NRG ENERGY, INC. — Director's Dealing 2018

May 3, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NRG ENERGY, INC. (NRG)
CIK: 0001013871
Period of Report: 2018-05-01

Reporting Person: DALLAS TERRY G (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-05-01	Common Stock, par value, $.01 per share	A	40	—	Acquired	41689	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, par value, $.01 per share	2713	Indirect
Common Stock, par value, $.01 per share	11569	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents dividend equivalent rights accrued on the Reporting Person's deferred stock units, which become exercisable proportionately with the deferred stock units to which they relate and may only be settled in NRG common stock. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of NRG common stock.

F2: Includes 2,032 dividend equivalent rights.