PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2006--NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) has named Curtis A. Morgan Executive Vice President and Regional President of the Company's Northeast Region, effective March 1. In his new role, Morgan will lead our NRG's Northeast Region staff and oversee our significant asset portfolio of power generating facilities capable of generating about 7,100 megawatts of power. Morgan replaces Scott Davido who left NRG to become Chief Financial Officer of Calpine Corporation.

"Curt brings current and valuable experience and a determined leadership style to NRG," said David Crane, president and chief executive officer for NRG. "His in-depth knowledge of power generation, commercial operations and the three independent system operator markets of the Northeast, combined with his natural leadership, make him the ideal person to head our Northeast region."

Morgan joins NRG from Mirant where he served three years as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In that role, he had profit and loss responsibility for an 18,000 MW portfolio of generating assets in the U.S., Caribbean and the Philippines.

Prior to his time with Mirant, Morgan was President of Reliant Resources, Inc.'s East Region Energy Wholesale Group. He also served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development at Reliant Energy. Morgan started his career with Amoco Corp. where he held various strategic development roles.

Mr. Morgan is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from Western Illinois University and a master's degree in business administration in finance from the University of Chicago. He serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Electric Power Supply Association, the competitive power generation industry organization, and also serves on the Prevent Child Abuse Georgia Board of Directors.

With the recent acquisition of Texas Genco LLC, now known as NRG Texas LLC, NRG Energy, Inc. now owns and operates a diverse portfolio of power-generating facilities, primarily in Texas and the Northeast, South Central and Western regions of the United States. Its operations include baseload, intermediate, peaking, and cogeneration facilities, thermal energy production and energy resource recovery facilities. NRG also has ownership interests in generating facilities in Australia and Germany.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions and typically can be identified by the use of words such as "will," "expect," "believe," and similar terms. Although NRG believes that its expectations are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct, and actual results may vary materially.

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