Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund

This footnote should be read in conjunction with the complete description under Note 6, Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund, to the Company's 2016 Form 10-K.

NRG's Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund assets are comprised of securities classified as available-for-sale and recorded at fair value based on actively quoted market prices. NRG accounts for the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund in accordance with ASC 980, Regulated Operations, because the Company's nuclear decommissioning activities are subject to approval by the PUCT with regulated rates that are designed to recover all decommissioning costs and that can be charged to and collected from the ratepayers per PUCT mandate. Since the Company is in compliance with PUCT rules and regulations regarding decommissioning trusts and the cost of decommissioning is the responsibility of the Texas ratepayers, not NRG, all realized and unrealized gains or losses (including other-than-temporary impairments) related to the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund are recorded to nuclear decommissioning trust liability and are not included in net income or accumulated OCI, consistent with regulatory treatment.

The following table summarizes the aggregate fair values and unrealized gains and losses (including other-than-temporary impairments) for the securities held in the trust funds, as well as information about the contractual maturities of those securities.



	As of June 30, 2017							As of December 31, 2016
(In millions, except otherwise noted)	Fair Value		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses		Weighted-average Maturities (In years)	Fair Value		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses		Weighted-average Maturities (In years)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	11	$	—	$	—	—	$	25	$	—	$	—	—
U.S. government and federal agency obligations	45		2		—		11	73		1		—		11
Federal agency mortgage-backed securities	71		1		1		24	62		1		1		25
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	17		—		—		24	17		—		1		26
Corporate debt securities	109		2		1		10	84		1		2		11
Equity securities	380		245		—		—	346		214		—		—
Foreign government fixed income securities	4		—		—		7	3		—		—		9
Total	$	637	$	250	$	2		$	610	$	217	$	4

The following table summarizes proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities and the related realized gains and losses from these sales. The cost of securities sold is determined on the specific identification method.



	Six months ended June 30,
	2017		2016
	(In millions)
Realized gains	$	3	$	3
Realized losses	3		2
Proceeds from sale of securities	277		267