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Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Lease Cost

Lease Cost:

(In millions)			For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Finance lease cost:			$	—
Amortization of right-of-use assets			—
Shares issued under ESPP			—
Interest on lease liabilities			—
Operating lease cost			$	109
Short-term lease cost			3
Variable lease cost			6
Sublease income			(17)
Total lease cost			$	101

Other information:

(In millions)			For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases			$	104
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities			215

Lease Term and Discount Rate for operating leases:

			December 31, 2019
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)			7.8
Weighted average discount rate			5.72		%

Schedule of Annual Payments Based on Maturities of Leases

As of December 31, 2019, annual payments based on the maturities of NRG's leases are expected to be as follows:

			(In millions)
2020			$	96
2021			87
2022			87
2023			85
2024			75
Thereafter			296
Total undiscounted lease payments			$	726
Less: present value adjustment			(170)
Total discounted lease payments			$	556

Future minimum lease commitments under operating leases

Future minimum lease commitments under the Powerton and Joliet operating leases as of December 31, 2018 were as follows:

Period			(In millions)
2019			$	1
2020			1
2021			3
2022			6
2023			6
Thereafter			222
Total (a)			$	239

^(a) Termination of leases could be at a significant premium to the remaining lease payments

Future minimum lease commitments under operating leases, other than Powerton and Joliet, as of December 31, 2018 were as follows:

Period(a)			(In millions)
2019			$	60
2020			55
2021			43
2022			40
2023			39
Thereafter			95
Total			$	332

^(a) Amounts in the table exclude future sublease income of $29 million associated with long-term leases for office locations

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Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income.

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Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position.

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