Exhibit (c) 3


GPU News Release
May 24, 2001



                     GPU Responds to Pennsylvania PUC Motion


MORRISTOWN,  NJ -- May 24,  2001 -- GPU,  Inc.  (NYSE:GPU)  said  today that the
Pennsylvania  Public  Utility  Commission  has  approved,   subject  to  certain
conditions,  its proposed  merger with  FirstEnergy  Corp.,  and  postponed  its
decision  with  respect to GPU  Energy's  request  for  provider  of last resort
("PLR") rate relief until no later than July 13, 2001.

The Commission  decided that both the PLR cost proceeding and the disposition of
merger  benefits be held in abeyance  to afford the  parties an  opportunity  to
attempt  to  resolve  the  matters  in  a  Commission-facilitated  collaborative
process. The process will conclude no later than June 20, 2001. One Commissioner
dissented from the  institution of the  collaborative  process,  saying that GPU
Energy had not met its burden of proof.

The  Commission  also  allowed GPU Energy to track its PLR costs for  accounting
purposes without creating a regulatory asset at this time.

Fred D. Hafer,  Chairman of GPU, Inc.,  said that while he is "pleased" that the
Commission  has voted to  approve  the  merger,  he is  "disappointed"  that the
Commission did not adopt the Administrative Law Judge's  recommendations calling
for rate  relief  to  reflect  GPU  Energy's  energy  costs in  excess  of those
currently  reflected  in its charges to  customers.  "I remain  hopeful that the
collaborative and,  ultimately the Commission,  will recognize both the need for
and propriety of this relief," Mr. Hafer added.

The GPU and GPU Energy revolving credit agreement provides,  among other things,
that if the  Pennsylvania  Commission  issues  a PLR  rate  order  which  is not
satisfactory to the majority bank lenders, or fails to issue a PLR order by June
15,  2001,  the  credit  agreement's  October  31,  2001  maturity  date will be
shortened  to 91 days  from the  date of the  order  or from  June 15.  Further,
Metropolitan  Edison  Company  ("Met-Ed")  and  Pennsylvania   Electric  Company
("Penelec")  must issue their senior notes and first mortgage bonds to the banks
as collateral  security for their obligations under the agreement.  In addition,
in the event that Jersey  Central  Power & Light  Company's  credit rating falls
from its  current A to BBB-,  it would  similarly  be  required  to  pledge  its
securities to secure its bank debt. Moreover, GPU, Inc. would be prohibited from
either  paying any further  dividends on common stock  (beyond the scheduled May
30,  2001  dividend  payment)  or  making  more than a total of $50  million  of
investments in or loans to Met-Ed and Penelec or making any further  investments
in non-core  businesses.  There is currently $311 million  outstanding under the
credit agreement.






GPU,  Inc.,  headquartered  in  Morristown,  NJ, is a registered  public utility
holding  company  providing  utility and  utility-related  services to customers
throughout  the world.  GPU serves 4.6 million  customers  directly  through its
electric companies -- GPU Energy in the US, GPU Power UK in England, and Emdersa
in Argentina.  It serves an additional 1.4 million customers  indirectly through
GPU  GasNet,  its  gas  transmission  subsidiary  in  Australia.  The  company's
independent  power  project  business  units own  interests in and operate eight
projects in five countries.  GPU's 2000 revenues were $5.2 billion and its total
assets were more than $19.3 billion.  GPU's other subsidiaries include MYR Group
Inc., GPU Advanced  Resources,  Inc., GPU Nuclear,  Inc., GPU Service,  Inc. GPU
Telcom Services, Inc. and GPU Diversified Holdings LLC. (http://www.gpu.com)



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