IRVING,
Texas, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra
(NYSE: VST) today announced that Stacey Doré will be joining the
company as its first chief strategy and sustainability officer and
executive vice president of public affairs, effective Aug. 23, 2022. Doré, who previously worked for
Vistra's predecessor companies, will report to Vistra's president
and chief executive officer, Jim
Burke. In this new role, Doré is responsible for corporate
strategy, sustainability, regulatory and government affairs,
communications, and community engagement.
"Stacey is a respected, proven leader who has a broad
understanding of both our company and our industry," said Burke.
"Her diverse background spans not only competitive power
generation, retail, and commercial activities, but also in related
businesses, including transmission and distribution, as well as
natural gas. We are thrilled to have her join our executive team
and dedicate her considerable talents to leading our strategy,
sustainability, and public affairs efforts. We believe integrating
these critical activities under Stacey will further solidify our
commitment to decarbonizing our fleet, growing Vistra Zero, and to
the broader energy transition and the leading role Vistra will
play. We look forward to Stacey's contributions and leadership as
our industry goes through considerable change."
"I am honored to join the Vistra team at a pivotal time during
the company's growth and transformation," said Doré. "Vistra is a
leader in the energy transition and plays a critical role in
meeting the needs of customers and communities across the U.S.
during a time of rapid change in the industry. This company is at
the forefront of responsibly transitioning our country's power
grid, and I'm excited about Vistra's future."
Doré most recently served as president and chief executive
officer of Hunt Utility Services and Sharyland Utilities, an
electric utility within the Electric Reliability Council of
Texas market, from 2019-2021.
Prior to that role, she was senior vice president and general
counsel for publicly traded InfraREIT, Inc., an electric
transmission and distribution company structured as a real estate
investment trust, from 2016-2019. Doré originally joined Vistra's
predecessor companies in 2008 as part of the legal team where she
served in several leadership roles, including executive vice
president and general counsel. She began her career as an attorney
at Vinson & Elkins in 1997.
Doré is a member of the board of directors for Williams, a
leading energy infrastructure company with operations across the
natural gas value chain, where she serves on the audit committee
and the governance and sustainability committee. She holds a juris
doctor from Harvard Law School and a
bachelor's degree in journalism from University of Southwestern Louisiana.
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. and
markets in Canada and Japan, as well. 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 39,000
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/.
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