---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001013871-26-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRG"
cik: "0001013871"
company_name: "NRG ENERGY, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-04T11:28:50+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T11:30:08.055747+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NRG Q2 GAAP net income $506M, adj. EBITDA $1,217M; reaffirms 2026 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP net income $506M ($2.32 EPS) vs. loss of $104M ($0.62 loss) in Q2 2025.
- Adjusted EBITDA $1,217M, up from $909M YoY; FCFbG $1,025M vs. $914M.
- Reaffirmed 2026 guidance ranges; advancing Bring Your Own Power with 1.2 GW CCGT in Texas.
- Achieved commercial ops at 415 MW T.H. Wharton facility; two Texas Energy Fund projects on track.
- Adjusted EPS $1.49 vs. $1.73 YoY; adjusted net income $315M vs. $339M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001013871-26-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRG
- cik: 0001013871
- company_name: NRG ENERGY, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T11:28:50+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000101387126000018/0001013871-26-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000101387126000018/nrg-20260804.htm

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