NRG Energy

=10 worst power plants<a href="http://grist.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/worst-10-power-plants.png">http://grist.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/worst-10-power-plants.png</a>luminant, duke, salt river, NRG 1stenergywww.globalpossibilities.org/lets-fight-the-1-percent-of-power-plants/=
<div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2/25/22</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">so much for freedom of mkt choiCe:</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2022/02/10/arizona-utilities-team-up-legislators-block-competition/6740768001/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2022/02/10/arizona-utilities-team-up-legislators-block-competition/6740768001/</a></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="font-size: small;"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Want to quit APS? Legislators are backing a plan to make sure that can never happen</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Opinion: Arizona's monopoly utilities don't want you ever to have a choice in where you get your electricity. And the Arizona Legislature is working on a plan to make sure they get their wish.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Laurie Roberts</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Arizona Republic</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Arizona Legislature is charging forth with a plan to block competition against utilities like Arizona Public Service.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In August, a Texas company applied to the Arizona Corporation Commission for permission to compete with Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, giving us captive customers a choice in who provides our electricity.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The state’s monopoly utilities were not amused.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">And so, as night follows day, the Arizona Legislature is now charging forth with a plan to block the competition.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This, by repealing a state law that allows other electricity providers to give the big guys a run for their money.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It is a necessary step, the monopoly utilities assure us, to ensure that service remains reliable and affordable.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Funny, I’m pretty sure Ma Bell said the same thing a half century ago. Back when phones were bolted to walls and had these strange curly wires attached to them, when you talked fast when calling long distance because of the resulting exodus from your wallet.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Law says we 'shall' have competition</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For two decades, Arizona has had laws in place to allow for competition in who provides the electricity that powers our homes and businesses. In fact, the law flatly says, “a competitive market shall exist.”</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It just never materialized, thanks to a court decision challenging the rules to implement that law and a powerful utility lobby that would just as soon not have anyone intrude on its turf, thankyouverymuch.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">There was an attempt by the Arizona Corporation Commission to revisit deregulation in 2013 but it was abruptly shelved when APS frowned.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="">Fast forward to August, when Texas-based Green Mountain Energy applied to the commission to begin selling what they say will be 100% renewable energy plans to APS and Tucson Electric customers. The company already operates in seven states, with licenses in four others,  and estimates it’ll have 20,000 Arizona customers within five years.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Approval of this application is in the public interest,” the company wrote in its application, “because it will result in more options for customers and expand the availability of renewable energy in Arizona.”</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I picture the executives over at APS's parent company, Pinnacle West Capital Corp., fainting in a dead heap right there on their marble boardroom floor.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bill could end competition as we know it</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Enter House Bill 2101, which has the bipartisan support of a whopping 36 legislators. It was defeated a few weeks ago on the House floor but after a little muscle was applied, was brought back this week and passed 37-21. </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The bill (and its companion, Senate Bill 1631) would not only block Green Mountain from operating in Arizona but would threaten the rooftop solar industry as well.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">That’s because the law our leaders seek to repeal – the one mandating competitive markets – was recently cited by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals when it ruled that Salt River Project risks antitrust trouble if it jacks up rates to price competing services (read: rooftop solar) out of the market.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Take away the law and well, you get the picture.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Utilities and their champions at the Legislature insist their monopoly status protects consumers, keeps rates low and electricity flowing.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Reliability and affordability is really at the top of my concern,” House Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committee Chairwoman Gail Griffin, the sponsor of this drive to end competition before it can begin, said during a recent hearing on her bill.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Without repeal, utilities warn us we may be subject to the woes of California when it had rolling blackouts two decades ago or the misery of Texas, where millions lost power during a deadly freeze last February and prices went soaring.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It's never bad to let APS know we have choice</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But, as The Arizona Republic’s Robert Robb pointed out, California’s competitive setup contained flaws that don’t exist in Arizona and Arizona law requires the Corporation Commission to set rates within a range, preventing a Texas-style price spike.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">During the recent hearing on the bill, a spokesman for Green Mountain brushed aside the utilities’ dire warnings of doom and gloom, saying its prices would be competitive and its customers still would have to pay for upkeep of the grid as well as a fee to the “native utility” to serve as a backup provider.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="">“Reliability is being used in this bill as a fig leaf by people who simply want to close off choice to their customers and retain a monopoly,” said Travis Kavulla, vice president of Regulatory Affair of NRG Energy Inc., the parent company of Green Mountain.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Count Corporation Commissioner and free-market fan Justin Olson among those who support competition. He says his study of price data from the Energy Information Administration suggests it would drive down rates.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[Arizona judge rules that 'law enforcement' is NOT a profession</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If the Constitution means anything, kick Rep. Gosar off the ballot</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Does Ducey really think cops in Alaska can help secure our border?]</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Data is mixed on that but one thing seems clear.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It is never a bad thing for APS and other utilities to know that we have a choice.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The fact that the Legislature doesn’t see that is stunning. </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Somebody should pull the plug on this bad plan.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Who supports this bill?</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Here are the legislators who voted for to HB 2101: [FINCHEM LATER?]</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Republican Reps. Gail Griffin of Hereford, Rusty Bowers of Mesa, Brenda Barton of Payson, Leo Biasiucci of  Lake Havasu City, Walter Blackman of Snowflake. Frank Carroll of Sun City West, Regina Cobb of Kingman, David Cook of Globe, Lupe Diaz of Benson, Tim Dunn of Yuma, John Fillmore of Apache Junction, Joel John of Yuma, Steve Kaiser of Phoenix, John Kavanagh of Fountain Hills, Teresa Martinez of Casa Grande, Quang Nguyen of Prescott, Joanne Osborne of Goodyear, Jennifer Pawlik of Chandler, Kevin Payne of Peoria, Ben Toma of Peoria, Michelle Udall of Mesa, Jeff Weninger of Chandler Justin Wilmeth of Phoenix.