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                              SEC FILE NO. 70-7727

                                       and

                              SEC FILE NO. 70-8593



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549





                             CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

                                     RULE 24

                            OF PARTIAL COMPLETION OF

                                  TRANSACTIONS





                                    GPU, Inc.

                                       and

                             GPU International, Inc.


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- ------------------------------------------
                                          :
      In the matter of                    :
      GPU, INC.                           :     Certificate Pursuant
      GPU INTERNATIONAL, INC.             :     to Rule 24 of Partial
                                          :     Completion of
                                          :     Transactions
      SEC File No. 70-7727                :
      SEC File No. 70-8593                :
      (Public Utility Holding Company Act :
      of 1935)                            :
- ------------------------------------------


TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION:


      The  undersigned,  GPU,  Inc.  (GPU)  and  GPU  International,  Inc.  (GPU
International),  hereby certify pursuant to Rule 24 of the Rules and Regulations
under the Public Utility  Holding Company Act of 1935 (the Act), that certain of
the transactions proposed in the Applications, as amended, filed in SEC File No.
70-7727  and SEC  File No.  70-8593,  respectively,  have  been  carried  out in
accordance with the  Commission's  Orders dated December 22, 1997,  November 16,
1995, June 14, 1995,  December 28, 1994,  September 12, 1994, December 18, 1992,
and June 26, 1990 with respect to the transactions  proposed in the Application,
as amended, in SEC File No. 70-7727, and the Commission's Orders dated, December
22,  1997,  November 5, 1997,  March 6, 1996,  January 19, 1996 and July 6, 1995
with respect to the transactions proposed in the Application, as amended, in SEC
File No. 70-8593, as follows:

      The  following is reported in  accordance  with  Supplemental  Order dated
November 16, 1995 for SEC File No. 70-7727:

1.    Financial Statements
      --------------------

           A copy of GPU International's unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet as
of June 30, 1999 and unaudited  Consolidated Statement of Operations for the six
months  ended  June  30,  1999  will be filed  separately  under a  request  for
confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).

2.    Business Activities
      -------------------
Project Development
- -------------------

           GPU  International   continued  to  engage  in  project   development
activities both domestically and internationally.



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Project Related Services
- ------------------------

           GPU  International  continued to provide  management,  administrative
and/or operating  services as of June 30, 1999 to the following projects (either
directly or through  subsidiaries),  in which GPU  International has a direct or
indirect ownership interest:

              Project      Project Owner                    Location
              -------      -------------                    --------
              Marcal       Prime Energy L.P.                   NJ
              Chino        OLS Energy- Chino                   CA
              Camarillo    OLS Energy- Camarillo               CA
              Onondaga     Onondaga Cogeneration L.P.          NY
              Lake         Lake Cogen L.P.                     FL
              Pasco        Pasco Cogen L.P.                    FL
              Syracuse     Project Orange Associates L.P.      NY
              Mid-Georgia  Mid-Georgia Cogen, L.P.             GA

3.    Guarantees which GPU has Agreed to Grant
      ----------------------------------------

           No matters to be reported.

4.    Guarantees Issued
      -----------------
           GPU International or GPU, for the benefit of GPU  International,  has
obtained the following standby letters of credit which were effective during the
period April 1, 1999 through June 30, 1999:

      (a) On  February  25,  1998,  a letter  of  credit  in the face  amount of
$5,000,000 was issued by Citibank  pursuant to the Citibank Credit  Agreement to
support GPU International's indemnity obligations under the Partnership Interest
Purchase and Sale Agreement relating to the sale of a 50 percent interest in the
Mid-Georgia  Cogen, L.P.  (Mid-Georgia)  project to a subsidiary of Sonat Energy
Services  Company  (Sonat).  The  letter  of credit  is  scheduled  to expire on
December 31, 1999.


