HOUSTON, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of
Reliant Energy, Inc. (NYSE: RRI) today announced the election of Sarah M.
Barpoulis to the board, bringing the total number of directors to nine.
Barpoulis brings extensive power industry experience to the board, having
worked in a number of positions of increasing responsibility with PG&E
Corporation subsidiaries for many years. In her last position with PG&E,
Barpoulis was the senior vice president, Commercial Operations of PG&E
National Energy Group, Inc. with responsibility for managing commercial
activities associated with a 10,000 megawatt multi-fuel portfolio. Before
that, Barpoulis served as senior vice president of PG&E Energy Trading with
National Energy Group. Most recently, Barpoulis founded and operates
Interim Energy Solutions, a consulting firm providing energy management and
trading consulting services to a variety of energy sector clients.
"Sarah's background in the energy industry, particularly her knowledge
of the merchant power business and gas and power trading, origination and
risk management, will make her a significant contributor as a Reliant
Energy board member," said Joel Staff, Reliant Energy's chairman and chief
executive officer. "We're fortunate to gain the vast industry knowledge and
experience that Sarah brings to Reliant Energy."
"I'm looking forward to joining the Reliant Energy board and believe
that my experience, perspective and insights into the merchant energy
business well position me to work with my fellow board members in creating
value for Reliant Energy's shareholders," said Barpoulis.
Barpoulis' election fulfills a commitment made by Reliant Energy to add
two new directors before the end of the year.
Barpoulis holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from
Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration from Dartmouth
College.
Reliant Energy, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, provides electricity and
energy services to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. In
Texas, the company provides service to approximately 1.9 million retail
electricity customers, including residential, small business and
commercial, industrial, governmental and institutional customers. Reliant
also serves commercial, industrial, governmental and institutional
customers in the PJM (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland) market. The
company is one of the largest independent power producers in the nation
with approximately 16,000 megawatts of power generation capacity across the
United States. These strategically located generating assets utilize
natural gas, fuel oil and coal. For more information, visit
http://www.reliant.com/corporate .
SOURCE Reliant Energy, Inc.
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CONTACT:
media, Pat Hammond, +1-713-497-7723, or
investors, Dennis Barber, +1-713-497-3042, both of Reliant
Energy, Inc.
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