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Vistra Corp.

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]

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References

  1. Vistra 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 28 February 2024^
  2. https://vistracorp.com/generation/^
  3. Forbes Global 2000 Forbes, retrieved 31 October 2020^
  4. PERI - Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index Political Economy Research Institute, retrieved 2023-02-23^
  5. 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^
  6. TCEH Emerges from Chapter 11 PR Newswire, retrieved 2022-02-24^
  7. Vistra Corp Company History retrieved 2021-09-15^
  8. Vistra's spending spree continues with $475M acquisition of Ambit Utility Dive, retrieved 2020-04-11^
  9. Analysts bullish on Vistra as it builds retail book through Crius deal www.spglobal.com, retrieved 2020-04-11^
  10. Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem www.techinasia.com, retrieved 2025-05-16^