      (b)  On  June  1,  1999,   Mid-Georgia   issued  a  letter  of  credit  to
collateralize  certain  obligations  under its 30-year power purchase  agreement
with Georgia Power Company.  The letter of credit is scheduled to expire on June
1, 2000 and must be renewed annually by Mid-Georgia during the term of the power
purchase agreement.  The letter of credit,  which is guaranteed by GPU, had been
initially  provided by GPU  International on behalf of its 50 percent  ownership
interest in Mid-Georgia when the facility commenced commercial operation in June
1998. GPU has a present obligation of $641,500 under the letter of credit, which
escalates to a maximum of $4.5  million and then  decreases  over the  remaining
term of the power purchase agreement.

           In addition,  the following  guarantees were  outstanding  during the
period April 1, 1999 through June 30, 1999:

      (a)  GPU has  guaranteed  up to  $12.4  million  in  connection  with  the
Termobarranquilla  (TEBSA) project in Colombia.  This guarantee expires upon the
conversion of a construction loan for the TEBSA project to a term loan, and will
be replaced with a $21.3 million guarantee that will expire four years after the
conversion date.



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      (b) GPU  International  has  guaranteed  the  obligations of GPUI Colombia
Ltd., and International Power Advisors, Inc. (the Operators),  both of which are
subsidiaries of GPU Power, Inc. (GPU Power), which is a wholly-owned  subsidiary
of GPU, under the operations and  maintenance  agreement (O&M  Agreement) in the
TEBSA project. The liability of the Operators under the O&M Agreement is limited
to $5 million.

      (c) GPU guaranteed  payments to General  Electric  Capital  Corporation of
amounts up to the lesser of six months average rent (approximately $8.1 million)
or $10 million,  to the extent Lake Cogen, Ltd. fails to pay rent when due under
the terms of the  project  lease or  chooses  not to renew  the lease  after its
initial 11-year term.

      (d) GPU  International  has guaranteed the obligations of its wholly owned
subsidiary,  EI Fuels  Corporation  (EI Fuels),  under a Natural Gas  Facilities
Agreement  (Facilities  Agreement) with the City of Warner Robins,  Georgia (the
City). Pursuant to the guarantee,  GPU International has guaranteed the payments
of EI Fuels to the City of (a) Fixed  Monthly  Lease Charges and (b) any and all
extensions,  renewals,   modifications,   amendments  or  substitutions  of  the
foregoing.  The Fixed Monthly  Lease Charge is $24,000,  subject to reduction in
certain  circumstances,  for a term of 31 years from June 1, 1998 (approximately
$8,928,000). Sonat has assumed 50% of this obligation.

5.    Services obtained from associated companies
      -------------------------------------------

           Services   obtained   from  GPU  Service,   Inc.   consisted  of  (i)
administrative, internal auditing, accounting and risk management services; (ii)
information  services  and   telecommunications   services,  and  (iii)  pension
administration services. The total dollar value of such services provided to GPU
International  during  the  period  April 1,  1999  through  June  30,  1999 was
$903,520.

6.    Services provided to associated companies
      -----------------------------------------

           A description of services  provided by GPU International to associate
companies  during the period  April 1, 1999  through June 30, 1999 will be filed
separately under a request for confidential treatment under Rule 104(b).

7.    Investments by GPU in Qualifying Facilities, Exempt Wholesale Generators
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      and Foreign Utility Companies, and Percentage of Equity Ownership
      -----------------------------------------------------------------

           Set forth below is a summary of the direct or indirect investments as
defined in SEC Rule 53(a) by GPU, as of June 30, 1999 in  qualifying  facilities
(QFs), exempt wholesale generators (EWGs) and foreign utility companies (FUCOs),
as well as the percentage of equity ownership.


