Achieving Industry Leadership: TXU Power

Statistics are for the 2004-2005 turnaround period versus 2003.

TXU Power - Competitive Generation

Structural Advantages


  • 2nd-largest U.S. deregulated output
  • Access to low-cost lignite reserves
  • 63,000 gigawatt-hours of baseload production in a gas-on-the-margin market
  • High-growth market
 

Strategy:

Improvements to the
core businesses

Strategy:

Organic growth

Strategy:

Transactions outside Texas
Continue to strengthen
the existing fleet


  • Leverage the TXU Operating System to drive increased value from the Texas baseload fleet
    • Achieve top-decile production and costs in the coal fleet
    • Replicate top fleet operation performance at Comanche Peak
Build on the ERCOT position

  • Take advantage of existing development sites to add new capacity in Texas (Oak Grove and Sandow 5)
    • Utilize existing assets and inexpensive, secure Texas fuel
    • Leverage operations expertise to drive increased value through lower operating costs and higher production levels
Gain quality scale outside ERCOT and build market-leader position

  • Leverage opportunistic transactions to take advantage of the TXU operating edge to improve 3rd-party baseload assets

Progress to Date

  • Set 2005 production record through use of the TXU Operating System
  • Generated normalized 4,300 gigawatt-hours of incremental baseload production, a 7% improvement
  • Working to secure air permit and engineering contracts for Sandow 5 construction
  • Progressing toward Oak Grove air permit and engineering contracts; expected mid-2006
  • Identifying other TXU sites for new power plants

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