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(Loss)/Income Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
NRG's basic and diluted income/(loss per share | NRG's basic and diluted (loss)/income per share is shown in the following table:
| Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
(In millions, except per share data) | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Basic (loss)/income per share: |  |  |  |
Net (loss)/income | $ | (767) |  |  | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 482 |  |  | $ | (684) |
Less: Cumulative dividends attributable to Series A Preferred Stock | 17 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 38 |
Net (loss)/income available for common stockholders | $ | (784) |  |  | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | 431 |  |  | $ | (722) |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic | 207 |  |  | 230 |  |  | 207 |  |  | 230 |
(Loss)/income per weighted average common share — basic | $ | (3.79) |  |  | $ | 1.42 |  |  | $ | 2.08 |  |  | $ | (3.14) |
Diluted (loss)/income per share: |  |  |  |
Net (loss)/income | $ | (767) |  |  | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 482 |  |  | $ | (684) |
Less: Cumulative dividends attributable to Series A Preferred Stock | 17 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 38 |
Net (loss)/income available for common stockholders | $ | (784) |  |  | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | 431 |  |  | $ | (722) |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic | 207 |  |  | 230 |  |  | 207 |  |  | 230 |
Incremental shares attributable to the issuance of equity compensation (treasury stock method) | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |
Incremental shares attributable to the potential share settlements of the Convertible Senior Notes (if converted method) | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - dilutive | 207 |  |  | 232 |  |  | 213 |  |  | 230 |
(Loss)/income per weighted average common share — diluted | $ | (3.79) |  |  | $ | 1.41 |  |  | $ | 2.02 |  |  | $ | (3.14) |
Summary of outstanding equity instruments that are anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of the Company's diluted income/(loss) per share | The following table summarizes the Company's outstanding equity instruments that are anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of the Company's diluted (loss)/income per share:
| Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
(In millions of shares) | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Equity compensation plans | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |
Potential share settlement of the Convertible Senior Notes | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |

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