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<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<CIK> 0000040779
<NAME> GPU, INC.
<MULTIPLIER>                                     1,000
<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS
       
<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    6,727,927
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                  2,671,009
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                       1,838,893
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                     5,734,448
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                              16,972,277
<COMMON>                                       331,958
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                    1,012,305
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                          2,389,093    <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>               3,602,116    <F2>
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          416,500    <F3>
<PREFERRED>                                     37,741
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                         4,333,368
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                             232,378
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                       0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                  431,796
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                        2,500
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                          0
<LEASES-CURRENT>                               113,854
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               7,802,024
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>               16,972,277
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                    1,073,733
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            73,925
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     775,100
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     849,025
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        224,708
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              60,057
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 284,765
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        93,223    <F4>
<NET-INCOME>                                   190,719    <F5>
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                          0
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  190,719
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        65,917
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                      177,218
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         366,444
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     1.49    <F5>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     1.49    <F5>
<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS) OF
<F1> ($32,047).
<F2> INCLUDES REACQUIRED COMMON STOCK OF $131,240.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $330,000.
<F4> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F4> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $7,222, PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS OF






<F4> SUBSIDIARIES OF $2,652, AND LOSS ON PREFERRED STOCK REACQUISITION
<F4> OF $1,268.
<F5> INCLUDES MINORITY INTEREST NET (INCOME)/LOSS OF ($823).
</FN>
        

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