NRG Energy has acquired 17 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 5 assets.
NRG Energy’s largest acquisition to date was in 2005, when it acquired Texas Genco Holdings for $5.8B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2019, when it sold NRG South Central Generating to Cleco for $1.0B. NRG Energy has acquired in 6 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include utilities (43%) and energy services and equipment (22%).
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211 Carnegie Center,
Princeton,
New Jersey 08540
United States,
(609) 524-4500
www.nrgenergy.com
NRG Energy, Inc. is a wholesale power generation company. NRG engages in the ownership, development, construction, and operation of power generation facilities; the transacting in and trading of fuel and transportation services; and the trading of energy, capacity and related products in the US and select international markets. NRG Energy, Inc. was formed in 1989 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Texas Genco Holdings, Inc. $5.8B (2005-10-03) |
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NRG South Central Generating LLC $1.0B (2019-01-16) |
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When analyzing the utilities sector as a whole, according to Mergr, in the last 3 years, there are 82 utilities companies that have made at least 1 acquisition, 4 have acquired at least 5 companies, and 2 have acquired more than 10 companies.
The most prolific strategic utilities acquirer over the past 3 years is Waterlogic, with 10 acquisitions. The most prolific private equity acquirer in the utilities sector over the past 3 years is Allianz Capital Partners with 3 platform acquisitions.
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