NRG Energy's David Crane to Speak at Second Platts Lecture

New York, November 7 (ots/PRNewswire) -

- NRG CEO to Advocate Transition to Low Carbon-Emitting
Society;Joins Former U.S. Secretary of State Albright as a Featured
Speaker

At the second annual Platts Lecture, "Sense and Sustainability:
What Strategies Will Really Work to Create a New Energy Future?" NRG
Energy President and CEO David Crane is expected to call on the
energy industry to smooth its transition to a low-carbon economy. The
lecture will be held December 3 at Deutsche Bank headquarters in New
York City in conjunction with the 10th annual Platts Global Energy
Awards.

Crane is an outspoken advocate of the need for climate
legislation and clean energy. His company, wholesale power generator
NRG Energy, was the Platts "Energy Company of the Year" in 2007 and
also won an "Industry Leadership Award" at the 9th annual Platts
Global Energy Awards held in New York City last year. As a champion
of environmental responsibility, NRG has been spearheading innovative
research and development programs, including commercial scale
demonstration of post-combustion carbon capture technology.

"We're pleased that Mr. Crane, a true visionary whose leadership
has inspired an entire sector of the energy industry, will also offer
that sector's perspective on the global dialogue surrounding
sustainable energy solutions," said Victoria Chu Pao, president of
Platts.

Dr. Madeleine Albright, Principal of The Albright Group LLC,
Chair and Principal of Albright Capital Management LLC and former
U.S. Secretary of State, will join Crane in delivering the Platts
Lecture, to be held prior to the 2008 Platts Global Energy Awards
Gala that evening. Albright will examine the political environment
and global issues that underpin the sustainability debate, including
the three-way tension between greenhouse gas reduction, energy
security and energy cost.

The Platts Lecture series aspires to raise the level of global
energy industry debate, creating the definitive forum for the
examination of serious long-term issues facing the world's energy
businesses and policy-makers.

The Platts Global Energy Awards were established in 1999 to
recognize outstanding achievement in the energy industry. The annual
ceremony singles out the energy industry's top performers,
recognizing corporate and individual achievement, innovation and
entrepreneurship. International judges have included former OPEC
energy ministers, national regulators, heads of major energy
companies, leading academics and legislators.

Sponsors of the Platts Lecture include R.W. Beck, returning for a
second year as the principal sponsor, and Deutsche Bank, Standard &
Poor's, and Oracle.

Accredited journalists are welcome to be Platts guests at the
Platts Lecture, scheduled for 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on December 3 at
Deutsche Bank, 60 Wall Street -- as well as at the awards ceremony in
the evening -- and must register at http://platts.lecture.sgizmo.com.
Non-media may register at http://www.platts.com/Events/2008/lecture/
or contact Corporate Events & Occasions at +1-817-570-5877 or
+1-800-851-2710 for more information.

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