Carole B. Snyder Promoted to Executive Vice President.

MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1999--

Heads Up Corporate Affairs

Officials at GPU, Inc. (NYSE: GPU) announce the promotion of Carole B. Snyder to executive vice president, corporate affairs for GPU Service, Inc. Ms. Snyder was formerly senior vice president of GPU Service corporate affairs, and prior to that, served as vice president of public affairs for GPU Energy.

As corporate affairs executive vice president, Snyder is responsible for public affairs, state governmental affairs, human resources and corporate compliance. She also serves as a director on several GPU subsidiary boards: GPU Service, Inc.; Jersey Central Power and Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company, and Pennsylvania Electric Company (doing business as GPU Energy); and GPU PowerNet in Melbourne, Australia.

"Carole plays a key leadership role in this organization," said Fred D. Hafer, GPU chairman, president and CEO. "During her 17 years at GPU, she has continuously demonstrated the ability to effectively resolve problems and she imparts her far-reaching expertise while overseeing GPU's corporate affairs."

Snyder joined the GPU system in 1982 and has held a variety of management positions, which also include regional director, assistant comptroller and financial reports manager for Metropolitan Edison Company in Reading, PA.

A member of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Electric Association, Snyder is also a strong community advocate. She serves on local boards including: the President's Advisory Board of Kutztown University, the President's Circle for Centenary College, and the Board of Advisors for the Fairleigh Dickinson University Master of Arts Program in Corporate and Organizational Communications.

Ms. Snyder recently received the Salute to Policy Makers Award from the Executive Women of New Jersey. She is also a recipient of the Harry S. Gross Award for outstanding service from the Reading Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants, the Trendsetter Award from the YWCA, and the Athena Award from the Berks County Chamber of Commerce.

A certified public accountant, Ms. Snyder studied accounting at Albright College in Reading. She graduated from Centenary College for Women in Hackettstown, NJ with an Associate Degree in liberal arts and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in education from Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA.

Prior to joining the GPU system, Ms. Snyder taught English and special education and worked in public accounting.

GPU, Inc., headquartered in Morristown, NJ, is a registered utility holding company. The company's three domestic operating utility subsidiaries--Jersey Central Power and Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company--do business under the trade name of GPU Energy. GPU Energy operates the largest electric distribution system across Pennsylvania and New Jersey and serves approximately two million customers. The GPU International Group develops, owns and operates generating plants both here and abroad, and GPU's Foreign Utility Company Operations owns and manages international transmission and distribution systems. GPU's other subsidiaries include: GPU Advanced Resources, Inc.; GPU Generation, Inc.; GPU Nuclear, Inc.; and GPU Service, Inc. (http://www.gpu.com)