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Democratic Reps. Morgan Abraham of Tucson, Richard Andrade of Phoenix, Jasmine Blackwater-Nygun of Red Mesa, César Chávez of Phoenix, Andrea Dalessandro of Sahuarita, Diego Espinoza of Tolleson, Brian Fernandez of Yuma, Alma Hernandez of Tucson, Daniel Hernandez of Tucson, Chris Mathis of Tucson, Robert Meza of Phoenix, Marcelino Quiñonez of Phoenix, Lorenzo Sierra of Avondale, Myron Tsosie of Chinle</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Reach Roberts at laurie.roberts@arizonarepublic.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LaurieRoberts.</div></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</div>=Robert Powelson, President <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/donald-trump" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Donald Trump</a>’s <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/media/news-releases/2017/2017-3/08-04-17.asp#.WZNPCdPytEI" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">newly appointed commissioner</a> to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), received both gifts and reimbursements for travel, lodging, and hospitality from the energy and utility sectors in his previous position as a state regulator. He will now regulate those sectors at the federal level.<a href="https://www.ferc.gov/about/com-mem/powelson.asp" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Powelson</a>, a Republican, began his tenure at FERC last week. <a href="http://www.energyandpolicy.org/powelson-gas/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Documents and emails</a> recently uncovered by the Energy &Policy Institute, a watchdog monitoring attacks on renewable energy, indicate that he maintained a close relationship with industry groups as a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.In addition, earlier this year, Powelson said pipeline opponents are engaged in “jihad,” a statement which <a href="https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2017/03/23/amid-criticism-utility-regulator-walks-back-jihad-remark/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">drew criticism from activists</a> and further solidified his pro-industry image.  <h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">NFL Game and Industry Conferences</h3>DeSmog has found that according to Powelson’s financial interest disclosures at the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission, in <a href="http://www.ethicsrulings.state.pa.us/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=213373&searchid=9e4b1be4-8867-46e2-b525-2cca7db43605&dbid=0" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">September 2013</a> he accepted two tickets from NRG Energy to attend a football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and San Diego Chargers. Each ticket cost $105. Powelson attended the game with James Steffes, a senior vice president at <a href="http://www.nrg.com/generation/portfolio/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">NRGEnergy</a>, a large energy company operating numerous power generating stations throughout the U.S.     <img alt="Rob Powelson's financial disclosure from 2013 shows two NFL football game tickets gifted from NRG Energy" src="https://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/powelson-industry-gifts-disclosure.png" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: 125px; width: 810px;" />
From Powelson’s 2013 disclosure to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.That year, Powelson also received several reimbursements to participate in industry conferences. In June, the <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/edison-electric-institute" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Edison Electric Institute</a>, a powerful national utility trade group which has fought distributed solar power, funded Powelson’s attendance at the institute’s convention in San Francisco. Three months later the Florida Natural Gas Association paid for Powelson to attend its conference in Orlando. Powelson was keynote speaker at both events.The same year, Powelson attended two energy and utilities investment conferences paid for by the organizers. In January the investment firm Boenning & Scattergood funded his participation in its Investor Energy Conference, and in March Morgan Stanley paid for his attendance at its Utilities Conference. Powelson was again keynote speaker at both events.According to Powelson’s 2014 <a href="http://www.ethicsrulings.state.pa.us/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=224707&searchid=9e4b1be4-8867-46e2-b525-2cca7db43605&dbid=0" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">disclosure</a>, <a href="http://www.geestrategies.com/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">GEE Strategies</a>, an energy and utilities consulting firm, funded his attendance at its Energy Leadership Forum in Falls Church, Virginia. <a href="http://www.utilitysecrets.org/wisconsin-commissioner-nowak-utility-industry/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Emails</a> recently uncovered by UtilitySecrets, a joint watchdog project by the Energy & Policy Institute and Center for Media & Democracy, indicate that GEE Strategies has close ties to the Edison Electric Institute, which funded the firm’s Energy Leadership Forum meeting last year.Other <a href="http://www.energyandpolicy.org/powelson-gas/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">emails</a> show that Edison Electric Institute invited Powelson to speak at its board’s winter meeting in January this year. The meeting was held in Palm Beach, Florida. Also in 2017, Powelson served as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).   The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission considers gifts and reimbursements for travel, lodging, and hospitality as different categories, requiring public officials to report them separately.Reached for comment, a FERC spokesperson told DeSmog that Commissioner Powelson followed all applicable Pennsylvania state rules with regard to travel and reimbursement while he was a member of the public utility commission (PUC). The spokesperson added:“For the meetings that you listed, he was a speaker or a panelist. In those roles, Commissioner Powelson’s participation was a customary and necessary part of the performance of his duties, and reimbursement was not a gift to him or the PUC. The 2017 EEI meeting, which he attended as a speaker and in his capacity as President of NARUC, has not yet been filed because it is still 2017. It will be on the 2017 listings when those are all filed.”<h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;">Powelson’s “jihad” Remark   </h3>Powelson is one of four Trump nominees to FERC, which shrank this summer to only one commissioner, Cheryl LaFleur. The pipeline industry recently boosted its pressure on the administration to restore the commission’s quorum, absent since February, which is required to approve interstate oil and gas projects. Powelson and <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/about/com-mem/chatterjee/chatterjee-bio.asp" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Neil Chatterjee</a>, a former energy policy advisor to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), were sworn in last week. Two other nominees — <a href="http://www.utilitydive.com/news/senate-committee-sets-hearing-for-ferc-nominees-glick-mcintyre-in-septembe/448604/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Richard Glick and Kevin McIntyre</a> — are pending Senate approval.Opponents of fossil fuel infrastructure <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/senate-committee-holds-ferc-confirmation-hearing-81932d3b5506/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">protested</a> Powelson and Chatterjee’s nominations, arguing that the two are likely to maintain FERC’s bias toward pipeline buildup.They pointed out that during a gas industry conference in March this year, Powelson <a href="https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2017/03/21/utility-regulator-slams-pipeline-opponents/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">described</a> protests by anti-pipeline activists as a “jihad.”        “The jihad has begun,” Powelson told the audience. “At the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission groups actually shown up at commissioners’ homes to make sure we don’t get this gas to market. How irresponsible is that?”<a href="http://www.energyandpolicy.org/powelson-gas/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Powelson later apologized</a> for that particular phrasing, saying “I recently made an inappropriate choice of words while characterizing the actions of a small group of individuals who engage in threatening and disruptive behavior.”As a FERC commissioner, Powelson will participate in various decisions to <a href="http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/652225.pdf" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">permit and approve interstate pipeline projects</a>, which includes taking into account public comment as well as impacts to private landowners and the environment.In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Massachusetts Senators <a target="_blank" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/2016.07.25%20Letter%20to%20FERC%20regarding%20Spectra%20NRG.pdf">Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey demand new answers</a> about an alleged conflict of interest in the environmental review of a proposed Spectra Energy natural gas pipeline project.

