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NRG Energy, Inc. is an American energy company, headquartered in Houston, Texas. [2] [3] It was formerly the wholesale arm of Northern States Power Company (NSP), which became Xcel Energy, but became independent in 2000.
In June 2009, NRG Energy purchased Reliant Energy's retail electricity business. At the time, Reliant had 1.8 million customers and was the second largest electric provider in Texas. [5] The name Reliant Energy was retained and the surviving wholesale business was renamed RRI Energy, which was retired in 2012 after additional NRG acquisitions.
The CenterPoint Energy Plaza, previously the Houston Industries Building, once served as the company headquarters. It began operations in 1882. [3] In 1999 Houston Industries changed its name to Reliant Energy. [4] Therefore HL&P was renamed Reliant Energy HL&P/Entex.
In September 2000, the company moved its headquarters to Austin, Texas. In January 2002, Green Mountain began serving the Texas market and was the first to offer alternative energy in the state. [3] In August 2009 Green Mountain Energy expanded to New York City, serving those in the Con Edison service territory. [4]
Later in 2006, Texas Genco was sold to NRG Energy of Princeton, N.J. On April 23, 2018, CenterPoint Energy and Vectren Corporation announced they had entered into a definitive merger agreement, with CenterPoint being the emerging head company. [8] On February 1, 2019, the merger was completed and Vectren was delisted from the NYSE. [9]
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Xcel Energy Inc. is a U.S. regulated electric utility and natural gas delivery company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving more than 3.7 million electric customers and 2.1 million natural gas customers across parts of eight states (Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and New Mexico). [3]
NRG Stadium (previously known as Reliant Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. Construction was completed in 2002, at a cost of $352 million and has a seating capacity of 72,220.