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                             GPU's     GPU's %  Owners not affiliated with GPU
                  FUCO,    Investment  Equity   ------------------------------
Associate         QF or    at 6/30/99  Owner-                          Type of
Company           EWG       ($000)     ship     Name of Entity          Entity
- -------           ---       ------     ----     --------------          ------

Qualifying Facilities:
- --------------------

Prime Energy,     QF       $9,165      50%     Prudential Insurance   Domestic
LP                                             Company of America

OLS Energy- Chino QF           -        1%     Prudential Insurance   Domestic
                                               Company of America
                                               Enron Power Marketing,
                                               Inc.                   Domestic

OLS Energy-       QF           -        1%     Prudential Insurance   Domestic
Camarillo                                      Company of America
                                               Enron Power Marketing,
                                               Inc.                   Domestic

Lake Cogen Ltd.   QF       13,834      49.9%   Lake Interest          Domestic
                                                Holdings Inc.
                                               New Lake Corp.         Domestic

Project Orange    QF        2,478       4%     G.A.S. Orange
Associates, LP                                  Partners, LP          Domestic
                                               NCP Syracuse Inc.      Domestic
                                               Syracuse Orange
                                                Partners, LP          Domestic

Pasco Cogen, Ltd. QF       17,524      49.9%   DCC Project Finance    Domestic
                                                Ten Inc.
                                               PAS Power Company      Domestic
                                               Pasco Int. Holding,    Domestic
                                                Inc.
                                               Pasco Project          Domestic
                                               Investment
                                               Partnership LP

Aggregate                  ______
Investment in QFs *       $43,001






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                  FUCO,      GPU's     GPU's %  Owners not affiliated with GPU
                  QF       Investment  Equity   ------------------------------
Associate         or       at 6/30/99  Owner-                        Type of
Company           EWG       ($000)     ship     Name of Entity       Entity
- -------           ---      -------     ----     --------------       ------

Exempt Wholesale Generators and Foreign Utility Companies:
- ---------------------------------------------------------

Mid-Georgia       EWG &     13,169      50%     Sonat Energy         Domestic
Cogen, LP         QF                            Services Company

Selkirk Cogen     EWG &      8,501      19%     JMC Selkirk, Inc.    Domestic
Partners, LP      QF                            Cogen Technologies   Domestic
                                                Selkirk GP, Inc.
                                                Cogen Technologies   Domestic
                                                Selkirk LP
                                                JMCS I Investors, LP Domestic

NCP Houston       EWG        6,755*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Power, Inc.

Onondaga          EWG          _       100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Cogen, LP

NCP Perry, Inc.   EWG        9,419*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A

Empresa           EWG       33,000      50%     Cititrust (Bahamas)  Foreign
Guaracachi S.A.                                 Limited

Guaracachi        EWG       36,429*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A
America, Inc.

GPU Power, Inc.   EWG      102,129*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A

EI International  EWG          209*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A

GPUI Colombia,    EWG         (113)*   100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Ltda.

Victoria Electric FUCO     177,153*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Inc.

Midlands          FUCO     990,186 (a) 100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Electricity plc

GPU PowerNet      FUCO     479,359     100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Pty. Ltd.

GPU Australia     FUCO     351,813*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Holdings, Inc.



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                  FUCO,      GPU's     GPU's %  Owners not affiliated with GPU
                  QF       Investment  Equity   -----------------------------
Associate         or       at 6/30/99  Owner-                        Type of
Company           EWG       ($000)     ship     Name of Entity       Entity
- -------           ---      -------     ----     --------------       ------

Exempt Wholesale Generators and Foreign Utility Companies (continued):
- --------------------------------------------------------

Austran Holdings  FUCO     267,027*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Inc.

Termobarranquilla EWG       77,265      29%     ABB Energy Ventures, Foreign
S.A.                                              Inc.
                                                Lancaster Steel      Foreign
                                                Distral Group        Foreign
                                                 Corp. Electrica     Foreign
                                                 De la Costa
                                                 Atlantica

EI Barranquilla,  EWG       27,541*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Inc.

