UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  April 23, 2012

NRG Energy, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

609-524-4500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On April 23, 2012, Mr. Stephen L. Cropper informed the Board of Directors of NRG Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to resign from the Board effective April 26, 2012, to pursue other interests. His decision to resign was not as a result of any disagreement with the Company or its management. Mr. Cropper has served on the Board of Directors since December 2003.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 25, 2012, in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

(a) Proposal 1 — Election of Class III Directors

With respect to the foregoing Proposal 1, all of the directors were elected and each received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.

(b) Proposal 2 — Approval of an Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify the Board of Directors

The foregoing Proposal 2 was approved.

(c) Proposal 3 — Adoption of the Company’s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The foregoing Proposal 3 was approved.

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(d) Proposal 4 — Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers

The foregoing Proposal 4 was not approved and the Board of Directors will take this advisory vote under consideration.

(e) Proposal 5 — Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2012

The foregoing Proposal 5 was ratified.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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