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Tuesday, 02/19/2008 8:05:29 AM

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:05:29 AM

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Reliant Energy and Allconnect Announce Expanded Online Services for Movers

HOUSTON & ATLANTA, Feb 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Reliant Energy Inc. and Allconnect Inc., today announced an extended partnership that enables Reliant to offer its added-value mover relocation services to its customers online in addition to over the phone.

Since fall 2006, Reliant Energy has partnered with Allconnect to offer its consumers Reliant Energy Connections, the convenience of setting-up other home services -- phone, cable/satellite TV, Internet, newspaper and/or home security
-- at a new residence after they have completed their electric order by phone.
Reliant Energy will now enhance this convenience by extending Reliant Energy Connections to customers who wish to set-up multiple services at once by visiting the online Moving Center at reliant.com.

In a joint interest to continue to satisfy consumers' needs, both companies look forward to serving customers using this new web option. It is anticipated it will bring flexibility to consumers and quickly enable them to ensure all major home services will be available on their planned move day.

About Reliant Energy

Reliant Energy, Inc. (NYSE:RRI) 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 more than 1.8 million retail electricity customers, including residential and small business customers 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.

About Allconnect

Allconnect, Inc. is the leading provider of essential home services and connections during residential relocations. Founded in 1998 to help people during their move, the company establishes a number of residential services for consumers including power, telephone, cable television, Internet, newspaper, and lawn care all at no cost to consumers. The company partners with more than 30 power companies and hundreds of service providers across the U.S. and employs more than 500 associates. Next year, the company will assist more than five million families with their residential relocation. In the last year, Allconnect won the Verizon Supplier Excellence Award, was named for the second time one of Inc. Magazine's 500 fastest growing private companies, and was named one of Atlanta's 50 fastest growing privately-held companies by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. For more information, visit http://www.allconnect.com.

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