As DeSmog first <a target="_blank" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/05/26/revealed-contractors-hired-ferc-review-new-spectra-energy-pipeline-work-spectra-related-project">reported</a>, the Environmental Assessment (EA) for Spectra’s Atlantic Bridge project was carried out on FERC’s behalf by third-party contractor Natural Resource Group (NRG),

which at the time was working directly for Spectra on a related

pipeline, PennEast. Following these revelations, Sens. Warren and Markey

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/06/14/senators-demand-new-ferc-environmental-review-spectra-energy-project-after-desmog-revelations">demanded</a> explanations from FERC Commissioner Norman Bay, urging him to issue a new and objective review for the project.

FERC Commissioner Norman Bay responded by detailing the procedure by which FERC

chooses third-party contractors and vets candidates for conflicts. “It

is my understanding that these procedures were followed with respect to

the selection of the third party contractor for the Atlantic Bridge

project, and no disqualifying conflict of interest was identified,”

he wrote.

Responding to the Senators’ general inquiry on the number of conflicts identified in recent years by FERC,

Bay mentioned that the Commission identified eight such conflicts in

the past 15 months. In those cases, potential third-party contractors

were disqualified.

But Warren and Markey are unsatisfied with Bay’s response, and now want more specific answers on the hiring of NRG to review Atlantic Bridge.

They write in the follow-up letter:

“Did Spectra or NRG disclose any potential conflicts of interest to FERC? If not, did FERC conduct an independent review to determine whether claims that no conflict of interest exist were valid in this instance?”

</blockquote>

The Massachusetts Senators also want to know on what basis were the

eight potential contractors recently disqualified and whether these were

based on financial conflicts.

While Spectra Energy has repeatedly ignored DeSmog’s requests for comment on this story, the company has recently written to FERC in response to concerns raised by Massachusetts residents on the alleged conflict of interest in Atlantic Bridge.

In its response, Spectra essentially confirmed the facts of DeSmog’s investigation – but said that FERC ultimately reviewed and approved the hiring of NRG as third-party contractor. Spectra also minimized its direct involvement with NRG in the PennEast Pipeline, saying it is a minority owner in the consortium pursuing the project.

“Spectra Energy is not responsible for managing the PennEast project, which would include coordination with NRG regarding public affairs work for the PennEast project,” the company wrote.

These developments come amidst new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/07/19/while-reviewing-spectra-energy-gas-pipeline-project-ferc-contractor-did-not-disclose-its-hiring-spectra-five-other">revelations</a> by DeSmog on a potential conflict of interest in a related Spectra project, Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM).

NRG, which also performed the Environmental Impact Statement for AIM, was working for Spectra at the time of its hiring by FERC as third-party contractor. During the review of AIM, Spectra then hired NRG

directly for no less than five other of its projects, potentially

incentivizing the contractor to provide a beneficial assessment for AIM.

FERC went on to approve AIM, which is currently under construction.=tool:<a href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/UncleSamsFavoriteCorporations.pdf">http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/UncleSamsFavoriteCorporations.pdf</a>provision of the 2009 Recovery Act providing cash payments in lieu of tax credits. Iberdrola’s subsidy total is $2.2 billion. Other top grant/ allocated tax credit recipients include NextEra Energy (parent of Florida Power & Light), NRG Energy, Southern Company, Summit Power and SCS Energy, each with more than $1 billion. The results exclude the numerous corporate tax breaks that ca<a href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker">http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker</a>==vultures:

