<ARTICLE>                                          UT
<CIK> 0000065350
<NAME> METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
<MULTIPLIER>                                    1,000
<CURRENCY>                                 US DOLLARS

                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                         DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                            JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                              DEC-31-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                     1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                 PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                   1,085,363
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                   147,271
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                        269,623
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                    1,985,936
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                      0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                              3,488,193
<COMMON>                                       66,273
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                     400,200
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            34,944  <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                501,417
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                         100,000  <F2>
<PREFERRED>                                         0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                          496,883
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                  0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                           0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                      0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                  50,025
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                           0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                         0
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                    0
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>              2,339,868
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>               3,488,193
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                     902,827
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                                0
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                    689,579
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                    689,579
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                       213,248
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              4,065
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                217,313
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                       60,794  <F3>
<NET-INCOME>                                   95,123  <F4>
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        66
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  94,515  <F5>
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                      315,000  <F6>
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                      45,996
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                       (104,348)
<EPS-BASIC>                                         0
<EPS-DILUTED>                                       0
<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OF $21,363.
<F2> REPRESENTS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $100,000.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $8,950 AND TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
<F3> OF $4,369.
<F4> AMOUNT IS NET OF INCOME TAX EXPENSE OF $61,396.
<F5> INCLUDES LOSS ON PREFERRED STOCK REACQUISITION OF $542.
<F6> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
</FN>