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Income/(loss) Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of NRG's basic and diluted (loss)/income per share | The reconciliation of NRG's basic and diluted income/(loss) per share is shown in the following table:
| Three months ended March 31, |  |
(In millions, except per share data) | 2022 |  | 2021 |  |  |  |
Basic income/(loss) per share: |  |  |  |
Net income/(loss) | $ | 1,736 |  |  | $ | (82) |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic | 242 |  |  | 245 |  |  |  |  |
Income/(loss) per weighted average common share — basic | $ | 7.17 |  |  | $ | (0.33) |  |  |  |  |
Diluted income/(loss) per share: |  |  |  |
Net income/(loss) | $ | 1,736 |  |  | $ | (82) |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic | 242 |  |  | 245 |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - dilutive | 242 |  |  | 245 |  |  |  |  |
Income/(loss) per weighted average common share — diluted | $ | 7.17 |  |  | $ | (0.33) |  |  |  |  |

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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