EXHIBIT 24.4

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      I, Christine A. Jacobs, in respect of my position(s) as a director,
officer and/or any equivalent governance position of the following direct and
indirect subsidiaries of NRG Energy, Inc.: Indian River Operations Inc., NRG
Arthur Kill Operations Inc., NRG Astoria Gas Turbine Operations Inc., NRG
Cabrillo Power Operations Inc., NRG Cadillac Operations Inc., NRG Devon
Operations Inc., NRG Dunkirk Operations Inc., NRG El Segundo Operations Inc.,
NRG Huntley Operations Inc., NRG Middletown Operations Inc., NRG Montville
Operations Inc., NRG North Central Operations Inc., NRG Norwalk Harbor
Operations Inc., NRG Operating Services, Inc., NRG Saguaro Operations Inc., NRG
South Central Operations Inc., Somerset Operations Inc. and Vienna Operations
Inc. (together with any additional direct or indirect subsidiaries of NRG
Energy, Inc. for which I may subsequently become a director, officer or
equivalent governance position holder, the "NRG Companies"), hereby constitute
and appoint each of Tanuja M. Dehne, George P. Schaefer and Timothy W.J. O'Brien
or any of them, each acting alone, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all documents
on my behalf in connection with NRG Energy, Inc.'s (and the NRG Companies' (as
Co-Registrants)) Registration Statement on Form S-4, Registration No. 333-120205
filed on November 3, 2004 (including all pre-effective and post-effective
amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.



/s/ Christine A. Jacobs                                    Date: June 8, 2005
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Christine A. Jacobs