-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UHRQoE8XbZoRinsRSKOjJcR6jpZsnG9WaEzlee7GvnWoX+HHFv0DnsUOSp8mERuz xVR805dpZDfOZIj/yHkgnQ== 0001299933-06-000058.txt : 20060104 0001299933-06-000058.hdr.sgml : 20060104 20060104163342 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-06-000058 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051229 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060104 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060104 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NRG ENERGY, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001013871 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 411724239 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15891 FILM NUMBER: 06508238 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 211 CARNEGIE CENTER STREET 2: - CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08540 BUSINESS PHONE: 609-524-4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 211 CARNEGIE CENTER STREET 2: - CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08540 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NRG ENERGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960509 8-K 1 htm_9304.htm LIVE FILING NRG Energy, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 


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 29, 2005

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

     
Delaware 001-15891 41-1724239
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
211 Carnegie Center, Princeton, New Jersey   08540
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(Address of principal executive offices)
  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   609-524-4500

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
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)
[  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[  ]  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))


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 15, 2005, NRG Energy, Inc., or NRG, commenced a tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all outstanding $1,080,412,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8% second priority senior secured notes due 2013 (CUSIP No. 629377AS1), or the Notes, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in NRG’s Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated December 15, 2005 relating to the Notes. Upon the expiration of the consent solicitation at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 29, 2005, or the Consent Date, NRG had received tenders and related consents from the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes. On December 30, 2005, NRG, the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, or the Trustee, executed a supplemental indenture, or the Supplemental Indenture, to the indenture, dated December 23, 2003, among NRG, the subsidiary guarantors named therein and the Trustee, relating to the Not es.

The Supplemental Indenture (1) amends the indenture to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and events of default and related provisions in the indenture and (2) waives the application of the restrictive covenants in the indenture to allow a portion of the funds to be raised in connection with NRG’s pending acquisition of Texas Genco LLC to be held in escrow pending the closing of that acquisition. The amendments set forth in the Supplemental Indenture will not become operative until payment for all validly tendered Notes is made by NRG, but the waiver became effective immediately upon execution of the Supplemental Indenture.

Consummation of the tender offer is conditioned upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, including (1) NRG having obtained funds sufficient to pay the consideration, costs and expenses of the tender offer and consent solicitation from the financing transactions related to the pending acquisition of Texas Genco LLC, (2) the consummation o f the pending acquisition of Texas Genco LLC, and (3) certain other customary conditions. There can be no assurance that any of such conditions will be met. A copy of the Supplemental Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.





Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 29, 2005, NRG issued a press release announcing the receipt of the requisite consents to amend the indenture under which the Notes were issued, pursuant to the terms of the tender offer and consent solicitation for the Notes. As of the Consent Date, NRG had received valid tenders and consents from holders of approximately $1,078 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes, representing approximately 99.78% of the outstanding Notes. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number - Description
10.1 - Supplemental Indenture, dated December 30, 2005, among NRG Energy, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named on Schedule A thereto and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee.
99.1 - Press Release, dated December 29, 2005.






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.
          
January 4, 2006   By:   /s/ Timothy W. J. O'Brien
       
        Name: Timothy W. J. O'Brien
        Title: Vice President and General Counsel


Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
10.1
  Supplemental Indenture, dated December 30, 2005, among NRG Energy, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named on Schedule A thereto and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee
99.1
  Press Release, dated December 29, 2005
EX-10.1 2 exhibit1.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

Supplemental Indenture

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of December 30, 2005 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the subsidiaries of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2003 (the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the 8% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”) (capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture);

WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee, with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes outstanding, may amend or waive certain terms and covenants in the Indenture as described below;

WHEREAS, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes outstanding have consented to the waiver and amendments effected by this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors are undertaking to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend certain terms and covenants in the Indenture in connection with the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement of the Company, dated as of December 15, 2005, and any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto (the “Tender Offer and Solicitation”); and

WHEREAS, this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration for the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 1.1 Applicability of Certain Indenture Provisions to the Tender Offer and Solicitation. The application of the provisions of Article 4 of the Indenture are hereby waived to the extent that such provisions might otherwise prohibit the Escrow Financing (as defined in the Tender Offer and Solicitation), including the proceeds of any notes offering in connection with the Acquisition (as defined in the Tender Offer and Solicitation) being placed into an escrow account pursuant to an escrow and security agreement.

