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 *
CROPPER STEPHEN L	

(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)
X	
Director	
 	
10% Owner	

 	
Officer (give title below)	
 	
Other (specify below)	

 	

 	 	
 	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/02/2008	 	 	 	
 	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	06/02/2008	 	A	 	2,164(1)	A	(2)	29,380	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	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Explanation of Responses:	
1. Represents Deferred Stock Units issued to Mr. Cropper by NRG Energy, Inc. under NRG Energy, Inc.'s Long Term Incentive Plan.	
2. Each Deferred Stock Unit is equivalent in value to one share of NRG Energy, Inc.'s Common Stock, par value $0.01. Mr. Cropper will receive from NRG Energy, Inc. one such share of Common Stock for each Deferred Stock Unit he owns upon termination of his service on NRG Energy, Inc.'s Board of Directors.	
Remarks:	
 	
 	/s/ Brian Curci, under Power of Attorney	06/04/2008	
 	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
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July 27, 2007

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of David W. Crane, J. Andrew Murphy, Tanuja M. Dehne and Brian
Curci 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/Stephen L. Cropper
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Stephen L. Cropper