UCS: Other big corporate players were fairly consistent with their public image. Nike and NRG Energy Inc lobbied in support of climate change policy and supported conservation groups. 5/12---2. TexasIvanpah may be in California, but its behemoth energy co-parent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy">NRG</a> [13] is based in New Jersey and Texas, which annually farts out over 650,000 metric tons of CO2. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2013/06/city-of-houston-makes-big-renewable.html" style="">NRG recently closed</a> [14] a deal to annually provide half of Houston's electricity using solar, which would rule if the state wasn't right behind California in ozone pollution, or well above the national average in per capita CO2 emissions. “Houston is already known as the energy capital of the world, but we are committed to becoming the alternative energy capital of the world as well," said Mayor Annise Parker, whose metropolis is now reportedly the largest buyer of municipal renewable power in America. It's almost enough to erase memories of Reliant Energy's sinister role in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRI_Energy#California_energy_crisis" style="">California's manufactured energy "crisis"</a> [15] or that energy corporation is one of America's worst CO2 emitters.But Texas is nevertheless <a href="http://www.justmeans.com/World-s-Largest-Solar-Test-Farm-Planned-by-Texas-A-M-University-CT/59878.html" style="">leaning green</a> [16], especially on the municipal level, and it's not alone. "A lot of new solar is going to come online this year," said Johnson. "We've got 30 utility-scale projects under construction around the country. Other areas are watching carefully to see how solar takes hold, but costs to consumers have dropped by more than 40 percent. So solar is rapidly becoming very competitive with traditional energy sources. And we're doing it without adversely impacting the environment. So despite the amazing progress solar has made, its best days are ahead."sw<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 19.2px;" lang="en">NRG Energy, based in Princeton, NJ, is a wholesale power generation company with ownership in 47 coal, oil, and natural gas plants worldwide. The company's portfolio of projects totals approximately 22,735 megawatts (MW) in the United States, about half of which is generated in Texas. NRG also has plants in Australia, Europe, and Latin America with a total of about 1,216 MW of generation.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a>On June 19, 2006 NRG Energy filed a Letter Of Intent with the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission" title="Nuclear Regulatory Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Nuclear Regulatory Commission</a> to build two 1358-MWe ABWRs at the South Texas Project site. This was the first nuclear plant license application filed in the United States in 29 years.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a>For the year ending December 31, 2007, NRG announced earnings of US$569 million in net income, as compared with US$543 million in 2006.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a>In March 2008, the company announced a 10-year purchase agreement with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Southern_California_Edison" title="Southern California Edison" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Southern California Edison</a> to provide 550MW of power from its natural gas-fueled <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=El_Segundo_Generating_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="El Segundo Generating Station (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">El Segundo Generating Station</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a>In May 2009, NRG completed the purchase of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/RRI_Energy" title="RRI Energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Reliant Energy's</a> Texas retail business. With the purchase, Reliant changed its name to RRI Energy and became purely a wholesale power generator.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a>NRG Energy completed its acquisition of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/GenOn_Energy" title="GenOn Energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">GenOn Energy</a> in December 2012<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a> for $1.7 billion.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a><table id="toc" class="toc" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px;"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; width: auto; display: inline;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#NRG_closes_Somerset_Power_Generating_Station.3B_announces_conversion_project" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1 NRG closes Somerset Power Generating Station; announces conversion project</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#DOE_selects_NRG_Energy_for_carbon_capture_project_in_Texas" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">2 DOE selects NRG Energy for carbon capture project in Texas</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#NRG_considering_biomass" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">3 NRG considering biomass</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Renewable_energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4 Renewable energy</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#CEO_compensation" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">5 CEO compensation</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Lobbyists" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">6 Lobbyists</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Power_portfolio" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">7 Power portfolio</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Coal_projects_sponsored_by_NRG" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">8 Coal projects sponsored by NRG</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Existing_coal-fired_power_plants" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">9 Existing coal-fired power plants</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Health_impacts" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">10 Health impacts</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Death_and_disease_attributable_to_fine_particle_pollution_from_NRG_Energy_coal_plants" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">10.1 Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from NRG Energy coal plants</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Table_1:Death_and_disease_attributable_to_fine_particle_pollution_from_NRG_Energy_coal_plants" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">10.1.1 Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from NRG Energy coal plants</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Higher_cancer_rates_found_at_NRG.27s_Indian_River_plant" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">10.2 Higher cancer rates found at NRG's Indian River plant</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Drinking_water_contaminated_with_toxic_hexavalent_chromium_found_at_Indian_River_site" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">10.2.1 Drinking water contaminated with toxic hexavalent chromium found at Indian River site</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#NRG.27s_Limestone_fifth_in_mercury_emissions_for_2009" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">10.3 NRG's Limestone fifth in mercury emissions for 2009</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">11 Articles and resources</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">11.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#References" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">11.2 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">11.3 External resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">11.4 External articles</a></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">NRG closes <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Somerset_Power_Generating_Station" title="Somerset Power Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Somerset Power Generating Station</a>; announces conversion project</h2>In November, 2009, NRG Energy announced that it will close the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Somerset_Power_Generating_Station" title="Somerset Power Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Somerset Power Generating Station</a> on January 2, 2010. A company spokesman cited "market forces" and a "requirement that we close down or repower [by] September of 2010." NRG plans to convert the plant from burning coal to a plasma gasification process, which breaks down coal into its component parts before converting it into energy. No timetable for that conversion has been announced.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">DOE selects NRG Energy for carbon capture project in Texas</h2>In September 2009, NRG announced that it was applying for funding from the Department of Energy to subsidize the cost of installing <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Carbon_Capture_and_Storage" title="Carbon Capture and Storage" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">carbon capture and storage</a> equipment at Parish. The company would not disclose the cost of the equipment. The demonstration project would capture about 90 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions from 60 megawatts of power generation.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a>In March 2010 it was announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected NRG to receive $154 million, which includes funcing from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to construct a "post-combustion carbon capture demonstration unit" outside of Houston at the company's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Parish_Generating_Station" title="Parish Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Parish Generating Station</a>. The project is scheduled to go online in 2013 and will be one of the first of its kind.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[11]</a><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">NRG considering biomass</h2>In September 2009, NRG announced it was replacing some coal at its <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Big_Cajun_II_Power_Plant" title="Big Cajun II Power Plant" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Big Cajun II Power Plant</a> with switchgrass and sorgham. The company said the project could eventually lead to commercial-scale biomass fuel projects as a means of dealing with potential greenhouse gas regulations.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">Renewable energy</h2>As of Sept. 15, 2010, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">natural gas</a>, coal and oil accounted for 22,820 megawatts of NRG's power generation -- about 93 percent. Wind and solar power, meanwhile, represented just under two percent of the company's power generation. In 2009, NRG plants around the world produced 59 million tons of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">carbon dioxide</a>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">greenhouse gas</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a>On December 14, 2010, NRG bought a planned 290-megawatt photovoltaic farm from thin-film solar module maker First Solar, agreeing to pour up to $800 million into the Yuma County, Arizona, project. The Agua Caliente power plant will supply electricity to California utility <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/PG%26E" title="PG&E" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">PG&E</a> under a 25-year contract. The deal followed NRG's agreement to buy SunPower's 250-megawatt California Valley Solar Ranch photovoltaic project on the state's central coast for $450 million. That solar power plant will also supply electricity to PG&E. In October 2010, NRG said it would invest $300 million investment in BrightSource Energy's Ivanpah solar thermal power plant now under construction in the Southern California desert, for combined investment of $1.6 billion into solar over the period of a few months.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-tw-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a>NRG has also signed deals with eSolar, a California solar thermal power plant builder, to jointly develop projects in the desert Southwest, and owns wind farms and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Green_Mountain_Energy" title="Green Mountain Energy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Green Mountain Energy</a>, a renewable electricity and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Carbon_offset" title="Carbon offset" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">carbon offset</a> provider.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-tw-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">CEO compensation</h2>In May 2007, Forbes listed NRG CEO <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_W.Crane" title="David W. Crane" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">David W. Crane</a> as receiving $12.29 million in total compensation for the latest fiscal year, with a three-year total compensation of $18.49 million. He ranked 6th on the list of CEOs in the Utilities industry, and 151st out of all CEOs in the United States.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">Lobbyists</h2>NRG Energy spent $230,000 on in-house lobbying costs in 2008 and a further $50,000 to date in 2009.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-NRG_Energy-15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a> The registered lobbyists were <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Scott_Fisher" title="Scott Fisher" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Scott Fisher</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Corneli" title="Steve Corneli" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Steve Corneli</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_O%27Brien" title="John O'Brien" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">John O'Brien</a>.NRG Energy also spent $120,000 on the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alpine_Group" title="Alpine Group" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Alpine Group</a> in 2008 and a further $30,000 to date in 2009.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-NRG_Energy-15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a> The registered lobbyists were <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_Massie" title="James Massie" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">James Massie</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_Barnett" title="Charles Barnett" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Charles Barnett</a>.NRG Energy also spent $230,000 on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_Rhoads_Group" title="The Rhoads Group" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Rhoads Group</a> in 2008 and a further $60,000 to date in 2009.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-NRG_Energy-15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a> The registered lobbyists were <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_Dennis" title="Thomas Dennis" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Thomas Dennis</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Johanna_Polsenberg" title="Johanna Polsenberg" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Johanna Polsenberg</a>.Total Lobbying expenditures for 2008: $580,000