Section 1.2 Amendments to the Indenture. Effective at the time of payment or deposit with DTC (the “Payment Date”) of an amount of money sufficient to pay for all Notes validly tendered and accepted pursuant to the Tender Offer and Solicitation and to make all consent payments required under the Tender Offer and Solicitation:

  (i)   The Indenture is hereby amended to delete Section 4.02 (Maintenance of Office or Agency), Section 4.03 (Reports), Section 4.04 (Compliance Certificate), Section 4.05 (Taxes), Section 4.06 (Stay, Extension and Usury Laws), Section 4.07 (Restricted Payments), Section 4.08 (Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries), Section 4.09 (Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock), Section 4.10 (Asset Sales), Section 4.11 (Transactions with Affiliates), Section 4.12 (Liens), Section 4.13 (Business Activities), Section 4.14 (Corporate Existence), Section 4.15 (Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control), Section 4.16 (Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions), Section 4.18 (Additional Subsidiary Guarantees), Section 4.19 (Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries), Section 4.20 (Changes in Covenant When Notes Rated Investment Grade), Section 5.01 (Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets) and Section 5.02 (Successor Corporation Substituted) in their entirety and all references thereto contained elsewhere in the Indenture in their entirety;

  (ii)   The failure to comply with the terms of any of the foregoing Sections of the Indenture shall no longer constitute a Default or an Event of Default under the Indenture and shall no longer have any other consequence under the Indenture;

  (iii)   The Indenture is hereby amended to delete clauses (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) of Section 6.01 in their entirety and all references thereto contained in Section 6.01 and elsewhere in the Indenture in their entirety, and the occurrence of the events described in clauses (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) of Section 6.01 shall no longer constitute Events of Default;

  (iv)   All definitions set forth in Section 1.01 of the Indenture that relate to defined terms used solely in sections deleted by this Supplemental Indenture are hereby deleted in their entirety; and

  (v)   All references to Section 6.01 of the Indenture shall mean Section 6.01 as amended by this Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.1 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, the Indenture shall be supplemented in accordance herewith, and this Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound hereby; provided, that the amendments to the Indenture set forth in Section 1.2 of this Supplemental Indenture shall become operative as specified in Section 1.2 hereof. Prior to the Payment Date, the Company may terminate this Supplemental Indenture upon written notice to the Trustee.

Section 2.2 Indenture Remains in Full Force and Effect. Except as supplemented hereby, all provisions in the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 2.3 Indenture and Supplemental Indenture Construed Together. This Supplemental Indenture is an indenture supplemental to and in implementation of the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read and construed together.

Section 2.4 Confirmation and Preservation of Indenture. The Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture is in all respects confirmed and preserved.

Section 2.5 Conflict with the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the TIA that is required under the TIA to be a part of and govern any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the TIA shall control. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the provision of the TIA shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be.

Section 2.6 Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 2.7 Benefits of Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and thereto and their successors hereunder and thereunder and the Holders of the Notes, any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

Section 2.8 Successors. All agreements of the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 2.9 Acceptance by Trustee. The Trustee accepts the amendments to the Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture and agrees to execute the trusts created by the Indenture as hereby amended, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture.

Section 2.10 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture and the Notes relating to the conduct or affecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so provided.

Section 2.11 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

Section 2.12 Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 2.13 Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 2.14 The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made by the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

NRG ENERGY, INC.

By: /s/ Robert C. Flexon
Name: Robert C. Flexon
Title: Chief Financial Officer

GUARANTORS:

