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NRG Energy announced it would acquire 18 natural gas-fired power plants with 13 GW of generation capacity as part of a $12-billion cash-and-stock deal with LS Power. Houston, Texas-based NRG on May 12 ...

Houston-based NRG Energy has announced a venture to build four new natural gas power plants in the U.S. to power artificial intelligence data centers, with some slated for Texas. NRG said it has ...

Houston-based developer NRG Energy Inc. is partnering with GE Vernova Inc. and a Kiewit Corp. unit to build four natural gas combined cycle power plants in Texas and the mid-Atlantic, and says these ...

NRG's old-school power plants are firing on all cylinders. In Q1, revenue jumped 15% to $8.6 billion -- well above the 10% rise across the utility sector -- as wholesale power prices spiked and retail ...