Total Lobbying expenditures to date for 2009: $140,000
<h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">Power portfolio</h2>Out of its total 27,895 MW of electric generating capacity in 2005 (2.61% of the U.S. total), NRG produced 52.9% from natural gas, 31.0% from coal, 15.9% from oil, and 0.2% from biomass. NRG owns power plants in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas; 49.9% of the company's generating capacity comes from plants in Texas.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-EIA-16" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[17]</a><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">Coal projects sponsored by NRG</h2>Active<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Big_Cajun_I" title="Big Cajun I" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Big Cajun I</a> (Louisiana)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Big_Cajun_II_Unit_4" title="Big Cajun II Unit 4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Big Cajun II Unit 4</a> (Louisiana)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Huntley_Generating_Station" title="Huntley Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Huntley Generating Station</a> (New York)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Limestone_3" title="Limestone 3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Limestone 3</a> (Texas)</li></ul>Cancelled<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Indian_River" title="Indian River" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Indian River</a> (Delaware)</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">Existing coal-fired power plants</h2>NRG owned 26 coal-fired generating stations in 2005, with 8,657 MW of capacity. Here is a list of NRG's coal power plants with capacity over 100 MW:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-EIA-16" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[17]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[18]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[19]</a><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Plant Name</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">State</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">County</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 175px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Year(s) Built</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 75px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Capacity</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 100px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2007 CO2Emissions</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 100px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2006 SO2Emissions</th></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Parish_Generating_Station" title="Parish Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Parish</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">TX</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Fort Bend</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1977, 1978, 1980, 1982</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">2697 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">20,000,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">56,438 tons</td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Big_Cajun_II_Power_Plant" title="Big Cajun II Power Plant" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Big Cajun 2</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">LA</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Pointe Coupee</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1981, 1982, 1983</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">1871 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">14,300,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">44,556 tons</td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Limestone_Generating_Station" title="Limestone Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Limestone</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">TX</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Limestone</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1985, 1986</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">1706 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">13,300,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">15,917 tons</td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Huntley_Generating_Station(existing)" title="Huntley Generating Station (existing)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Huntley</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">NY</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Erie</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1942, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">816 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">3,659,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">12,299 tons</td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Indian_River_Power_Station" title="Indian River Power Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Indian River</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">DE</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Sussex</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1957, 1959, 1970, 1980</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">782 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">3,558,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">20,705 tons</td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dunkirk_Steam_Station" title="Dunkirk Steam Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Dunkirk</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">NY</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Chautauqua</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1950, 1959, 1960</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">592 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">3,786,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">10,072 tons</td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Somerset_plant" title="Somerset plant" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Somerset</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">MA</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Bristol</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1951, 1959</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">174 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">844,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">N/A</td></tr></tbody></table>In 2006, NRG's 7 major coal-fired power plants emitted 59.4 million tons of CO2 (1.00% of all U.S. CO2 emissions) and at least 160,000 tons of SO2 (1.07% of allU.S. SO2 emissions).<h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">Health impacts</h2><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from NRG Energy coal plants</h3>In 2010, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, quantifying the deaths and other health effects attributable to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Particulates_and_coal" title="Particulates and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">fine particle pollution</a> from coal-fired power plants.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[20]</a> Fine particle pollution consists of a complex mixture of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Soot" title="Soot" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">soot</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heavy_metals_and_coal" title="Heavy metals and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">heavy metals</a>,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sulfur_dioxide_and_coal" title="Sulfur dioxide and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">sulfur dioxide</a>, and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nitrogen_oxide" title="Nitrogen oxide" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">nitrogen oxides</a>. Among these particles, the most dangerous are those less than 2.5 microns in diameter, which are so tiny that they can evade the lung's natural defenses, enter the bloodstream, and be transported to vital organs. Impacts are especially severe among the elderly, children, and those with respiratory disease. The study found that over 13,000 deaths and tens of thousands of cases of chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, asthma, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and pneumonia each year are attributable to fine particle pollution from U.S. coal plant emissions. These deaths and illnesses are major examples of coal's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/External_costs_of_coal" title="External costs of coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">external costs</a>, i.e. uncompensated harms inflicted upon the public at large. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_plants_near_residential_areas" title="Coal plants near residential areas" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Low-income and minority populations</a> are disproportionately impacted as well, due to the tendency of companies to avoid locating power plants upwind of affluent communities. To monetize the health impact of fine particle pollution from each coal plant, Abt assigned a value of $7,300,000 to each 2010 mortality, based on a range of government and private studies. Valuations of illnesses ranged from $52 for an asthma episode to $440,000 for a case of chronic bronchitis.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[21]</a><h4 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from NRG Energy coal plants</h4><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 120px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Type of Impact</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 120px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Annual Incidence</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 120px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Valuation</th></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Deaths</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">223</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">$1.6 billion</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Heart attacks</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">354</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">$38.6 million</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Asthma attacks</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">3896</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">$202.6 thousand</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Chronic bronchitis</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">140</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">$62.2 million</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Asthma ER visits</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">200</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">$73.9 thousand</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Hospital admissions</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">170</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">$3.95 million</td></tr></tbody></table>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.catf.us/coal/problems/power_plants/existing/Health_Impacts-annual-of_Existing_Plants.xls" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Health Impacts - annual - of Existing Plants,"</a> Clean Air Task Force Excel worksheet, available under "Data Annex" at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.catf.us/coal/problems/power_plants/existing/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Death and Disease from Power Plants,"</a> Clean Air Task Force.Note: This data includes the following plants owned by NRG Energy: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Big_Cajun_II_Power_Plant" title="Big Cajun II Power Plant" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Big Cajun II Power Plant</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Huntley_Generating_Station(existing)" title="Huntley Generating Station (existing)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Huntley Generating Station (existing)</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dunkirk_Steam_Station" title="Dunkirk Steam Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Dunkirk Steam Station</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Indian_River_Power_Station" title="Indian River Power Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Indian River Power Station</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Limestone_Generating_Station" title="Limestone Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Limestone Generating Station</a>, Long Beach Generation LLC, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Somerset_Power_Generating_Station" title="Somerset Power Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Somerset Power Generating Station</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Parish_Generating_Station" title="Parish Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Parish Generating Station</a>.<h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">Higher cancer rates found at NRG's Indian River plant</h3>In January 2011, it was reported that the Delaware Division of Public Health did a study examining the number of cancer cases in a six ZIP code area around the<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Indian_River_Power_Station" title="Indian River Power Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Indian River Power Station</a>. The areas examined were Dagsboro, Frankford, Georgetown, Millsboro, Ocean View and Selbyville. The Division study showed an incidence of 553.9 cancer cases per 100,000 residents of the area between 2000 and 2004, compared with the Delaware state rate of 501.3, and the U.S. rate of 473.6 cancer cases per 100,000 residents, making the rate of cancer cases in the area 17 percent higher than the national average, and suggesting a possible correlation to the plant.