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Industry Group:Electric Utilities

Alternative corporations in the rating industry group for NRG Energy Inc are displayed below. This report of NRG Energy Inc employs intelligence from across the internet and also from public disclosures by NRG Energy Inc. This ESG score includes 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals including: 'Affordable & Clean Energy', 'Responsible Production & Consumption' and 'Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions'.

NRG Energy Inc in the Electric Utilities industry gained a UN SDG ESG Transparency Score of 6.6; made up of an environmental score of 8.0, social score of 5.3 and governance score of 6.0.

SDG Transparency Score for NRG Energy Inc 
Low
0 - 3

6.6

Medium Impact
4 - 6
High
7 - 10
Last Score Update: 2023-07-01
What drives the score for NRG Energy Inc 
8.0

Environmental

5.3

Social

6.0

Governance

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Peer Group Comparison

RankCompanySDG Transparency Score Performance
1Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp
9.1
High
2Alliant Energy Corp
9.0
High
237Ormat Industries Ltd
6.7
High
237Malakoff Corporation Bhd
6.7
High
247NRG Energy Inc
6.6
High
247BKW AG
6.6
High
247Arizona Public Service Co
6.6
High
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763Yorkshire Electricity Group PLC
0.0
Low
763Zakarpattiaoblenerho PrAT
0.0
Low
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NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated power company in the United States. It operates through Texas, East, and West. The company is involved in the producing, selling, and delivering electricity and related products and services to approximately 6 million residential, commercial, industrial, and wholesale customers. It generates electricity using natural gas, coal, oil, solar, nuclear, and battery storage. The company also provides system power, distributed generation, renewable products, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, demand response, and energy efficiency, and advisory services, as well as carbon management and specialty services; and on-site energy solutions. In addition, it trades in electric power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Further, the company procures fuels; provides transportation services; and directly sells energy, services, and products and services to retail customers under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, Stream, and XOOM Energy. As of December 31, 2021, it owns and leases power generation portfolio with approximately 18,000 megawatts of capacity at 25 plants. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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