Vistra Corp

Electricity retailer and generator

Vistra Corp.Formerly| Vistra Energy Corp.

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Type| Public company

Traded as

* NYSE: VST
* Russell 1000 component

Industry|

* Energy and Power Generation

Founded| 2016; 7 years ago (2016)
Headquarters|

Irving, Texas

U.S.

Key people

* Curtis A. Morgan (CEO)

Revenue|  US$11.4 billion (2020)

Operating income

|  US$1.8 billion (2020)
Total assets|  US$25.2 billion (2020)

Number of employees

| 5,365 (2020)
Subsidiaries|

* TXU Energy
* Luminant
* Dynegy
* Homefield Energy
* Ambit Energy

Website| vistracorp.com

Vistra is a Fortune 275 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, nuclear, solar, and battery energy storage facilities.

In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world.[1]

The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently (2021) contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world (400-MW/1,600-MWh).

As of 2020, the company was the ranked as the highest CO2 emitter in the US.[2]

## History[edit]

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).[3] TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy.[4]

Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor.[5] It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Forbes Global 2000". Retrieved 31 October 2020.
2. ^ "PERI - Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index". Political Economy Research Institute. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
3. ^ "TCEH Emerges from Chapter 11". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
4. ^ "Vistra Corp Company History". Retrieved 2021-09-15.
5. ^ "Vistra's spending spree continues with $475M acquisition of Ambit". Utility Dive. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
6. ^ "Analysts bullish on Vistra as it builds retail book through Crius deal". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2020-04-11.