Barranquilla      EWG       41,370*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Lease Holdings, Inc.

Los Amigos        EWG           12*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Leasing Company, Ltd.

GPU Power         EWG        _         100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Philippines, Inc.

EI Services       EWG          (88)*   100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Canada, Ltd.

EI Canada         EWG         (102)*   100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Holding, Ltd.

EI Brooklyn       EWG           (1)*   100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Investment, Ltd.

EI Brooklyn       EWG           (6)*   100%     Not Applicable          N/A
Power, Ltd.

International Power
Advisors, Inc.    EWG          599*    100%     Not Applicable          N/A










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                  FUCO,      GPU's     GPU's %  Owners not affiliated with GPU
                  QF       Investment  Equity   ------------------------------
Associate         or       at 6/30/99  Owner-                        Type of
Company           EWG       ($000)     ship     Name of Entity       Entity
- -------           ---      -------     ----     --------------       ------

Exempt Wholesale Generators and Foreign Utility Companies (continued):
- ---------------------------------------------------------

Empresa
Distribuidora Electrica
Regional,S.A.     FUCO    369,477      100%     Not Applicable          N/A

GasNet,PTY., Ltd. FUCO    197,671      100%     Not Applicable          N/A
                        ---------

Aggregate Investment
in EWGs & FUCOs *      $2,168,628 (a)
                        ---------

Total Aggregate
Investment in QFs,
EWGs & FUCOs *         $2,211,629
                       ==========

(*)   GPU's aggregate investment does not include the items shown with asterisks
      in order to avoid duplication.

(a)   Includes the effect of the July 1999 Midlands purchase.

      As of June 30,  1999,  GPU also  owned,  directly  or  indirectly,  a 100%
interest in each of the following  EWGs, in which its aggregate  investment  did
not exceed  $10,000:  GPU Power Ireland,  Inc.; GPU  International  Asia,  Inc.;
Austin Cogeneration Corporation; Austin Cogeneration Partners, L.P.; and Hanover
Energy Corporation.

8.  During  the  period  April 1,  1999  through  June 30,  1999,  there  was no
intellectual property provided to GPU International by any associate company, or
provided by GPU International to any associate company.


      In accordance with Orders dated July 6, 1995 and March 6, 1996 in SEC File
No. 70-8593, and in addition to the reimbursement agreements described in item 4
above, the following is reported:

1.    Financial Statements
      --------------------

      A copy of GPU  Capital,  Inc.'s (GPU  Capital)  and GPU Power's  unaudited
Consolidated  Balance  Sheets  as of June 30,  1999 and  unaudited  Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the twelve months ended June 30, 1999 will be filed
separately under a request for confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b).

      On October 8, 1998, GPU Capital was  incorporated  to secure  financing to
prepay indebtness of certain subsidiaries of GPU Electric,  Inc. (GPU Electric),
and for working capital purposes  including  investments and  acquisitions.  GPU
made a capital  contribution to GPU Capital of all of the issued and outstanding
common stock of GPU Electric, which then became a wholly-owned subsidiary of GPU
Capital. GPU Capital became a wholly-owned


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subsidiary of GPU. The transaction between GPU and GPU Capital was accounted for
in a manner  consistent  with a  transfer  of  entities  under  common  control.
Accordingly,  the unaudited  Consolidated Statement of Operations of GPU Capital
include the results of  operations  of GPU  Electric as if the  transaction  had
occurred on July 1, 1998.

      GPU  Capital  and  GPU  Electric  develop,   own,  operate  and  fund  the
acquisition of electric and gas transmission  and  distribution  systems outside
the United States and will be referred to as "GPU Electric."

