Parent company profile

NRG Energy

NRG Energy operates 50 U.S. generating facilities through 25 reported operators, with a combined nameplate capacity of 29.65 GW. The largest share of capacity is natural gas (58%), spread across 13 states.

Ownership reflects the utility or operator reported to EIA (Form EIA-860); equity ownership of individual facilities may differ. The grouping of operators into this parent company is curated by GridAlmanac from public corporate-ownership records.

50
Plants
29.65 GW
Total capacity
25
Subsidiaries
13
States

Capacity mix

Natural Gas 58.4%Coal 35.2%Oil 3.6%Solar 1.7%Wind 1.1%Storage 0.0%

Operating subsidiaries

NRG Texas Power LLC10 · 12.80 GWMidwest Generations EME LLC13 · 9.73 GWNRG Cottonwood Tenant LLC1 · 1.43 GWNRG Arthur Kill Operations Inc1 · 895.5 MWNRG Energy Services3 · 392.8 MW

20 smaller reported operators are included in the totals and plant list below but do not have their own operator pages.

By state

Arkansas1 · 720 MWCalifornia8 · 1.66 GWIllinois13 · 9.73 GWLouisiana1 · 208.5 MWMaryland2 · 274.6 MWMassachusetts1 · 1.2 MWMinnesota2 · 8.5 MWNevada2 · 6.4 MWNew Mexico2 · 140.2 MWNew York2 · 1.56 GWOklahoma1 · 94.5 MWPennsylvania1 · 2.9 MWTexas14 · 15.25 GW

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
W A ParishCoalTexasNRG Texas Power LLC4.01 GW
LimestoneCoalTexasNRG Texas Power LLC1.85 GW
PowertonCoalIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC1.79 GW
Cedar BayouNatural GasTexasNRG Texas Power LLC1.53 GW
Cottonwood Energy Company LPNatural GasTexasNRG Cottonwood Tenant LLC1.43 GW
T H WhartonNatural GasTexasNRG Texas Power LLC1.19 GW
Arthur Kill Generating StationNatural GasNew YorkNRG Arthur Kill Operations Inc895.5 MW
Plum Point Energy StationCoalArkansasNRG Energy Services - Plum Point720 MW
Carlsbad Energy CenterNatural GasCaliforniaNRG California Peaker Operations LLC659 MW
El Segundo Energy Center LLCNatural GasCaliforniaNRG Energy Services LLC537.4 MW
Cedar Bayou 4Natural GasTexasNRG Cedar Bayou Development Company LLC535.5 MW
Greens BayouNatural GasTexasNRG Texas Power LLC432 MW
Fisk StreetOilIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC260 MW
Vienna OperationsOilMarylandNRG Vienna Operations Inc180.6 MW
San Jacinto Steam Electric StationNatural GasTexasNRG Texas Power LLC176.4 MW
Ivanpah 2SolarCaliforniaNRG Energy Services133.4 MW
Ivanpah 3SolarCaliforniaNRG Energy Services133.4 MW
Ivanpah 1SolarCaliforniaNRG Energy Services126 MW
San Juan Mesa Wind Project LLCWindNew MexicoNRG Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc120 MW
WaukeganOilIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC112 MW
South Trent Wind FarmWindTexasNRG Energy Inc101.2 MW
Sleeping Bear LLCWindOklahomaNRG Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc94.5 MW
NRG Chalk Point CTOilMarylandNRG Chalk Point CT94 MW
Solar Borrego ISolarCaliforniaNRG Solar Borrego I26 MW
Solar Blythe LLCSolarCaliforniaNRG Solar Blythe21 MW
Roadrunner SolarSolarNew MexicoNRG Solar Roadrunner20.2 MW
Solar Blythe 2SolarCaliforniaNRG Solar Blythe II LLC20 MW
Novel OYA of Osakis CSGSolarMinnesotaNRG MN Community LLC5 MW
Solar Las Vegas MB-1SolarNevadaNRG Solar Las Vegas MB-14.9 MW
Novel - OYA of Mapleton CSGSolarMinnesotaNRG MN Community LLC3.5 MW
Lincoln Financial FieldSolarPennsylvaniaNRG Energy Center Eagles LLC2.9 MW
Solar Las Vegas MB 2, LLCSolarNevadaNRG Solar Las Vegas MB 21.5 MW
Renew Canal 1 CSG LLCSolarMassachusettsNRG Renew Canal 1 LLC1.2 MW
Retired plants (16)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Collinsretired 2004Natural GasIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC2.65 GW
P H Robinsonretired 2009Natural GasTexasNRG Texas Power LLC2.31 GW
Joliet 29retired 2023Natural GasIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC1.32 GW
Will Countyretired 2022CoalIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC1.27 GW
Sam Bertronretired 2019Natural GasTexasNRG Texas Power LLC875.1 MW
Crawfordretired 2012CoalIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC805 MW
Astoria Gas Turbinesretired 2023Natural GasNew YorkNRG Astoria Gas Turbine Operations Inc666.1 MW
Joliet 9retired 2023Natural GasIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC507.6 MW
Websterretired 2006Natural GasTexasNRG Texas Power LLC426.3 MW
Electric Junctionretired 2004Natural GasIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC304 MW
Calumetretired 2004Natural GasIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC278.4 MW
NRG Sterlington Powerretired 2020Natural GasLouisianaNRG Sterlington Power LLC208.5 MW
Bloomretired 2003OilIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC152 MW
Sabrookeretired 2004OilIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC149.6 MW
Lombardretired 2004OilIllinoisMidwest Generations EME LLC132.6 MW
NRG Elbow Creek Energy Storage Projectretired 2024StorageTexasNRG Texas Power LLC2 MW
Under construction (1)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
NRG THW GT Electric Generating Stationconstr.Natural GasTexasNRG THW GT LLC377.4 MW

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