<ARTICLE> UT
          <CIK> 0000065350
          <NAME> METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
          <MULTIPLIER> 1,000
          <CURRENCY> US DOLLARS
                 
                                                
          <PERIOD-TYPE>                          9-MOS
          <FISCAL-YEAR-END>                DEC-31-1995
          <PERIOD-START>                   JAN-01-1995
          <PERIOD-END>                     SEP-30-1995
          <EXCHANGE-RATE>                            1
          <BOOK-VALUE>                        PER-BOOK
          <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>          1,601,076
          <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>           94,360
          <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>               182,724
          <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>             537,050
          <OTHER-ASSETS>                             0
          <TOTAL-ASSETS>                     2,415,210
          <COMMON>                              66,273
          <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>            355,200
          <RETAINED-EARNINGS>                  259,997
          <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>       681,470
          <PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                100,000  <F1>
          <PREFERRED>                           23,598
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                 603,267
          <SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                     1,100
          <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                  0
          <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>             0
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>         15,019
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                  0
          <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>            1,281
          <LEASES-CURRENT>                      45,656
          <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>       943,819
          <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>      2,415,210
          <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>            637,755
          <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                  30,449
          <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>           512,695
          <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>           543,144
          <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>               94,611
          <OTHER-INCOME-NET>                    75,761
          <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>       170,372
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>              43,980  <F2>
          <NET-INCOME>                         126,392
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>              708
          <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>        125,684
          <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>              60,000  <F3>
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>             45,186
          <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>               101,813
          <EPS-PRIMARY>                              0
          <EPS-DILUTED>                              0
          <FN>
          <F1> REPRESENTS COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
          <F1> SECURITIES.
          <F2> INCLUDES DIVIDENDS ON COMPANY-OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE
          <F2> PREFERRED SECURITIES OF $6,750.
          <F3> REPRESENTS COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS PAID TO PARENT CORPORATION.
          </FN>