EXHIBIT 24.8

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      I, Anne C. Schaumburg, in respect of my position(s) as a director of NRG
Energy, Inc: (together with any direct or indirect subsidiaries of NRG Energy,
Inc. for which I may subsequently become a director, officer or equivalent
governance position holder, the "NRG Companies"), hereby constitute and appoint
each of Scott J. Davido, George P. Schaefer and Timothy W.J. O'Brien or any of
them, each acting alone, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all documents on my behalf in
connection with NRG Energy, Inc.'s (and the NRG Companies' (as Co-Registrants))
Registration Statement on Form S-4, Registration No. 333-120205 filed on
November 3, 2004 (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments
thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


      /s/ Anne C. Schaumburg                  Date: March 30, 2005
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         Anne C. Schaumburg