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                                        Registration Statement No. 33-51035


                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                            POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2

                                          TO

                                       FORM S-8

                                REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                        UNDER

                              THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



                                       GPU, INC.                        
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                     Pennsylvania         
                           (State or other jurisdiction of
                            incorporation or organization

                                     13-5516989         
                                   (I.R.S. employer
                                 identification no.)

          100 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, New Jersey     07054-1149
          (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip code)

                                      GPU, INC.
                           AND SUBSIDIARY SYSTEM COMPANIES
                  EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR NONBARGAINING EMPLOYEES
                               (Full title of the plan)

                      T.G. Howson, Vice President and Treasurer
                                      GPU, Inc.
                                100 Interpace Parkway
                             Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
                       (Name and address of agent for service)

                                      (201) 263-6500                      
            (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                      Copies to:

          Mary A. Nalewako, Secretary        Douglas E. Davidson, Esq.
          GPU, Inc.                          Berlack,  Israels  &  Liberman
          LLP
          100 Interpace Parkway              120 West 45th Street
          Parsippany, New Jersey 07054       New York, New York 10036
          (201) 263-6500                     (212) 704-0100<PAGE>





          Item 8.   Exhibits.

                    4(b)(i)   Second  Amendment to Trust  Agreement for the
                              GPU  System  Companies  Master  Savings  Plan
                              Trust dated as of September 1, 1995.



















































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                                      SIGNATURES


                    The Registrant.   Pursuant  to the requirements  of the
          Securities  Act of  1933,  the registrant  certifies that  it has
          reasonable  grounds  to   believe  that  it  meets  all   of  the
          requirements  for filing  on Form  S-8 and  has duly  caused this
          post-effective  amendment to  the  registration  statement to  be
          signed  on   its  behalf  by  the   undersigned,  thereunto  duly
          authorized, in  the Township  of Parsippany-Troy Hills,  State of
          New Jersey on this 21st day of October, 1996.

                                        GPU, INC.



                                        By:            *                   

                                             J.R. Leva
                                             Chairman and Chief Executive
                                             Officer


                    Pursuant to  the requirements of the  Securities Act of
          1933, this post-effective amendment to the registration statement
          has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
          the date indicated.

                    Signature and Title                     Date



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          J.R. Leva, Chairman and Chief
          Executive Officer
          (Principal Executive Officer)



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          F. D. Hafer, President




                        *                              October 21, 1996
          J.G. Graham, Senior Vice President
          (Principal Financial Officer)



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          F.A. Donofrio, Vice President and
          Comptroller (Principal Accounting
          Officer)

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                         *                             October 21, 1996
          T.H. Black, Director




                         *                             October 21, 1996
          H.F. Henderson, Jr., Director



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          J.M. Pietruski, Director



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          C.A. Rein, Director



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          P.R. Roedel, Director



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          B. Townsend, Director



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          C.A.H. Trost, Director



                         *                             October 21, 1996
          P.K. Woolf, Director



          *By:                                
               T.G. Howson, Attorney-in-Fact









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                            EXHIBITS TO BE FILED BY EDGAR



          Item 8.   Exhibits.

                    4(b)(i)   Second Amendment to  Trust Agreement for  the
                              GPU  System  Companies  Master  Savings  Plan
                              Trust dated as of September 1, 1995.<PAGE>





                                                            EXHIBIT 4(b)(i)

                         SECOND AMENDMENT TO TRUST AGREEMENT
                             FOR THE GPU SYSTEM COMPANIES
                              MASTER SAVINGS PLAN TRUST


                    THIS SECOND  AMENDMENT, dated as of  September 1, 1995,
          to  the  Trust  Agreement  for the  GPU  System  Companies Master
          Savings Plan Trust.


                                     WITNESSETH:

                    WHEREAS,   Fidelity   Management  Trust   Company  (the
          "Trustee") and GPU Service Corporation, GPU Nuclear  Corporation,
          Jersey  Central  Power  &   Light  Company,  Metropolitan  Edison
          Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Energy Initiatives, Inc.,
          Prime  Energy  Limited    Partnership and  Onondaga  Cogeneration
          Limited  Partnership  (collectively, the  "Companies") heretofore
          entered into  a trust agreement,  which was amended  and restated
          effective as  of January 1,  1995 and was further  amended by the
          First  Amendment as  of  June 7,  1995  (the "Trust  Agreement"),
          establishing the GPU System  Companies Master Savings Plan Trust;
          and

                    WHEREAS, the  Trustee and  the Companies wish  to amend
          the Trust Agreement in the manner hereinafter provided;

                    NOW, THEREFORE,  the Trustee and  the Companies  hereby
          amend the Trust Agreement as of September 1, 1995 as follows:

               1.   The following provisions of the Trust Agreement and the
          Exhibits  thereto  are  amended  to  substitute  the  name  "PELP
          Bargaining Unit  Plans" for  the name  "PELP Retirement  Plan for
          Bargaining Unit  Employees" wherever  such name  appears therein:
          Section 1.1,  in the definitions  of "Administrative  Committee",
          Investment  Committee"  and  "Partnership  Plans",  Section  8.4,
          Section 9.1(a) and (b), Part 3 of Exhibit E and Part 3 of Exhibit
          F.

