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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-049673"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRG"
cik: "0001013871"
company_name: "NRG ENERGY, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T02:42:20.158370+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NRG Energy to acquire LS Power generation assets for $12B enterprise value

## Summary
- Purchase price: $6.4B cash + 24.25M shares (~$2.8B at 10-day VWAP) + assumption of ~$3.2B debt.
- Acquired assets: Lightning Power, Linebacker Power, CCS Intermediate HoldCo, Jack County Power Development.
- Closing targeted end of Q1 2026, subject to FERC, NYSPSC, and HSR approvals; no financing condition.
- Termination fee of $400M payable by NRG if required regulatory approvals not obtained by May 12, 2026.
- Sellers will enter a voting trust to hold less than 10% voting rights; lock-up on stock for six months post-close.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-049673
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRG
- cik: 0001013871
- company_name: NRG ENERGY, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465925049673/0001104659-25-049673-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465925049673/tm2514561d2_8k.htm

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