NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Kevin Cole - Treasurer & Head of Investor Relations

Mauricio Gutierrez - President & Chief Executive Officer

Bruce Chung - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Rasesh Patel - President-Vivint Smart Home

Elizabeth Killinger - Executive Vice President, NRG Retail

Conference Call Participants

Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Bank of America

Shar Pourreza - Guggenheim Partners

Angie Storozynski - Seaport

Durgesh Chopra - Evercore ISI

David Arcaro - Morgan Stanley

Ryan Levine - Citi

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the NRG Energy Incorporated. Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today Kevin Cole, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Kevin Cole

Thank you, Jana. Good morning and welcome to NRG Energy's second quarter 2023 earnings call. This morning's call will be 45 minutes in length and is being broadcast live over the phone and via webcast, which can be located in the Investors section of our website at www.nrg.com under Presentations and Webcast.

Please note that today's discussion may contain forward-looking statements, which are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. Actual results may differ materially. We urge everyone to review the safe harbor in today's presentation, as well as the risk factors in our SEC filings. We undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of future events, except as required by law.

In addition, we will refer to both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. For information regarding our non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, please refer to today's presentation.

And with that, I'll now turn the call over to Mauricio Gutierrez, NRG's President and CEO.

Mauricio Gutierrez

Thank you, Kevin. Good morning, everyone and thank you for your interest in NRG. I'm joined this morning by Bruce Chung, Chief Financial Officer. Also on the call and available for questions are other members of our management team including the heads of Home, Smart Home Business and Policy.

Just over a month ago we held our Investor Day, where we provided an update on our long-term consumer strategy. We outlined the strength of our core energy business, how the acquisition of Vivint further enhances our energy platform and position us to capitalize on the convergence of electricity and smart technologies in the home.