RRI Energy to Participate in a Panel Discussion at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference

• Press Release
• Source: RRI Energy
• On 9:00 am EDT, Wednesday September 16, 2009

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mark Jacobs, president and chief executive officer of RRI Energy, is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion on September 22 at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference.

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Jacobs’ presentation will be web cast at www.rrienergy.com/investors and is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

RRI Energy, Inc. (NYSE:RRI - News) based in Houston, provides electricity to wholesale customers in the United States. The company is one of the largest independent power producers in the nation with more than 14,000 megawatts of power generation capacity across the United States. These strategically located generating assets use natural gas, fuel oil and coal. RRI will routinely post all important information on its website at www.rrienergy.com.

This news release contains "forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements that contain projections, estimates or assumptions about our revenues, margins, capital structure and other financial items, our plans and objectives for future operations or about our future economic performance, economic or market conditions, possible transactions and dispositions, financings or offerings. In many cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "continue," "could," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should," "will," "expect," "objective," "projection," "forecast," "goal," "guidance," "outlook," "effort," "target" and other similar words. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking.

Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements as a result of many factors or events, including, but not limited to, legislative, regulatory and/or market developments, the outcome of pending lawsuits, governmental proceedings and investigations, the effects of competition, financial and economic market conditions, access to capital, the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices and interest rates, weather conditions and other factors we discuss or refer to in the “Risk Factors” section of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our filings and other important information are also available on the Investor Relations page of our website at www.rrienergy.com.

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RRI Energy
Dennis Barber, 713-497-3042 (investors)
Laurie Fickman, 713-497-7720 (media)
www.rrienergy.com