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Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary

Parent Company Name: 
NRG Energy
Ownership Structure: 
publicly traded (ticker symbol NRG)
Headquartered in: 
New Jersey
Major Industry: 
utilities and power generation
Specific Industry: 
energy generation
Penalty total since 2000: 
$1,639,306,952
Number of records: 
54
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
competition-related offenses$1,338,535,00011
environment-related offenses$272,665,32525
employment-related offenses$25,977,3915
miscellaneous offenses$2,000,0001
safety-related offenses$129,23612
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
energy market manipulation$1,262,400,0005
environmental violation$272,665,32525
energy market violation$65,135,0005
labor relations violation$16,277,3914
fraud$11,000,0001
Notes: 

Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

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Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

For an overview of assistance this company is receiving under the CARES Act, see its Covid Stimulus Watch summary page here.


Individual Penalty Records:

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Company Primary Offense Type Year Agency Penalty Amountsort icon
Mirant Corporation energy market manipulation 2005 CA-AG $749,700,000
Reliant Energy, Inc. energy market manipulation 2005 MULTI-AG $460,000,000
Louisiana Generating (NRG Energy) environmental violation 2012 EPA $264,000,000
Reliant Energy Services, Inc. energy market violation 2003 FERC $50,000,000
Reliant Energy Services Inc. energy market manipulation 2007 USAO $22,200,000
Reliant Energy Services, Inc. energy market manipulation 2003 CFTC $18,000,000
Midwest Generation, EME, LLC labor relations violation 2010 NLRB $16,184,587
Reliant Energy energy market violation 2003 FERC $13,800,000
Mirant Americas Energy Marketing LP energy market manipulation 2004 CFTC $12,500,000
Mirant Energy Trading LLC fraud 2007 DOJ_CRIMINAL $11,000,000
Mirant Corp. benefit plan administrator violation 2006 private lawsuit-federal $9,700,000
Louisiana Generating environmental violation 2013 EPA (*) $3,500,000
NRG Energy, Inc. data submission deficiencies 2007 CFTC $2,000,000
Louisiana Generating, LLC environmental violation 2013 LA-ENV $1,750,000
MIRANT CORPORATION environmental violation 2007 EPA $1,470,000
Mirant Mid-Atlantic environmental violation 2006 EPA $1,250,000
Mirant environmental violation 2009 CA-SFCA $1,100,000
Mirant Corporation environmental violation 2007 NY-AG $1,000,000
NRG Chalk Point LLC environmental violation 2016 MD-AG $1,000,000
RRI Energy energy market violation 2010 FERC $750,000
NRG Energy, Inc. energy market violation 2007 FERC $500,000
MIDWEST GENERATION LLC - CONSENT DECREE environmental violation 2018 EPA $500,000
MIRANT MID-ATLANTIC environmental violation 2010 MD-ENV $134,000
MIRANT MID-ATLANTIC environmental violation 2010 MD-ENV $91,000
NRG Power Marketing, LLC energy market violation 2021 FERC $85,000
NRG CHALK POINT environmental violation 2014 MD-ENV $65,000
MIRANT MID-ATLANTIC environmental violation 2010 MD-ENV $54,000
NRG Energy, Inc. environmental violation 2017 MD-ENV $50,000
Midwest Generation labor relations violation 2005 NLRB $47,996
Louisiana Generating, LLC environmental violation 2014 LA-ENV $46,962
Midwest Generation EME, LLC labor relations violation 2003 NLRB $34,500
Gregory Power Partners, L.P. environmental violation 2009 TX-ENV $30,500
Reliant Energy environmental violation 2005 OH-ENV $25,125
RELIANT ENERGY workplace safety or health violation 2002 OSHA $25,000
Big Cajun 2 - Louisiana Generating LLC environmental violation 2005 EPA $19,250
Louisiana Generating, LLC environmental violation 2019 LA-ENV $16,500
NRG Energy Center Minneapolis environmental violation 2001 MN-ENV $16,000
NRG DELTA LLC workplace safety or health violation 2015 OSHA $14,735
NRG CHALK POINT, LLC environmental violation 2014 EPA $14,168
RELIANT ENERGY workplace safety or health violation 2002 OSHA $14,000
Middletown Power LLC environmental violation 2002 CT-ENV $12,480
ESOCO ORRINGTON, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2013 OSHA $11,585
ESOCO ORRINGTON, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2010 OSHA $10,725
NRG Energy, Inc. labor relations violation 2007 NLRB $10,308
MIDWEST GENERATION, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2015 OSHA $9,900
ESOCO ORRINGTON, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2004 OSHA $9,000
NRG TEXAS LLC workplace safety or health violation 2010 OSHA $8,500
CONNECTICUT JET POWER LLC environmental violation 2011 EPA $7,800
ESOCO ORRINGTON, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2004 OSHA $7,441
MIRANT CALIFORNIA, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2008 OSHA $6,750
Reliant Energy environmental violation 2003 EPA $6,600
NRG ENERGY SERVICES, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2015 OSHA $6,000
NRG Texas LP environmental violation 2007 TX-ENV $5,940
NRG ENERGY, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2015 OSHA $5,600
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