NRG Energy

About NRG Energy

NRG Energy has their head offices in Houston, Texas and supplies electricity in 20 states in the United States. There are 3,067,866 customer accounts receiving service from the company. These customers are made up of 7,082 industrial customers, 275,311 commercialproperties and 2,785,473 residential properties. The residential electricity rate for consumers of NRG Energy is, on average, 13.14 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 6.90% below the national average price of 14.11 cents, resulting in the supplier ranking 1946th lowest for average electricity rate out of 2923 companies in the country. The company sold 148,388,350 megawatt hours in 2020 through traditional retail sales. The electricity sourced by the company is made up of primarily wholesale purchased megawatt hours, with 277,814,958 acquired by the company. Their total revenue for 2020 from electricity activities was $16,708,445,400, with 24.74% coming from sales to the wholesale electricity market.

The average monthly residential electric bill for a customer of NRG Energy is $146.31 per month, while the nationwide average is $125.95. Patrons of the supplier pay a 16.16% markup compared to other residents of the nation. The provider generates a total of 30,179,024.25 megawatt hours from the burning of coal. This is the 9th most in the country out of 3509 companies NRG Energy is the 16th largest electricity company out of 3509 providers in the US based on number of customers. Production from nuclear power facilities totaled 9,742,628.28 megawatt hours for the provider, which ranks them 26th out of 3509 suppliers in the United States.