NRG Energy entered into a definitive agreement with LS Power on May 12, 2025 to acquire a power portfolio including 13 GW of natural gas-fired generation facilities and the C&I VPP platform with 6 GW of capacity. The consideration will consist of 24.25 million shares of NRG common stock and $6.4 billion in cash, and the company will assume approximately $3.2 billion of debt.

1. 01

   NRG Energy entered into a definitive agreement with LS Power on May 12, 2025 to acquire a power portfolio including 13 GW of natural gas-fired generation facilities and the C&I VPP platform with 6 GW of capacity. The consideration will consist of 24.25 million shares of NRG common stock and $6.4 billion in cash, and the company will assume approximately $3.2 billion of debt.

2. 02

   The company said it issued New Unsecured Notes of $3.65 billion and New Secured Notes of $1.25 billion on October 8, 2025, and plans to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering for part of the cash consideration for the LSP Portfolio acquisition and to repay $500 million of 2.000% senior secured first lien notes.

3. 03

   NRG said total liquidity, excluding funds deposited by counterparties, as of September 30, 2025 was approximately $6.5 billion, an increase of $1.0 billion from $5.4 billion as of December 31, 2024. The company's maximum bridge loan commitment of $4.4 billion expired on October 8, 2025.

4. 04

   NRG said gross margin increased $1.4 billion and economic gross margin increased $130 million for the 3 months ended September 30, 2025. Economic gross margin is a non-GAAP measure and does not include mark-to-market gains or losses on economic hedging activities.

Key figures

Quarter ended September 30, 2025

Revenue

$7.5B

Operating income

$414M

Net income

$152M

EPS

$0.69

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