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NRG Energy main competitors are Calpine, PSEG, and Exelon.

Competitor Summary. See how NRG Energy compares to its main competitors:

  • Exelon has the most employees (33,383).
  • Employees at Calpine earn more than most of the competitors, with an average yearly salary of $92,459.
  • The oldest company is CenterPoint Energy, founded in 1882.
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NRG Energy vs competitors

CompanyFounding dateZippia scoreHeadquarters# of LocationsRevenueEmployees
1989
4.9
Houston, TX4$28.8B4,862
1906
4.4
Columbus, OH5$19.7B17,666
1984
4.9
Houston, TX2$10.1B2,256
1904
4.4
Charlotte, NC5$30.4B27,535
2000
4.8
Chicago, IL15$23.0B33,383
1997
4.9
Saint Louis, MO2$7.6B8,615
1927
4.5
Hartford, CT34$11.9B8,084
1909
4.9
Richmond, VA1$13.9B21,000
1997
4.8
Akron, OH7$13.5B12,153
1882
4.9
Houston, TX4$8.6B7,977
1903
4.8
Newark, NJ1$10.3B12,945

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NRG Energy salaries vs competitors

Among NRG Energy competitors, employees at Calpine earn the most with an average yearly salary of $92,459.

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CompanyAverage salaryHourly salarySalary score
NRG Energy
$72,584$34.90-
American Electric Power
$59,907$28.80-
Calpine
$92,459$44.45-
Duke Energy
$51,447$24.73-
Exelon
$67,914$32.65-
Ameren
$57,146$27.47-

Compare NRG Energy job title salaries vs competitors

CompanyHighest salaryHourly salary
NRG Energy
$96,223$46.26
Calpine
$124,440$59.83
CenterPoint Energy
$97,123$46.69
American Electric Power
$96,308$46.30
FirstEnergy
$95,748$46.03
PSEG
$88,029$42.32
Exelon
$83,708$40.24
Duke Energy
$81,147$39.01
Ameren
$76,927$36.98
Eversource Energy
$74,725$35.93
Dominion Energy
$70,146$33.72

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NRG Energy demographics vs competitors

Compare gender at NRG Energy vs competitors

Job titleMaleFemale
Dominion Energy55%45%
CenterPoint Energy60%40%
Ameren63%37%
NRG Energy68%32%
American Electric Power68%32%
Calpine71%29%

Compare race at NRG Energy vs competitors

CompanyWhiteHispanic or LatinoBlack or African AmericanAsianUnknownDiversity score
55%19%11%12%3%
9.8
68%9%11%8%4%
9.7
66%11%10%9%4%
9.8
53%21%12%11%4%
9.9
54%19%14%10%4%
9.9
63%12%14%8%3%
10.0

NRG Energy and similar companies CEOs

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Warner L. Baxter
Ameren

Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter is known for his role as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film In Old Arizona, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 2nd Academy Awards. He frequently played womanizing, charismatic Latin bandit types in Westerns, and played the Cisco Kid or a similar character throughout the 1930s, but had a range of other roles throughout his career.

Nicholas K. Akins
American Electric Power

Nicholas Akins is the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of American Electric Power (AEP), a major investor-owner electric utility in the United States.

John B. Hill III (Thad)
Calpine

Thad Hill became Calpine’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors in May 2014. Mr. Hill joined the company in September 2008 as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. He became Chief Operating Officer in November 2010 and was named President in December 2012. Prior to Calpine, Mr. Hill was with NRG Energy from 2006 to 2008, serving as President of NRG Texas in 2007- 2008. Prior to NRG, Mr. Hill was Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Texas Genco LP from 2005 to 2006. From 1995 to 2005, he was with Boston Consulting Group Inc., where he rose to Partner and Managing Director and led the North American energy practice, serving companies in the power and gas sector with a focus on commercial and strategic issues. Mr. Hill received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University magna cum laude and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Amos Tuck School of Dartmouth College, where he was elected an Edward Tuck Scholar.

