-
          Ed")  of a lower court  ruling that disallowed  the recovery from
          customers of  retirement costs associated with  Three Mile Island
          Unit 2.   The  recovery of  those costs had  been granted  by the
          Pennsylvania Public  Utility  Commission.   As a  result of  this
          lower  court  ruling, Met-Ed  and Pennsylvania  Electric Company,
          subsidiaries  of GPU, took a  charge to earnings  of $105 million
          (after tax) in the second quarter of 1994.

                    Although   the  case   has   been  argued   before  the
          Pennsylvania  Supreme Court,  neither the  timing of  the Court's
          decision nor the outcome can be predicted.

                    GPU presently  expects that  it will continue  to defer
          any decision as  to the  issuance of the  remaining four  million
          shares until  the Pennsylvania  Supreme Court issues  its ruling,
          although  it may  issue up  to an  additional one  million shares
          before  the  Court ruling  if  market conditions  and  its equity
          capital needs justify doing so.



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

                    (c)  Exhibits.

                         1.   Underwriting  Agreement  dated  June 8,  1995
                              between GPU and Goldman, Sachs & Co.














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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.



                                        GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION



                                        By:                                

                                             T. G. Howson
                                             Vice President and Treasurer

          Date:  June 9, 1995<PAGE>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                WASHINGTON, DC  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 8, 1995

                         GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

               Pennsylvania           1-6047              13-5516589       

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

          100 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany,  New Jersey     07054         

          (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

          Registrant's telephone number,  including area  code: (201)  263-
          6500
ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

                    On June  8, 1995, General Public  Utilities Corporation
          ("GPU")  entered  into an  underwriting  agreement with  Goldman,
          Sachs  & Co. providing  for the issuance and  sale of one million
          shares of GPU's  Common Stock, par  value $2.50 per  share, in  a
          block  transaction.    The new  issue  is  part  of a  previously
          approved shelf registration of five million shares.  GPU will use
          the  proceeds from the  offering to make  equity contributions to
          its subsidiaries and reduce outstanding short-term debt.

                    GPU  had  deferred  the  planned   five  million  share
          offering earlier  this year  when the Pennsylvania  Supreme Court
          agreed to  hear an appeal  by Metropolitan Edison  Company ("Met-
          Ed")  of a lower court  ruling that disallowed  the recovery from
          customers of  retirement costs associated with  Three Mile Island
          Unit 2.   The  recovery of  those costs had  been granted  by the
          Pennsylvania Public  Utility  Commission.   As a  result of  this
          lower  court  ruling, Met-Ed  and Pennsylvania  Electric Company,
          subsidiaries  of GPU, took a  charge to earnings  of $105 million
          (after tax) in the second quarter of 1994.

                    Although   the  case   has   been  argued   before  the
          Pennsylvania  Supreme Court,  neither the  timing of  the Court's
          decision nor the outcome can be predicted.

                    GPU presently  expects that  it will continue  to defer
          any decision as  to the  issuance of the  remaining four  million
          shares until  the Pennsylvania  Supreme Court issues  its ruling,
          although  it may  issue up  to an  additional one  million shares
          before  the  Court ruling  if  market conditions  and  its equity
          capital needs justify doing so.

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

                    (c)  Exhibits.

                         1.   Underwriting  Agreement  dated  June 8,  1995
                              between GPU and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

                                          1
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.

                                        GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

                                        By:                                

                                             T. G. Howson
                                             Vice President and Treasurer

          Date:  June 9, 1995