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Income/(loss) Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

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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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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