X0306 4 2012-11-01 0 0001013871 NRG ENERGY, INC. NRG 0001195331 LUTERMAN GERALD NRG ENERGY, INC. 211 CARNEGIE CENTER PRINCETON NJ 08540 1 0 0 0 Dividend Equivalent Rights 2012-11-01 4 A 0 26 0 A Common Stock 26 55 D The dividend equivalent rights accrued on the reporting person's deferred stock units and become exercisable proportionately with the deferred stock units to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of NRG common stock. /s/ Brian Curci, under Power of Attorney 2012-11-05