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70-626: The facility is owned by the NRG Energy company. Except during special events, access requires membership in the Potomac Whitewater Racing Center, a USA Canoe/Kayak National Training Center. The course was constructed in 1991, inside a pre-existing straight, 900-foot (270 m)-long concrete channel, 40 feet (12 m) wide. Since 1959, the channel has returned cooling water from the Dickerson Generating Station to

140-567: A green energy producer in the United States and started investing money in clean energy projects. They include onshore and offshore wind power, solar thermal energy , photovoltaic , and distributed solar power facilities, and repowering of some of their traditional coal plants with biomass . In late 2010, NRG launched the EVgo network, the first completely private public car charging station network for electric power vehicles. In 2016, NRG sold

210-610: A fraction of what it did 10 years ago, so the heated water is decreased accordingly. They both feature circular water channels with conveyor belt lifts from the course end to the beginning, plus bigger drops, wider eddies, mid-course pools, and guided raft trips for tourists. Dickerson is for decked, hard-shell boats only. All three facilities are used for canoe and kayak training and as venues for competitions. Washington Post full-page graphic 39°12′32″N 77°28′07″W  /  39.2088°N 77.4685°W  / 39.2088; -77.4685 NRG Energy NRG Energy, Inc.

280-567: A group of private equity firms for roughly $ 5.9 billion. Afterwards, in May 2009, NRG Energy acquired the retail operations of Reliant Energy. With those two moves, NRG's holdings represented most of the former HL&P and today serve 1.6 million customers in Texas. The retail operations continue to operate under the Reliant Energy name, while old Reliant's wholesale operations became RRI Energy . Following

350-626: A net ownership of 24,357 MW of generation globally, with 19,077 MW in the United States. From 1996 to 2001, the operating revenue increased from $ 104 million to $ 3 billion, and the debt increased from $ 212 million to $ 8.3 billion. By 2002, the debt had reached $ 9.4 billion, and NRG Energy sold its power plants in Hungary and the Czech Republic. To avert default by NRG, Xcel sold $ 500 million in stock in July 2002. In 2003, Xcel Energy paid NRG Energy $ 752 million for

420-490: A number of customers from Pioneer Energy of Sugar Land and Stat Energy of Richardson, as well. In July of that year, a heat wave caused the day-ahead pricing spike to $ 2,172 per MW hour, compared to $ 28 per MW hour the previous summer.   NRG Energy partnered with Cummins in December 2017 to offer backup generators to run as part of an asset-backed demand response system. The Cummins natural-gas-fired genset would be used when

490-434: A peak capacity of 400 kW and provide enough power during the year to offset the cost of power consumed at 49ers home games. NRG Energy provided sustainable energy for Super Bowl LI in 2017 at NRG Stadium . The stadium received power from 600 solar panels and used only LEDs to light up the field, using 60% less energy than previously. NRG Energy also agreed to provide renewable energy credits for any venue associated with

560-550: A proposed turbine replacement project which would represent a total proposed capacity of 579 MW. The turbine upgrades listed in the filing are new simple-cycle turbines. The filing states that since the proposed capacity is not 25 MW greater than the existing facility, Article 10 regulation is not required. As of November 2018, no ruling has been issued by the NYSPSC. JPMorgan Chase announced their plans in 2017 to power all their facilities in Texas through 100% renewable power by 2020. By

630-487: A residential solar power installation company, for an undisclosed amount. RDS headquarters remained in Wall Township, New Jersey while they operated under NRG Residential Solar Solutions. That same month, NRG also acquired the retail power business of Dominion Resources Inc., which included Texas-based Cirro Energy and added 600,000 customer accounts to NRG Energy's retail business. Cirro Energy has continued to operate under

700-668: A two-year agreement beginning in January 2011 to provide 100% renewable energy for the Empire State Building . In 2012, NRG Energy partnered with the DLR Group to design an open-air, solar system for Patriot Place in Massachusetts. The solar array produces an estimated 30% of the power for Patriot Place and provides renewable energy education for visitors at kiosks, electric vehicle charging stations, and off-grid solar “Helios” at

