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):                 November 15, 1999



Commission      Registrant, State of Incorporation,          I.R.S. Employer
File Number     Address and Telephone Number                 Identification No.
-----------     ----------------------------                 ------------------

1-3141          Jersey Central Power & Light Company           21-0485010
                (a New Jersey corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601


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ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.

      On November 15, 1999, Jersey Central Power & Light Company (the "Company")
entered into an Amended and Restated Distribution  Agreement with Morgan Stanley
& Co., Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities,  Inc., as agents (the "Agents"),
providing for the issuance and sale of up to  $300,000,000  aggregate  principal
amount of Medium Term Notes. Reference is made to the Company's Prospectus dated
November 15, 1999, for further information regarding the offering, including the
use of proceeds.





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

      (c)   Exhibit

            1.    Amended and Restated  Distribution  Agreement,  dated November
                  15, 1999,  between  Jersey  Central  Power & Light Company and
                  Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities,
                  Inc., as agents.


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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.


                                   JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY



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

Date:   November 18, 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):                 November 15, 1999

Commission      Registrant, State of Incorporation,          I.R.S. Employer
File Number     Address and Telephone Number                 Identification No.
-----------     ----------------------------                 ------------------

1-3141          Jersey Central Power & Light Company           21-0485010
                (a New Jersey corporation)
                2800 Pottsville Pike
                Reading, Pennsylvania 19640-0001
                Telephone (610) 929-3601
ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS.

      On November 15, 1999, Jersey Central Power & Light Company (the "Company")
entered into an Amended and Restated Distribution  Agreement with Morgan Stanley
& Co., Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities,  Inc., as agents (the "Agents"),
providing for the issuance and sale of up to  $300,000,000  aggregate  principal
amount of Medium Term Notes. Reference is made to the Company's Prospectus dated
November 15, 1999, for further information regarding the offering, including the
use of proceeds.
ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

      (c)   Exhibit

            1.    Amended and Restated  Distribution  Agreement,  dated November
                  15, 1999,  between  Jersey  Central  Power & Light Company and
                  Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities,
                  Inc., as agents.
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.

                                   JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

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

Date:   November 18, 1999