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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628279-24-000272
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Talen Energy Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001622536
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				471197305
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2929 ALLEN PKWY, SUITE 2200
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		888-211-6011

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		STREET 1:		2929 ALLEN PKWY, SUITE 2200
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77019
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ia592bdef19434f879ffd2b08d03d34dc_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Talen Energy Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2929 Allen Pkwy, Suite 2200</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Houston, TX 77019</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">June 4, 2024</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">VIA EDGAR</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Office of Energy &#38; Transportation</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">100 F Street, NE</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:74.198%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.450%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.731%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:77.519%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Attention&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Yolanda Guobadia</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Lily Dang</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Michael Purcell</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Laura Nicholson</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1.02pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Re&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Talen Energy Corporation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Amendment No. 5 Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Submitted May 17, 2024</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CIK No. 0001622536</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ladies and Gentlemen&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This letter sets forth the response of Talen Energy Corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) to the comments of the staff of the Division of Corporate Finance (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Staff</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SEC</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) set forth in your letter dated May 31, 2024, with respect to the above referenced Amendment No. 5 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Draft Registration Statement</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;). Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is filing Confidential Draft Submission No. 7 on Form S-1 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Revised Registration Statement</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Revised Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Set forth below are the Company&#8217;s responses to the Staff&#8217;s comments. For the Staff&#8217;s convenience, we have incorporated your comments into this response letter in italics.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Amendment No. 5 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Prospectus Summary, page 1</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Recent Developments - Cumulus Data Campus Sale, page 9</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#010000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Staff&#8217;s comment&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We note your disclosure responding to prior comment 1. With regard to the table on page 9, which you disclosed as showing the EBITDA values based on the described PTC reference prices and your minimum commitments with AWS, please expand your disclosure to clarify the reasons for the wide range of EBITDA each year, instead of one estimated EBITDA amount based on your reference price and minimum commitment with AWS that year.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In this regard, please clarify why footnote (2) refers to Susquehanna revenues without AWS agreements, and why footnote (3) refers to financial outcomes based on offtake outcomes dependent on the buyer, instead of just AWS as the buyer. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If you have a reasonable basis supporting the EBITDA ranges, please add clarifying supporting details. Otherwise please revise the EBITDA amounts, and footnotes as necessary, to correspond with the minimum commitments with AWS only.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Response&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  The Company acknowledges the Staff&#8217;s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 9 and 10 of the Revised Registration Statement accordingly. </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Financial Statements</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Note 17 &#8211; Acquisitions and Divestitures</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Completed Divestitures</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">ERCOT Asset Sale, page F-32</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#010000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Staff&#8217;s comment&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We note disclosure of your ERCOT asset sale for $785 million that closed on May 1, 2024. Beside customary net working capital adjustments, please expand your disclosure to clarify the extent of any contingency, recourse or continuing involvement associated with the sale that would impact your gain on sale recognition in the second quarter ending June 30, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Response&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> There is no contingency associated with the transaction or other terms that will impact the gain on sale. The Company is providing customary transitional services subsequent to the sale of the generation facilities. The Company acknowledges the Staff&#8217;s comment and has revised the disclosure on page F-32 of the Revised Registration Statement accordingly.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Cumulus Data Campus Sale, page F-32</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Staff&#8217;s comment&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We note you disclosed on page F-32 that for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, you recognized a $324 million net gain on the sale of the Cumulus data campus assets.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Per ASC 450, a contingent gain should not be recognized prior to the gain being realized or realizable, with claim to cash reasonably assured without expectation of repayment. Please explain how you have considered ASC 450-30-25-1 in concluding that gain recognition was </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">appropriate, given your disclosures on pages 9 and 52 that the $300 million held in escrow will not be released until zoning approvals and ordinances allowing construction and operation of the data center facilities are received, and if not received, AWS may revert the escrowed funds and you may repurchase the property.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Unless you are able to show how you have control over receiving the zoning and ordinance approvals (i.e. contingency), it appears that you will need to postpone your gain on sale recognition until the contingency is resolved and the gain is realizable.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Response&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> In connection with Cumulus Data Campus Sale, the Company analyzed the facts and circumstances applicable to the transaction and determined that it is appropriate to account for the Cumulus Data Campus Sale under ASC 610 &#8211; Other Income (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">ASC 610</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221; or the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Subtopic</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;) as the Subtopic provides guidance on the recognition of gains or losses associated with the derecognition of nonfinancial assets and that the Company determined the Cumulus Data Campus Sale meets the Subtopic scope requirements provided under ASC 610-20-15. </font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">As the Subtopic provides the evaluation criteria in order to determine&#58; (i) the timing requirements on the gain recognition associated with the Cumulus Data Campus Sale, and (ii) the measurement of transaction consideration (including the variable consideration to be released upon completing the zoning and ordinance amendment milestones), the Company believes ASC 610 provides direct guidance to account for the Cumulus Data Campus Sale, including the uncertainty with respect to variable consideration. </font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">In connection with its analysis, the Company determined it met all the Subtopic recognition criteria under ASC 610-20-25-1 and ASC 610-20-25-5 on March 1, 2024. On such date, contracts were executed that conveyed the rights, title, interest to and control of the nonfinancial assets that are the subject of the Cumulus Data Campus Sale to a non-affiliated legal entity where the Company has no ownership or no controlling financial interest.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">To measure the transaction price, including the consideration received, ASC 610-20-32-3 requires the application of certain criteria under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">ASC 606</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;). The Company concluded the $300 million of consideration held in escrow is a form of variable consideration under ASC 606-10-32-6 because this consideration is contingent on the occurrence of certain milestone events. Specifically, the release of the escrow funds would be achieved when the purchaser receives certain zoning amendments that were submitted to the local township by Talen, but were pending approval as of March 1, 2024. As there were only two outcomes, either approval or denial of the zoning amendments, the Company estimated the variable consideration associated with the Cumulus Data Campus Sale utilizing the most likely amount method prescribed in ASC 606-10-32-8. Accordingly, we concluded that the most likely amount of variable consideration to be received is the full amount of $300 million held in escrow and the Company does not believe it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved pursuant to ASC 606-10-32-11.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">On May 28, 2024, the amended zoning ordinance was approved by the township. There is a 30-day comment period before the ordinance is final. The Company believes it is unlikely that the township will reject the amendments. </font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Please note the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 9, 52, 53 and F-33 of the Revised Registration Statement to further disclosure the accounting associated with the Cumulus Data Campus Sale and to disclose the approval of the zoning by the township.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">*****</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4</font></div></div></div><div id="ia592bdef19434f879ffd2b08d03d34dc_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company respectfully requests the Staff&#8217;s assistance in completing the review of the Revised Registration Statement as soon as possible. Please contact Matthew R. Pacey of Kirkland &#38; Ellis LLP at (713) 836-3786 with any questions or further comments regarding the responses to the Staff&#8217;s comments.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:52.243%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.544%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:83.256%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Sincerely,</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">TALEN ENERGY CORPORATION</font></td></tr><tr style="height:36pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; John Wander</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">John Wander</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</font></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:58.974%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.758%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:85.042%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Enclosures</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">cc&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Rebekah D. Reneau, Associate General Counsel</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Matthew R. Pacey, P.C., Kirkland &#38; Ellis LLP</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Michael W. Rigdon, P.C., Kirkland &#38; Ellis LLP</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Anthony L. 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