               2.   Section 1.1  of the Trust Agreement  is further amended
          by  inserting the  following definition  after the  definition of
          "Partnership Plans":

                    "PELP Bargaining Unit  Plans" shall mean  the PELP
                    401(k) Plan for Bargaining Unit  Employees and the
                    PELP   Retirement   Plan   for   Bargaining   Unit
                    Employees.

               3.   The  first  sentence of  Section  4.9(a)  of the  Trust
          Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                    (a)  Except  as  otherwise provided  in subsection
                         (e)  below, all  purchases and  sales  of GPU
                         Stock  shall  be   effected  in   open-market
                         transactions.<PAGE>





               4.   The  first  sentence of  Section  4.9(b)  of the  Trust
          Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                    (b)  Purchases (other than purchases made pursuant
                         to  subsection  (e) below)  and sales  of GPU
                         Stock shall be executed through  such brokers
                         as   the  Trustee   shall  selected   in  its
                         discretion.

               5.   Section 4.9 is hereby  amended by adding at the  end of
          subsection (d) thereof the following new subsection:

                    (e)  If the Companies shall so direct in a written
                         notice furnished  to the Trustee,  all shares
                         of  GPU Stock  to  be  acquired to  implement
                         Participants'  investment  elections  and  to
                         accomplish  the   reinvestment  of  dividends
                         payable on GPU Stock  held in the Trust Fund,
                         shall be acquired  by purchase  of shares  of
                         GPU  Stock  directly   from  General   Public
                         Utilities Corporation.  Such notice  shall be
                         furnished   to  the  Trustee  at  least  five
                         business days prior to the date on which such
                         direction is to become  effective.  Shares so
                         acquired  shall be  purchased at a  price per
                         share equal  to the  per-share  4:00 P.M. New
                         York Stock  Exchange  Closing Price  for  GPU
                         Stock for  the date on which  the purchase of
                         such shares is executed.  No commission shall
                         be charged  with respect to  any purchase  of
                         GPU  Stock made  pursuant to  this subsection
                         (e).     Any   direction  furnished   by  the
                         Companies to  the  Trustee pursuant  to  this
                         section  (c) shall  remain  in  effect  until
                         revoked   by  the   Companies.     Any   such
                         revocation shall be in  writing, and shall be
                         furnished   to  the  Trustee  at  least  five
                         business days prior to the date on which such
                         revocation is to be effective.

               6.   Section  9.1(b) of  the Trust  Agreement is  amended to
          substitute  the word  "Plans" for  the word  "Plan" in  the final
          place the word "Plan" appears therein.

               7.   Exhibit A of the Trust Agreement is  amended to include
          the PELP 401(k) Plan  for Bargaining Unit Employees as  a "Plan",
          and to  indicate that  Prime Energy  Limited  Partnership is  the
          "Adopting Company" thereof.

               IN  WITNESS WHEREOF,  the  parties hereto  have caused  this
          Amendment  to be executed in their respective names by their duly
          authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.<PAGE>






                                   GPU SERVICE CORPORATION
                                   GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION 
                                   JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                                   METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
                                   PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
                                   ENERGY INITIATIVES, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ J.R. Leva                  
                                   J.R. Leva, Chairman,
                                   GPU Service Corporation
                                   Energy Initiatives, Inc.
                                   Chairman of the Board,
                                   GPU Nuclear Corporation
                                   Jersey Central Power & Light Company
                                   Metropolitan Edison Company
                                   Pennsylvania Electric Company

          ATTEST:

          Mary A. Nalewako

                                   PRIME ENERGY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                   By ELMWOOD ENERGY CORPORATION,
                                      General Partner

                                   By:  /s/ B.L. Levy                  
                                        B.L. Levy, President
          ATTEST:

          K.A. Tomblin

                                   ONONDAGA COGENERATION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                   By GEDDES COGENERATION CORPORATION
                                      General Partner

                                   By:  /s/ B.L. Levy                  
                                        B.L. Levy, President
          ATTEST:

          K.A. Tomblin

                                   FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY










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