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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, ~~D.C.~~ DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 ORor 15(d) of ~~The~~the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~November~~Date 6,of ~~2025~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 2, 2026

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

NRG ENERGY, INC.

Delaware

001-15891

41-1724239

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

910 Louisiana Street

Houston

Texas

77002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (~~713~~State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) ~~537~~001-~~3000~~15891 (Commission File Number) 41-1724239 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

~~Registrant's~~1301 McKinney ~~telephone~~Street, ~~number~~Houston, ~~including area code~~Texas 77010

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(609) 524-4500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former ~~name~~Name or ~~former~~Former ~~address~~Address, if ~~changed~~Changed ~~since~~Since ~~last~~Last ~~report.~~Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ~~(see General Instruction A.2. below)~~:

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01	NRG	New York Stock Exchange
Common Stock, par value $0.01	NRG	NYSE Texas

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01	NRG	New York Stock Exchange
Common stock, par value $0.01	NRG	NYSE Texas

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐ ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

☐Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

~~Item~~On January 2, 2026, Kevin T.~~02 Results~~ Howell informed the Board of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~(the ~~Financial~~“Board”) ~~Condition~~of NRG Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to resign from the Board, effective immediately, to pursue another opportunity. His decision to resign was not the result of any disagreement with the Company, management, or the Board on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

~~On November~~2 6, 2025, NRG Energy, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

ExhibitNumber						Document
99.1						Press Release, dated November 6, 2025.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NRG Energy, Inc.

	NRG Energy, Inc.
	(Registrant)

	By:	/s/ Christine A. Zoino
		Christine A. Zoino
		Corporate Secretary

Dated: January 2, 2026

~~(Registrant)~~ 3

By: /s/ Christine A. Zoino

Christine A. Zoino

Corporate Secretary

Dated: November 6, 2025

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