<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-25-000372.txt : 20250106
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-25-000372
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250106
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250106

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Liyanearachchi Dak
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002049789
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15891
		FILM NUMBER:		25512046

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		804 CARNEGIE CENTER
		CITY:			PRINCETON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08540

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NRG ENERGY, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001013871
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				411724239
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	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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    <periodOfReport>2025-01-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001013871</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NRG ENERGY, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NRG</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0002049789</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Liyanearachchi Dak</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>804 CARNEGIE CENTER</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>PRINCETON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08540</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Exec VP, Chief Technology Ofc.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>44081.0000</value>
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                <value>Relative Performance Stock Units</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2025-01-02</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2025-01-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</value>
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                    <value>8749.0000</value>
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                <value>Relative Performance Stock Units</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-01-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>13798.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <value>2027-01-02</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 19,338 Restricted Stock Units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) issued by NRG Energy, Inc. under NRG Energy, Inc.'s Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan. Each RSU is equivalent in value to one share of NRG's Common Stock, par value $.01. Upon vesting of the RSU's, the Reporting Person will receive from NRG the following: 6,476 shares issued on January 2, 2025, 6,511 shares issued on October 15, 2025, 4,567 shares issued on January 2, 2026 and 1,784 shares issued on January 2, 2027. The Reporting Person will also accrue Dividend Equivalent Rights (&quot;DERs&quot;) on the RSUs to which they relate that can only be settled in NRG Common Stock. Each DER is the economic equivalent to one share of NRG Common Stock. Includes 1,174 DERs.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On January 2, 2022, the Reporting Person was issued 8,749 Relative Performance Stock Units (&quot;RPSUs&quot;) by NRG under the LTIP that vest on January 2, 2025, subject to certain performance conditions.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Conversion price not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">On January 2, 2023, the Reporting Person was issued 13,798 RPSUs by NRG under the LTIP that vest on January 2, 2026, subject to certain performance conditions.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Conversion price is not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">On January 2, 2024, the Reporting Person was issued 8,361 RPSUs by NRG under the LTIP that vest on January 2, 2027, subject to certain performance conditions.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>ex24liyan.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Christine Zoino, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-01-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex24liyan.txt
<TEXT>
December 2, 2024

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Brian Curci and Christine
Zoino, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to: (i) execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director and/or owner of greater than 10% of the outstanding
Common Stock of NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(ii) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority, including the New York Stock
Exchange; and (iii) take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  Each of the undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by each of the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of date first written above.

Dak Liyanearachchi
_________________
/s/ Dak Liyanearachchi
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