770-703: A venue for slalom races and training, the center offers a range of services to the general public including guided raft trips, inflatable kayak rentals, and riverboard rentals. The center opened in May 2007, constructed at a cost of $ 24 million, and is the third pump-powered artificial whitewater facility built in North America. Its educational partner in water sports instruction is the Adventuresports Institute of nearby Garrett College , which offers degrees in outdoor adventure sports. The concept of Adventure Sports Center International (ASCI) originated after

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840-428: A wet exit from an upside-down boat and were swimming the course. This feature was modified by adding a concrete slab under the drop and two trapezoid-shaped diverters on the sides. The hydraulic was converted into a central tongue of water ending in a wave train, with an eddy on each side. The course has four 200 ft (61 m) sections, connected in a straight line, end-to-end, with a 2-foot (0.61 m) drop at

910-433: Is a significant drop from the bottom of the course into the river. Because the water channel was designed for an industrial, rather than a recreational, function, there are no wide pools to serve as resting spots, and there is no easy way off the water, short of the end. The water is deceptively fast, and all but two of the eddies have swirling water with an upstream component. From the river, paddlers must carry their boats

980-680: Is an American energy company, headquartered in Houston , Texas . It was formerly the wholesale arm of Northern States Power Company (NSP), which became Xcel Energy , but became independent in 2000. NRG Energy is involved in energy generation and retail electricity. Their portfolio includes natural gas generation, coal generation, oil generation, nuclear generation, wind generation, utility-scale generation, and distributed solar generation. NRG serves over 7 million retail customers in 24 US states including Texas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio;

1050-482: Is below 3.5 ft (1.1 m) on the Little Falls gauge 6,000 cu ft/s (170 m/s), there is a sheer drop between the end of the concrete channel and the river. In certain conditions of high course flow and low river level, a stream-wide retentive hydraulic, or "sticky hole," posed a hazard to paddlers who failed to correctly " boof stroke " across the drop. It was a worse problem for paddlers who had made

1120-576: Is deployed, it can then monitor the operations and the performance of the building. NRG Energy mapped 24 different utility territories outside of SCE. By 2018, NRG Energy no longer owned SpaceTag as Station A became a standalone company. NRG Energy owns a minority stake in the company and is a customer of Station A.     After the GenOn merger in 2012, NRG had 47,000 MW of total generation capacity, enough to power approximately 40 million homes. Its nearly 100 power plants were located in 18 states in

1190-436: Is the only Olympic whitewater venue built in a riverbed, using natural boulders to direct the water flow, and McLaughlin used a similar design here—with a channel shaped like a natural streambed and lined with natural boulders blasted from the mountaintop. The purpose was both aesthetic and practical. Irregular surfaces dampen the water surges that can occur in geometrically regular artificial channels. The first 100 meters of

1260-603: The NRG Astrodome , NRG Stadium , NRG Arena and NRG Center . NRG Energy also holds the naming rights for a NRG Station (formerly AT&T Station), a rapid transit station in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . NRG Energy has multiple products and services, including generation facilities, operations, management services (O&M), retail electricity, commercial industrial backup generators, and an internal data analytics engine called SpaceTag. In 2014, NRG Energy helped restart

1330-456: The Wisp Ski Resort already had a pump-filled mountaintop reservoir to supply its snowmaking machines with water in the winter, the artificial whitewater course was sited next to this reservoir to make use of its water in the summer. The roads, motels, and restaurants which served the ski area in the winter made the location accessible to summer visitors. In April, 2011, ASCI was chosen as

1400-449: The megawatts of power while reducing emissions. As of 2018, of the 19 Astoria facilities listed in the 2018 NYISO Gold Book as being owned by NRG, 7 of the facilities are on the deactivated list (at a total of 140 MW of capacity rights), and 12 of the facilities (at a total of 558 MW in nameplate capacity) have each consistently produced less than 15 GWh a year since 2011. This is equivalent to running at full capacity for less than 4% of

1470-524: The 1960s, local canoe and kayak paddlers began conducting winter practice in the heated Potomac River water immediately below the discharge channel. Nearly three decades went by before paddler Scott Wilkinson got the idea of moving the practice up into the concrete-lined channel itself. In 1991, he sold his idea to two of the power plant managers, and, in support of the 1992 Olympics team, the Potomac Electric Power Company , Pepco, which owned

