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<CIK> 0000040779
<NAME> GPU, INC.
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
<CURRENCY> US DOLLARS
<S> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-2000
<PERIOD-START> JAN-01-2000
<PERIOD-END> JUN-30-2000
<EXCHANGE-RATE> 1
<BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 6,727,425
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 3,776,292
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 2,518,946
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 7,436,228
<OTHER-ASSETS> 0
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 20,458,891
<COMMON> 331,958
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 1,014,032
<RETAINED-EARNINGS> 2,245,396 <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 3,276,386 <F2>
376,500 <F3>
12,649
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 4,894,739
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 1,123,033
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 174,700
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 588,626
0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 1,917
<LEASES-CURRENT> 39,548
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 9,970,793
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 20,458,891
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 2,456,818
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 0
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 2,258,508
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 2,258,508
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 198,310
<OTHER-INCOME-NET> 56,523
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 254,833
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 284,776 <F4>
<NET-INCOME> (79,815) <F5>
0
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> (79,815)
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<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 169,089
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 475,522
<EPS-BASIC> (.66)
<EPS-DILUTED> (.66)
<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS) OF
<F1> ($35,165).
<F2> INCLUDES REACQUIRED COMMON STOCK OF $315,000.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNTS FOR SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $125,000 AND TRUST PREFERRED
<F3> SECURITIES OF $200,000.
<F4> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR SUBSIDIARY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE <F4>
PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $5,350, PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS OF <F4> SUBSIDIARIES
OF $4,122, AND TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $7,345. <F5> INCLUDES MINORITY
INTEREST NET (INCOME)/LOSS OF ($1,086) AND <F5> INCOME TAX EXPENSE OF $48,786.
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