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Related Party Transactions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | Related Party Transactions The following table summarizes NRG's material related party transactions with third party affiliates:
| Three months ended September 30, |  |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| (In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues from Related Parties Included in Operating Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gladstone | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 2 |
GenConn | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |
Ivanpah | 7 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 13 |
Midway-Sunset | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |
Revenues from Related Parties recorded against selling, general and administrative expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |
GenOn | — |  |  | 11 |  |  | — |  |  | 53 |
Total | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 72 |
Gladstone — NRG provides services to Gladstone, an equity method investment, under an operations and maintenance agreement. Fees for services under this contract primarily include recovery of NRG's costs of operating the plant, as approved in the annual budget, as well as a base monthly fee. GenConn — NRG provides services to GenConn under operations and maintenance agreements with GenConn Devon and GenConn Middletown that began in June 2010 and June 2011, respectively. NRG no longer has an ownership interest in GenConn as a result of the sale of its ownership interests in NRG Yield, Inc. and its Renewables Platform. Ivanpah — NRG provides services to Ivanpah, an equity method investment, under an operations and maintenance agreement and a project management agreement with each project company. Fees for the services under these contracts primarily include recovery of NRG's costs of operating the plant and providing administrative services, plus a profit margin. Ivanpah became a related party to NRG upon deconsolidation in the second quarter of 2018. Midway-Sunset — NRG provides services to Midway-Sunset, an equity method investment, under an operations and maintenance agreement. Fees for the services under this contract primarily include recovery of NRG's costs of operating the plant, as approved in the annual budget, as well as a base monthly fee and an annual incentive bonus. GenOn — NRG provided various management, personnel and other services to GenOn under the transition services agreement in conjunction with the confirmation of the GenOn Entities' plan of reorganization. GenOn provided notice to NRG of its intent to terminate the transition services agreement effective August 15, 2018 and all amounts owed and payable to NRG were settled.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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