David J. Lesar
CenterPoint Energy

David John Lesar (born May 30, 1953) is an American businessman who is the former chair of Halliburton Energy Services. He was the CEO of Halliburton for 17 years from 2000 to 2017. Trained as a Certified Public Accountant, Lesar spent 16 years at Arthur Andersen. He had spent most of his career at Andersen, where he worked on their Halliburton account. In 1995, Lesar was hired by Halliburton as a new vice president. July 24, 2019 David Lesar was named the interim CEO of HCSC. June 30, 2020 David Lesar was name the President and CEO of CenterPoint Energy.

Robert M. Blue
Dominion Energy

Robert M. “Bob” Blue is senior vice president–Law, Regulation and Policy and president–Dominion Virginia Power. In the Services Company, he oversees the company’s regulatory, legal, policy, and corporate affairs and communications functions, along with Dominion’s Retail group. As president of Dominion Virginia Power, he oversees Dominion’s regulated electric transmission, distribution and customer service operations that provide electricity to about 2.4 million customer accounts in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Blue joined Dominion in 2005 as managing director–State Affairs & Corporate Public Policy, and was later promoted to vice president–State & Federal Affairs. He was named senior vice president–Public Policy & Corporate Communications in May 2008 and became Senior Vice President–Public Policy & Environment in February 2010. He was named senior vice president–Law, Public Policy & Environment in January 2011 and president of Dominion Virginia Power in January 2014. He was named senior vice president-Regulation, Law, Energy Solutions & Policy in May 2015 and assumed his current post in January 2016. From 2002 to 2005, Blue served as counselor and director of policy for former Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner and was a partner with the law firm of Hogan & Hartson prior to that. He is a member of the boards of directors of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Virginia Healthcare Foundation, the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority, the Communities In Schools of Virginia, and Sports Backers. Blue is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School. He also earned his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

Lynn J. Good
Duke Energy

Lynn J. Good is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy, a Fortune 500 company. Good is an Ohio native and graduated from Miami University where she earned a BS in Systems Analysis and in Accounting (1981).

Joseph R. Nolan Jr
Eversource Energy

Mr. Nolan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Eversource Energy. He is also Chairman and a director of The Connecticut Light and Power Company, NSTAR Electric Company, NSTAR Gas Company, Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Yankee Gas Services Company. Previously, Mr. Nolan served as Executive Vice President-Strategy, Customer and Corporate Relations of Eversource Energy since February 5, 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Nolan served as Executive Vice President-Customer and Corporate Relations of Eversource Energy from August 8, 2016 to February 5, 2020. Mr. Nolan also serves on the Boards of Directors of the New England Council, Chairman’s Council, Boston Children’s Hospital, Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, Long Island, New York Association, Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund, Camp Harbor View Foundation and Cradles to Crayons. He received his Bachelor degree in Communications and his Master of Business Administration degree from Boston College.

Christopher M. Crane
Exelon

Crane is president and chief executive officer of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation, the nation’s leading competitive energy provider. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon does business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Crane oversees a family of companies representing every stage of the energy value chain, including Exelon Generation, one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with more than 32,700 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets; Constellation, which provides energy products and services to approximately 2 million residential, public sector and business customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100; and Exelon’s six utilities, which deliver electricity and natural gas to approximately 10 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania through its Atlantic City Electric, BGE, ComEd, Delmarva Power, PECO and Pepco subsidiaries.

Steven E. Strah
FirstEnergy

Strah began his career with The Illuminating Company in 1984. He later served as director of Business Services for FirstEnergy's Northern Region - Ohio, and director of Operations Support Services for the company's Western Region - Ohio. In 2001, he was named president of the Northern Region for Jersey Central Power & Light, and in 2005, he was named regional president of Ohio Edison. He was promoted to vice president, Distribution Support, for FirstEnergy Utilities in 2011. and he was named senior vice president and president of FirstEnergy Utilities in 2015. He was elected senior vice president and chief financial officer of FirstEnergy in March 2018, and was elected to his current position in May 2020.

Ralph Izzo
PSEG

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