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1540-546: The 1989 Whitewater Slalom World Championships on the remote Savage River in Western Maryland. Sergi Orsi, then president of the International Canoe Federation encouraged the organizers of the 1989 Savage River event to build a pump-powered artificial whitewater course in a more accessible location nearby. The Maryland state government supported the project to promote summer tourism in the region. Since

1610-469: The Aspen Power plant, the first wood-based biomass plant in Texas. The plant is overseen by InventivEnergy LLC, but NRG operates and maintains the facility, including hiring the management team and operating staff. The plant consumes 525,000 tons of logging debris and municipal wood waste annually and can produce 50 MW of power. Aspen Power uses a stoker-type boiler that is made to reduce the air pollution from

1680-1042: The Carlsbad Energy Center natural gas project (527 MW) and the Buckthorn Solar project (154 MW) from NRG Energy. Cleco Corporate Holdings purchased NRG's South Central business for $ 1 billion in price and cash proceeds. The South Central business had 3,500 MW generation capacity, including the natural gas facilities Bayou Cove plant (225 MW), Sterlington plant (176 MW), and the Cottonwood plant (1,263,000 MW). NRG Energy also sold 1,891 MW of coal-fired capacity to Cleco from their Big Cajun-I and Big Cajun-II plants. In July 2018, NRG Energy released GenOn and paid $ 125 million in net payment during GenOn's bankruptcy settlement. In 2018, NRG Energy reduced its generation capacity to 23,000 MW. They also reduced their power plants from 100 to 40, but they retained 2.9 million retail customers. Beginning in 2009, NRG began an initiative to become

1750-465: The Chief Operating Officer at the time, was brought on as Chief Executive and President of NRG Energy. That same month, NRG's shares rose by 63% and closed at $ 17.90 after it had fallen by 60% in 2015. For the first three months of 2016, the company posted a net income of $ 47 million in comparison to the net loss of $ 136 million the first quarter of 2015. Gutierrez stated that paying down debt

1820-530: The Cirro name. In September 2014, NRG acquired Goal Zero, a manufacturer of personal solar power products. The following month, NRG Energy acquired the residential solar company Pure Energies Group, which focused on web-based customer acquisition. This provided a simplified solar adoption process as well as a sales channel for Goal Zero. In March 2018, NRG acquired XOOM Energy, a mainly residential-focused, retail energy supplier with 300,000 RCE customers. The sale price

1890-882: The District of Columbia, and eight provinces in Canada. NRG Energy has acquired eleven other energy companies, both generation and retail, that include Reliant Energy , XOOM Energy, Green Mountain Energy , Stream Energy , GenOn Energy , Discount Power and Cirro Energy. As of 2018, they generate 23,000 MW of power from 40 power plants across the country. They incorporate a range of sales channels for retail customers, including call centers, direct sales, websites, brokers, and brick-and-mortar stores. Their wholesale generation services include plant operations, commercial operations, energy services, distributed generation services, and energy, procurement, and construction (EPC) services. NRG Energy

1960-675: The EVgo charging network to Vision Ridge Partners, a Colorado-based sustainable - energy investment firm, for an undisclosed amount. In December 2019, LS Power signed an agreement to acquire EVgo. In January 2021, EVgo announced its plans to go public via a SPAC merger , which was completed in July 2021 with the "EVGO" ticker on the Nasdaq. In March 2021, EVgo announced plans to install chargers at midwest retail chain Meijer's superstores. Green Mountain Energy, one of NRG Energy's retail subsidiaries, signed

2030-539: The East, which was added to NRG Energy's retail profile. In a partnership with Cypress Creek Renewables, NRG is offering a long-term, fixed price, consumer solar energy project in June 2018. The first customer of the project is Sysco, who has signed a 10-year renewable energy agreement. Cypress Creek Renewables will build, own, and operate three solar gardens in Texas that will have a combined power capacity of 25 MW. NRG Energy will buy

2100-501: The Hudson Valley. In January 2019, NRG Community Solar became Clearway Community Solar under the parent company Clearway Energy Group. Adventure Sports Center International Adventure Sports Center International is an Olympic standard white water rafting and canoe/kayak slalom center located on the mountaintop above the Wisp Ski Resort at Deep Creek Lake , McHenry , Maryland , United States. In addition to serving as

