TXU - News Release

News Release

08.30.06

Communities Support TXU Plan to Power the Future of Texas
DALLAS, TX -

Forty-five city councils, school boards, other community organizations and community leaders have publicly endorsed TXU’s Powering the Future of Texas initiative. This plan includes a more than $10 billion investment in Texas that adds much needed, reliable electric generating supplies, saves customers money, and creates jobs — all while lowering key emissions.

“While certain big city mayors have expressed opposition to TXU’s plan, community leaders, elected officials and residents near the proposed locations are expressing their support,” said Mike McCall, CEO of TXU Wholesale. “TXU’s plan will meet the urgent power needs of Texas, lower wholesale power prices, create tens of thousands of jobs and improve air quality, and there is clear public support for that in these communities.”

“I understand Dallas and other big cities need to do things to clean up the air in their areas,” said Sandra Hodges, Rusk County Judge. “TXU has taken a huge step to help the entire state, including the big cities, by committing to reduce emissions. But, the big cities need to focus on the real cause of their problems. They should stop trying to interfere in the progress this will bring to our communities.”

“Texas needs the power,” said Roy Hill, Mayor Fairfield, Texas. “My community needs the jobs, and - as consumers - we all want lower prices and cleaner air. Those are benefits that we all should support, not attack.”

Endorsements and resolutions of support for TXU’s plan include:

Bremond Chamber of Commerce, Bremond City Council, Calvert City Council, City of Colorado City, Colorado City Commissioners Court, Colorado City Independent School District, Fairfield City Council, Fairfield Independent School District, Franklin Chamber of Commerce, Franklin City Council, Franklin Independent School District, Hallsburg Independent School District, Hearne Chamber of Commerce, Hearne Economic Development Corporation, Henderson City Council, Henderson Chamber of Commerce, Henderson Economic Development Corporation, Mitchell County Board of Economic Development, Mitchell County Commissioners Court, Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce, Mount Pleasant City Council, Mount Pleasant Independent School District, Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees, Robertson County Commissioners Court, Rusk County Commissioners Court, Savoy City Council, Savoy Independent School District, Tatum Independent School District, Titus County Chamber of Commerce, Titus County Commissioners Court, and Titus Regional Medical Center.

Elected officials and other individual community leaders who have written letters supporting local projects within the TXU plan include:

State Senator Robert Duncan (District 28), State Representative Scott Campbell (District 72), State Representative Byron Cook (District 8), Mayor Tex Hatley (Hallsville), Pat Adam (Titus County), Don and Darlene Kyser (McClennan County), Hudson Old (Titus County), Kathie Partain (Freestone County), Cappy Payne (Titus County), Mike Ratliff (Mitchell County), Charles Smith (Titus County), David Stubblefield (Mitchell County), and Michelle Wilson (Titus County).

Over the next decade, Texas is expected to add six million new residents — more than the entire population of Tennessee — and the state’s economy is rapidly expanding. Experts at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas warn that without new power generation the state’s power reserves could drop below reliable levels by 2008.

TXU’s plan — to invest more than $10 billion to build 11 new coal-fired power generation units at existing sites — adds much needed power, lowers wholesale power costs by an estimated $1.7 billion annually and creates thousands of jobs and, according to the independent air modeling analysis requested by state and local officials and recently released by the Texas Environmental Research Consortium, improves air quality. The company plans to spend up to $2.5 billion of its investment to retrofit equipment and adjust the fuel mix at existing plants to reduce emissions, and to use the best available environmental control technology at the new plants. TXU has formally asked state regulators to make its emissions reduction commitments binding and legally enforceable.

For more information on TXU’s plan to power the future of Texas, please visit http://www.reliabletexaspower.com/.

TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU), a Dallas-based energy company, manages a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy businesses primarily in Texas. In the competitive TXU Energy Holdings segment (comprised of electricity generation, wholesale marketing and retailing), TXU Energy provides electricity and related services to more than 2.2 million competitive electricity customers in Texas, more customers than any other retail electric provider in the state. TXU Power has over 18,300 megawatts of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,837 MW of lignite/coal-fired generation capacity. TXU Wholesale optimizes the purchases and sales of energy for TXU Energy and TXU Power and provides related services to other market participants. TXU Wholesale and its affiliate, TXU Renew, are the largest purchasers of wind-generated electricity in Texas and fifth largest in the United States. TXU Corp.’s regulated segment, TXU Electric Delivery, is an electric distribution and transmission business that complements the competitive operations, using superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. TXU Electric Delivery operates the largest distribution and transmission system in Texas, providing power to three million electric delivery points over more than 100,000 miles of distribution and 14,000 miles of transmission lines. Visit www.txucorp.com for more information about TXU Corp.

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Kimberly Morgan
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