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Business Mlm Opportunity The move, nursed by a 10-year, $7.5 million incentive grant from the state, will put the energy supplier closer to the bulk of its power plants in the Northeast, and nearer to the financial markets in New York.

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Based Business Home Income With more than 6,900 megawatts of generating power in the Northeast -- enough to supply electricity to nearly 7 million homes -- NRG could become a big player in the deregulated energy market.

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Based Business Home Internet "If you want to be in the electric energy market, this is the place to be," said William Potter, a Princeton lawyer who specializes in energy issues, citing the high costs of electricity in New Jersey and New York. "High prices are an invitation to competition."

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Business Homebased Opportunity Still, NRG will be dwarfed by Newark-based Public Service Enterprise Group, whose power unit owns nearly double that capacity.

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Based Business Home Mlm NRG has been selling power to New Jersey's utilities for the past three years through its participation in a state-sponsored energy-buying auction.

Business New Opportunity In choosing West Windsor for its headquarters, NRG Energy went with New Jersey over four other states in the Northeast, according to David Crane, its president and chief executive.

Business Home Online "We ultimately determined that New Jersey's top-notch transportation system, central location in the East, excellent education system and competitive business incentive programs made it our preferred choice for NRG's new home," Crane said.

Best Business Home Opportunity The move was hailed by Gov. James E. McGreevey.

Business Investment "NRG's decision to move is reflective of the state's dedication and commitment to job creation and business investment -- and yet another proof New Jersey's economy is on the right track," he said.

Business Home Making Money Public Service Electric & Gas, a unit of PSEG and the state's largest electric utility, helped lure NRG by touting the West Windsor site and its proximity to Princeton Junction, a rail station on the Northeast Corridor Line, according to Tim Comerford, manager of area development for the Newark utility. PSE&G, with 2 million electric customers, has a business unit designed to attract new companies to the state.

Based Business Free Home New Jersey Economic Development Authority Chairman Al Koeppe, a former top PSE&G executive who worked on bringing NRG to the state, said the business incentive grant helped seal the deal.

Business Internet Online "There is no question that having an approved grant on the table during discussions with NRG was truly a motivating factor," he said.

Best Business Opportunity Under the terms of the grant, 80 percent of NRG employees' state income tax withholdings will be returned to the company each year if it maintains the 140 jobs it intends to create here.

Business Computer Home NRG, which ran into financial difficulties with the downturn in the energy sector after the collapse of Enron, filed for bankruptcy in 2003 and emerged last winter after it severed its ties with its former parent, Xcel Energy.

Business Idea Opportunity It expects to open its corporate headquarters near the end of the third quarter.

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Star-Ledger - 4/28/2004

Topic: Energy

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