<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<CIK> 0000040779
<NAME> GPU, INC.
<MULTIPLIER>                                     1,000
<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS

<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                               JUN-30-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    6,729,716
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                  2,926,743
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                       1,384,892
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                     8,160,594
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                              19,201,945
<COMMON>                                       331,958
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                    1,013,747
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                          2,307,432    <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>               3,475,044    <F2>
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          611,500    <F3>
<PREFERRED>                                     37,741
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                         4,829,230
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                             376,900
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                  95,500
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                  150,772
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                        2,500
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                      2,379
<LEASES-CURRENT>                               128,986
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               9,491,393
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>               19,201,945
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                    1,971,462
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            95,071
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                   1,540,802
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                   1,635,873
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        335,589
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              95,680
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 431,269
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                       190,940    <F4>
<NET-INCOME>                                   237,981    <F5>
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                          0
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  237,981
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        66,489
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                      172,291
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         110,239
<EPS-BASIC>                                     1.88    <F5>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     1.87    <F5>
<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS) OF
<F1> ($27,893).
<F2> INCLUDES REACQUIRED COMMON STOCK OF $178,093.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNTS FOR SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $330,000 AND TRUST PREFERRED
<F3> SECURITIES OF $200,000.
<F4> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F4> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $14,444, PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS OF
<F4> SUBSIDIARIES OF $5,022, LOSS ON PREFERRED STOCK REACQUISITION
<F4> OF $1,268, AND TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $1,000.
<F5> INCLUDES MINORITY INTEREST NET (INCOME)/LOSS OF ($2,348).
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