---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001013871-26-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRG"
cik: "0001013871"
company_name: "NRG ENERGY, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:26:31.316362+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NRG Energy reports Q1 2026 GAAP Net Income $125M; reaffirms 2026 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP Net Income $125M ($0.52 EPS); Adjusted Net Income $308M ($1.49 EPS).
- Adjusted EBITDA $1,080M vs $1,126M prior year; FCF before growth investments $(66)M.
- Achieved 94% ERCOT fleet in-the-money availability during Winter Storm Fern.
- 415 MW T.H. Wharton plant to begin commercial ops by end of May 2026; all Texas Energy Fund projects on time.
- Texas residential VPP program exceeded 200 MW; on track for 1 GW by 2035.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001013871-26-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRG
- cik: 0001013871
- company_name: NRG ENERGY, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000101387126000010/0001013871-26-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000101387126000010/nrg-20260506.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013871-26-000010.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8b4287c527783f01dfd72db4d0f82e3dcf28e655
  claim: NRG ENERGY, INC. reported the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income GAAP Net Income of $125 million, EPS GAAP Earnings per Share (EPS) — basic of $0.52. Guidance reaffirmed.
  evidence_excerpt: for 1 GW by 2035 HOUSTON — May 6, 2026 —NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, and reports GAAP Net Income of $125 million, GAAP Earnings per Share (EPS) — basic of $0.52, and GAAP Cash Used by Operating Activities of $(169) million. The Company's non-GAAP metrics are Adjusted Net Income of $308
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000101387126000010/0001013871-26-000010-index.htm

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