2170-499: The NRG fleet shrunk to 23 GW but retained 2.9 million retail customers. The new fleet has 11.5 GW of generation (46% natural gas generation, 31% coal generation, and 15% oil generation) in Texas, 9.7 GW of generation in the East, and 2.6 GW of generation in the West. In March 2018, NRG Energy acquired XOOM Energy, a retail electricity provider, for $ 210 million. XOOM Energy served 300,000 customers in

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2240-767: The Northeast, Chicago area, Gulf Coast, Southwest, Nevada, and California. Generation facilities include mostly fossil fuel power plants powered by natural gas, oil, and coal; plus four wind farms (in Texas) and six solar farms (in California, Arizona, and New Mexico). NRG also has a 44% ownership stake in the South Texas Nuclear Generating Station and a 37.5% stake in a coal power plant in Gladstone, Queensland , Australia. Some facilities use cogeneration and

2310-490: The O&;M business, and the development business for $ 1.375 billion in cash proceeds. NRG Yield had a diverse portfolio of energy generation including wind, solar, and natural gas, with a total operating capacity of 5,100 MW. The O&M platform managed 2,400 MW of renewable energy in 17 different states, and the development business had 6,400 MW of renewable generation opportunities in the project pipeline. GIP and NRG Yield purchased

2380-566: The Pepco Site, donated time and equipment, and the course was opened in December 1991. The first race was held in June 1992. Athletes who trained at the Dickerson course won bronze and gold medals in the 1992 Olympics, and others have continued to win Olympic medals and world championships in subsequent years. The course was redesigned in the fall of 2002, once again by John Anderson. A new scale model

2450-534: The Potomac River, 41 miles (66 km) upstream from Washington, D.C. Water is pumped from the river, warmed as much as 35 °F (20 °C) as it cools the power plant's three coal-fired generators, and then emptied into the channel for gravity flow back to the river. (The plant has three other generators which use a different cooling system.) Streamflow through the course is 200 cu ft/s (5.7 m/s) to 600 cu ft/s (17 m/s), depending on

2520-678: The Super Bowl, such as the George R. Brown Convention Center and the hotels where the teams were staying. NRG Energy installed 11,000 solar panels and 14 wind turbines at the Eagles’ Lincoln Financial Field stadium. These renewable energy installations made the stadium the largest solar power plant in the NFL. The solar power plant produces 40% of the Eagles’ own energy and feed the energy back into

2590-428: The United States. In 2012, they added GenOn Energy for $ 1.7 billion and in 2013, they added Edison Mission for $ 2.6 billion. This gave the company 46,000 MW total of generation capacity. In 2013, they also added a demand response company: Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. The business later became NRG Curtailment Solutions, Inc. During December 2015, NRG Energy released David Crane of his duty and Mauricio Gutierrez,

2660-508: The acquisition of Reliant, NRG extended its retail footprint with the acquisition of Green Mountain Energy in November 2010. In doing so, NRG also became the largest retailer of green power in the nation, providing all of its Green Mountain and many of its Reliant customers with energy derived from 100% renewable resources. NRG Energy completed its acquisition of GenOn Energy in December 2012 for $ 1.7 billion in stock and cash. The GenOn name

2730-984: The benefit of NRG Energy's creditors and took a $ 2 billion write-off. On May 14, 2003, NRG Energy filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. In the company's reorganization, Xcel Energy relinquished its ownership interest, and NRG Energy became an independent, public company after bankruptcy. David W. Crane joined NRG as the chief executive in December. The reorganized NRG Energy eliminated about $ 5.2 billion of corporate debt along with $ 1.2 billion of additional claims by giving equity and cash to unsecured creditors. By 2005, NRG Energy expanded again and added 7,600 MW of domestic capacity to its portfolio. The company acquired Dynegy's 50% of 1,800 MW of generation in California. They also acquired Texas GenCo in 2006, Reliant Energy in 2009, and Green Mountain Energy in 2010. The company began to focus on domestic markets and retreated from international electricity markets . By 2011, NRG Energy's generation portfolio had 25,135 MW, with only 1,000 MW outside of

