Catherine B. Callaway Joins Dynegy as General Counsel

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dynegy Inc. (NYSE:DYN) today announced that Catherine B. Callaway will join Dynegy as Executive Vice President and General Counsel, effective September 26, 2011. Callaway will serve on Dynegy's executive management team and report to Robert C. Flexon.

“I am pleased that Catherine has agreed to join Dynegy in this important role”

As Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Callaway will be responsible for managing all legal affairs, including legal services supporting Dynegy’s operational, commercial and corporate areas, as well as ethics and compliance. In addition, she will be immediately involved in the restructuring efforts currently underway at the Company.

"I am pleased that Catherine has agreed to join Dynegy in this important role," said Robert C. Flexon, Dynegy's President and CEO. "Catherine's experience within the power sector and her background dealing with financial restructurings makes her a valuable addition to the management team as we continue our pursuit of a successful reorganization of Dynegy."

Callaway, 45, has served as General Counsel for NRG Gulf Coast and Reliant Energy since August 2011. She also served as General Counsel for NRG Texas and Reliant Energy from August 2010 to August 2011 and General Counsel for NRG Texas from November 2007 to August 2010. Prior to joining NRG, Callaway held various key legal roles at Calpine Corporation, Reliant Energy, The Coastal Corporation and Chevron.

As an inducement to Ms. Callaway’s appointment, she will be issued in a private placement 8,993 shares of Dynegy common stock with an aggregate fair market value of $50,000.

Through its subsidiaries, Dynegy Inc. produces and sells electric energy, capacity and ancillary services in key U.S. markets. The power generation portfolio consists of approximately 11,600 megawatts of baseload, intermediate and peaking power plants fueled by a mix of natural gas, coal and fuel oil.

This press release contains statements reflecting assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions or beliefs about future events that are intended as "forward-looking statements," particularly those statements concerning leadership and the pursuit of a successful reorganization of Dynegy. Discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations of Dynegy is contained in Dynegy's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Specifically, Dynegy makes reference to, and incorporates herein by reference, the section entitled "Risk Factors" in its most recent Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Form 10-Q. In addition to the risks and uncertainties set forth in Dynegy's SEC filings, the forward-looking statements described in this press release could be affected by, among other things, (i) Dynegy's ability to address its substantial leverage on favorable terms and its ability to access the capital markets when needed; (ii) the ability of management to execute any new or revised business plan approved by Dynegy's Board of Directors; (iii) the timing and anticipated benefits to be achieved through Dynegy's restructuring activities and cost savings program; (iv) beliefs and assumptions relating to liquidity, available borrowing capacity and capital resources generally; (v) expectations regarding environmental matters, including costs of compliance, availability and adequacy of emission credits, and the impact of ongoing proceedings and potential regulations or changes to current regulations, including those relating to climate change, air emissions, cooling water intake structures, coal combustion byproducts, and other laws and regulations to which Dynegy is, or could become, subject; (vi) beliefs about commodity pricing and generation volumes; (vii) anticipated liquidity in the regional power and fuel markets in which Dynegy transacts, including the extent to which such liquidity could be affected by poor economic and financial market conditions or new regulations and any resulting impacts on financial institutions and other current and potential counterparties; (viii) sufficiency of, access to and costs associated with coal, fuel oil and natural gas inventories and transportation thereof; (ix) beliefs and assumptions about market competition, generation capacity and regional supply and demand characteristics of the wholesale power generation market, including the potential for a market recovery over the longer term; (x) the effectiveness of Dynegy's strategies to capture opportunities presented by changes in commodity prices and to manage its exposure to energy price volatility; (xi) beliefs and assumptions about weather and general economic conditions; (xii) beliefs regarding the U.S. economy, its trajectory and its impacts, as well as Dynegy's stock price; (xiii) expectations regarding Dynegy's revolver capacity, credit facility compliance, collateral demands, capital expenditures, interest expense and other payments; (xiv) Dynegy's focus on safety and its ability to efficiently operate its assets so as to maximize its revenue generating opportunities and operating margins; (xv) beliefs about the outcome of legal, regulatory, administrative and legislative matters; and (xvi) expectations and estimates regarding capital and maintenance expenditures, including the Midwest Consent Decree and its associated costs. Any or all of Dynegy's forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond Dynegy's control.