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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-031322
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230310
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230310
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20230310

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NRG ENERGY, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001013871
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				411724239
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-270479
		FILM NUMBER:		23725525

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		910 LOUISIANA STREET
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-537-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		910 LOUISIANA STREET
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NRG ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960509
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 10, 2023</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED
STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><B><BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT><B><BR>
<I>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 18pt"><B>NRG
Energy,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
</B></FONT>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; padding-right: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 49%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: white"><B>41-1724239</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S.&nbsp;Employer Identification Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>910 Louisiana Street</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Houston, Texas 77002</B>&nbsp;</P>

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Offices)(Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Vivint Smart Home,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive
Plan</B>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Christine A. Zoino</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Vice President, Deputy
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
910 Louisiana Street</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Houston, Texas 77002</B>&nbsp;</P>

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for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>(713) 537-3000</B>&nbsp;</P>

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area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Copies
to:</I></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Thomas W. Christopher</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I></I></FONT><B>Colin Diamond</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>White&nbsp;&amp; Case
LLP</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>1221 Avenue of the
Americas</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>New York, New York
10020</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Telephone: (212) 819-8200</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If an emerging growth
company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (&ldquo;NRG&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;), is filing this registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (this
 &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) to register up to 20,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;NRG
Common Stock&rdquo;), issuable pursuant to (i)&nbsp;outstanding restricted stock, restricted stock unit and performance-based vesting
restricted stock unit awards granted under the Vivint Smart Home,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Vivint Plan&rdquo;),
which awards were assumed by NRG in connection with completion of the merger contemplated by the <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Agreement
and Plan of Merger (the &ldquo;Merger Agreement&rdquo;), dated December&nbsp;6, 2022, by and among NRG, Jetson Merger Sub,&nbsp;Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of NRG (&ldquo;Merger Sub&rdquo;), and Vivint Smart Home,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation
(&ldquo;Vivint&rdquo; and, such merger, the &ldquo;Merger&rdquo;), </FONT>and (ii)&nbsp;awards to be granted after the date hereof under
the Vivint Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">As a result of the Merger,
in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, NRG assumed&nbsp;certain Vivint restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards
and performance-based vesting restricted stock unit awards that, in each case, were issued under the Vivint Plan and outstanding as of
immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (collectively, the &ldquo;Vivint Awards&rdquo;). The Vivint Awards were converted,
in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, into awards relating to NRG Common Stock. In addition, at the closing of the Merger,
NRG assumed&nbsp;the Vivint Plan for the purpose of granting future equity awards relating to NRG Common Stock to employees who were employed
by Vivint immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>PART&nbsp;I</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 1.</B></FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Plan Information.*</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 2.</B></FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</B></FONT><B>.*</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">*The information specified in Items 1 and
2 of Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 i<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">s omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with
the provisions of Rule&nbsp;428 under </FONT>the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;) <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">and
the introductory note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration
Statement</FONT> will be sent or given to each participant in the Vivint Plan as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)&nbsp;under the Securities
Act. Such documents are not required to be and are not being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;)
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities
Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II
of Form&nbsp;S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B></FONT><B><BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 3.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents previously filed by the
Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), are incorporated
herein by reference:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000101387123000004/nrg-20221231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;23, 2023;</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on&nbsp;<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465923022218/tm236666d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">February&nbsp;15,
                                                                                                                              2023</A>. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000101387123000002/nrg-20230216.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">February&nbsp;16,
                                                                                                                              2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465923027021/tm238056d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March&nbsp;1,
                                                                                                                              2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465923027994/tm238056d2_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March&nbsp;2,
                                                                                                                              2023</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465923030928/tm238056d3_8k.htm">March 10, 2023</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>the description of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock contained in the <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000095013403016489/c81429e8va12g.htm">Registrant&rsquo;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on December&nbsp;10, 2003</A>, as <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000095013404003868/c83949e8va12bza.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">amended by Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed on March&nbsp;22, 2004</A>.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement
or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any subsequently filed
document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no information is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement where such information under applicable forms
and regulations of the SEC is not deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; under Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section, unless the report or filing containing such information indicates that the information therein is to be considered
 &ldquo;filed&rdquo; under the Exchange Act or is to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 4.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 5.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors
and Officers.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Subsection (a)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &ldquo;DGCL&rdquo;) empowers a corporation to indemnify
any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
the person&rsquo;s conduct was unlawful.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Subsection (b)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled
to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Section&nbsp;145 further
provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145, or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section&nbsp;145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section&nbsp;145 shall, unless otherwise
provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure
to the benefit of such person&rsquo;s heirs, executors and administrators. Section&nbsp;145 also empowers the corporation to purchase
and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out
of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section&nbsp;145.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7)&nbsp;of
the DGCL provides that a corporation&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders or monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided
that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty
to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived
an improper personal benefit.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended, provides, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and except as otherwise
provided in its by-laws, no director of the Registrant shall be liable to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty owed to the Registrant or its stockholders and the Registrant shall indemnify its officers and directors. Furthermore, the Fourth
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant provide that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party
to or is otherwise involved (including involvement as a witness) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant or a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Registrant or, while a director or officer of the Registrant or a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant, is or was serving
at the request of the Registrant or a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, partner, member, manager,
trustee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other entity
or enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an &ldquo;indemnitee&rdquo;), shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys&rsquo;
fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in
connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee,
partner, member, manager, trustee, fiduciary or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee&rsquo;s heirs, executors and administrators.
This right of indemnification includes the Registrant&rsquo;s obligation to provide an advance of expenses, although the indemnitee may
be required to repay such an advance if there is a judicial determination that the indemnitee was not entitled to the indemnification.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The Sixth Amended and
Restated By-laws of the Registrant also permits the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any
other person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or a subsidiary of the Registrant or was serving at
request of the Registrant or a subsidiary of the Registrant. The Registrant has purchased and maintains such insurance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration
Claimed.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in; background-color: white">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000144530512001407/ex31q12012.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000144530512001407/ex31q12012.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.&nbsp;001-15891) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;3, 2012)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465912084358/a12-29440_2ex3d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465912084358/a12-29440_2ex3d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-15891) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;14, 2012)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465922124084/tm2231415d1_ex3-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465922124084/tm2231415d1_ex3-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sixth Amended and Restated By-Laws of NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-15891) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;2, 2022)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312520083834/d823728dex44.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000119312520083834/d823728dex44.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Vivint Smart Home,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to Vivint&rsquo;s Post-Effective Amendment on Form&nbsp;S-8 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (File No.&nbsp;333-233911) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;24, 2020)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000171395221000024/ex101vivintsmarthomeinc-ti.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000171395221000024/ex101vivintsmarthomeinc-ti.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form&nbsp;of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Vivint Smart Home,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (2021 Time-Based Restricted Stock Units) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Vivint&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.&nbsp;001-38246) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2021)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000171395221000024/ex102vivintsmarthomeinc-pe.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713952/000171395221000024/ex102vivintsmarthomeinc-pe.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form&nbsp;of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Vivint Smart Home,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (2021 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to Vivint&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.&nbsp;001-38246) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2021)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="tm238056d4_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm238056d4_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of White&nbsp;&amp; Case LLP with respect to the legality of the common stock being registered*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="tm238056d4_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm238056d4_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered accounting firm of the Registrant*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="tm238056d4_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm238056d4_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of White&nbsp;&amp; Case LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement)*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page&nbsp;of this Registration Statement)*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="tm238056d4_ex-filingfees.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm238056d4_ex-filingfees.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing Fee Table*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">*Filed herewith</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 51.1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Undertakings.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(a)</TD><TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">1.</TD><TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required
by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in
the effective Registration Statement; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT>&nbsp;to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided,
however</I></FONT>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">2.</TD><TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">3.</TD><TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(b)</TD><TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(c)</TD><TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8&nbsp;and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on March 10, 2023.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">NRG ENERGY,&nbsp;INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Mauricio Gutierrez</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_001"></A><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Brian E. Curci and Christine A. Zoino,
each acting alone, their true and lawful&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for such person and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on
Form S-8&nbsp;and all post-effective amendments thereto, of NRG Energy, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other document in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on March 10, 2023.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; width: 55%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Mauricio Gutierrez</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President,
    Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mauricio Gutierrez</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Alberto Fornaro</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
    Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Alberto Fornaro</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Emily Picarello</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Corporate
    Controller</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emily
    Picarello</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal
    Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Lawrence S. Coben</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chair
    of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lawrence
    S. Coben</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ E. Spencer Abraham</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">E. Spencer Abraham</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Antonio Carrillo</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Antonio
    Carrillo</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Matthew Carter, Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Matthew