ARTHUR KILL POWER LLC


ASTORIA GAS TURBINE POWER LLC
BERRIANS I GAS TURBINE POWER LLC
BIG CAJUN II UNIT 4 LLC
CAPISTRANO COGENERATION COMPANY
CHICKAHOMINY RIVER ENERGY CORP.
COMMONWEALTH ATLANTIC POWER LLC
CONEMAUGH POWER LLC
CONNECTICUT JET POWER LLC
DEVON POWER LLC
DUNKIRK POWER LLC
EASTERN SIERRA ENERGY COMPANY
EL SEGUNDO POWER II LLC
HANOVER ENERGY COMPANY
HUNTLEY POWER LLC
INDIAN RIVER OPERATIONS INC.
INDIAN RIVER POWER LLC
JAMES RIVER POWER LLC
KAUFMAN COGEN LP
KEYSTONE POWER LLC
LOUISIANA GENERATING LLC
MIDDLETOWN POWER LLC
MONTVILLE POWER LLC
NEO CALIFORNIA POWER LLC
NEO CHESTER-GEN LLC
NEO CORPORATION
NEO FREEHOLD-GEN LLC
NEO LANDFILL GAS HOLDINGS INC.
NEO POWER SERVICES INC.
NORWALK POWER LLC
NRG AFFILIATE SERVICES INC.
NRG ARTHUR KILL OPERATIONS INC.
NRG ASIA-PACIFIC, LTD.
NRG ASTORIA GAS TURBINE OPERATIONS, INC.
NRG BAYOU COVE LLC
NRG CABRILLO POWER OPERATIONS INC.
NRG CADILLAC OPERATIONS INC.
NRG CALIFORNIA PEAKER OPERATIONS LLC
NRG CONNECTICUT AFFILIATE SERVICES INC.
NRG DEVON OPERATIONS INC.
NRG DUNKIRK OPERATIONS INC.
NRG EL SEGUNDO OPERATIONS INC.
NRG HUNTLEY OPERATIONS INC.
NRG INTERNATIONAL LLC
NRG KAUFMAN LLC
NRG MESQUITE LLC
NRG MIDATLANTIC AFFILIATE SERVICES INC.
NRG MIDATLANTIC GENERATING LLC
NRG MIDDLETOWN OPERATIONS INC.
NRG MONTVILLE OPERATIONS INC.
NRG NEW JERSEY ENERGY SALES LLC
NRG NEW ROADS HOLDINGS LLC
NRG NORTH CENTRAL OPERATIONS INC.
NRG NORTHEAST AFFILIATE SERVICES INC.
NRG NORTHEAST GENERATING LLC
NRG NORWALK HARBOR OPERATIONS INC.
NRG OPERATING SERVICES, INC.
NRG OSWEGO HARBOR POWER OPERATIONS INC.
NRG POWER MARKETING INC.
NRG ROCKY ROAD LLC
NRG SAGUARO OPERATIONS INC.
NRG SOUTH CENTRAL AFFILIATE SERVICES INC.
NRG SOUTH CENTRAL GENERATING LLC
NRG SOUTH CENTRAL OPERATIONS INC.
NRG WEST COAST LLC
NRG WESTERN AFFILIATE SERVICES INC.
OSWEGO HARBOR POWER LLC
SAGUARO POWER LLC
SOMERSET OPERATIONS INC.
SOMERSET POWER LLC
VIENNA OPERATIONS INC.
VIENNA POWER LLC

By: /s/ George P. Schaefer
Name: George P. Schaefer
Title: Authorized Signatory

LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

By: /s/ Daniel R. Fisher
Name: Daniel R. Fisher
Title: Senior Vice President

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SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE OF GUARANTORS

 
 
Arthur Kill Power LLC
 
Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC
 
Berrians I Gas Turbine Power LLC
 
Big Cajun II Unit 4 LLC
 
Capistrano Cogeneration Company
 
Chickahominy River Energy Corp.
 
Commonwealth Atlantic Power LLC
 
Conemaugh Power LLC
 
Connecticut Jet Power LLC
 
Devon Power LLC
 
Dunkirk Power LLC
 
Eastern Sierra Energy Company
 
El Segundo Power II LLC
 
Hanover Energy Company
 
Huntley Power LLC
 
Indian River Operations Inc.
 
Indian River Power LLC
 
James River Power LLC
 
Kaufman Cogen LP
 
Keystone Power LLC
 
Louisiana Generating LLC
 
Middletown Power LLC
 
Montville Power LLC
 
NEO California Power LLC
 
NEO Chester-Gen LLC
 
NEO Corporation
 
NEO Freehold-Gen LLC
 
NEO Landfill Gas Holdings Inc.
 
NEO Power Services Inc.
 
Norwalk Power LLC
 
NRG Affiliate Services Inc.
 
NRG Arthur Kill Operations Inc.
 
NRG Asia-Pacific, Ltd.
 
NRG Astoria Gas Turbine Operations, Inc.
 
NRG Bayou Cove LLC
 
NRG Cabrillo Power Operations Inc.
 
NRG Cadillac Operations Inc.
 
NRG California Peaker Operations LLC
 
NRG Connecticut Affiliate Services Inc.
 
NRG Devon Operations Inc.
 
NRG Dunkirk Operations Inc.
 
NRG El Segundo Operations Inc.
 
NRG Huntley Operations Inc.
 
NRG International LLC
 
NRG Kaufman LLC
 
NRG Mesquite LLC
 
NRG MidAtlantic Affiliate Services Inc.
 
NRG MidAtlantic Generating LLC
 
NRG Middletown Operations Inc.
 
NRG Montville Operations Inc.
 
NRG New Jersey Energy Sales LLC
 
NRG New Roads Holdings LLC
 
NRG North Central Operations Inc.
 
NRG Northeast Affiliate Services Inc.
 
NRG Northeast Generating LLC
 
NRG Norwalk Harbor Operations Inc.
 
NRG Operating Services, Inc.
 
NRG Oswego Harbor Power Operations Inc.
 
NRG Power Marketing Inc.
 
