NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) today announced that its Board of Directors declared an 8% increase to its quarterly dividend from $0.30 per share to $0.325 per share, or $1.30 per share on an annualized basis. This increase is in-line with the Company’s previously announced annual dividend growth rate target of 7-9% per share. The dividend is payable on February 16, 2021 to stockholders of record as of February 1, 2021.

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