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NRG to Host Ribbon-Cutting Event at Borrego I Solar Generation Station
— Event commemorates completion of 26 MW Solar Photovoltaic Facility
in
Located 90 miles east of
“As our first utility-scale solar facility providing power to
Electricity produced at Borrego is being sold to SDG&E under a 25-year
power purchase agreement. In addition to the economic and environmental
benefits to the local community, it also provides the State of
Borrego is one of eight large-scale photovoltaic solar facilities owned
or co-owned by NRG that currently produces clean solar power for
thousands of homes and businesses in three states. The other seven
completed or partially completed plants are
About NRG and NRG Solar
NRG is at the forefront of changing how people think about and use
energy. We deliver cleaner and smarter energy choices for our customers,
backed by the nation’s largest independent power generation portfolio of
fossil fuel, nuclear, solar and wind facilities. A Fortune 300 company,
NRG is challenging the U.S. energy industry by becoming the largest
developer of solar power, building the first privately-funded electric
vehicle charging infrastructure, and providing customers with the most
advanced smart energy solutions to better manage their energy use. In
addition to 47,000 megawatts of generation capacity, enough to supply
nearly 40 million homes, our retail electricity providers – Reliant,
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are
subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions and include
NRG’s expectations regarding the Company’s Borrego solar project and
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NRG believes that its expectations are reasonable, it can give no
assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct, and
actual results may vary materially. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contemplated above include,
among others, general economic conditions, hazards customary in the
power industry, competition in wholesale power markets, the volatility
of energy and fuel prices, failure of customers to perform under
contracts, changes in the wholesale power markets, changes in government
regulation of markets and of environmental emissions, and our ability to
achieve the expected benefits and timing of our electric vehicle
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