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Changes in Capital Structure (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Equity [Abstract] |
Changes in NRG's common shares issued and outstanding | The following table reflects the changes in NRG's common stock issued and outstanding:
| Issued |  | Treasury |  | Outstanding
Balance as of December 31, 2017 | 418,323,134 |  |  | (101,580,045 | ) |  | 316,743,089 |
Shares issued under LTIPs | 1,081,994 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,081,994 |
Shares issued under ESPP | — |  |  | 175,862 |  |  | 175,862 |
Shares repurchased | — |  |  | (3,114,748 | ) |  | (3,114,748 | )
Balance as of March 31, 2018 | 419,405,128 |  |  | (104,518,931 | ) |  | 314,886,197 |
Shares Repurchased | March 2018, share repurchases were made as follows:
| Total number of shares purchased |  | Average price paid per share (a) |  | Amounts paid for shares purchased (in millions) (a)
Board Authorized Share Repurchases |  |  |  |  |
March 2018 | 3,114,748 |  |  | $ | 29.75 |  |  | $ | 93 |
(a) The average price paid per share and amounts paid for shares purchased exclude the commissions of $0.01 per share paid in connection with the share repurchase.
Schedule of dividends paid | The following table lists the dividends paid during the three months ended March 31, 2018:
| First Quarter 2018
Dividends per Common Share | $ | 0.03 |

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