Energy Future Holdings and its businesses receive many awards and recognition for their programs and achievements. Here are recent major honors, along with the dates the awards were received:
Communities
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas: 2007 Pacesetter of the Year for Large Companies and Outstanding Campaign Growth Pacesetter Award (11/2007); 2006 Spirit of Caring Award, Rising Star Award and Pacesetter of the Year for Large Companies (11/2006, 2/2007); 2005 CEO of the Year (11/2005); 2004 Best in Class Campaign and Best New Alexis de Tocqueville awards (11/2004)
City of Dallas Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center: Corporate Award in recognition of TXU Energy Aid and TXU Energy assistance workshops (2/2007)
Boy Scouts of America: Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award for outstanding contribution to implementing Scouting and its ideals in low-income areas (5/2007)
Edison Electric Institute: EEI Emergency Assistance Award for outstanding efforts helping other utilities restore power in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma (1/2006)
Dallas County Commissioners' Court: Resolutions recognizing hurricane assistance and TXU Energy Aid (2/2006)
Environment
National Arbor Day Foundation: Tree Line USA Utility Award (seventh straight year) (4/2007)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award (fifth straight year) (3/2007)
American Coal Council: 2006 Excellence in the Advancement of Energy Education Award (top award) and Honorable Mention for Excellence in Public Service or Community Development (5/2007); 2005 Excellence in the Advancement of Energy Education Award (8/2006)
North Texas Clean Air Coalition: Best Workplaces for Commuters (10/2007)
North Central Texas Council of Governments: http://www.tryparkingit.com/ Employer Award (2007)
U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining: Director's Award, the mining industry's highest award, for outstanding land reclamation; in 1989, the company won the first Director's Award given and was honored again in 1999 (9/2006)
Railroad Commission of Texas: 2006 Texas Reclamation Award (seventh straight year) (2/2006)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Best Workplaces for Commuters (2006)
Interstate Mining Compact Commission: Honorable Mention for Big Brown Mine (2006)
Safety
Southwest Electric Safety Exchange: Stop Shook Award; Martin Lake generation plant -- two million worker hours without a lost-time injury; Generation Support – nine million worker hours without a lost-time injury; DeCordova, Stryker, Trinidad, and Permian Basin generating plants – five years without a lost-time injury (9/2007)Southwest Electric Safety Exchange: Stop Shock Safety Award; Measurement Services, three million worker hours with no lost-time injuries; various transmission groups, 20 years and 25 years with no lost-time injuries; Tyler Service Center, two million worker hours with no lost-time injuries; Measurement Services, three million worker hours with no lost-time injuries (4/2006)
Diversity
Women's Business Enterprise National Council: America's Top Corporations for Women Business Enterprises (eighth straight year) (3/2007)Women's Business Council – Southwest: Corporate Challenge "Done Deals" and Corporate Advocate of the Year (2007)
TexCorp and General Motors: Leadership Award (2007)
DFW Minority Business Council: President's Award (2007)
Minority Business News: Million-Dollar Roundtable award (2007)
TexCorp: MCompany Award for Supplier Diversity Leadership (12/2007)
North Texas Commission: Mentor-Entrepreneur Program Outstanding Achievement – 11 years (2006)
Women's Business Council – Southwest: Corporation Challenge Winner (2006)
Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Business Council: Council Connections Winner (2006)
American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas: Corporation of the Year (2006)
TexCorp Communications: MCompany Sustaining Champion Award for Supplier Diversity Leadership (2006)
Corporate/Investor
Institutional Investor Magazine: America's Most Shareholder Friendly Electric Utility (second straight year) (3/2007)Institutional Investor Magazine: Best Electric Utility CEO (third straight year) (1/2007)
Fortune Magazine: One of America's Most Admired energy sector companies (third straight year) and one of the sector's Globally Most Admired (4/2006)
Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies survey: Top Independent Power Producers (9/2006)