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Related Party Transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Summary of NRG's material related-party transactions with affiliates

The following table summarizes NRG's material related party transactions with third party affiliates:

			Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)			2020						2019						2018
Revenues from Related Parties Included in Operating Revenues
Gladstone			$	4					$	4					$	3
GenConn(a)			—						—						4
Ivanpah(b)			43						35						20
Midway-Sunset			5						5						5
Total			$	52					$	44					$	32

(a)As of August 31, 2018, NRG no longer had an ownership interest in GenConn as a result of the sale of its ownership interests in NRG Yield, Inc. and its Renewables Platform

(b)Includes fees under project management agreements with each project company. Ivanpah became a related party to NRG upon deconsolidation in the second quarter of 2018

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Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, 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.

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