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Earnings/(Loss) Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of NRG's basic and diluted earnings per share

The reconciliation of NRG's basic and diluted loss per share is shown in the following table:

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
In millions, except per share data	2018				2017				2018				2017
Basic income/(loss) per share attributable to NRG Energy, Inc. common stockholders
Net (loss)/income attributable to NRG Energy, Inc. common stockholders	$	(72	)		$	171			$	280			$	(619	)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic	299				317				309				317
(Loss)/earnings per weighted average common share — basic	$	(0.24	)		$	0.54			$	0.91			$	(1.95	)
Diluted income/(loss) per share attributable to NRG Energy, Inc. common stockholders
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted	299				317				309				317
Incremental shares attributable to the issuance of equity compensation (treasury stock method)	—				5				4				—
Total dilutive shares	299				322				313				317
(Loss)/income per weighted average common share — diluted	$	(0.24	)		$	0.53			$	0.89			$	(1.95	)

Summary of NRG's outstanding equity instruments that are anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of the Company's diluted earnings per share

The following table summarizes NRG’s outstanding equity instruments that are anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of the Company’s diluted loss per share:

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
In millions of shares	2018			2017			2018			2017
Equity compensation plans	4			1			—			6
2048 Convertible Senior Notes	12			—			6			—
Total	16			1			6			6

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Tabular disclosure of securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would increase EPS amounts or decrease loss per share amounts for the period presented, by antidilutive securities.

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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