Company:Vistra Corp.
| Formerly | Vistra Energy Corp. |
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| Type | Public |
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| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Irving, Texas , U.S. |
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Number of employees | Template:Approx. (December 2024) |
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| Website | vistracorp |
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Vistra Corp. is an integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas. The company is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S. with a capacity of approximately 39GW powered by a diverse portfolio, including natural gas, coal, nuclear, solar, and battery energy storage facilities.[2]
In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world.[3] The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which as of 2021 contained the largest battery energy storage system in the world (400-MW/1,600-MWh), but was significantly damaged in a fire in January 2025. As of 2020, the company was ranked as the highest CO2 emitter in the US.[4] In 2024, it is ranked first as the No. 1 polluter in the United States for the 2024 Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index Report, producing 1.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions generated in the United States of America, according to the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.[5]
History
In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings (TCEH) parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11 (as part of the bankruptcy protection for Energy Future Holdings Corporation).[6] TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy.[7]
Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), with NRG Energy as its largest competitor.[8] It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.[9]
In May 2025, Vistra announced they were set to buy seven natural gas power plants for US$1.9 billion from Lotus Infrastructure Partners.[10]
References
- ↑ "Vistra 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 28 February 2024. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001692819/000169281925000013/vistra-20241231.htm.
- ↑ https://vistracorp.com/generation/
- ↑ "Forbes Global 2000". https://www.forbes.com/global2000/#39910f1b335d. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ↑ "PERI - Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index" (in en-US). https://peri.umass.edu/greenhouse-100-polluters-index-current.
- ↑ https://peri.umass.edu/greenhouse-100-polluters-index-current, Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index (2024 Report, Based on 2022 Data, December 2024, Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), January 24, 2025
- ↑ "TCEH Emerges from Chapter 11". PR Newswire (Press release). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ "Vistra Corp Company History" (in en-US). https://www.vistracorp.com/history/.
- ↑ "Vistra's spending spree continues with $475M acquisition of Ambit" (in en-US). https://www.utilitydive.com/news/vistras-spending-spree-continues-with-475m-acquisition-of-ambit/561456/.
- ↑ "Analysts bullish on Vistra as it builds retail book through Crius deal" (in en-us). https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/etT07_zEgDbF6hFePQ1bQQ2.
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem" (in en-US). https://www.techinasia.com/news/power-firm-vistra-bets-ai-growth-19b-gas-plant-deal.
External links
- Official website
- Business data for Vistra Corp.:
