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* DALLAS TERRY G (Last) (First) (Middle) NRG ENERGY, INC. 211 CARNEGIE CENTER (Street) PRINCETON NJ 08540 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/14/2012	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NRG ENERGY, INC. [ NRG ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	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)

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:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Brian Curci, under Power of Attorney	12/18/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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December 4, 2012
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of David R. Hill and Brian Curci,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneyinfact
 to: 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 un
dersigned, 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.

Print Name:  Terry G. Dallas

Signature:/s/ Terry G. Dallas