2.    Investments in Exempt Entities
      ------------------------------

      On June 4, 1999, GPU Electric acquired  Transmission  Pipelines  Australia
(TPA),  a  natural  gas  transmission  business,  from the  State  of  Victoria,
Australia for A$1.025  billion  (approximately  US $675  million).  TPA has been
renamed  GPU GasNet.  The  acquisition  was  financed  through an A$750  million
(approximately US $495 million) senior credit facility, which is non-recourse to
GPU,  Inc.  and an  equity  contribution  from  GPU  Capital  of  A$275  million
(approximately  US $180  million)  provided  through the issuance of  commercial
paper guaranteed by GPU, Inc.

      On March 9, 1999, GPU Electric  acquired Empresa  Distribuidora  Electrica
Regional,  S.A. (Emdersa),  an Argentine holding company,  for $375 million. The
acquisition was financed through the issuance of commercial paper by GPU Capital
and a $50 million capital contribution from GPU.

      In December 1998, GPU Capital entered into a $1 billion  commercial  paper
program to,  among other  things,  finance  investments  in EWGs and FUCOs.  The
commercial  paper  issued by GPU  Capital is  guaranteed  by GPU. As of June 30,
1999,  there was $782 million of borrowings  outstanding  under this  commercial
paper program.

      On  November  6, 1997,  GPU  Electric  acquired  the  business of PowerNet
Victoria (PowerNet), which was renamed GPU PowerNet, from the State of Victoria,
Australia  for A$2.6  billion  (approximately  US $1.9  billion).  The  PowerNet
acquisition was financed  through:  (1) a senior debt facility of A $1.9 billion
(approximately  US $1.4 billion),  which is non-recourse to GPU; (2) a five year
US $450 million bank credit  agreement  which is  guaranteed  by GPU; and (3) an
equity contribution of US $50 million from GPU.

      Austran Holdings, Inc. (Austran) has entered into a A$1.9 billion facility
agreement (Facility Agreement) with Chase Securities Australia Limited, Dresdner
Australia Limited,  and J.P. Morgan Australia  Securities Limited to finance the
acquisition  of PowerNet.  The Facility  Agreement is guaranteed by GPU PowerNet
and  provides  for  interest  at the  Australian  dollar bill  discount  rate as
specified in the Facility  Agreement.  As of June 30, 1999,  borrowings of A$1.4
billion,  (approximately  US $964 million) were outstanding  under this Facility
Agreement.

      In August 1998, Austran entered into an A$500 million revolving commercial
paper program. PowerNet has guaranteed Austran's obligations under this program.
As of June 30, 1999, Austran had outstanding  borrowings of approximately  A$427
million  (approximately  US $285 million) under the commercial  paper program to
refinance  the maturing  portion of the Facility  Agreement  used to finance the
PowerNet acquisition.


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      In November  1997,  GPU  Australia  Holdings,  Inc.  (Australia  Holdings)
entered into a $450 million bank credit agreement (Credit  Agreement) with Chase
Manhattan Bank, as agent for a lending institution consortium.  Borrowings under
the  Credit  Agreement  are  repayable  annually  (with the option to prepay any
amounts  without  penalty)  on  each  anniversary  of the  acquisition  date  in
increments of $90 million with the final payment due in November  2002. In April
1999,  Australia Holdings prepaid the outstanding $350 million principal balance
and interest under this agreement.  In order to fund this prepayment,  Australia
Holdings  issued  $345  million  in  commercial  paper  under  its $350  million
commercial  paper program and received a $5 million  inter-company  advance from
GPU Electric.  The $450 million Credit Agreement  remains in place as a backstop
facility for the commercial  paper program.  Pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement,  commercial paper availability will be reduced annually in increments
of $90 million which will, in turn,  reduce the amount of commercial paper which
Australia  Holdings may issue.  As of June 30, 1999,  Australia  Holdings had US
$342 million of outstanding borrowings under the commercial paper program.

