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Vistra says Meta partnership secures Perry plant through 2066; plans roughly 213 MW power uprate by 2031
Summary
Vistra site vice president Terry Brown told the Lake County Board of Commissioners that a recently announced power purchase agreement with Meta has allowed Vistra to pursue a 20-year license extension for the Perry plant to 2066 and plan equipment upgrades expected to add about 213 megawatts by 2031; outages in 2027, 2029 and a major outage in 2031 will bring construction activity to the area.
Terry Brown, site vice president at Vistra’s Perry plant, told the Lake County Board of Commissioners during the workshop that Vistra has a power purchase agreement with Meta and is pursuing a roughly 20-year extension of Perry’s operating license, from 2046 to 2066, to support long-term operations.
"We got into a power purchase agreement with Meta," Brown said, adding that the deal "allowed us to ... extend the license ... out to 2066." He also said the company is planning plant upgrades expected to yield about "213 megawatts ... of additional power," with work targeted for completion around 2031.
Why it matters: Vistra framed the agreement as stabilizing the plant’s future and enabling multi-year upgrades that the company says will…
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