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<CIK> 0000065350
<NAME> METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
<MULTIPLIER>                                     1,000
<CURRENCY>                                  US DOLLARS
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                      1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
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<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                    217,905
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         219,416
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                     2,265,107
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               3,994,485
<COMMON>                                        66,273
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      385,200
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            254,456    <F1>
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 705,929
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          100,000    <F2>
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           546,904
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                              65,300
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                  50,400
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                   30,024
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                          0
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                23,705
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               2,472,223
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                3,994,485
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      229,157
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            29,404
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     152,905
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     182,309
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                         46,848
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                                 568
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                  47,416
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        14,584    <F3>
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<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                   32,224    <F4>
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        30,000    <F5>






<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       42,493
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<EPS-PRIMARY>                                        0
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<FN>
<F1> INCLUDES ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OF $18,166.
<F2> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
<F2> SECURITIES.
<F3> INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
<F3> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $2,250.
<F4> INCLUDES LOSS ON PREFERRED STOCK REACQUISITION OF $542.
<F5> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
</FN>