Webcast Alert: Reliant Energy Announces Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Call

HOUSTON--(Business Wire)--
You are invited to listen to a webcast of Reliant Energy's
(NYSE:RRI) Third Quarter 2008 earnings call that will be broadcast
live on the Internet at 8:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 7, 2008.

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What: Reliant Energy's Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Call

When: November 7, 2008 - 8:00 a.m. Eastern

Where: http://www.reliant.com

How: Live over the Internet - Simply log on to the web address
above

Contact: Marie McArdle at 713-497-7727
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Reliant Energy, Inc. (NYSE:RRI) based in Houston, provides
electricity and energy services to retail and wholesale customers in
the United States. The company provides service to approximately 1.8
million retail electricity customers primarily in Texas, including
residential and small business customers. Reliant also serves
commercial, industrial, governmental and institutional customers in
Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and
the District of Columbia.

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. For more
information, visit http://www.reliant.com. Reliant routinely posts all
important information on its Web site.

(Minimum requirements to listen to the broadcast: The Windows
Media Player software is required to listen to the broadcast, and can
be downloaded free of charge at
www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx)

Reliant Energy, Inc., Houston
Marie McArdle, +1-713-497-7727

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