3.    Description of Exempt Entities in Which There are Funds Invested
      ----------------------------------------------------------------

Mid-Georgia Cogen, L.P.(Mid-Georgia)
- ------------------------------------

      Through NCP Houston Power,  Inc. and NCP Perry,  Inc.,  GPU  International
owns a 1% general partnership interest and a 49% limited partnership interest in
Mid-Georgia,  a 300 megawatt  (MW)  cogeneration  facility  located in Kathleen,
Georgia which was placed into  commercial  operation in June 1998.  The facility
sells  substantially  all of its steam output for use in an adjacent  industrial
facility  and  substantially  all of its  electrical  output  to  Georgia  Power
Company,  although  Mid-Georgia  has the option to sell power to other wholesale
parties subject to the receipt of necessary third party consent.

Onondaga Cogeneration, L.P.(Onondaga)
- -------------------------------------

      Onondaga is a limited partnership organized to construct,  own and operate
an 80 MW cogeneration facility in Geddes, New York. The facility was placed into
commercial  operation in December 1993 and sells  substantially all of its steam
output for use in an adjacent  industrial  facility and its electrical output to
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.  GPU  International,  through its wholly-owned
subsidiaries Geddes Cogeneration  Corporation and Geddes II Corporation,  owns a
1%  general  partnership  interest  and  99%  limited  partnership  interest  in
Onondaga.

Selkirk Cogen Partners, L.P. (Selkirk)
- --------------------------------------

      Selkirk   owns  and   operates   two  natural   gas-fired   combined-cycle
cogeneration facilities located in Bethlehem, New York: a 79.9 MW facility and a
270 MW facility.



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Empresa Guaracachi, S.A.
- ------------------------

      In July 1995, GPU Power,  through Guaracachi  America,  Inc. acquired from
the Bolivian  Government a 50% interest in Empresa  Guaracachi,  S.A.(EGSA),  an
electric  generating  company having an aggregate  capacity of 216 MW of natural
gas-fired  and  oil-fired  generation  for $47  million.  In May  1999,  two new
gas-fired turbines were placed into commercial operation increasing EGSA's total
capacity to 338 MW. All of the  facilities  are located in Bolivia in and around
the  cities  of  Santa  Cruz,   Sucre  and  Potosi  with  their  total  capacity
representing more than one-third of Bolivia's generation capacity. The new units
cost  approximately $65 million and were financed with approximately $40 million
in equity  from the  original  EGSA  purchase  price  with the  remaining  funds
provided from non-recourse debt.

Termobarranquilla, S.A.
- -----------------------

      In October 1995, GPU Power, through EI Barranquilla,  Inc., acquired a 29%
interest in  Termobarranquilla,  S.A.,  Empresa de Servicios  Publicos  (TEBSA),
which consists of a 120 MW gas-fired  generating  plant and a newly  constructed
770  MW  gas-fired  plant  located  near  Barranquilla,   Colombia.  Electricity
generated by these plants is sold to Corporacion Electrica de la Costa Atlantica
under a long-term (20.5 years) contract.

Barranquilla Lease Holdings, Inc. and Los Amigos Leasing Company, Ltd.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

      Barranquilla Lease Holdings,  Inc., a subsidiary of GPU Power, through its
wholly-owned  subsidiary Los Amigos Leasing Company,  Ltd.  (Leaseco),  owns and
leases to TEBSA equipment in the 770 MW plant constructed and operated by TEBSA.
The lease provides for TEBSA to make monthly lease  payments to Leaseco  through
October 2010.

Midlands Electricity plc(Midlands)
- ----------------------------------

      In May 1996,  GPU and  Cinergy  Corporation  (Cinergy)  formed Avon Energy
Partners plc (Avon), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avon Energy Partners Holdings,
Inc. (Holdings).  Holdings is a 50/50 joint venture which acquired Midlands,  an
English regional electric company. GPU's 50 percent interest in Holdings is held
by EI UK Holdings, Inc. (EI UK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GPU Electric.

