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(Loss)/Income Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of NRG's basic and diluted (loss)/income per share

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

			Three months ended March 31,
(In millions, except per share data)			2021						2020
Basic (loss)/income per share:
Net (loss)/income			$	(82)					$	121
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic			245						248
(Loss)/income per weighted average common share — basic			$	(0.33)					$	0.49
Diluted (loss)/income per share:
Net (loss)/income			$	(82)					$	121
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic			245						248
Incremental shares attributable to the issuance of equity compensation (treasury stock method)			—						1
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - dilutive			245						249
(Loss)/income per weighted average common share — diluted			$	(0.33)					$	0.49

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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