Close the acquisition of Direct Energy from Centrica
Delivered after the deadline (5 days after the deadline)
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- Announced
- 5 Nov 2020
- Due
- 31 Dec 2020
- Delivered
- 5 Jan 2021
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The acquisition remains on track to close by year end 2020.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The acquisition of Direct Energy closed on January 5, 2021, after the year-end 2020 deadline, according to the company's later filings.
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A NRG Energy 10-K filed 2021-03-01
“NRG also conducts business under the brand name of Direct Energy as a result of the Company's acquisition of Direct Energy, a North American subsidiary of Centrica plc, on January 5, 2021.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A NRG Energy 10-Q filed 2021-05-06
“On January 5, 2021 (the "Acquisition Closing Date"), the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Direct Energy, a North American subsidiary of Centrica.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +5.8% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (26 Feb 2021 to 3 Mar 2021). What this measures
Checked 16 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- Direct Energy acquisition
- Where
- North America
- Language
- Firm (“will”, “on track to”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to customary closing conditions; receipt of approval under the Federal Power Act
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Government, Counterparty
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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