Capital expenditure · 2011–2025

NRG Energy capital expenditure

$1.1B+143.0% · FY2025

NRG Energy (NRG) reported $1.1B in capital expenditure for fiscal 2025, +143.0% year on year.

$2.3B2011$3.4B2012$2.0B2013$909M2014$1.0B2015$544M2016$254M2017$388M2018$228M2019$230M2020$269M2021$367M2022$598M2023$472M2024$1.1B2025
NRG Energy — Capital expenditure, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$1.1B+143.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$472M−21.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$598M+62.9%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$367M+36.4%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$269M+17.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$230M+0.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$228M−41.2%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$388M+52.8%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$254M−53.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$544M−47.1%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$1.0B+13.2%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$909M−54.3%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$2.0B−41.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$3.4B+47.0%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$2.3B—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth −4.9%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{NRG Energy capital expenditure}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001013871-26-000004 · February 24, 2026

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