POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Ralph Alexander, the undersigned, hereby appoints Thomas G. Douglass, Paul M.
Breme and Damon D. Obie, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
to execute for the undersigned and file in his name (1) all Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") forms regarding ownership of securities of Talen
Energy Corporation (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, as required of the
undersigned under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and regulations of the SEC, including Forms 3,
4 and 5 and Form 144, and any amendments thereto, and (2) in connection with any
applications for EDGAR access codes, including without limitation, the Form ID.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney full power and authority to
do and perform in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned, and in any and
all capacities, any act and thing whatsoever required or necessary to be done
for such purposes, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might do, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of each such attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file such SEC forms, unless earlier revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 7th day of
May, 2015.

/s/Ralph Alexander
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Ralph Alexander