NRG Energy Chief Financial Officer, Clint Freeland, to Present Thursday at the Deutsche Bank 16th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference

Interested investors can listen to the live audio webcast at http://www.nrgenergy.com under "Investors." A replay of the webcast will be archived on the website.

About NRG

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), a Fortune 500 company, owns and operates one of the country's largest and most diverse power generation portfolios. NRG's 48 plants provide approximately 24,000 megawatts of generation capacity--enough to power nearly 20 million homes. In November 2007, NRG won two of the industry's highest honors--Platts Industry Leadership and Energy Company of the Year awards.

Headquartered in Princeton, NJ, NRG is a member of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), a group of business and environmental organizations calling for mandatory legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and a founding member of "3C--Combat Climate Change," a global initiative taking a leadership role in designing the road map to a low carbon society. For more information on NRG Energy, please visit www.nrgenergy.com.

SOURCE: NRG Energy, Inc.

NRG Energy, Inc. Investors: Nahla Azmy, 609-524-4526 David Klein, 609-524-4527 or Media: Meredith Moore, 609-524-4522 Lori Neuman, 609-524-4525