Addressing climate change is a corporate and policy priority at NRG.

NRG realizes that society can only achieve the emission reductions needed to avoid climate change by quickly developing and deploying low-greenhouse gas technology in the power and transportation industries, and other sectors worldwide.

To succeed, we believe the U.S. must lead the world in adopting a domestic climate change policy that puts a price on CO₂ and uses resulting revenues to jump start the deployment of CO₂ capture and sequestration, nuclear, promising renewables and other technologies. We are tireless advocates for such policies in Washington, D.C., and are tailoring the future development of our portfolio for success in a carbon-constrained world.

The transformation needed in the power business and other energy intensive sectors cannot happen unless Congress passes effective, comprehensive legislation. In so doing, the U.S. will move from being a major contributor to a leader in deploying solutions. We urge the early passage of a pragmatic and balanced cap and trade approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stimulate the development and rapid deployment of low-CO₂ technologies.

NRG has joined together with other industrial and environmental leaders in the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) to support national and international climate change policies. In January 2009, this group issued A Blueprint for Legislative Action, which reinforces our commitment to slow, stop and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions over the shortest time reasonably achievable. The Blueprint is a guide for the development of legislation that can become law in the 111th Congress. www.us-cap.org