      In  addition  to  the  amount  invested  by  EI  UK,   Holdings   borrowed
approximately  pounds  sterling  1.1  billion  (U.S.  $1.8  billion)  through  a
non-recourse  term loan and revolving credit facility to provide for the balance
of the acquisition price.

      Midlands  distributes and supplies electricity to 2.3 million customers in
England  in an area with a  population  of five  million.  Midlands  also owns a
generation business that produces electricity  domestically and internationally.
In December  1998,  GPU  Electric  and Cinergy  agreed to the sale of the supply
business  of  Midlands to National  Power plc  (National  Power).  In June 1999,
National Power plc acquired all of the assets of Midlands'  supply business (the
business  which  purchases,  markets and supplies  electricity to customers) and
assumed its  liabilities,  including  obligations  under all of Midlands'  power
purchase agreements, for US $300 million (US $150 million for GPU's share).

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      In July 1999 GPU Electric  acquired  Cinergy's 50%  ownership  interest in
Avon  for  pounds  sterling  452.5  million  (approximately  US  $714  million).
Accordingly,  GPU  Electric  has  become the sole  owner of  Midlands'  electric
distribution  and  contracting  businesses as well as  independent  power plants
worldwide  totaling  1,150 MW. The  acquisition  was financed  through a US $250
million  equity  contribution  from GPU, Inc., the issuance of US $50 million of
commercial  paper by GPU  Capital,  and a two-year  pounds  sterling 245 million
(approximately  US $382  million)  credit  agreement  entered into by EI UK , of
which GPU, Inc. had guaranteed  approximately  US $100 million as of the closing
date.  Under the  credit  agreement,  the  guarantee  amount  may be  subject to
increase under certain  circumstances.  In July 1999,  GPU began  accounting for
Midlands  as a  consolidated  entity,  rather  than under the  equity  method of
accounting as was previously the practice.

PowerNet
- --------

      PowerNet   owns  and  operates  the  existing   high-voltage   electricity
transmission  system  in  the  State  of  Victoria,   Australia.   The  PowerNet
transmission  system  serves all of Victoria  covering an area of  approximately
87,900 square miles and a population of approximately 4.5 million.

Emdersa
- -------

      Emdersa  owns three  electric  distribution  companies  that  serve  three
provinces  in  northwest  Argentina.  The  three  distribution  companies  serve
approximately  335,000 customers throughout a service territory of approximately
322,000 square kilometers.  The provinces have a population of about 1.5 million
people.

GasNet
- ------

      The GPU GasNet system  encompasses 1,105 miles of transmission  pipelines,
and  consists  of  two  separate  networks  serving  approximately  1.3  million
residential  customers  and about 40,000  industrial  and  commercial  customers
throughout Victoria.

4.    Services Obtained From Associated Companies
      -------------------------------------------

      GPU Service,  Inc. provided  administrative  services to GPU Power and GPU
Electric  in the amount of $49,400  and  $432,308,  respectively,  for the three
months ended June 30, 1999, in support of operations and management activities.

5.    Services Provided to Associated Companies
      -----------------------------------------

      A  description  of  services  provided  by GPU  Electric  and GPU Power to
associate  companies  during the period April 1, 1999 through June 30, 1999 will
be filed  separately  under a request  for  confidential  treatment  under  Rule
104(b).



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      In accordance  with the  Commission's  Order dated November 5, 1997 in SEC
File No. 70-8593, the following is reported:

      a)   GPU's  aggregate   investment  includes  all  amounts  invested,   or
           committed to be invested,  in foreign utility  companies  (FUCOs) and
           exempt  wholesale  generators  (EWGs),  for which there is  recourse,
           directly  or   indirectly,   to  the  registered   holding   company.
           Accordingly,  GPU Inc.'s aggregate  investment as of June 30, 1999 is
           as follows:

                                                      (In Thousands)
FUCOs                                                 --------------
- -----

