{"url_path":"/sec/nrg/8-k/2026-02-02/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K/A","doc_date":"2026-02-02","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/0001104659-26-009194-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-009194","cik":"0001013871","ticker":"NRG","issuer_name":"NRG ENERGY, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/0001104659-26-009194-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001013871","primary_entity_name":"NRG ENERGY, INC."},"word_count":790,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01.**\n**Other Events.**\n\n \n\nAs previously disclosed, on\nApril 10, 2025, the Company acquired all of the ownership interests of six power generation facilities from Rockland Capital,\nLLC, adding 738 MW of natural gas-fired assets in Texas to its portfolio (the “Rockland Acquisition”). In accordance\nwith Rule 3-05 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X, the Company is providing unaudited pro forma financial information in connection\nwith the Transaction and the Rockland Acquisition.\n\n \n\n**Forward-Looking Statements**\n\n \n\nIn addition to historical\ninformation, the information presented in this Current Report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A\nof the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements involve\nestimates, expectations, projections, goals, assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and can typically be identified by\nterminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,”\n“goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “expect,” “intend,” “seek,” “plan,”\n“think,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “predict,” “target,” “potential”\nor “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements include, but\nare not limited to, statements about the Transaction, enhancements to the Company’s credit profile, synergies, opportunities, anticipated\nfuture financial and operational performance, and the Company’s future revenues, income, indebtedness, capital structure, plans,\nexpectations, objectives, projected financial performance and/or business results and other future events, and views of economic and market\nconditions.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAlthough the Company believes\nthat its expectations are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to be correct, and actual results may\nvary materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein include, among others, general\neconomic conditions, the imposition of tariffs and escalation of international trade disputes (and inflationary impacts resulting therefrom),\nrisks associated with the integration of the Acquired Companies, including potential disruption to ongoing operations and other transition\ndifficulties, the inability of the combined company to realize expected synergies and benefits of integration of the Acquired Companies\n(or that it takes longer than expected) which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively as expected, hazards customary\nin the power industry, weather conditions and extreme weather events, competition in wholesale power, gas and smart home markets, the\nvolatility of energy and fuel prices, the volatility in demand for power and gas, customer affordability concerns that may constrain the\npricing of the Company’s products and services and limit its ability to recover costs, failure of customers or counterparties to\nperform under contracts, changes in the wholesale power and gas markets, the failure of the Company’s expectations regarding load\ngrowth to materialize, changes in government or market regulations, the Company’s ability to execute its supply strategy, risks\nrelated to data privacy, cyberterrorism and inadequate cybersecurity, the loss of data, unanticipated outages at the Company’s generation\nfacilities, operational and reputational risks related to the use of artificial intelligence and the adherence to developing laws and\nregulations related to the use thereof, the Company’s ability to achieve its net debt targets, adverse results in current and future\nlitigation, complaints, product liability claims and/or adverse publicity, failure to identify, execute or successfully implement acquisitions\nor asset sales, risks of the smart home and security industry, including risks of and publicity surrounding the sales, customer origination\nand retention process, the impact of changes in consumer spending patterns, consumer preferences, geopolitical tensions, demographic trends,\nsupply chain disruptions, the Company’s ability to implement value enhancing improvements to plant operations and company wide processes,\nthe Company’s ability to achieve or maintain investment grade credit metrics, the Company’s ability to proceed with projects\nunder development or the inability to complete the construction of such projects on schedule or within budget, the inability to maintain\nor create successful partnering relationships, the Company’s ability to operate its business efficiently, the Company’s ability\nto retain customers, the ability to successfully integrate businesses of acquired assets or companies (including the Acquired Companies),\nthe Company’s ability to realize anticipated benefits of transactions (including expected cost savings and other synergies) or the\nrisk that anticipated benefits may take longer to realize than expected, the Company’s ability to execute its capital allocation\nplan, and the other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company’s Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC.\n\n \n\nThe Company undertakes no\nobligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except\nas required by law. The foregoing review of factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those\ncontemplated in the forward-looking statements included in this Current Report should be considered in connection with information regarding\nrisks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s future results included in the Company’s filings with the SEC at www.sec.gov."}