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Vistra Reports PJM Auction Results for 2024/2025 Planning Year

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Vistra (NYSE: VST) reported the results of the PJM capacity auction for the 2024/2025 planning year, clearing 6,905 MW at a weighted average price of $43.25 per megawatt-day, generating approximately $109 million in capacity revenue. Additional revenue from retail and other sales is expected to boost total estimated revenues to approximately $120-$124 million. Vistra continues to be a major player in the energy sector, providing essential electricity and power generation across multiple states.

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  • Cleared 6,905 MW at a weighted average price of $43.25 per megawatt-day.
  • Estimated total revenues for 2024/2025 projected at $120-$124 million.
  • Capacity revenue expected to reach approximately $109 million.
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IRVING, Texas, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra (NYSE: VST) today reported its results from the PJM capacity auction for 2024/2025 planning year: the company cleared a total of 6,905 megawatts (MW) at a weighted average clearing price of $43.25 per megawatt-day, equating to approximately $109 million in capacity revenue for the 2024/2025 planning year. Including Vistra's incremental revenue of approximately $11-15 million from existing retail and other third-party bilateral sales above the capacity auction clearing price, Vistra's total estimated revenues for the 2024/2025 planning year as of Feb. 28, 2023 are projected to be approximately $120-124 million.

The table below lists Vistra's cleared capacity and associated clearing price for the 2024/2025 capacity auction by zone and reporting segment.

Zone


Clearing Price per MW-Day


East MWs Cleared


Sunset MWs Cleared


Total MWs Cleared










RTO


$28.92


2,756


-


2,756










ComEd


$28.92


1,206


415


1,621










DEOK


$96.24


72


923


995










EMAAC


$54.95


833


-


833










MAAC


$49.49


541


-


541










ATSI


$28.92


160


-


160










Total1


$43.25


5,567


1,338


6,905

 

1 Total may not sum due to rounding.

About Vistra
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, providing essential resources for customers, commerce, and communities. Vistra combines an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with safe, reliable, diverse, and efficient power generation. The company brings its products and services to market in 20 states and the District of Columbia, including six of the seven competitive wholesale markets in the U.S. Serving approximately 4 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers with electricity and natural gas, Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and offers over 50 renewable energy plans. The company is also the largest competitive power generator in the U.S. with a capacity of approximately 37,000 megawatts powered by a diverse portfolio, including natural gas, nuclear, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. In addition, Vistra is a large purchaser of wind power. The company owns and operates the 400-MW/1,600-MWh battery energy storage system in Moss Landing, California, the largest of its kind in the world. Vistra is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company's sustainability report at https://www.vistracorp.com/sustainability/.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The information presented herein includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which Vistra Corp. ("Vistra") operates and beliefs of and assumptions made by Vistra's management, involve risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict and are not guarantees of future performance, that could significantly affect the financial results of Vistra. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that are presented herein, or in response to questions or otherwise, that address activities, events or developments that may occur in the future, including such matters as activities related to our financial or operational projections, financial condition and cash flows, projected synergy, value lever and net debt targets, capital allocation, capital expenditures, liquidity, projected Adjusted EBITDA to free cash flow conversion rate, dividend policy, business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, future acquisitions or dispositions, development or operation of power generation assets, market and industry developments and the growth of our businesses and operations (often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases, or the negative variations of those words or other comparable words of a future or forward-looking nature, including, but not limited to: "intends," "plans," "will likely," "unlikely," "believe," "confident", "expect," "seek," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "will," "shall," "should," "could," "may," "might," "predict," "project," "forecast," "target," "potential," "goal," "objective," "guidance" and "outlook"),are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Although Vistra believes that in making any such forward-looking statement, Vistra's expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, any such forward-looking statement involves uncertainties and risks that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in or implied by any such forward-looking statement, including, but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions (including changes in interest rates) or changes in political conditions or federal or state laws and regulations; (ii) the ability of Vistra to execute upon its contemplated strategic, capital allocation, performance, and cost-saving initiatives and to successfully integrate acquired businesses; (iii) actions by credit ratings agencies; (iv) the severity, magnitude and duration of pandemics, and the resulting effects on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows; (v) the severity, magnitude and duration of extreme weather events, contingencies and uncertainties relating thereto, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control, and the resulting effects on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows; and (vi) those additional risks and factors discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Vistra from time to time, including the uncertainties and risks discussed in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" in Vistra's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only at the date on which it is made, and except as may be required by law, Vistra will not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all of them; nor can Vistra assess the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

 

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