SEC Form 4
FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL	

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	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	 	 	
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
RAGAN JOHN W	

(Last)	
(First)	
(Middle)	

NRG ENERGY, INC.	

211 CARNEGIE CENTER	

(Street)
PRINCETON	
NJ	
08540	

(City)	
(State)	
(Zip)	

	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NRG ENERGY, INC. [ NRG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
 	
Director	
 	
10% Owner	

X	
Officer (give title below)	
 	
Other (specify below)	

Exec VP & Regional Pres, NE	

	 	
 	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/03/2007	 	 	 	
 	4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	 	
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)	 	
 	 	 	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Common Stock, par value .01 per share	01/03/2007	 	A	 	1,800(1)	A	(2)	4,950	D	 	 	 	 	
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	 	
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)	6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)	 	
 	 	 	 	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Non-Qualified Stock Options	$55.83	01/03/2007	 	A	 	14,500	 	01/03/2008(3)	01/03/2013(4)	Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	14,500	$0.00	52,300	D	 	 	 	 	 	
Performance Units	(5)	01/03/2007	 	A	 	7,000	 	01/03/2010(5)	01/03/2010	Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	7,000	$0.00	59,300	D	 	 	 	 	 	
Explanation of Responses:	
1. Represents Restricted Stock Units issued to Mr. Ragan by NRG Energy, Inc. under NRG Energy, Inc.'s Long Term Incentive Plan.	
2. Each Restricted Stock Unit is equivalent in value to one share of NRG Energy, Inc.'s Common Stock, par value $0.01. Mr. Ragan will receive from NRG Energy, Inc. one such share of Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit on January 3, 2010.	
3. Pursuant to the Grant Agreement by and between NRG Energy, Inc. and Mr. Ragan, Stock Options will vest and become exercisable as follows: 33 1/3% on January 3, 2008, 33 1/3% on January 3, 2009 and 33 1/3% on January 3, 2010.	
4. Stock Options expire six years from the date of grant.	
5. Mr.Ragan was issued 3,500 Performance Units by NRG Energy, Inc. under NRG Energy, Inc.'s Long Term Incentive Plan on January 3, 2007. Each Performance Unit will be paid out on January 3, 2010 if the average closing price of NRG Energy, Inc.'s Common Stock for the ten trading days prior to January 3, 2010 (the "Measurement Price") is equal to or greater than $78.44 (the "Target Price"). The payout for each Performance Unit will be equal to: (i) one share of Common Stock, if the Measurement Price equals the Target Price; (ii) a prorated amount in between one and two shares of Common Stock, if the Measurement Price is greater than the Target Price but less than $91.73 (the "Maximum Price"); and (iii) two shares of Common Stock, if the Measurement Price is equal to or greater than the Maximum Price.	
Remarks:	
 	
 	/s/Tanuja M. Dehne, under Power of Attorney	01/04/2007	
 	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
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December 6, 2006

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of David W. Crane, Tanuja M. Dehne and Deborah R. Fry, 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/John Ragan
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