<ARTICLE> UT
          <CIK> 0000040779
	  <NAME> GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
	  <MULTIPLIER> 1,000
          <CURRENCY> US DOLLARS
                 
                                        
          <PERIOD-TYPE>                         12-MOS
          <FISCAL-YEAR-END>                DEC-31-1994
          <PERIOD-START>                   JAN-01-1994
          <PERIOD-END>                     DEC-31-1994
          <EXCHANGE-RATE>                            1
          <BOOK-VALUE>                        PER-BOOK
          <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>          6,266,598
          <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>          492,493
          <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>               785,602
          <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>           1,665,084
          <OTHER-ASSETS>                             0
          <TOTAL-ASSETS>                     9,209,777
          <COMMON>                             314,458
          <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>            663,418
          <RETAINED-EARNINGS>                1,775,759
          <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>     2,572,584  <F1>
          <PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                150,000
          <PREFERRED>                          303,116  <F2>
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>               2,345,417
          <SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                   287,800
          <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                  0
          <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>        59,608
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>         91,165
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                  0
          <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>           16,982
          <LEASES-CURRENT>                     157,168
          <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>     3,225,937
          <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>      9,209,777
          <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>          3,649,516
          <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                 152,047
          <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>         3,008,944
          <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>         3,160,991
          <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>              488,525
          <OTHER-INCOME-NET>                  (81,155)
          <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>       407,370
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>             243,682  <F3>
          <NET-INCOME>                         163,688
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                0
          <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>        163,688
          <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>             204,233
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>            183,186
          <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>               750,133
          <EPS-PRIMARY>                           1.42
          <EPS-DILUTED>                           1.42
          <FN>
          <F1> INCLUDES REACQUIRED COMMON STOCK OF $181,051.
          <F2> INCLUDES PREFERRED SECURITIES OF SUBSIDIARIES OF $205,000.
          <F3> INCLUDES PREFERRED DIVIDENDS OF SUBSIDIARIES OF $28,384.
          </FN>