{"url_path":"/sec/nrg/8-k/2026-03-02/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 ****Other","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-03-02","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/0001104659-26-022295-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-022295","cik":"0001013871","ticker":"NRG","issuer_name":"NRG ENERGY, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/0001104659-26-022295-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001013871","primary_entity_name":"NRG ENERGY, INC."},"word_count":346,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01****Other\nEvents**\n\n \n\nThis Current Report on Form 8-K\nis being filed to provide the following information related to the Company’s acquisition of the Acquired Companies: (i) (x) Lightning\nPower, LLC and its subsidiaries’ audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2025 and for the year ended\nDecember 31, 2025 and for the period August 9, 2024 to December 31, 2024, (y) Fund III Projects’ audited combined\nfinancial statements for the period January 1, 2024 to August 8, 2024 and (z) Gridiron Intermediate Holdings, LLC and\nits subsidiaries’ audited consolidated financial statements for the period January 1, 2024 to August 8, 2024 (the “Lightning\nFinancial Statements”), (ii) Linebacker Power Funding, LLC and its subsidiaries’ audited consolidated financial statements\nas of December 31, 2025 and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (the “Linebacker Financial Statements”),\n(iii) CCS Power Finance Co, LLC and its subsidiaries’ audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2025\nand for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (the “CCS Financial Statements” and, collectively with the Lightning\nFinancial Statements and the Linebacker Financial Statements, the “Audited Financial Statements”) and (iv) the Company’s\nunaudited pro forma combined financial information as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, after giving effect to the Transaction\n(the “Pro Forma Financial Information” and, together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Information”).\n\n \n\nThe Financial Information\nupdates and supplements the audited consolidated financial statements of the Acquired Companies and unaudited pro forma combined financial\ninformation of the Company and related disclosures contained in Exhibits 99.1, 99.5, 99.7 and 99.9 to the Form 8-K/A. To the extent\nthat information in this Current Report on Form 8-K differs from or updates information contained in the Form 8-K/A, the information\nin this Current Report on Form 8-K shall supersede or supplement the information in the Form 8-K/A.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nThe Financial Information\nincluded in this Current Report on Form 8-K has been presented for informational purposes only. It does not purport to represent\nthe actual results or project future operating results of the Company following the Transaction."}