| Number | | | | | | Description | | | | | | Method of Filing | | |
| 10.1 | | | | | | Amendment No. 4 to Receivables Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2024, among NRG Retail LLC, as Servicer, NRG Receivables LLC, as Borrower, NRG Energy, Inc., as Performance Guarantor, the Conduit Lenders, Committed Lenders, Facility Agents and LC Issuers party thereto, and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative Agent, and included as Exhibit A-2 thereto a clean, conformed copy of the Receivables Loan and Servicing Agreement. | | | | | | Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed on June 24, 2024. | | |
| 10.2 | | | | | | Joinder Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2024, by Direct Energy Services, LLC, as an additional originator and consented to by NRG Receivables LLC, as Borrower, NRG Retail LLC, as Servicer, and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, to the Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2020, among the Originators from time to time parties thereto, NRG Retail LLC, as Servicer, and NRG Receivables LLC. | | | | | | Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed on June 24, 2024. | | |
| 10.3* | | | | | | The NRG Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 10.4* | | | | | | Employment Agreement, dated August 1, 2024 by and between NRG Energy, Inc. and Lawrence S. Coben | | | | | | Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed on August 1, 2024. | | |
| 22.1 | | | | | | List of Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 31.1 | | | | | | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of Lawrence S. Coben. | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 31.2 | | | | | | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of Woo-Sung Chung. | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 31.3 | | | | | | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of G. Alfred Spencer. | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 32 | | | | | | Section 1350 Certification. | | | | | | Furnished herewith. | | |
| 101 INS | | | | | | Inline XBRL Instance Document. | | | | | | The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document. | | |
| 101 SCH | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema. | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 101 CAL | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase. | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 101 DEF | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase. | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 101 LAB | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase. | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 101 PRE | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase. | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |
| 104 | | | | | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page interactive data file does not appear in Exhibit 104 because it's Inline XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | | | | | | Filed herewith. | | |