NRG Energy Net additions (releases) charged to costs and expenses decreased by 16.9% to $59.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 5.4%, from $56.00M to $59.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Net additions (releases) charged to costs and expenses shows a downward trend with a -27.5% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
An increase suggests deteriorating customer credit quality or a more conservative accounting approach to bad debt.
An expense recognized to account for the portion of accounts receivable that the company estimates will not be collected...
Standard across all industries; benchmarked against historical bad debt ratios.
other_provision_for_doubtful_accounts| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $40.00M | $64.00M | $0.00 | $25.00M | $26.00M | $52.00M | $62.75M | $62.75M | $62.75M | $62.75M | $78.50M | $78.50M | $78.50M | $78.50M | $56.00M | $57.00M | $88.00M | $71.00M | $59.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +60.0% | -100.0% | — | +4.0% | +100.0% | +20.7% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +25.1% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -28.7% | +1.8% | +54.4% | -19.3% | -16.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -35.0% | -18.8% | +151.0% | +141.3% | +20.7% | — | +25.1% | +25.1% | +25.1% | +25.1% | -28.7% | -27.4% | +12.1% | -9.6% | +5.4% |