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): JULY 5, 2002

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                          RELIANT ENERGY, INCORPORATED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            TEXAS                         1-3187                74-0694415
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                                     Identification No.)


                        1111 LOUISIANA
                        HOUSTON, TEXAS                             77002
           (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 207-3000

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ITEM 5.           OTHER EVENTS.

         Reliant Energy, Incorporated (Reliant Energy) is filing this Current
Report on Form 8-K concurrently with the filing of its amended Annual Report on
Form 10-K/A for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (2001 10-K/A) in order
to provide updated information regarding certain investigations, litigation and
governmental proceedings involving Reliant Energy and/or its subsidiaries,
including its approximate 83% owned subsidiary Reliant Resources, Inc. (Reliant
Resources). Reliant Energy and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to in
this Current Report as the "Company."

         The Company is party to numerous lawsuits and regulatory proceedings
relating to its trading and marketing activities, including (i) certain same-day
commodity trading transactions in which it engaged in 1999, 2000 and 2001
involving purchases and sales with the same counterparty for the same volume at
substantially the same price (round trip trades), as more fully described in
Note 1 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the 2001
10-K/A, (ii) a series of four structured transactions engaged in by the Company
that were inaccurately accounted for as cash flow hedges for the period May 2001
through September 2001 (structured transactions), as more fully described in
Reliant Energy's March 15, 2002 Current Report on Form 8-K, and (iii) its
activities in the California wholesale market. In addition, various state and
federal governmental agencies have commenced investigations relating to such
activities. These lawsuits, proceedings and investigations are currently the
subject of intense, highly-charged media and political attention. Their ultimate
outcome cannot be predicted at this time. Additional information regarding
certain of these matters is set forth below.

         In June 2002, Reliant Energy and Reliant Resources were advised by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it had issued a formal order in
connection with its investigation of the Company's financial reporting, internal
controls and related matters. The Company understands the investigation is
focused on Reliant Resources' round trip trades and structured transactions.
These matters were previously the subject of an informal inquiry by the SEC. The
Company is cooperating with the SEC staff.

         As part of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) industry
wide investigation, the CFTC has subpoenaed documents and requested information
on the Company's natural gas and power trading activities, including the round
trip trades, occurring since January 1, 1999. The Company is cooperating with
the CFTC staff.

         In connection with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
industry wide investigation into potential manipulation of electric and natural
gas prices in the West region for the period January 1, 2000 forward, the
Company has provided information to the FERC about its trading activities in the
Western United States during 2000 and 2001. The Company is cooperating with the
FERC.


         Reliant Resources has received subpoenas from United States Attorneys
requesting documents pertaining to the round trip trades, and the Company
anticipates investigations of energy trading activities by Reliant Resources and
numerous other companies that parallel those of the SEC, the CFTC and the FERC.
The Company is cooperating with the offices of the United States Attorneys that
have issued the subpoenas.

         In May and June 2002, ten class action lawsuits were filed on behalf of
purchasers of securities of Reliant Resources and/or Reliant Energy. Also, the
Company is aware that at least one additional class action lawsuit has been
filed in July 2002. Reliant Resources and several of its executive officers are
named as defendants. Reliant Energy is also named as a defendant in three of the
lawsuits. Two of the lawsuits also name as defendants the underwriters of
Reliant Resources' initial public offering that closed in May 2001. One of those
two lawsuits also names Reliant Resources' and Reliant Energy's independent
auditors as a defendant. The dates of filing of these lawsuits are as follows:
two lawsuits on May 15, 2002; two lawsuits on May 16, 2002; one lawsuit on May
17, 2002; one lawsuit on May 20, 2002; one lawsuit on May 21, 2002; one lawsuit
on May 23, 2002; one lawsuit on June 19, 2002; one lawsuit on June 20, 2002; and
one lawsuit on July 1, 2002. Ten of the lawsuits were filed in the United States
District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. One lawsuit was
filed in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana
Division.

         The complaints allege that the defendants overstated the revenues of
Reliant Resources by including transactions involving the purchase and sale of
commodities with the same counterparty at the same price and that Reliant
Resources improperly accounted for certain other transactions, among other
things. The complaints seek monetary damages and, in one of the lawsuits
rescission, on behalf of a putative class. In eight of the lawsuits, the
putative class is composed of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired
Reliant Resources and/or Reliant Energy securities during specified class
periods. The three lawsuits that include Reliant Energy as a named defendant
were also filed on behalf of purchasers of securities of Reliant Resources
and/or Reliant Energy during specified class periods.

         Additionally, in May and June 2002, four class action lawsuits were
filed on behalf of purchasers of securities of Reliant Energy. Reliant Energy
and several of its executive officers are named as defendants. The dates of
filing of the four lawsuits are as follows: one on May 16, 2002; one on May 21,
2002; one on June 13, 2002; and one on June 17, 2002. The lawsuits were filed in
the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
The complaints allege that the defendants violated federal securities laws by
issuing false and misleading statements to the public. The plaintiffs allege
that the defendants made false and misleading statements as part of an alleged
scheme to artificially inflate the trading volumes and revenues of Reliant
Resources by including transactions involving the purchase and sale of
commodities with the same counterparty at the same price, to spin-off Reliant
Resources to avoid exposure to Reliant Resources' liabilities and to cause the
price of Reliant Resources' stock to




rise artificially, among other things. The complaints seek monetary damages on
behalf of persons who purchased Reliant Energy securities during specified class
periods.

         In May 2002, three class action lawsuits were filed on behalf of
participants in various employee benefits plans sponsored by Reliant Energy.
Reliant Energy and its directors are named as defendants in all of the lawsuits.
Reliant Resources is named as a defendant in two of the lawsuits. The lawsuits
were filed on May 29, 2002, May 30, 2002, and May 31, 2002. All of the lawsuits
were filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas,
Houston Division. The complaints allege that the defendants breached their
fiduciary duties to various employee benefits plans sponsored by Reliant Energy,
in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The plaintiffs
allege that the defendants permitted the plans to purchase or hold securities
issued by Reliant Energy when it was imprudent to do so, including after the
prices for such securities became artificially inflated because of alleged
securities fraud engaged in by the defendants. The complaints seek monetary
damages for losses suffered by a putative class of plan participants whose
accounts held Reliant Energy or Reliant Resources securities, as well as
equitable relief in the form of restitution.

         In May 2002, a derivative action was filed against the directors and
independent auditors of Reliant Resources. The lawsuit was filed on May 17,
2002, in the 269th Judicial District, Harris County, Texas. The petition alleges
that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to Reliant Resources. The
shareholder plaintiff alleges that the defendants caused Reliant Resources to
conduct its business in an imprudent and unlawful manner, including allegedly
failing to implement and maintain an adequate internal accounting control
system, engaging in transactions involving the purchase and sale of commodities
with the same counterparty at the same price, and disseminating materially
misleading and inaccurate information regarding Reliant Resources' revenue and
trading volume. The petition seeks monetary damages on behalf of Reliant
Resources.





ITEM 7.           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

                  (c) Exhibits.

                  None.



                                    SIGNATURE

                  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.


                                        RELIANT ENERGY, INCORPORATED




Date: July 5, 2002                      By:      /s/ Hugh Rice Kelly
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                                            Hugh Rice Kelly
                                            Executive Vice President,
                                            General Counsel and Corporate
                                            Secretary