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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of NRG's basic and diluted earnings per share

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

			Three months ended March 31,
(In millions, except per share data)			2020						2019
Basic income per share:
Net income available to common shareholders			$	121					$	482
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic			248						278
Income per weighted average common share — basic			$	0.49					$	1.73
Diluted income per share:
Net income available to common shareholders			$	121					$	482
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic			248						278
Incremental shares attributable to the issuance of equity compensation (treasury stock method)			1						2
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - dilutive			249						280
Income per weighted average common share — diluted			$	0.49					$	1.72

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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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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