<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> UT
<CIK> 0000040779
<NAME> GPU, INC.
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
<CURRENCY> US DOLLARS
<S> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-2000
<PERIOD-START> JAN-01-2000
<PERIOD-END> SEP-30-2000
<EXCHANGE-RATE> 1
<BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 6,964,636
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 3,351,945
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,906,119
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 8,110,385
<OTHER-ASSETS> 0
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 20,333,085
<COMMON> 331,958
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 1,014,196
<RETAINED-EARNINGS> 2,258,343 <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 3,290,854 <F2>
376,500 <F3>
12,649
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 4,268,566
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 1,316,121
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 170,600
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 919,624
0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 1,794
<LEASES-CURRENT> 473
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 9,975,904
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 20,333,085
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 3,912,104
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 0
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 3,521,634
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 3,521,634
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 390,470
<OTHER-INCOME-NET> 135,829
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 526,299
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 409,324 <F4>
<NET-INCOME> 23,695 <F5>
0
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 23,695
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 0
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 172,783
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 229,452
<EPS-BASIC> .20
<EPS-DILUTED> .20
<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS) OF
<F1> ($59,627).
<F2> INCLUDES REACQUIRED COMMON STOCK OF $313,643.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNTS FOR SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $125,000 AND SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED TRUST
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $200,000.
<F4> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE <F4>
PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $8,025, PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS OF <F4> SUBSIDIARIES
OF $5,513, AND SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED TRUST PREFERRED <F4> SECURITIES OF $10,017.
<F5> INCLUDES MINORITY INTEREST NET (INCOME)/LOSS OF ($2,816) AND <F5> INCOME
TAX EXPENSE OF $90,464.
</FN>
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