DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,714

NRG ENERGY, INC.
HOMER CITY GENERATING STATION
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED THROUGH NRG ENERGY
SERVICES GROUP, LLC AND ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
DIAMOND TECHNICAL SERVICES INC., GAP INC., CME OPERATIONS LP,
STANDARD LABORATORIES INC., CHEMSTREAM INC., GAI CONSULTANTS
INCORPORATED, THE EMPYREAN GROUP AND FIELDGLASS
HOMER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 11, 2018 by International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW), local 459 on behalf of workers of NRG
Energy, Inc., Homer City Generating Station, including workers
whose wages were reported through NRG Energy Services Group, LLC
and on-site leased workers from Diamond Technical Services
Inc., Gap Inc., CME Operations LP, Standard Laboratories Inc.,
Chemstream Inc., GAI Consultants Incorporated, The Empyrean
Group and Fieldglass, Homer City, Pennsylvania. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of coal
fired electricity generation.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the
customer.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of coal fired electricity generation by NRG
Energy, Inc., have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by NRG Energy, Inc., have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at NRG
Energy, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of NRG Energy, Inc.,
Homer City Generating Station, including workers whose wages
were reported through NRG Energy, Inc., Homer City Generating
Station, including workers whose wages were reported through NRG
Energy Services Group, LLC and on-site leased workers from
Diamond Technical Services Inc., Gap Inc., CME Operations LP,
Standard Laboratories Inc., Chemstream Inc., GAI Consultants
Incorporated, The Empyrean Group and Fieldglass, Homer City,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of coal fired electricity generation meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of NRG Energy, Inc., Homer City Generating
Station, including workers whose wages were reported
through NRG Energy Services Group, LLC and on-site leased
workers from Diamond Technical Services Inc., Gap Inc.,
CME Operations LP, Standard Laboratories Inc., Chemstream
Inc., GAI Consultants Incorporated, The Empyrean Group
and Fieldglass, Homer City, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 9, 2017 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of October 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance