SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ingoldsby James J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
NRG ENERGY, INC.
901 MARQUETTE AVE

(Street)
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/03/2004
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NRG ENERGY INC [ NRG ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Vice President and Controller
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities beneficially owned 0 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
/s/ James J. Ingoldsby 05/05/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                                   MAY 3, 2004

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of David W. Crane, Scott J. Davido, Timothy W.J. O'Brien and David
T. Quinby, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to: (i) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director and/or owner of greater than 10% of the
outstanding Common Stock of NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (ii) do and perform any and all
acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority, including the New York Stock Exchange; and (iii) take any
other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. Each of the undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by each of the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of date first written above.


                                           /s/ James J. Ingoldsby
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                                           James J. Ingoldsby