NRG Energy二季度调整后每股收益低于预期，利息费用与德州业务拖累利润

Power producer NRG Energy (NRG.N) missed second-quarter Wall Street profit estimates on Tuesday, weighed down by higher interest expense ​and costs related to assets acquired from LS Power, ‌partially offset by an increase in core profit.

Higher-for-longer interest rates have put pressure on power companies by raising costs for constructing, maintaining and ​upgrading infrastructure such as electrical grids.

The company said its ​loss from interest expenses widened to $310 million in the ⁠quarter, compared with a loss of $148 million a year ​earlier.

In May, the power producer said that it will acquire power generation ​assets from energy infrastructure investment firm LS Power in a deal valued at $12 billion, as the U.S. utility bets on surging electricity demand.

The Houston, ​Texas-based company posted adjusted profit of $1.49 per share for ​the three months ended June 30, compared with analysts' average estimate of $1.70 per ‌share, ⁠according to data compiled by LSEG.

The company's Texas unit posted an adjusted core profit of $381 million, down 25.6% from $512 million a year earlier, due to higher supply costs and mild ​winter weather.

East segment ​adjusted EBITDA ⁠jumped nearly five-fold to $469 million, boosted by new generation assets, CPower and higher capacity prices, partly ​offset by Winter Storm Fern-related supply costs.

Total ​adjusted EBITDA ⁠came in at $1.21 billion, compared with $909 million a year ago.

NRG serves over 7 million retail customers in 24 U.S. states including ⁠Texas, ​Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New ​Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, the District of Columbia and eight provinces ​in Canada.