2800-542: The best combination of distributed resources for every building in a given territory and showed what it was worth to each customer. NRG tested SpaceTag to gather "60 megawatts of flexible clean energy capacity for key parts of SCE's [Southern California Edison] Orange County and Los Angeles power grid". The platform, developed by NRG's Station A research team in San Francisco, was originally intended to help with customer acquisition but has since evolved. SpaceTag used data about

2870-544: The company also owns 28 MW of solar distributed generation . NRG Energy owns the Indian River Power Plant near Millsboro, Delaware. The plant is a 784 MW facility that produces electricity from the combustion of coal. During 2018, NRG Energy sold four of their wholesale generation platforms: NRG Yield, Operations & Management (O&M) business, development business, and NRG's South Central business. Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) bought NRG Yield,

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2940-436: The course originally began with a stream-wide drop from the start pool and a split around a "Dark Destroyer" boulder in the middle of the stream. However, in the winter of 2013 the top drop was narrowed and moved back into the start pool, reducing the slope, and the mid-stream boulder was removed. The next three drops were modified with underwater speed bumps to slow down the water and reduce surges. The first 100 meters remains

3010-425: The course without a certified instructor present, a paddler must pass a "blue card" test: namely, pause in each of the numbered eddies, in sequence, and roll in the current, not in an eddy, between eddies 1 and 5 at the top, and again between eddies 1 and 5 at the bottom. During the blue card test, the course must be running near full flow, 450 cu ft/s (13 m/s), and the river must be low enough that there

3080-728: The end of 2017, 75% of JPMorgan Chase's facilities ran on wind energy provided through NRG Energy's Buckthorn wind farm in Erath County . In 2018, NRG Energy was recognized for supporting the environment in the Hudson Valley through NRG Community Solar. The community solar company builds solar farms with industrial grade solar panels that produces and delivers clean energy directly to the power grid. This allows residents who cannot purchase rooftop solar to invest in solar energy generation and receive solar credits on their utility bills. The solar farms are maintained year-round, creating local jobs in

3150-399: The end of each section. A final 100-foot (30 m) section ends in the river, with or without a drop, depending on the river level. Overall slope adds another seven feet of drop, for a total course drop of 15 feet (4.6 m), plus zero to four feet (0 to 1.2 meters) into the river at the end. The following map shows the arrangement of the visible and submerged features. To use

3220-416: The energy and schedule, distribute and manage the energy for Sysco. The solar project is expected to come online by the first quarter of 2019. The solar installations are expected to provide 10 percent of Sysco's electricity nationwide by generating 25 megawatts of power. NRG Energy is offering solar renewable program contracts for 7–10 years, with the ability to customize the program. The company also assumes

3290-551: The final design of the wave shapers. On December 11, 2012 Adventure Sports Center International's bid was selected in Paris, France and they became the official site for the IFC World Championships. In 2014, ASCI was the official venue of the 2014 IFC Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event was held from September 17 to 21, 2014. Events included were: men's and women's C1, men's and women's C2, men's and women's K1. On

3360-449: The grid is down, and it could shave 10 to 15 percent off energy bills by running it as part of an aggregated fleet of an "estimated hundreds of megawatts capacity". The backup generators help gas stations, supermarkets, ATMs, and other everyday life necessities during power outages from hurricanes or other natural disasters. In April 2017, NRG Energy publicly mentioned its in-house analytics platform SpaceTag. The analytics engine found

3430-592: The grid, which they buy back from NRG at a discounted rate. The Eagles and NRG Energy are in a multi-year corporate sponsorship agreement that helps the Eagles regulate their energy costs. New York State Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas has been chair of a coalition to support the utility in their plan to replace its power plant in Astoria with a newer generator. The company stated its intention in 2012 to replace 31 older oil generators with new gas generators that will increase

3500-514: The length of the course to re-enter and make another run. There are two other artificial whitewater courses in the mid-Atlantic region: in Charlotte, NC, and McHenry, MD. The Charlotte course, U.S. National Whitewater Center , USNWC, opened in 2006, and the McHenry course, Adventure Sports Center International , ASCI, opened in 2007. They do not have heated water. The Dickerson Power Plant operates at

