IRVING, Texas, June 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra Energy (NYSE:
VST) today announced that its Upton 2 Solar Power Plant in West Texas has achieved commercial operations.
At 180 megawatts, Upton 2 is
Texas' largest operating solar
facility. The company's power generating subsidiary, Luminant, is
the plant's owner and serves as its qualified scheduling entity
with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
Vistra announced the purchase of Upton 2 in May
2017 while the project was under development.
"When we announced the project a year ago, we did so knowing
that Upton 2 was the perfect fit
for Vistra's integrated business model," said Curt Morgan, the company's president and chief
executive officer. "Through this project, we're enabling our
Texas retail brand, TXU Energy, to
enhance its retail solar offerings, and we're diversifying
Luminant's generation fleet, as well. This project makes strategic
sense for us as a business, and we're excited that it is officially
powering Texas in time for the
2018 summer."
Upton 2 Solar Power Plant
Facts
- Sits on nearly 1,900 acres, roughly the equivalent of 1,424
football fields.
- Consists of 718,000 photovoltaic solar panels.
- 180 MW capacity is enough to power approximately 56,700 average
residences in the ERCOT market during normal weather conditions and
27,700 during periods of peak demand.
- Platform for battery storage development and
implementation.
Media
Meranda Cohn
Media.Relations@vistraenergy.com
214-875-8004
About Vistra Energy
Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST) is a
premier, integrated power company based in Irving, Texas, combining an innovative,
customer-centric approach to retail with a focus on safe, reliable,
and efficient power generation. Through its retail and generation
businesses which include TXU Energy, Homefield Energy, Dynegy, and
Luminant, Vistra operates in 12 states and six of the seven
competitive markets in the U.S., with about 6,000 employees.
Vistra's retail brands serve approximately 2.9 million residential,
commercial, and industrial customers across five top retail states,
and its generation fleet totals approximately 41,000 megawatts of
highly efficient generation capacity, with a diverse portfolio of
natural gas, nuclear, coal, and solar facilities.
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