Reliant Energy will provide a live webcast of its fourth quarter 2001 earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. CST.

   What:     Fourth Quarter 2001 Earnings Conference Call Webcast

   When:     Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. CST, or 11:00 a.m.
             EST

   Where:    http://www.reliantenergy.com/investors/
             Scroll down to Conference Call Webcasts and click on the link

   How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the
             address above.

   Contact:  Sandy Fruhman, Media, (713) 207-3123
             Marianne Paulsen, Investors, (713) 207-6500

Reliant Energy, based in Houston, Texas, is an international energy services and energy delivery company with approximately $48 billion in annual revenue and total assets exceeding $31 billion. The company has nearly 25,000 megawatts of power generation in operation in the U.S. and is one of only three companies to rank among both the five largest power marketers and the five largest natural gas marketers in North America. The company also has wholesale trading and marketing operations and nearly 3,500 megawatts of power generation in Western Europe. Reliant Energy's retail marketing and distribution operations serve nearly four million electricity and natural gas customers in the U.S. Reliant Energy currently owns approximately 80 percent of the shares of Reliant Resources .

The webcast will be archived at http://www.reliantenergy.com/ or http://www.prnewswire.com/ for 14 days.

(Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/EN/default.asp and at least a 28.8Kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the broadcast, send an email to isproducers@prnewswire.com .)

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SOURCE: Reliant Energy, Inc.

Contact: Sandy Fruhman, Media Relations, +1-713-207-3123, or Marianne
Paulsen, Investor Relations, +1-713-207-6500, both of Reliant Energy, Inc.