<ARTICLE> UT
          <CIK> 0000065350
          <NAME> METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
          <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>          1,579,560
          <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>           74,667
          <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>               174,861
          <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>             407,191
          <OTHER-ASSETS>                             0
          <TOTAL-ASSETS>                     2,236,279
          <COMMON>                              66,273
          <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>            341,616
          <RETAINED-EARNINGS>                  190,742
          <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>       598,631
          <PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                      0
          <PREFERRED>                          123,598  <F1>
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                 529,783
          <SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                         0
          <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                  0
          <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>             0
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>         40,517
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                  0
          <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>            2,174
          <LEASES-CURRENT>                      33,810
          <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>       907,766
          <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>      2,236,279
          <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>            801,303
          <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                  34,002
          <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>           655,805
          <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>           689,807
          <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>              111,496
          <OTHER-INCOME-NET>                  (54,227)
          <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>        57,269
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>              56,538  <F2>
          <NET-INCOME>                             731
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>            2,960
          <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>        (2,229)
          <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>              35,000  <F3>
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>             43,270
          <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>               230,171
          <EPS-PRIMARY>                              0
          <EPS-DILUTED>                              0
          <FN>
          <F1> INCLUDES PREFERRED SECURITIES OF SUBSIDIARY OF $100,000.
          <F2> INCLUDES DIVIDENDS ON PREFERRED SECURITIES OF SUBSIDIARY
          <F2> OF $3,200.
          <F3> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
          </FN>