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[22]</a><h4 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">Drinking water contaminated with toxic hexavalent chromium found at Indian River site</h4>A report released by EarthJustice and the Sierra Club in early February 2011 stated that there are many health threats associated with a toxic cancer-causing chemical found in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_ash" title="Coal ash" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">coal ash</a> waste called <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hexavalent_chromium" title="Hexavalent chromium" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">hexavalent chromium</a>. The report specifically cited 29 sites in 17 states where the contamination was found. The information was gathered from existing EPA data on coal ash and included locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virgina and Wisconsin. In Delaware the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Indian_River_Power_Station" title="Indian River Power Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Indian River Power Station</a> in Millsboro where chromium was reportedl.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-blind_spot-22" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[23]</a>According to EPA data, the Indian River coal ash site is an unlined landfill that is closed. Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) was reported at the site above 211 ppb (parts per billion) - 10,500 times the proposed California drinking water goals and 2.11 times above the federal drinking water standard.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-blind_spot-22" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[23]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[24]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[25]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[26]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[27]</a>As a press release about the report read:<dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Hexavalent chromium first made headlines after Erin Brockovich sued Pacific Gas & Electric because of poisoned drinking water from hexavalent chromium. Now new information indicates that the chemical has readily leaked from coal ash sites across the U.S. This is likely the tip of the iceberg because most coal ash dump sites are not adequately monitored.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[28]</a></dd></dl></dd></dl>According to the report, the electric power industry is the leading source of chromium and chromium compounds released into the environment, representing 24 percent of releases by all industries in 2009.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-blind_spot-22" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[23]</a><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">NRG's Limestone fifth in mercury emissions for 2009</h3>The 2011 Environmental Defense Fund report, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.edf.org/documents/11661_mercury-alert-cleaning-up-coal-plants.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Mercury Alert: Cleaning up Coal Plants for Healthier Lives"</a> found that 25 plants alone are responsible for nearly a third of all <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mercury" title="Mercury" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">mercury</a> emissions in the power sector, while providing only eight percent of U.S. electricity. The findings are based on 2009 U.S. Department of Energy data. The plant with the fifth highest mercury emissions was NRG's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Limestone_Generating_Station" title="Limestone Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Limestone Generating Station</a>, releasing 1,077 lbs in 2009.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[29]</a><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;">Articles and resources</h2><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">Related SourceWatch articles</h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_W.Crane" title="David W. Crane" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">David W. Crane</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Delaware_and_coal" title="Delaware and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Delaware and coal</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Exelon" title="Exelon" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Exelon</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Louisiana_and_coal" title="Louisiana and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Louisiana and coal</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Massachusetts_and_coal" title="Massachusetts and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Massachusetts and coal</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Jersey_and_coal" title="New Jersey and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New Jersey and coal</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_York_and_coal" title="New York and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New York and coal</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Texas_and_coal" title="Texas and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Texas and coal</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_States_and_coal" title="United States and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">United States and coal</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Global_warming" title="Global warming" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Global warming</a></li></ul><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">References</h3><div class="references-small" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-businessweek-0" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-businessweek_0-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-businessweek_0-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.1</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?symbol=NRG" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">NRG Energy Inc.</a>, BusinessWeek Company Insight Center, accessed July 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nrgenergy.com/pdf/Overview.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Overview</a>, NRG corporate website, accessed March 2008. (Pdf)</li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=2036890" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"NRG announces new nuclear build programme,"</a> Nuclear Engineering International, June 23, 2006.</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.snl.com/Cache/1500016834.PDF?FID=1500016834&O=PDF&T=&D=&IID=4057436&Y=" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"NRG Energy, Inc. Reports 2007 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results; Announces Management Changes"</a>, press release, February 28, 2008. (Pdf)</li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080307/nrg_energy_agreement.html?.v=2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"NRG Executes Purchase Deal With SCE"</a>, Associated Press, March 7, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090511-710637.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"RRI Energy Posts 1Q Loss On Revenue Slump, Cuts View,"</a> Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nrg-genon-complete-merger-creating-220000871.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nrg-genon-complete-merger-creating-220000871.html</a></li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/nrg-energy-to-buy-genon-for-1-7-billion/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">NRG Energy to Buy GenOn for $1.7 Billion</a></li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> Marc Munroe Dion, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1312013989/Somersets-NRG-power-plant-closing-down" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Somerset's NRG plant closing down,"</a> The Herald News, 11/4/09</li><li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> Elizabeth Souder, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-nrg_02bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf8848.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"NRG applies to Department of Energy for funding of clean coal equipment,"</a> Dallas Morning News, September 2, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-10" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/articles/electric-light-power/policy-and_regulation/2010/03/DOE_picks_NRG_for_carbon_capture_demonstration_project_in_Texas.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"DOE picks NRG for carbon capture demonstration project in Texas"</a> Electric Light & Power, March 30, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/utility-replaces-some-coal-with-swtichgrass/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Utility Replaces Some Coal With Switchgrass,"</a> New York Times, October 1, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> Jake Mooney, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-23-how-green-is-green-mountain-energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"How green is Green Mountain Energy?"</a> Grist, Nov. 23, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-tw-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-tw_13-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">14.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-tw_13-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">14.1</a> Todd Woody, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-12-15-fossil-fuel-giant-sees-bright-future-in-solar" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Fossil fuel giant is betting on a bright future in solar"</a> Grist, Dec. 15, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/lead_07ceos_David-W-Crane_2N44.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">CEO Compensation: #151 David W Crane,</a> Forbes.com, May 3, 2007.</li><li id="cite_note-NRG_Energy-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-NRG_Energy_15-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">16.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-NRG_Energy_15-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">16.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-NRG_Energy_15-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">16.2</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/climatelobby/Results.aspx?ClientName=NRG%20Energy&LobbyingFirm=&Expense=-1&LobbyistName=&Quarter=&BizCategory=&Results_BizCategory=1&Results_ClientName=1&Results_Expense=1&Results_LobbyingFirm=1&Results_Quarter=1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"NRG Energy"</a>, Center for Public Integrity, accessed July 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-EIA-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-EIA_16-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">17.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-EIA_16-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">17.1</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat2p2.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005</a>, Energy Information Administration, accessed April 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-17" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> Environmental Integrity Project, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dirtykilowatts.org/Dirty_Kilowatts2007.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants</a>, July 2007.</li><li id="cite_note-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-18" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://carma.org/dig" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Dig Deeper</a>, Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed June 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-19" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.catf.us/resources/publications/files/The_Toll_from_Coal.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America's Dirtiest Energy Source,"</a> Clean Air Task Force, September 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-20" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.catf.us/resources/publications/files/Abt-Technical_Support_Document_for_the_Powerplant_Impact_Estimator_Software_Tool.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Technical Support Document for the Powerplant Impact Estimator Software Tool,"</a> Prepared for the Clean Air Task Force by Abt Associates, July 2010</li><li id="cite_note-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-21" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> Victor Furman, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20110102/VIEWPOINTS02/101020320/Cancer-Cluster-Linked-to-Coal-" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Cancer Cluster Linked to Coal?"</a> Press Connects, January 2, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-blind_spot-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-blind_spot_22-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">23.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-blind_spot_22-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">23.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-blind_spot_22-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">23.2</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/CoalAshChromeReport.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"EPA’s Blind Spot: Hexavalent Chromium in Coal Ash"</a> Earthjustice & Sierra Club, February 1, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-23" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> "Damage Case Report for Coal Compustion Wastes," August 2008</li><li id="cite_note-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-24" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> U.S. EPA Proposed Coal Ash Rule, 75 Fed. Reg. 35128</li><li id="cite_note-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-25" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> EarthJustice, Environmental Integrity Project, and Sierra Club, "In Harm's Way: Lack of Federal Coal Ash Regulations Endangers Americans and their Environment," August 2010</li><li id="cite_note-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-26" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> EarthJustice and Environmental Integrity Project, "Out of Control: Mounting Damages from Coal Ash Waste Sites," May 2010</li><li id="cite_note-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-27" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.examiner.com/green-culture-in-mankato/coal-ash-waste-tied-to-cancer-causing-chemicals-water-supplies" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Coal ash waste tied to cancer-causing chemicals in water supplies"</a> Alicia Bayer, Examiner.com, February 1, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-28" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.edf.org/documents/11661_mercury-alert-cleaning-up-coal-plants.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Mercury Alert: Cleaning up Coal Plants for Healthier Lives"</a> Environmental Defense Fund report, March 2011.</li></ol></div><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">External resources</h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nrgenergy.com/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">NRG corporate website</a></li></ul><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;">External articles</h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Edwin Chan, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN1240730820090313" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">NRG blasts rival Exelon's hostile bid again</a>," Reuters, March 12, 2009.</li></ul>