NRG Rocky Road LLC
 
NRG Saguaro Operations Inc.
 
NRG South Central Affiliate Services Inc.
 
NRG South Central Generating LLC
 
NRG South Central Operations Inc.
 
NRG West Coast LLC
 
NRG Western Affiliate Services Inc.
 
Oswego Harbor Power LLC
 
Saguaro Power LLC
 
Somerset Operations Inc.
 
Somerset Power LLC
 
Vienna Operations Inc.
 
Vienna Power LLC
 

3 EX-99.1 3 exhibit2.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS
RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NRG Energy, Inc. Receives Requisite Consents for Consent Solicitation
for its Outstanding 8% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2013

Princeton, NJ; December 29, 2005 – NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) today announced that as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 29, 2005, it had received valid tenders and consents from holders of approximately $1,078,137,353 in aggregate principal amount of NRG’s 8% second priority senior secured notes due 2013 (CUSIP No. 629377AS1) (the “NRG Notes”), representing approximately 99.78% of the outstanding NRG Notes, in connection with its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation for the NRG Notes pursuant to NRG’s Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated December 15, 2005 relating to the NRG Notes.

With the receipt of the requisite consents, NRG will execute a supplemental indenture governing the NRG Notes, which satisfies the “Supplemental Indenture Condition,” as defined in NRG’s Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated December 15, 2005 relating to the NRG Notes, and will (1) amend the indenture under which the NRG Notes were issued to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and events of default and related provisions in the indenture and (2) waive the application of the restrictive covenants in the indenture to allow a portion of the funds to be raised in connection with NRG’s pending acquisition of Texas Genco LLC to be held in escrow pending the closing of that acquisition. The amendments to the indenture will not become operative until payment for all validly tendered NRG Notes is made by NRG, but the waiver will become effective immediately upon execution of the supplemental indenture.

Consummation of the tender offer is conditioned upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, including (1) NRG having obtained funds sufficient to pay the consideration, costs and expenses of the tender offer and consent solicitation from the financing transactions related to the pending acquisition of Texas Genco LLC, (2) the consummation of the pending acquisition of Texas Genco LLC, and (3) certain other customary conditions. There can be no assurance that any of such conditions will be met.

NRG Notes may be tendered pursuant to the tender offer until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 31, 2006 (the “Expiration Date”), or such later date and time to which the Expiration Date is extended, unless the tender offer is earlier terminated by NRG. Holders who validly tender NRG Notes after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 29, 2005, but on or prior to the Expiration Date will not be eligible to receive the consent payment of $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the NRG Notes. Any NRG Notes not tendered and purchased pursuant to the tender offer will remain outstanding and the holders thereof will be bound by the amendments contained in the supplemental indenture eliminating substantially all of the restrictive covenants in the indenture even though they have not consented to the amendments.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the tender offer and consent solicitation, payment for tendered NRG Notes will be made on the first business day following the Expiration Date, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The complete terms and conditions of the tender offer and consent solicitation are described in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated December 15, 2005 relating to the NRG Notes, copies of which may be obtained from MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the information agent for the tender offer and consent solicitation, at 800.322.2885 (U.S. Toll Free) and 212.929.5500 (collect).

NRG has engaged Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking to act as dealer managers and solicitation agents in connection with the tender offer and consent solicitation. Questions regarding the tender offer and consent solicitation may be directed to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, at 800.624.1808 (U.S. Toll Free) and 212.761.1457 (collect) or Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking at 800.558.3745 (U.S. Toll Free) and 212.723.6106 (collect). Law Debenture Trust Company of New York is the Depositary for the tender offer and consent solicitation and can be contacted at 212.750.0888.

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. This announcement is also not a solicitation of consents to the proposed amendments to the respective indentures. No recommendation is made as to whether holders of NRG Notes should tender their notes or give their consent.

NRG Energy, Inc. owns and operates a diverse portfolio of power-generating facilities, primarily in the Northeast, South Central and Western regions of the United States. Its operations include baseload, intermediate, peaking, and cogeneration facilities, thermal energy production and energy resource recovery facilities. NRG also has ownership interests in generating facilities in Australia and Germany.

Certain statements contained herein may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking typically can be identified by the use of words such as “will,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “forecast,” “plan,” “believe” and similar terms. Although NRG believes that its expectations are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct, and actual results may vary materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated above include, among others: risks and uncertainties related to the capital markets generally, and the availability of financing for NRG’s pending acquisition of Texas Genco.

NRG undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The foregoing review of factors that could cause NRG’s actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in the forward-looking statements included herein should be considered in connection with information regarding risks and uncertainties that may affect NRG’s future results included in NRG’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.

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