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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: 
$409,842,295
Number of records: 
78
Top 10 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
environmental violation$275,209,66856
energy market violation$65,050,0004
energy market manipulation$30,500,0002
labor relations violation$16,277,3914
fraud$11,000,0001
benefit plan administrator violation$9,700,0001
data submission deficiencies$2,000,0001
workplace safety or health violation$105,2369
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 dollar total above may be adjusted to account for the fact that the list of 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. Duplicate penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Associated Names: 

BIG CAJUN 2 LOUISIANA GENERATING; CONNECTICUT JET POWER; DUNKIRK STEAM GENERATING STATION; ESOCO ORRINGTON; GenOn Energy; GenOn MD Ash Management; GENON POTOMAC RIVER LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION; LOUISIANA GENERATING; LOUISIANA GENERATING LLC - BIG CAJUN II POWER PLANT; MIDDLETOWN POWER LLC; MIDWEST GENERATION EME; MIDWEST GENERATION LLC - CONSENT DECREE; MIDWEST GENERATION, LLC; MIRANT AMERICAS ENERGY MARKETING LP; MIRANT BOWLINE; MIRANT CALIFORNIA, LLC; Mirant Corp.; MIRANT LOVETT, LLC; MIRA [...]

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


Individual Penalty Records:

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Company Primary Offense Type Year Agency Penalty Amountsort icon
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 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
GenOn MD Ash Management environmental violation 2013 EPA $1,900,000
DUNKIRK STEAM GENERATING STATION environmental violation 2005 EPA $1,500,000
MIRANT CORPORATION environmental violation 2007 EPA $1,470,000
Mirant Mid-Atlantic environmental violation 2006 EPA $1,250,000
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
DUNKIRK STEAM GENERATING STATION environmental violation 2004 EPA $450,000
NRG ENERGY CENTER DOVER, LLC environmental violation 2002 EPA $380,000
DUNKIRK STEAM GENERATING STATION environmental violation 2001 EPA $350,000
DUNKIRK STEAM GENERATING STATION environmental violation 2001 EPA $350,000
GENON POTOMAC RIVER LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION environmental violation 2012 EPA $280,704
GENON POTOMAC RIVER LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION environmental violation 2011 EPA $275,562
NRG DICKERSON GENERATING STATION 240310001900158 environmental violation 2000 EPA $200,000
MIRANT BOWLINE, LLC environmental violation 2007 EPA $175,000
MIRANT LOVETT, LLC environmental violation 2008 EPA $175,000
GenOn Energy, Inc. environmental violation 2013 EPA $144,000
SEWARD GENERATING STATION environmental violation 2000 EPA $120,000
GenOn MD Ash Management environmental violation 2017 EPA $110,000
NRG-MORGANTOWN GENERATING STATION 240170001400400 environmental violation 2010 EPA $104,000
DUNKIRK STEAM GENERATING STATION environmental violation 2010 EPA $101,450
NRG-MORGANTOWN GENERATING STATION 240170001400310 environmental violation 2008 EPA $100,000
OSWEGO HARBOR POWER environmental violation 2004 EPA $100,000
GenOn MD Ash Management environmental violation 2018 EPA $84,000
GENON POTOMAC RIVER LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION environmental violation 2008 EPA $78,000
NRG DICKERSON GENERATING STATION 240310001900194 environmental violation 2002 EPA $75,000
NRG DICKERSON GENERATING STATION 240310001900278 environmental violation 2008 EPA $75,000
NRG CHALK POINT, LLC 240330001400342 environmental violation 2006 EPA $75,000
NRG CHALK POINT, LLC 240330001400385 environmental violation 2008 EPA $75,000
OSWEGO HARBOR POWER environmental violation 2001 EPA $75,000
NRG-MORGANTOWN GENERATING STATION 240170001400414 environmental violation 2010 EPA $70,000
NRG CHALK POINT, LLC 240330001400619 environmental violation 2014 EPA $65,000
NRG-MORGANTOWN GENERATING STATION 240170001400429 environmental violation 2010 EPA $54,000
NRG DICKERSON GENERATING STATION 240310001900380 environmental violation 2011 EPA $52,500
Midwest Generation labor relations violation 2005 NLRB $47,996
LOUISIANA GENERATING LLC - BIG CAJUN II POWER PLANT environmental violation 2014 EPA $46,963
Midwest Generation EME, LLC labor relations violation 2003 NLRB $34,500
NRG-CANAL LLC environmental violation 2006 EPA $30,000
NRG DICKERSON GENERATING STATION 240310001900324 environmental violation 2010 EPA $29,000
NRG CHALK POINT, LLC 240330001400500 environmental violation 2011 EPA $28,000
RELIANT ENERGY workplace safety or health violation 2002 OSHA $25,000
NRG-MORGANTOWN GENERATING STATION 240170001400356 environmental violation 2009 EPA $20,000
NRG CHALK POINT, LLC 240330001400285 environmental violation 2003 EPA $20,000
OSWEGO HARBOR POWER environmental violation 2003 EPA $20,000
NRG-MORGANTOWN GENERATING STATION 240170001400327 environmental violation 2008 EPA $19,945
NRG DICKERSON GENERATING STATION 240310001900282 environmental violation 2008 EPA $19,944
NRG CHALK POINT, LLC 240330001400399 environmental violation 2008 EPA $19,944
Big Cajun 2 - Louisiana Generating LLC environmental violation 2005 EPA $19,250
NRG DICKERSON GENERATING STATION 240310001900337 environmental violation 2010 EPA $17,000
MIDDLETOWN POWER LLC environmental violation 2017 EPA $16,425
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 EPA $12,480
ESOCO ORRINGTON, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2013 OSHA $11,585
SEWARD GENERATING STATION/SEWARD environmental violation 2010 EPA $11,000
SEWARD GENERATING STATION/SEWARD environmental violation 2010 EPA $11,000
ESOCO ORRINGTON, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2010 OSHA $10,725
NRG Energy, Inc. labor relations violation 2007 NLRB $10,308
NRG CALIFORNIA SOUTH LP, ETIWANDA GEN 06071CA14900043 environmental violation 2008 EPA $10,000
ESOCO ORRINGTON, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2004 OSHA $9,000
GENON POTOMAC RIVER LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION environmental violation 2001 EPA $8,253
CONNECTICUT JET POWER LLC environmental violation 2011 EPA $7,800
MIDDLETOWN POWER LLC environmental violation 2002 EPA $7,680
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
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