NRG Energy, Inc. Appoints Gerald Alfred Spencer as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company Effective December 4, 2023

On November 29, 2023, NRG Energy, Inc. appointed Gerald Alfred Spencer as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company effective December 4, 2023. In this position, Mr. Spencer will serve as the company?s principal accounting officer. Emily Picarello, the company?s Vice President and Corporate Controller, who had assumed the responsibilities of the company?s principal accounting officer prior to the appointment of Mr. Spencer, will continue in her current role with the company.

Mr. Spencer, age 42, most recently served as Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of JetBlue Airways Corporation (?JetBlue?) from May 2022 to December 2023. Prior to JetBlue, Mr. Spencer served as Deputy CFO and Corporate Controller of the North American business of Paris-based Air Liquide SA, a manufacturer of industrial gases from August 2017 to May 2022. Also at Air Liquide, Mr. Spencer served as Vice President, North American finance transformation from April 2020 to December 2020 and Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from August 2017 to April 2020.

Before joining Air Liquide, Mr. Spencer served in progressive roles of leadership at NCI Building System, Friedkin Services Group and ExpressJet Airlines.