    Carter,&nbsp;Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Heather Cox</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Heather Cox</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Elisabeth B. Donohue</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Elisabeth B. Donohue</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Paul W. Hobby</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Paul W. Hobby</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Alexandra Pruner</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Alexandra Pruner</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Anne C. Schaumburg</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Anne C. Schaumburg</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Thomas H. Weidemeyer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Thomas H. Weidemeyer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March&nbsp;10, 2023</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">910 Louisiana Street</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Houston, Texas 77002</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Re: NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc. - Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We have acted as New York
counsel to NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;), in connection with the preparation and filing
by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;) of a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
(the &ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;) on the date hereof, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;), of 20,000,000 shares (the &ldquo;<U>Vivint Plan Shares</U>&rdquo;) of the Company&rsquo;s
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;<U>Common Stock</U>&rdquo;), to be issued under the Vivint Smart Home,&nbsp;Inc.
2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;<U>Vivint Plan</U>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This opinion letter is rendered
in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)&nbsp;of Regulation S&ndash;K under the Securities Act, and no opinion is expressed
herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or any related prospectus, other than as expressly stated
herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In connection with our opinion
expressed below, we have examined the Registration Statement and originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction
of such other documents, corporate records, certificates and other statements of government officials and corporate officers of the Company
as we deemed necessary for the purposes of the opinion set forth in this opinion letter.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We have relied, to the extent
we deem such reliance proper, upon such certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company and of public
officials and upon statements and information furnished by officers and representatives of the Company with respect to the accuracy of
material factual matters contained therein which were not independently established by us. In rendering the opinion expressed below, we
have assumed, without independent investigation or verification of any kind, the genuineness of all signatures on documents we have reviewed,
the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons signing all documents, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted
to us as originals, the conformity to authentic, complete original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the truthfulness,
completeness and correctness of all factual representations and statements contained in all documents we have reviewed, the accuracy and
completeness of all public records examined by us, and the accuracy of all statements in certificates of officers of the Company that
we reviewed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc</FONT>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">March&nbsp;10, 2023</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Based
upon the foregoing assumptions, and subject to the qualifications set forth in this opinion letter, having considered such questions of
law as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinion, we are of the opinion that </FONT>the issuance of the Vivint Plan Shares has
been duly authorized, and when issued as provided under the Vivint Plan, the Vivint Plan Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The opinion expressed above
is limited to questions arising under the Delaware General Corporation Law. We do not express any opinion as to the laws of any other
jurisdiction. The opinion expressed above is limited to the matters stated in this opinion letter, and no opinion is implied or may be
inferred beyond those expressly stated in this opinion letter. The opinion expressed above is as of the date hereof only, and we express
no opinion as to, and assume no responsibility for, the effect of any fact or circumstance occurring, or of which we learn, subsequent
to the date of this opinion letter, including, without limitation, legislative and other changes in the law or changes in circumstances
affecting any party. We assume no responsibility to update this opinion letter for, or to advise you of, any such facts or circumstances
of which we become aware, regardless of whether or not they affect the opinion expressed in this opinion letter.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We hereby consent to the filing
of this opinion letter with the Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby
admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules&nbsp;and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 50%">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ White &amp; Case LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 75%; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom">KPMG LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD> 1601 Market Street<BR> Philadelphia, PA 19103-2499 </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We consent to the use of our reports dated February&nbsp;23,&nbsp;2023,
with respect to the consolidated financial statements of NRG Energy, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting,
incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">/s/ KPMG LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<BR>
March 9,&nbsp;2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;107</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Calculation of Filing Fee Tables</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Form&nbsp;S-8</U></B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Form&nbsp;Type)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc.</U></B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Table 1 &ndash; Newly Registered Securities</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Security<BR>
Type</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Security<BR>
Class&nbsp;Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Fee<BR>
Calculation<BR>
Rule</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount<BR>
Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed<BR>
Maximum<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price per<BR>
Unit(2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Fee Rate</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount of<BR>
Registration<BR>
Fee</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 9%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Equity</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 17%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value<BR>
$0.01 per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 8%; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Other </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%; text-align: right">7,292,787</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 6%; text-align: right">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;33.49</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 13%; text-align: right">244,198,970</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 10%; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">0.00011020</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 8%; text-align: right">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8239;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;26,910.73</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Equity</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value<BR>
$0.01 per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Other </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right">12,707,213</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(4)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right">33.49</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right">425,501,030</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">0.00011020</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right">46,890.21</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD COLSPAN="9" STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Total Offering Amounts</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right">669,700,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">0.00011020</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right">73,800.94</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 96%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) of NRG Energy,&nbsp;Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) that may become issuable under the terms of the Vivint Smart Home,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Vivint Plan&rdquo;) by reason of any share split, share dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Company&rsquo;s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.</FONT></TD></TR>
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