December 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: GPU, Inc.
Form RW (Request for Withdrawal)
File No. 70-9795
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
GPU, Inc. hereby requests withdrawal of its Form U-1
Application/Declaration dated November 21, 2000 filed in File No. 70-9795,
which relates to the proposed merger of GPU, Inc. with and into FirstEnergy
Corp. That filing is a duplicate of the Form U-1 Application/Declaration
dated November 21, 2000 filed in File No. 70-9793 by FirstEnergy Corp.
regarding the same transaction.
Sincerely,
By: /s/ T. G Howson
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T. G. Howson
Vice President and Treasurer
