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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):		December 4, 2007

NRG Energy, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-15891	41-1724239
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
211 Carnegie Center, Princeton, New Jersey		08540
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		609-524-4500

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 4, 2007, NRG Energy, Inc. issued a press release announcing the expiration of its conditional offers to purchase and concurrent alternative consent solicitations. A copy of the press release is included as an Exhibit to this Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Number - Document

Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release, dated December 4, 2007

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		NRG Energy, Inc.
December 4, 2007		By:		/s/ J. Andrew Murphy
				Name: J. Andrew Murphy
				Title: Executive Vice Pres & General Counsel

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated December 4, 2007

NRG Energy, Inc.’s Conditional Offers to Purchase and Concurrent Alternative Consent
Solicitations for $4.7 Billion of
Outstanding Senior Notes Have Expired

PRINCETON, NJ; December 4, 2007—NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) announced today that its conditional tender offers and concurrent consent solicitations relating to its $4.7 billion of outstanding 7.25% senior notes due 2014, 7.375% senior notes due 2016 and 7.375% senior notes due 2017 (the Notes) have expired. No tendered Notes were accepted for payment and requisite consents to amend the indentures for the Notes were not received.

This news release does not constitute an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation of consents with respect to the Notes. The tender offers and consent solicitations were made solely by the Notice of Conditional Offers to Purchase and Concurrent Alternative Consent Solicitations Statement, as supplemented.

About NRG
A Fortune 500 company, NRG Energy, Inc. owns and operates a diverse portfolio of power- generating facilities, primarily in Texas and the Northeast, South Central and West regions of the United States and also in Australia, Germany and Brazil. NRG is a member of USCAP, a diverse group of business and environmental organizations calling for mandatory legislation to achieve significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. NRG is also a founding member of “3C—Combat Climate Change,” a global initiative with 42 business leaders calling on the global business community to take a leadership role in designing the road map to a low carbon society.

More information on NRG is available at www.nrgenergy.com.

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