Midlands Electricity plc                              $   990,186 (*)
GPU PowerNet PTY., Ltd.                                   479,359
Empresa Distribuidora Electrica Regional, S.A.            369,477
GPU GasNet, PTY., Ltd.                                    197,671
                                                        ---------
      Subtotal                                          2,036,693
                                                        ---------

EWGs
- ----

Mid-Georgia Cogen, L.P.                                   $ 13,169
Selkirk Cogen, L.P.                                          8,501
Termobarranquilla, S.A.                                     77,265
Empresa Guaracachi, S.A.                                    33,000
                                                         ---------
      Subtotal                                             131,935
                                                         ---------
      Aggregate Investment in FUCOs and EWGs          $  2,168,628
                                                         =========

(*) Includes the effect of the July 1999 Midlands purchase.

      b)   As of June 30, 1999
           (In Thousands)
           GPU's Aggregate Investment in FUCOs and EWGs $2,168,628 (*)

Aggregate Investment as a Percentage of GPU, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies:
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total capitalization                $  9,579,187                  22.6%
Net utility plant                   $  6,729,716                  32.2%
Total consolidated assets           $ 19,201,945                  11.3%
Market value of common equity       $  5,292,465                  41.0%

(*) Includes the effect of the July 1999 Midlands purchase.

      c)   GPU, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies
           Consolidated Capitalization Ratios as of June 30, 1999
           (In Thousands)
                                       Amount                        %
                                       ------                        --
Common equity                       $  3,475,044                    36.3
Cumulative preferred stock               121,741                     1.3
Subsidiary-obligated mandatorily
  redeemable preferred securities        330,000                     3.4
Trust preferred securities               200,000                     2.1
Long-term debt                         4,980,002                    52.0
Notes payable                            472,400                     4.9
                                       ---------                   -----
      Total capitalization          $  9,579,187                   100.0%
                                       =========                   =====


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      d) Market-to-book ratio of GPU, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies common stock
at June 30, 1999:

Closing Market Price per Share                                  $  42.1875
Book Value per Share                                            $  27.63
Market-to Book Ratio of Common Stock                               152.7%

      e)   Analysis of Growth in Retained Earnings for GPU, Inc. and
Subsidiary Companies:
                                                      (In Thousands)
                                                      --------------
Retained Earnings as of 6/30/99                       $   2,335,325
Retained Earnings as of 12/31/98                          2,230,425
                                                          ---------
Growth in Retained Earnings                           $     104,900
                                                          =========

Analysis of Growth in Retained Earnings:
- ----------------------------------------

Income contribution from GPU Energy companies         $     179,353
Income contribution from FUCOs/EWGs/Project Parents          62,339
Income contribution from other GPUI Group investments            61
Income contribution from other GPU Advanced Resources         1,581
GPU, Inc. expenses (Corporate)                               (5,353)
Cash dividends declared on Common Stock                    (133,106)
Other adjustments                                                25
                                                          ---------
Growth in Retained Earnings                           $     104,900
                                                           ========

      f) Statements  of operations  for the periods ended June 30, 1999 for each
of the  Project  Parents  and  Exempt  Entities,  other than (1)  Selkirk  Cogen
Partners,  L.P.  which is  incorporated  by reference to Selkirk's June 30, 1999
Form 10-Q, (2) NCP Houston Power, Inc. and (3) Mid-Georgia Cogen, L.P. which are
both  incorporated by reference to Form U-9C-3 for the six months ended June 30,
1999 each filed previously with the SEC.


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                                    SIGNATURE

PURSUANT TO THE  REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935,
THE  UNDERSIGNED  COMPANIES  HAVE DULY CAUSED THIS  CERTIFICATE  TO BE SIGNED ON
THEIR BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

                                        GPU, Inc.



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


                                       GPU International, Inc.


                                       By:   /s/ R. L. Wise
                                             ---------------------------
                                             R.L. Wise
                                             President




Date: September 23, 1999





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