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NRG Energy Selects Steve McBee as President and CEO of NRG Home
Crowdsourced Executive and Entrepreneur to Lead NRG Effort to Empower Consumers with Innovative, Simple and Smart Energy Options
“The clean energy potential of the home is ready to be unlocked through
the seamless integration of distributed solar, system power and smart
energy automation in a way that will empower the American homeowner and
provide resilience against the occasional failings of the increasingly
antiquated grid,” said
NRG’s consumer electricity business has grown rapidly during 2014. NRG
Retail, under
This rapid growth in footprint and capabilities gives NRG Home the momentum needed to accelerate the race for a clean energy future.
"The world's biggest problems need the world's biggest solutions – and
addressing global energy challenges is no different,” said McBee. "I am
excited to join a company that, under
NRG Home’s business model has three tenets:
1. Leveraging the synergies of NRG’s current consumer-facing business units so the company is a hub for all of the clean energy needs of its customers;
2. Creating products and services, simple and seamless, that will empower consumers to have greater control over how they manage their energy usage and their personal energy production;
3. Enabling energy customers to make a difference with their personal energy choices so that they can serve a higher societal purpose while freeing themselves from the limitations of the conventional electricity system.
McBee was identified as a result of NRG's crowdsourcing initiative
launched in August, which received over 700 nominations and identified
and hired multiple exceptional candidates for several other critical
positions within NRG. Since McBee was nominated by an NRG executive who
is not eligible to receive the
About NRG
NRG is leading a customer-driven change in the U.S. energy industry by
delivering cleaner and smarter energy choices, while building on the
strength of the nation’s largest and most diverse competitive power
portfolio. A Fortune 250 company, we create value through reliable and
efficient conventional generation while driving innovation in solar and
renewable power, electric vehicle ecosystems, carbon capture technology
and customer-centric energy solutions. Our retail electricity providers
serve almost 3 million residential and commercial customers throughout
the country. More information is available at www.nrgenergy.com.
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NRG Safe Harbor Disclosure
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions and include NRG’s expectations regarding NRG Home and the NRG Home business. Forward-looking statements typically can be identified by the use of words such as “expect,” “believe,” and similar terms. Although 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 the retail electricity markets, the volatility of energy and fuel prices, failure of customers to perform under contracts and our ability to achieve the expected benefits of the NRG Home business. NRG undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The foregoing review of factors that could cause NRG’s actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in the forward-looking statements included in this news release should be considered in connection with information regarding risks and uncertainties that may affect NRG’s future results included in NRG’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.
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