Amendment No. 2 to
SEC File No. 70-8843
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM U-1
DECLARATION
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935 ("Act")
GPU, INC. ("GPU")
100 Interpace Parkway
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
(Name of company filing this statement and address
of principal executive offices)
T. G. Howson, Douglas E. Davidson, Esq.
Vice President and Treasurer Berlack, Israels & Liberman LLP
M. A. Nalewako, Secretary 120 West 45th Street
GPU Service, Inc. New York, New York 10036
100 Interpace Parkway
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
(Names and addresses of agents for service)<PAGE>
GPU* hereby amends its Declaration on Form U-1,
docketed in SEC File No. 70-8843, as follows:
1. By amending Paragraph C of Item 1 to add at the
end thereof the following:
In addition, on June 20, 1995, the Commission issued a
notice soliciting public comment on a proposed Rule 58 under the
Act that would permit registered holding companies and their
subsidiaries to acquire securities of "energy-related companies"
engaged in specified nonutility activities without prior
Commission approval. GPU may utilize proceeds of the sale of the
Debentures for the direct or indirect acquisition of such
securities and would seek Commission authorization for any such
acquisition in the absence of an exemption under the Act pursuant
to proposed Rule 58 or otherwise.
____________________________
* Effective August 1, 1996, GPU, formerly known as General
Public Utilities Corporation, changed its name to GPU, Inc.<PAGE>
SIGNATURE
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY
HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935, THE UNDERSIGNED COMPANY HAS DULY
CAUSED THIS STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
GPU, INC.
By:_____________________________
T. G. Howson,
Vice President and Treasurer
Date: August 15, 1996<PAGE>
