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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000795185-97-000003.txt : 19970409
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000795185-97-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19970407
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
FILED AS OF DATE:		19970407
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NRG GENERATING U S INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000795185
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COGENERATION SERVICES & SMALL POWER PRODUCERS [4991]
		IRS NUMBER:				592076187
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09208
		FILM NUMBER:		97575630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1221 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6123735300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1221 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	O BRIEN ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OBRIEN ENERGY SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910804
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                                  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):  April 7, 1997


                           NRG Generating (U.S.) Inc.
               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
                                        
                                        
          Delaware                1-9208                 59-2076187
      (State or other        (Commission File           (IRS Employer
      jurisdiction of             Number)          Identification Number)
       incorporation)
                                   ___________
                                        
  1221 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota                 55403
  (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)


  Registrant's telephone number, including area code (612) 373-8834
                                        

  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                                        
   
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ITEM 5.  Other Events.

    On April 7, 1997, NRG Generating (U.S.) Inc. (the "Company")
announced that Robert T. Sherman, Jr., has been selected as President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  Sherman is currently a
senior officer at a major independent electric power producer in
Houston, Texas, and will join the Company in May.

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    Signatures

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as  amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed  on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   NRG GENERATING (US.) INC.


                               /s/  Timothy P. Hunstad
                               By:  Timothy P. Hunstad
                               Vice President and Chief Executive Officer


Date:  April 7, 1997

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