Ineffectiveness

RRI Gains $17M After Restating, Revising Income for 2000-2002

Reliant Resources Inc. (RRI) increased its after-tax operations for 2000 through 2002 by $17 million after miscalculating hedge ineffectiveness in 2001 and 2002 and eliminating four previously disclosed natural gas swap transactions from 2000 and 2001 that should not have been recorded.

March 25, 2003