3570-437: The lower pool. A conveyor belt carries boats and paddlers back to the start pool. To create standing waves for freestyle (rodeo) competition, hydraulically adjustable wave shaping plates were placed under the water in six locations: two where pump-driven water enters the start pool, and one at the bottom of each of the four concrete-walled spillway drops. Jimmy Blakeney, 2003 U.S. National Freestyle Kayak Champion, assisted in

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3640-507: The main entrance. The solar panel canopies also offer weather protection and reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 800 metric tons a year. In 2013, NRG Energy helped the San Francisco 49ers Stadium gain LEED certification by installing three solar array-covered bridges, a solar canopy over the green roof on the suite tower, and solar panels over the 49ers training center. The solar arrays have

3710-553: The new name and ticker symbol (CWEN and CWEN.A) in the New York Stock Exchange on September 17. These sales are estimated to reduce NRG Energy's debt by $ 7 billion and reduce their energy generation portfolio from 50,000 MW (50 GW) to 24,000 MW (24 GW). In March 2018, the company planned to hasten its transition from an independent power producer model (IPP) to a customer driven integrated power model that favored retail businesses. After GenOn's exit in 2018,

3780-415: The operation of the plant's three coal-fired generators and their six cooling water pumps. In the summer months, when water temperature in the channel exceeds 100 °F (38 °C), the course is closed for health reasons. It is also closed when the Potomac River rises above 5 feet (1.5 m) on the Little Falls gauge 20,000 cu ft/s (570 m/s), flooding the lower section of the course. In

3850-425: The physical attributes of a building, how it was used, and existing energy data to create an energy performance portfolio and then assessed its location in the power grid. It also used data from the distributed energy equipment, including its capital cost, associated costs of providing generation, the demand-reduction attributes over time, and the best mix of technology on the building and portfolio level. After SpaceTag

3920-651: The plant at the time, approved the insertion of approximately 75 artificial concrete boulders and two wing dams into the channel. Wilkinson's fellow paddler John Anderson, an architect, built a 1:12 scale model with flow-diversion features similar to those in the Segre Olympic Park artificial course in La Seu d'Urgell , Spain, built for the 1992 games. The model was tested at the Navy's David Taylor Model Basin . Construction companies building combustion turbine units on (and for)

3990-731: The plant.  NRG Energy took over the O&M for two more Texas plants in November 2016. The two facilities, Mustang and Antelope Elk Energy Center, are owned by Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Inc. Mustang is a natural gas turbine plant in Denver City that produces 958 MW of power. Antelope Elk Energy Center is also a natural gas facility located in Abernathy that creates 744 MW of power. In 2016, NRG Energy oversaw O&M for nine other generation facilities and had 9.2 GW portfolio. By 2018, NRG Energy maintained 2.4 GW of renewable power through their O&M operations in 17 different states. They sold

4060-1067: The renewable O&M business, along with NRG Yield and NRG's renewable energy development and operations, to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for $ 1.375 billion in cash. NRG's Retail Power services provide electricity services to more than 3 million customers, mostly in Texas and the Northeast.     In March 2014, NRG Energy acquired Dominion Resources Inc. and Cirro Energy, growing their retail electric customer base by 30 percent. It adds about 600,000 accounts to its existing 2 million residential and commercial customers. Dominion's retail electricity customers were mainly in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; Cirro mainly served residential and business customers in Texas. NRG Energy operates Cirro Energy under Cirro's name. In 2014, NRG Energy had two other retail electricity services, Reliant Energy and Green Mountain. By 2018, NRG Energy added Pennywise Power to its retail electricity portfolio. They picked up

4130-459: The risk of wholesale pricing fluctuation. In July 2018, NRG and GenOn consummated the NRG settlement resulting in NRG Energy paying GenOn Energy $ 125 million in a net payment during GenOn's chapter 11 bankruptcy agreement. The deal would help GenOn revamp its capital structure and reemerge with new debt instruments. In November 2023, Mauricio Gutierrez resigned from his role as CEO. Larry Coben

4200-645: The site for the 2014 World Championship slalom competition . The races were held on September 16–21. A number of modifications were made for the 2014 competition, including two boulder removals and several streambed changes. The course plans were drawn by the McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group, architects of the Ocoee Whitewater Center , which served as the canoe slalom venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta . The Ocoee facility