<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">NRG Energy</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">GFDL</a>.</div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; line-height: 19.2px;"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Categories</a>: <ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style: none none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-style: none; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Climate_change" title="Category:Climate change" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Climate change</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Coal_Issues" title="Category:Coal Issues" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Coal Issues</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Energy" title="Category:Energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Energy</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Companies_listed_on_the_New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Corporations" title="Category:Corporations" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Corporations</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Power_companies_and_agencies_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Power companies and agencies in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Power companies and agencies in the United States</a></li></ul></div></div>=wikiNRG Energy, Inc. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">NYSE</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=nrg" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">NRG</a>) is a large American energy company, dual-headquartered in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Windsor_Township,New_Jersey" title="West Windsor Township, New Jersey" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">West Windsor Township, New Jersey</a>, near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton,New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Princeton</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston,Texas" title="Houston, Texas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Houston, Texas</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-yahoo_genon-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 7px; display: inline-block; zoom: 1; line-height: 19.2px;"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#Acquisitions" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1 Acquisitions</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#Reliant_Energy_naming_rights" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.1 Reliant Energy naming rights</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#Wholesale_generation" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">2 Wholesale generation</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#Retail_electricity" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">3 Retail electricity</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#Green_energy_initiatives" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4 Green energy initiatives</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#See_also" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">5 See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#References" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">6 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">7 External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">Acquisitions<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy?veaction=edit&vesection=1" title="Edit section: Acquisitions" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">edit</a>]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NRG_Energy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Acquisitions" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; visibility: hidden;"></a></h2>In late 2005, NRG Energy bought Texas-based <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Genco" title="Texas Genco" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Texas Genco</a> from a group of private equity firms for roughly $5.9 billion.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a>In May 2009, NRG entered this market by acquiring the retail operations of Reliant Energy. NRG's retail service serves 1.6 million customers in Texas. The retail operations continue to operate under the Reliant Energy name while the remainder of the former Reliant Energy became <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRI_Energy" title="RRI Energy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">RRI Energy</a>.Following the acquisition of Reliant, NRG extended its retail footprint with the acquisition of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Energy" title="Green Mountain Energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Green Mountain Energy</a> in November 2010.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a> In doing so, NRG also became the largest retailer of green power in the nation, providing all of its Green Mountain and many of its Reliant customers with energy derived from 100% renewable resources.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">verification needed</a>]NRG Energy completed its acquisition of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenOn_Energy" title="GenOn Energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">GenOn Energy</a> in December 2012<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-yahoo_genon-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a> for $1.7 billion in stock and cash.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a> The GenOn name was retired in the merger, but the combined company retained GenOn's Houston headquarters to coordinate operations.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-yahoo_genon-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 19.2px;">Reliant Energy naming rights<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy?veaction=edit&vesection=2" title="Edit section: Reliant Energy naming rights" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">edit</a>]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NRG_Energy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reliant Energy naming rights" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; visibility: hidden;"></a></h3>Reliant Energy holds the naming rights to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Park" title="Reliant Park" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Reliant Park</a> campus in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston,Texas" title="Houston, Texas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Houston, Texas</a>, home to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Astrodome" title="Reliant Astrodome" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Reliant Astrodome</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Stadium" title="Reliant Stadium" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Reliant Stadium</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Arena" title="Reliant Arena" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Reliant Arena</a> and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Center" title="Reliant Center" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Reliant Center</a>.<h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">Wholesale generation<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy?veaction=edit&vesection=3" title="Edit section: Wholesale generation" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">edit</a>]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NRG_Energy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Wholesale generation" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; visibility: hidden;"></a></h2>After the GenOn merger, NRG has 47,000 MW of total generation capacity, enough to power approximately 40 million homes.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-combo-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a> Its nearly 100 power plants are located in 18 states in the Northeast, Chicago area, Gulf Coast, Southwest, Nevada, and California.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-combo-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a> Generation facilities include mostly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_power_plant" title="Fossil fuel power plant" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">fossil fuel power plants</a> powered by natural gas, oil, and coal; plus four <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_farm" title="Wind farm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">wind farms</a> (in Texas) and six <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_farm" title="Solar farm" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">solar farms</a> (in California, Arizona, and New Mexico).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-projectlist-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a> NRG also has a 44% ownership stake in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Texas_Nuclear_Generating_Station" title="South Texas Nuclear Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">South Texas Nuclear Generating Station</a> and a 37.5% stake in a coal power plant in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone,Queensland" title="Gladstone, Queensland" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Gladstone, Queensland</a>, Australia.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-projectlist-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a>Some facilities use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration" title="Cogeneration" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">cogeneration</a> and the company also owns 28MW of solar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_generation" title="Distributed generation" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">distributed generation</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-projectlist-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a> Despite the name, neither NRG nor Green Mountain Energy own the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Wind_Energy_Center" title="Green Mountain Wind Energy Center" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Green Mountain Wind Energy Center</a>.<h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">Retail electricity<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy?veaction=edit&vesection=4" title="Edit section: Retail electricity" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">edit</a>]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NRG_Energy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Retail electricity" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; visibility: hidden;"></a></h2>NRG's Retail Power services provide electricity services to more than 2 million homes and businesses, mostly in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Arizona</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Northeast</a>.<h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">Green energy initiatives<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy?veaction=edit&vesection=5" title="Edit section: Green energy initiatives" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">edit</a>]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NRG_Energy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Green energy initiatives" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; visibility: hidden;"></a></h2>
