RRI Energy, Inc. based in Houston

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, Texas

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, United States

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, was an energy company that provided electricity to wholesale customers in the United States. The company was 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 used natural gas, fuel oil and coal. RRI was headquartered in the Reliant Energy Plaza

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 in Downtown Houston

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