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GenOn Energy, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, United States, 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 using natural gas, fuel oil and coal.〔(Yahoo! - RRI Energy, Inc. Company Profile )〕 GenOn Energy is headquartered in the Reliant Energy Plaza in Downtown Houston.〔"(Contact Us )." RRI Energy. Retrieved on January 14, 2009.〕 The company, formerly known as RRI Energy, acquired Mirant on December 3, 2010. The corporate names and logos of both RRI Energy and Mirant were retired. NRG Energy completed its acquisition of GenOn Energy in December 2012〔http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nrg-genon-complete-merger-creating-220000871.html〕 for $1.7 billion.〔(NRG Energy to Buy GenOn for $1.7 Billion )〕 GenOn's stock ceased trading and was exchanged for NRG stock. == History == The company was originally known as Houston Industries (), and Houston Lighting & Power was its subsidiary.〔"(What's New at HL&P )" ((Archive )). Houston Lighting & Power. February 20, 1997. Retrieved on April 14, 2014.〕 In August 1996 HI closed on a merger with NorAm Energy Corp, a natural gas utility. The combined company, as of 1997, had assets of $18 billion and annual revenues of about $9 billion. By November 1997 there was a published report stating that the company wished to acquire Central & South West Corp. HI declined to comment.〔"(Houston Industries silent on merger report )." ''Houston Business Journal''. November 28, 1997. Retrieved on April 14, 2014.〕 In 1999, Houston Industries changed its name to Reliant Energy and its new NYSE symbol was REI. It was scheduled to begin trading under REI on February 8, 1999.〔"(Houston Industries takes new name )." ''Houston Business Journal''. February 2, 1999. Retrieved on April 14, 2014.〕 In 2002, Texas deregulated the electricity market and Reliant then competed against other energy companies like Direct Energy and TXU Energy. At this time, Reliant Energy also separated into two publicly traded companies: Reliant Resources, Inc. and CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (). When the state of Texas deregulated the electricity market, the former HL&P was split into several companies.〔"(Exelon bids for major Texas power producer NRG )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 20, 2008. Retrieved on April 14, 2014. "The plants were originally part of the former Houston Lighting & Power, the integrated utility that served the Houston area until it was broken up into three separate companies as the state deregulated its power markets."〕 In 2003 HL&P was split into Reliant Energy, Texas Genco, and CenterPoint Energy.〔Fowler, Tom. "(8 Houston power plants to be sold to NRG )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 2, 2005. Retrieved on April 14, 2014.〕 CenterPoint Energy was created when Reliant Energy merged with an indirect subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. As a result of the merger, Reliant Energy shareholders received one share of CenterPoint common stock in exchange for each share of RRI common stock they held before the merger. A regulated utility, CenterPoint Energy became one of the largest U.S. energy delivery companies, serving 4.7 million metered customers. In late 2002, CenterPoint distributed the stock of Reliant Resources, Inc. to CenterPoint shareholders. This spin-off created Reliant Resources with a strategy to provide competitive wholesale and retail energy service under the Reliant Energy brand. Its businesses included power generation and retail energy services in Texas newly deregulated electricity market. On the wholesale side, Reliant owned, had an interest in, or leased 37 operating power generation facilities serving five regions of the United States. In January 2007, the Texas electricity market became fully deregulated, and Reliant began to offer an array of products, flexible service options, and pricing arrangements to a variety of customers. At this time, Reliant was the second largest mass market electricity provider in the state of Texas, with an annual revenue of $10.9 billion and more than 3,500 employees. In February 2007, Reliant Energy announced plans for Mark Jacobs, current chief financial operator, to succeed Joel Staff as chief executive officer and for Brian Landrum to become chief operating officer. On May 1, 2009, Reliant Energy's retail electricity business was purchased by NRG Energy. The retail group retained the name Reliant Energy and the surviving wholesale business was renamed RRI Energy, Inc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GenOn Energy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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