Platts Global Energy Awards Bestows 'Company of the Year' and 'Industry Leadership'...

Platts Global Energy Awards Bestows 'Company of the Year' and 'IndustryLeadership' Awards on NRG Energy of HoustonDuke Energy's Jim Rogers Gets Coveted 'CEO of the Year'

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston-based NRG Energy, theinternational power generator, snared two top awards -- "Energy Company of theYear" and the "Industry Leadership Award" -- tonight at the 9th annual PlattsGlobal Energy Awards.

Platts' prestigious "CEO of the Year" award went to Duke Energy's JimRogers, known for his advocacy of energy efficiency.

"Congratulations to NRG Energy and to Jim Rogers," said Platts PresidentVictoria Chu Pao. "NRG is a true global pioneer, and the judges were impressedby the company's vision, sense of corporate responsibility and leadership. NRGEnergy has transformed itself into a powerhouse -- and was recognized as oneof the fastest growing companies in the Platts Top 250 awards announcedearlier this year."

"Duke Energy's Jim Rogers has been a leader, an innovator and animplementer. The judges honored Rogers as a leading voice and visionary for anentire industry," she said.

Platts, a leading global energy information service, is a division of TheMcGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP).

Its annual awards showcase extraordinary accomplishments by energybusinesses and individuals worldwide. Finalists and winners are determined byan independent international panel of judges.

This year's "Energy Company of the Year" winner, NRG Energy, less than twodecades old, has one of the industry's most diverse portfolios, with a breadthof interests that span geographies, fuel sources and dispatch mechanisms. Inaddition to its current $16 billion environmental and efficiency spendingplans, the energy provider is the first independent power producer in theUnited States in decades to apply to build a nuclear power station.

As a leader in demonstrating environmental responsibility, NRG has beenspearheading innovative research and development programs, includingalgae-based CO2 recycling.

Duke Energy CEO James Rogers, winner of this year's "CEO of the Year"award, has been a noted inspirational leader throughout his career. Inaddition to his role heading the United States' third largest coal burner,Rogers has served as chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, the nationalassociation for investor-owned electric companies, and has led the U.S.Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of businesses and other groups callingfor a nationwide limit on CO2 emission. Rogers' outspoken advocacy of energyefficiency and conservation prompted his appointment as co-chair of twopivotal organizations -- the Alliance to Save Energy and the National ActionPlan for Energy Efficiency. He has also participated in President Clinton'sGlobal Initiative meetings.

More than 500 top executives from more than a dozen countries gathered inNew York City for the gala event tonight at Cipriani Wall Street. The eveningdinner and ceremony was preceded by the Platts Lecture, in which industryleaders, market analysts, and academic scholars discussed energysustainability issues against the backdrop of the global debate about climatechange. Jim Rogers, together with Gene Sperling, former White House NationalEconomic Advisor and former Director of the National Economic Council, werethe key speakers at the event.

The 2007 Platts Global Energy Awards were co-sponsored for the fifth yearby Capgemini and for the second year by Bracewell & Giuliani and also includedsponsors: Standard & Poor's, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company and SpectraEnergy Corporation.

The Global Energy Awards recognize excellence and innovation by companiesand executives in more than a dozen sectors within the global energy industry.Platts received more than 200 nominations this year from energy companiesaround the world.

The winners in each awards category are:

Commercial Technology of the Year:

Shell Global Solutions B.V./Criterion Catalysts & Technologies

Community Development Program of the Year:

Attock Refinery Limited

Downstream Business of the Year:

Valero Energy Corporation

Energy Company of the Year:

NRG Energy

Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year:

Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited-Peaksaver Program

Energy Transporter of the Year:

Sovcomflot

Energy Engineering Project of the Year:

Nexen Inc.

ENR Energy Construction Project of the Year:

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Green Energy Innovator of the Year:

Applied Materials, Inc.

Hydrocarbon Producer of the Year:

Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Industry Leadership Award:

NRG Energy

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Lord Ernest Ronald Oxburgh

Marketing Campaign of the Year:

E Wie Einfach/E.ON

Power Company of the Year:

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company

Rising Star Award:

AED Oil Limited

Risk Management Innovator of the Year:

OpenLink Financial

CEO of the Year:

Duke Energy CEO James Rogers

Next year's Platts Global Energy Awards Gala and events will be heldDecember 3, 2008 in New York City.

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