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| In addition to improving monthly recurring service margins at 9%, through increasing average monthly revenue per subscriber coupled with a continued focus on cost efficiency |
| The other thing I would highlight is that over this, call it, the last decade, we've been able to deliver stable and growing margins in a variety of supply cost environment |
| So we've demonstrated margin stability over the years in the home space |
| And I think a combination of those measures plus the tightening market and the improving economics in the market and the expanding margins will probably generate the capacity that Texas will need to meet growth in the foreseeable future |
| We are the trusted partner to almost eight million residential customers earned every day through unique and differentiated offerings that simplify and improve our customers lives |
| So we feel good about how the business is set up in '24 |
| As it relates to retention and brand loyalty, we are -- we had amongst our best years ever in terms of retaining our customers with a strong and durable customer relationships |
| First, in 2023 we delivered record free cash flow before growth and near record adjusted EBITDA |
| If you look at the revenue per customer, the service cost reduction per customer up 21% that really drives an expansion of our service margin |
| We feel really good about how we exited the year end '23 |
| And right now, and as you guys have all seen, those plants have flexibility, which is good for how we manage our portfolio and ultimately good for what the grid needs in Texas |
| And so as we sit here, we feel good on both ends, Durgesh |
| Lastly, we continue to execute our disciplined capital allocation strategy, which involves both a strong balance sheet and returning significant capital to you, our shareholders |
| We have a very high degree of confidence for the $300 million given we exceeded our initial guidance in year 1 |
| This brings our full year results to $3.282 billion of adjusted EBITDA, 76% higher than last year, primarily driven by improved operational performance of our Integrated Energy platform and the addition of our Smart Home Business |
| And the other 50%, driven by a combination of cross-sell and think of it as a share of wallet type initiatives that improved the revenue and margin profile per customer |
| We had obviously a strong year in the base business |
| So in terms of the growth synergies, we feel obviously very good about where we set one year into the plan through 2025 |
| And it's exciting for NRG for a couple of reasons |
| And there's a tremendous number of people who are looking at NRG, are excited by the prospects, are excited by the ability to drive valuation given the incredible cash flow yield given the incredible prospects that we have at the confluence of NRG and Smart Home |
| Winter Storm Heather, we performed very well, the fleet performed very well |
| Turning to growth, our success in achieving the $9.25 of free cash flow before growth per share versus our $8.50 target was primarily driven by faster execution of our growth plan |
| We are incredibly pleased with the results of our Smart Home acquisition and believe our current growth plan is just the beginning |
| This will be good for NRG and the sector and its very exciting times |
| We are well positioned across each of our businesses to deliver on our commitments |
| In consumer energy we expect the momentum gained in 2023, to continue into 2024, with volume margins and earnings growing across residential and small commercial as well as commercial and industrial customer segments |
| They success will be driven by our diverse and efficient marketing and sales engines, our leading care and retention capabilities, and our best-in-class innovative digital experience |
| We are seeing signs of step change improvement in fundamentals across our platform, including the convergence of energy and technology in the home and grid through smart devices and generative AI |
| So far we are exceeding expectations for our success and winning customers and look forward to bring our innovative offerings and experiences to that market |
| We also continue to see momentum with Community Choice programs, as a way for customers to experience the benefits of electricity competition in markets that don't have favorable political and regulatory sentiment that would allow customers to have the ability to freely choose their electricity providers |
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| This was due to $60 million from asset retirements in sales, with the remainder of the variance from the combination of lower average realized pricing at the Cottonwood facility, as well as a challenging housing market and more conservative consumer discretionary spending impacting our HVAC and Goal Zero services businesses |
| Our East/West services segments were lower by $142 million versus the prior year |
| Our business and financial outlook has never been stronger |
| Appreciate that's a tough one |
| That's going to create tightness for all customers |
| Angie Storozynski But does that mean that in a sense you're shifting a bit of the growth on the energy side towards C&I customers? Because I remember that historically, that was a very small portion of the business and not -- well, meaningfully lower margins than the rest of the business |
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