UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                  JULY 30, 2003
                                (DATE OF REPORT)

                               UGI UTILITIES, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)



        PENNSYLVANIA                    1-1398                 23-1174060
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION      (COMMISSION FILE          (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
        OF INCORPORATION)               NUMBER)             IDENTIFICATION NO.)



                              100 KACHEL BOULEVARD
                     GREEN HILLS CORPORATE CENTER, SUITE 400
                           READING, PENNSYLVANIA 19607
               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)



                                 (610) 796-3400
              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

UGI Utilities, Inc.                                                Form 8-K
Page 2                                                             July 30, 2003


ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

      (c)   Exhibits

            (99) Press Release of UGI Corporation, the parent of UGI Utilities,
Inc., dated July 30, 2003, reporting financial results for UGI Corporation and
UGI Utilities, Inc. for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003.


ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

      On July 30, 2003, UGI Corporation, the parent of UGI Utilities, Inc.,
issued a press release announcing financial results for itself and UGI
Utilities, Inc. for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003. A copy of the
press release is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this report and is incorporated
herein by reference.

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d), the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.

                                                UGI UTILITIES, INC.
                                                (REGISTRANT)



                                                By:  /s/  Robert W. Krick
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Robert W. Krick
                                                     Assistant Treasurer

Date:  July 30, 2003

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.            DESCRIPTION
- -----------            -----------

    99.                Press Release of UGI Corporation dated July 30, 2003.