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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Summary of Company's non-vested RSU awards and changes during the year | The following table summarizes the Company's non-vested RSU awards and changes during the year:
| Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Unit
Non-vested at December 31, 2018 | 1,458,082 |  |  | $ | 16.16 |
Granted | 266,938 |  |  | 37.37 |
Forfeited | (73,905) |  |  | 24.73 |
Vested | (933,876) |  |  | 14.20 |
Non-vested at December 31, 2019 | 717,239 |  |  | 25.56 |
Summary of Company's Non-vested DSU awards and changes during the year | The following table summarizes the Company's outstanding DSU awards and changes during the year:
| Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Unit
Outstanding at December 31, 2018 | 331,915 |  |  | $ | 22.94 |
Granted | 57,630 |  |  | 34.84 |
Converted to Common Stock | (58,322) |  |  | 28.93 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2019 | 331,223 |  |  | 23.98 |
The following table summarizes the Company's non-vested PSU awards and changes during the year:
| Units |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value per Unit
Non-vested at December 31, 2018 | 1,710,634 |  |  | $ | 19.12 |
Granted(a) | 936,889 |  |  | 22.50 |
Forfeited | (37,526) |  |  | 23.04 |
Vested(b) | (1,409,456) |  |  | 14.72 |
Non-vested at December 31, 2019(c) | 1,200,541 |  |  | 26.65 |
(a) The weighted average grant date fair value per unit includes RPSUs that were granted during 2019 with grant date fair value of $45.77 and MSUs with 2016 grant date fair value of $14.72, that due to vesting at 200%, were considered additional grants in 2019 (b) MSUs granted during 2016 vested during 2019 at 200% (c) Non-vested units includes 8,645 MSUs
Summary of Company's PSU awards and changes during the year | The following table summarizes the Company's outstanding DSU awards and changes during the year:
| Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Unit
Outstanding at December 31, 2018 | 331,915 |  |  | $ | 22.94 |
Granted | 57,630 |  |  | 34.84 |
Converted to Common Stock | (58,322) |  |  | 28.93 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2019 | 331,223 |  |  | 23.98 |
The following table summarizes the Company's non-vested PSU awards and changes during the year:
| Units |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value per Unit
Non-vested at December 31, 2018 | 1,710,634 |  |  | $ | 19.12 |
Granted(a) | 936,889 |  |  | 22.50 |
Forfeited | (37,526) |  |  | 23.04 |
Vested(b) | (1,409,456) |  |  | 14.72 |
Non-vested at December 31, 2019(c) | 1,200,541 |  |  | 26.65 |
(a) The weighted average grant date fair value per unit includes RPSUs that were granted during 2019 with grant date fair value of $45.77 and MSUs with 2016 grant date fair value of $14.72, that due to vesting at 200%, were considered additional grants in 2019 (b) MSUs granted during 2016 vested during 2019 at 200% (c) Non-vested units includes 8,645 MSUs
Schedule of Assumptions used in Fair Value Model | Significant assumptions used in the fair value model with respect to the Company's PSUs are summarized below:
| 2019 | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| RPSUs | RPSUs |  | RPSUs |  | MSUs
Expected volatility | 40.72 | % | 47.52 | % |  | 43.96 | % |  | 34.33 | %
Expected term (in years) | 3 | 3 |  | 3 |  | 3
Risk free rate | 2.45 | % | 2.01 | % |  | 1.5 | % |  | 1.31 | %
Summary of Company's NQSO activity, and changes during the year | The following table summarizes the Company's NQSO activity and changes during the year:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding at December 31, 2018 | 279,934 |  |  | $ | 25.04 |  |  | 2 |  | $ | 4 |
Expired | (8,254) |  |  | 26.76 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (137,282) |  |  | 24.67 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2019 | 134,398 |  |  | 25.31 |  |  | 1 |  | 2 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2019 | 134,398 |  |  | 25.31 |  |  | 1 |  | 2 |
Summary of the total intrinsic value of options exercised and the cash received from the exercises of options | The following table summarizes the total intrinsic value of options exercised and the cash received from the exercises of options:
| Year Ended December 31, |  |  |  |
(In millions) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Total intrinsic value of options exercised | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Cash received from options exercised | 3 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 4 |
Summary of NRG's total compensation expense recognized and total non-vested compensation costs not yet recognized and the period over which this expense is expected to be recognized | The following table summarizes NRG's total compensation expense recognized for the years presented, as well as total non-vested compensation costs not yet recognized and the period over which this expense is expected to be recognized as of December 31, 2019, for each of the types of awards issued under the LTIPs. Minimum tax withholdings of $36 million, $19 million, and $5 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively, are reflected as a reduction to additional paid-in capital on the Company's consolidated balance sheets.
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(In millions, except weighted average data) | Compensation Expense |  |  |  |  |  | Unrecognized Total Cost |  | Weighted Average Recognition Period Remaining (In years)
| Year Ended December 31, |  |  |  |  |  | As of December 31, |  |
Award | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2019 |  | 2019
RSUs | 9 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 1.06
DSUs | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.00
MSUs | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.50
RPSUs | 10 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 0.71
PRSUs(a) | 11 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 1.05
Total(b) | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  |  |
Tax detriment recognized | $ | (12) |  |  | $ | (4) |  |  | $ | (5) |  |  |  |  |
(a) Phantom Restricted Stock Units, PRSUs, are liability-classified time-based awards that typically vest ratably over a three-year period. The amount to be paid upon vesting is based on NRG's closing stock price for the period (b) Does not include compensation expense of $1 million, and $6 million for the years ended 2018, and 2017, respectively, which was recorded in loss from discontinued operations in the Company's consolidated statements of operations

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