Director/PDMR Shareholding

General Electric Company
15 September 2006




FORM 4             UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                       OMB APPROVAL
Check this box                Washington, D.C. 20549                        OMB Number:                     3235-0287
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continue. See
Instruction 1(b).    STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                                
                Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of      
             1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935             
                     or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940                 
  

(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting       2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading   5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
Person *                               Symbol                                 to Issuer
RICE JOHN G                            GENERAL ELECRIC CO (GE)                       (Check all applicable)

   (Last)      (First)      (Middle)   3. Date of Earliest Transaction        _____ Director      _____ 10% Owner
                                       (Month/Day/Year)                       __X__ Officer       _____ Other
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY                                                      (give title below)  (specify below)
3135 EASTON TURNPIKE                    09/12/2006  
                                                                                    VICE CHAIRMAN
              (Street)                4. If Amendment, Date Original         6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
FAIRFIELD     CT       06828           Filed (Month/Day/Year)                 (Check Applicable Line)

                                                                              __X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
                                                                              ___  Form filed by More than One
                                                                              Reporting Person

   (City)      (State)       (Zip)     Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of        2.          2A.       3.          4. Securities      5. Amount of    6. Ownership    7. Nature of
Security          Transaction Deemed    Transaction Acquired (A) or    Securities      Form: Direct    Indirect
(Instr. 3)        Date (Month Execution Code        Disposed of (D)    Beneficially    (D) or Indirect Beneficial
                  /Day/Year)  Date, if  (Instr. 8)  (Instr. 3, 4 and   Owned Following (I)             Ownership
                              any                   5)                 Reported        (Instr. 4)      (Instr. 4)
                              (Month/    Code   V   Amount  (A) Price  Transaction(s)
                              Day/Year)                     or         (Instr. 3 and
                                                            (D)        4)
COMMON STOCK      09/12/2006             M          31,250   A   $0     226,908         D     
COMMON STOCK      09/12/2006             F          13,266   D   $34.55 213,642         D 
COMMON STOCK      09/12/2006             M          26,667   A   $0     240,309         D  
COMMON STOCK      09/12/2006             F          11,321   D   $34.55 228,988         D
COMMON STOCK      09/12/2006                                                300         I             BY FAMILY
COMMON STOCK      09/12/2006                                             25,996         I             401(K) PLAN



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                Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
                        (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.         2.       3.       3A.       4.      5.       6. Date      7.              8.       9.       10.      11. 
Title      Conver-  Transa-  Deemed    Transa- Number   Exercis-     Title           Price    Number   Owner-   Nature
of         sion     ction    Execution ction   of       able         and             of       of       ship     of
Derivative or       Date     Date, if  Code    Deriva-  and          Amount          Deriva-  Deriva-  Form:    Indirect
Security   Exercise (Month/  any       (Instr. tive     Expira-      of              tive     tive     Direct   Benefi-
(Instr. 3) Price of Day/     (Month/   8)      Securi-  tion         Underlying      Security Securi-  (D) or   cial 
           Deriva-  Year)    Day               ties     Date         Securities      (Instr.  ties     Indirect Owner-
           tive              /Year)            Acquired (Month/      (Instr. 3       5)       Benefi-  (I)      ship
           Security                            (A) or   Day          and 4)                   cially   (Instr.  (Instr.
                                               Disposed /Year)                                Owned     4)      4)  
                                               of (D)                                         Follow-  
                                               (Instr.                                        ing      
                                               3, 4                                           Reported  
                                               and 5)                                         Transa-
                                                                                              ction(s)
                                                                                              Instr.4)

                                      Code  V  (A) (D) Date    Expir- Title    Amount
                                                       Exerci- ation           or
                                                       sable   Date            Number                 
                                                                               of
                                                                               Shares

RESTRICKED                                                                COMMON
STOCK UNITS (1)   09/12/2006           M      26,667 09/12/2006 09/12/2006 STOCK 26,667  $0  26,667    D

RESTRICKED                                                                COMMON
SOCK UNITS  (1)   09/12/2006           M      31,250 09/12/206  09/12/2006 STOCK 31,250  $0  93,750    D 



Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address                Relationships
                                   Director   10% Owner    Officer   Other







Signatures
                             ELIZA W FRASER OF BEHALF OF JOHN G RICE           09/14/2006


                             **Signature of Reporting Person                   Date



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