In late 2010, NRG made news by launching the "eVgo" network, the first completely private public car <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_station" title="Charging station" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">charging station</a> network for electric power vehicles.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">citation needed</a>]Beginning in 2009, NRG began a major initiative to become the leading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_energy" title="Green energy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">green energy</a> producer in the United States and started investing very large amounts of money in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_energy" title="Clean energy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">clean energy</a> projects.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-nrgenergy.com-10" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a> They include onshore and offshore wind power, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy" title="Solar thermal energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">solar thermal energy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic" title="Photovoltaic" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">photovoltaic</a>, and distributed solar power facilities, and repowering of some of their traditional coal plants with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass" title="Biomass" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">biomass</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-nrgenergy.com-10" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a>NRG continued the trend of leading in the green power market in 2011 by becoming the largest green power retailer in New York City.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">citation needed</a>] The company also signed a two-year agreement beginning in January 2011 to provide 100% renewable energy for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building" title="Empire State Building" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Empire State Building</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[11]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a>Assemblywoman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aravella_Simotas" title="Aravella Simotas" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Aravella Simotas</a> has been chair of a coalition to support the utility in their plan to replace its "decades-old, dirty" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_plant" title="Power plant" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">power plant</a> in Astoria with a newer generator.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-NRG-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a> The company wants to replace 31 generators with new ones that will increase the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt" title="Megawatt" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">megawatts</a> of power while reducing emissions.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-NRG-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-repowering-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a> Emissions would be reduced because the new plants will use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">natural gas</a>, while the current generators run primarily on oil.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_note-repowering-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">See also<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy?veaction=edit&vesection=6" title="Edit section: See also" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">edit</a>]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NRG_Energy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; visibility: hidden;"></a></h2><div class="noprint tright portal" style="clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);"><table style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 12px; max-width: 175px;"><tbody><tr valign="middle"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><img alt="Portal icon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/32px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/48px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/64px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" height="21" width="32" /></a></td><td style="padding: 0px 0.2em; vertical-align: middle; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:New_Jersey" title="Portal:New Jersey" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New Jersey portal</a></td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_York.svg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><img alt="Portal icon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/32px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/48px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/64px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" height="16" width="32" /></a></td><td style="padding: 0px 0.2em; vertical-align: middle; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:New_York" title="Portal:New York" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New York portal</a></td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Houston,Texas.png" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><img alt="Portal icon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.png/32px-Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.png/48px-Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.png/64px-Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" height="21" width="32" /></a></td><td style="padding: 0px 0.2em; vertical-align: middle; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Houston" title="Portal:Houston" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Houston portal</a></td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crystal_energy.svg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><img alt="Portal icon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Crystal_energy.svg/29px-Crystal_energy.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Crystal_energy.svg/44px-Crystal_energy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Crystal_energy.svg/59px-Crystal_energy.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" height="28" width="29" /></a></td><td style="padding: 0px 0.2em; vertical-align: middle; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Energy" title="Portal:Energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Energy portal</a></td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wind-turbine-icon.svg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><img alt="Portal icon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Wind-turbine-icon.svg/28px-Wind-turbine-icon.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Wind-turbine-icon.svg/42px-Wind-turbine-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Wind-turbine-icon.svg/56px-Wind-turbine-icon.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" height="28" width="28" /></a></td><td style="padding: 0px 0.2em; vertical-align: middle; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Renewable_energy" title="Portal:Renewable energy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Renewable energy portal</a></td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Radioactive.svg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><img alt="Portal icon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Radioactive.svg/32px-Radioactive.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Radioactive.svg/48px-Radioactive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Radioactive.svg/64px-Radioactive.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" height="28" width="32" /></a></td><td style="padding: 0px 0.2em; vertical-align: middle; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Nuclear_technology" title="Portal:Nuclear technology" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Nuclear technology portal</a></td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Factory_1b.svg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><img alt="Portal icon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Factory_1b.svg/32px-Factory_1b.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Factory_1b.svg/48px-Factory_1b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Factory_1b.svg/64px-Factory_1b.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" height="26" width="32" /></a></td><td style="padding: 0px 0.2em; vertical-align: middle; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Companies" title="Portal:Companies" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Companies portal</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><ul style="line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaauaaaanaqmaaabb8jblaaaablbmvex="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX" auow5qsojaaaaaxrstlmaqobyzgaaabnjrefucb1jyeabbqw="AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw" wlcagqeagpidyt0ivcsaaaaasuvork5cyii="); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GreenStreet" title="GreenStreet" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">GreenStreet</a> (NRG Tower)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_energy_law" title="New York energy law" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New York energy law</a></li></ul> <h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">References<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy?veaction=edit&vesection=7" title="Edit section: References" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">edit</a>]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NRG_Energy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; visibility: hidden;"></a></h2><div class="reflist references-column-width" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;"><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-yahoo_genon-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-yahoo_genon_1-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-yahoo_genon_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-yahoo_genon_1-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">c</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-yahoo_genon_1-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nrg-genon-complete-merger-creating-220000871.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"NRG and GenOn Complete Merger, Creating Nation’s Largest Competitive Power Generator"</a>. Business Wire (Press Release). Retrieved 2012-02-23.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANRG+Energy&rft.btitle=NRG+and+GenOn+Complete+Merger%2C+Creating+Nation%E2%80%99s+Largest+Competitive+Power+Generator&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fnrg-genon-complete-merger-creating-220000871.html&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-combo-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-combo_2-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-combo_2-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-combo_2-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nrgenergy.com/GenOnCombo/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"A New, 21st Century Energy Company"</a>. Retrieved 2013-02-23.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANRG+Energy&rft.btitle=A+New%2C+21st+Century+Energy+Company&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrgenergy.com%2FGenOnCombo%2F&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a> }"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nrgenergy.com/contact/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Contact Us</a>." NRG Energy. Retrieved on July 25, 2010. "211 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ 08540-6213."</li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a> }"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.westwindsornj.org/maps/zoning-map-11-23-09.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Township of West Windsor, New Jersey Zoning Map</a>." Township of West Windsor. Retrieved on July 25, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a> }SEC Form 8-K, Accession No. 0000950123-05-011735</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/theticker/entries/2010/09/16/green_mountain_energy_to_be_ac.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Green Mountain Energy to be acquired for $350 million</a>, 09/16/2010<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANRG+Energy&rft.btitle=Green+Mountain+Energy+to+be+acquired+for+%24350+million&rft.date=09%2F16%2F2010&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statesman.com%2Fblogs%2Fcontent%2Fshared-gen%2Fblogs%2Faustin%2Ftheticker%2Fentries%2F2010%2F09%2F16%2Fgreen_mountain_energy_to_be_ac.html&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NzA3NDN8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">NRG Completes Acquisition of Green Mountain Energy</a></li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/nrg-energy-to-buy-genon-for-1-7-billion/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">NRG Energy to Buy GenOn for $1.7 Billion</a></li><li id="cite_note-projectlist-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-projectlist_9-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-projectlist_9-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-projectlist_9-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nrgenergy.com/pdf/Projectlist.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" http="http" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat">"Generation Assets"</a>. Retrieved 2013-02-23.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANRG+Energy&rft.btitle=Generation+Assets&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrgenergy.com%2Fpdf%2FProjectlist.pdf&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-nrgenergy.com-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-nrgenergy.com_10-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-nrgenergy.com_10-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://nrgenergy.com/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">http://nrgenergy.com</a></li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.triangleusgbc.org/resources/blog/item/155-empire-state-building-to-purchase-100-renewable-power?tmpl=component&print=1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Empire State Building To Purchase 100% Renewable Power</a>, 01/07/2011<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANRG+Energy&rft.btitle=Empire+State+Building+To+Purchase+100%25+Renewable+Power&rft.date=01%2F07%2F2011&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.triangleusgbc.org%2Fresources%2Fblog%2Fitem%2F155-empire-state-building-to-purchase-100-renewable-power%3Ftmpl%3Dcomponent%26print%3D1&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NzY3NzV8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Green Mountain Signs Up New York's Empire State Building</a></li><li id="cite_note-NRG-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-NRG_13-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-NRG_13-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> Trapasso, Clare (May 8, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-05-08/news/31630325_1_repowering-kleaner-environment-power-plant" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"NRG hopes to replace 31 generators in Astoria"</a>. New York Daily News. Retrieved October 11, 2012.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANRG+Energy&rft.aufirst=Clare&rft.aulast=Trapasso&rft.au=Trapasso%2C+Clare&rft.btitle=NRG+hopes+to+replace+31+generators+in+Astoria&rft.date=May+8%2C+2012&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.nydailynews.com%2F2012-05-08%2Fnews%2F31630325_1_repowering-kleaner-environment-power-plant&rft.pub=%27%27New+York+Daily+News%27%27&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-repowering-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-repowering_14-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Energy#cite_ref-repowering_14-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> Henely, Rebecca (April 30, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/17/smartpowerny_at_2012_04_26_q.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Officials support Astoria repowering to grow jobs"</a>. Times Ledger. Retrieved October 11, 2012</li></ol></div>