Battery energy storage facilities provide instantaneous-start, dispatchable generation to help balance the intermittency of renewable energy as the electric grid transitions to low-to-zero-carbon resources.

Vistra has developed and operates the world’s largest battery energy storage facility in California.

In May of 2022, the company opened the largest battery energy storage facility in Texas co-located at a natural gas peaker plant. The DeCordova Energy Storage Facility in Granbury, Texas, is comprised of 22,360 individual battery modules. The facility stores enough electricity to power approximately 130,000 average Texas homes.

Take a Tour Of Vistra’s DeCordova Battery Energy Storage Facility:

DEVELOPING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITIES WILL MAKE ILLINOIS’ GRID MORE RESILIENT:

AN UNYIELDING COMMITMENT TO SAFE, RELIABLE OPERATIONS

There is no higher priority at Vistra than the safe operations of our power plants. The company is an experienced developer and operator of power plants of every fuel source and size. For nearly 140 years, our company has adapted to changes in technology to ensure our plants reliably produce electricity in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

Vistra’s Battery Energy Storage facilities are planned around the company’s three safety principles:

  • Prevention
  • Detection
  • Mitigation