4270-410: The steepest and narrowest part of the course, but it is now more a pool-drop stream than a continuous rapid. At any point swimmers can escape the current and swim ashore. The last 280 meters of the course, starting at the lower bridge beyond the 300-meter competition section, is a practice area with easy put-in and take-out on either shore. The last feature is a 10-foot (3.0 m) spillway drop into

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4340-430: The weekend of October 19-21, 2018, Adventure Sports Center International's became the official site for the first SuperShafty Fall Crawl National level Radio Control Truck Competition. The pumps were turned off, and the water was drained for this event. 117 RC trucks were in attendance for 2018. In 2019 the event was held from September 27-29th. Events included for 2018 and 2019 were: SORRCA Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 and

4410-604: The year. These 12 units still collect annual revenues from the NYISO's capacity market for not producing energy. For example, at 6.40 ($ /kW – Month), the 12 actively listed facilities would produce an annual capacity market revenue of $ 42.8 million for NRG. It is unclear if the 7 deactivated units still collect capacity market revenues. In July 2017, NRG filed a request with the New York State Public Service Commission to avoid Article 10 siting procedures for

4480-568: Was $ 210 million, which includes working capital and $ 6 million in transaction costs. It was an all-cash transaction that was funded with $ 75 million from excess cash and $ 135 million in debt. NRG Energy stated that the acquisition would serve to balance NRG's generation portfolio in the east. In May 2019, NRG agreed to purchase Stream Energy for $ 300 million. The deal was finalized that August. In July 2020, NRG Energy and Centrica entered an agreement under which NRG would acquire Direct Energy for $ 3.625 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal

4550-647: Was a top priority. NRG Energy announced in February 2018 the sale of the company's stake in NRG Yield, a tax-advantaged renewable energy investment pass-through vehicle, to Global Energy Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and the sale of its Louisiana assets to Cleco Corporate Holdings. This included the 1,300 MW Cottonwood natural gas plant (1.3 GW), the 1,500 MW Big Cajun II coal and gas-fired plant (1.5 GW), and three other gas-fired peaking plants. In August, NRG Yield changed its name to Clearway Energy and began trading under

4620-498: Was approved in January 2021, adding more than 3 million retail customers across 50 US states and 6 Canadian provinces. In December 2022, NRG announced the acquisition of Vivint Smart Home for $ 2.8 billion in cash, adding home security and automation to its vast product offer, expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. NRG Energy holds the naming rights to the NRG Park campus (formerly Reliant Park) in Houston , Texas , home to

4690-402: Was built, this one outdoors and onsite. After testing his new arrangement of flow-diversion features on the model, he specified new locations for some of the artificial boulders. The wing dam on the left side was moved downstream into section four. A crane was deployed for the moving job. In October 2003 a persistent problem at the end of the course was fixed. Whenever the Potomac River level

4760-546: Was formed in 1989 as one of NSP's wholly-owned subsidiaries. In 1997, NRG Energy, Inc. had 2,650 MW of generation and operational responsibility for a supplementary 5,374 MW. By 1998, the company began an aggressive acquisition campaign. It bought plants from Niagara Mohawk, San Diego Gas and Electric, Consolidated Edison, Montaup Electric, Rochester Gas and Electric, and Connecticut Light & Power. They continued to grow through acquisitions and in 2000, acquired Cajun Electric Power Cooperative's facilities. In 2001, NRG Energy had

4830-479: Was named Interim President and CEO. When the state of Texas deregulated the electricity market, Houston Industries , the parent company of Houston Lighting & Power (HL&P), was broken up. In 2003, Houston Industries was split into three companies. The power plants went to Texas Genco , CenterPoint Energy took over the distribution system, and the retail and wholesale electricity business became Reliant Energy . In 2006, NRG Energy bought Texas Genco from

4900-448: Was retired in the merger, but the combined company retained GenOn's Houston headquarters to coordinate operations. That company, in turn, had been formed out of the merger of RRI Energy and Mirant Corporation in 2010. In August 2013, NRG acquired Energy Curtailment Specialists, a Buffalo, New York-based Demand response company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. In March 2014, NRG Energy acquired Roof Diagnostics Solar (RDS),

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