Luminant has unveiled a redesigned and upgraded Web site, http://www.luminant.com/, featuring an enhanced look, crisper format, new content and direct access to a variety of tools.
Plant achieves 10 years, 740,000 safe work hours without a recordable injury
Meeting the new teacher, reuniting with friends and increasing environmental awareness — three things many fifth-graders across Texas will be doing this fall.
Luminant, the state's largest power generator, today helped to produce much-needed electricity to keep Texans safe and cool. The company's mix of nuclear, coal and natural gas plants provided reliable power during one of the hottest parts of the year.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Company LLC (CP Nuclear Power) today announced their intention to negotiate the engineering and procurement contracts as well as a preliminary construction plan necessary for the proposed expansion of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant.
Luminant employees have kept safety a top priority in 2009, setting 24 significant new safety records in just six months.
In 2008, Luminant recycled almost 3.1 billion pounds of materials; avoided, reduced or sequestered more than 25 million tons of carbon dioxide; and planted nearly 1.5 million trees on 1,600 acres of reclaimed mined land. These and many other environmental achievements are highlighted in Luminant’s 2008 Environmental Review, released today.
Luminant is joining with the U.S. Department of Energy and other leading energy companies to create the National Carbon Capture Center, a new facility dedicated to developing and testing technologies to capture carbon dioxide from coal-fueled power plants.
For the sixth year in a row, Luminant has remained both the top wind power purchaser in the state and the fifth largest in the United States, according to a recent American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) report – purchasing enough wind energy to power roughly 177,000 average Texas homes.
Luminant and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), today announced they have established a joint venture to further the development of Comanche Peak Units 3 & 4 using MHI's US-Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR). The joint venture, known as Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Company, will fund project development costs during the period preceding the issuance of the combined license (COL) to build and operate Comanche Peak Units 3 & 4. Under the terms of the joint venture, Luminant holds an 88 percent ownership share in the company and MHI has a 12 percent stake.
Three Texas schools, located in Cleburne, Madisonville and Paris, are now $5,000 richer thanks to the environmental awareness shown by their fifth-grade students and the Luminant Scholar Program. Nearly 6,500 fifth-graders in 34 Texas school districts competed in the program's 2008 contest, writing one-page papers on environmental protection. Out of the 34 district-winning essays, Luminant selected Coleman Elementary School in Cleburne, Madisonville Intermediate School in Madisonville and Aiken Elementary School in Paris to win the grand prize award.
For 16 years Luminant's Monticello Steam Electric Station employees have placed safety first, working nine million hours without a single lost-time injury. This achievement is a record for Luminant and its affiliates and is believed to be one of the longest such streaks in the industry.
Luminant today released the following statement regarding the settlement reached with the Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) regarding the PUC's proposal to seek penalties for alleged rule violations, which the PUC Staff announced in March 2007. Under the agreement reached today, upon approval of the settlement by the full Commission, Luminant will pay an administrative penalty of $15 million to the State of Texas.
Luminant's Martin Lake Complex has been honored with the Association for Manufacturing Excellence's (AME) 2008 Manufacturing Excellence Award in the Southwest Region, its latest award for operational excellence.
Luminant has issued the following statement in response to Alcoa's decision to lay off more employees at its Rockdale facility...
Luminant today announced it has been honored with the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining's (OSM) highest honor, the Director's Award, for Luminant Mining's “extraordinary” reforestation practices. This is Luminant's fourth Director's Award since 1989, and its 10th such national award.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), and Luminant announced today they have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to advance the development of two potential new nuclear reactors at Luminant's Comanche Peak facility located near Glen Rose, Texas.
Luminant will today submit an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the potential expansion of its Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Glen Rose, Texas.
Today, the companies of Energy Future Holdings (EFH) – Oncor, Luminant and TXU Energy – pledged $1 million in disaster relief funding to help those impacted by Hurricane Ike.
Luminant has issued the following statement in response to Alcoa's decision to lay off employees at its Rockdale facility.
Luminant has continued to invest in and support emerging emission-reduction technologies by participating in a Department of Energy (DOE) partnership project to advance carbon-capture technology.
Luminant's Martin Lake Complex and Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant have both been recognized by the prestigious Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence in recognition for their world-class improvement tools, systems and principles.
Luminant's Big Brown Plant has been named the Powder River Basin (PRB) Plant of the Year for 2008 by the PRB Coal Users' Group (PRBCUG) for its innovation and the implementation of “best practices and best available technologies.”
Luminant today announced that Texas Secretary of State Phil Wilson will join the company as Senior Vice President of Public Affairs. He will have oversight of the company's community relations, communications, regulatory and government affairs efforts.
Energy Future Holdings (EFH) today announced that Paul M. Keglevic will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Keglevic comes from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he has been the U.S. Utility Sector Leader for the past six years and the Clients and Sector Assurance Leader for the past year.
Luminant today filed testimony with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) in support of building additional electric transmission infrastructure that would make economical and renewable wind generated electricity more easily available to Texans. Today, Texas is the unrivaled leader in the United States in wind generation, with the most installed wind generation capacity of any state, far exceeding the total of California (the state with the second highest installed wind capacity).
Luminant today announced it has been honored by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RCT) with its highest honor, the Texas Reclamation Award, for the eighth time in nine years.
Luminant today released the details of its voluntary emissions reduction program. The plan includes new emissions control technologies to voluntarily offset 100 percent of key emissions from new coal-fueled power plants and further reduce key emissions from existing coal-fueled plants 20 percent below 2005 levels.
Luminant, the power generation subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings (EFH), today announced that it has received 14 expressions of interest in response to its request for proposals (RFP) from companies offering Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) or other coal gasification technologies with the ability to capture carbon dioxide emissions.
Luminant and the Northeast Texas Air Care Group (NETAC) today announced details of Luminant's voluntary emission reduction plan for East Texas. The goal of the voluntary emission reduction plan is to install new technology to voluntarily offset 100 percent of key emissions from new coal-fired power plants and lower coal-fueled key emissions even further to 20 percent below 2005 levels.
Luminant and the Northeast Texas Air Care Group (NETAC) today announced details of Luminant's voluntary emission reduction plan for East Texas. The goal of the voluntary emission reduction plan is to install new technology to voluntarily offset 100 percent of key emissions from new coal-fired power plants and lower coal-fueled key emissions even further to 20 percent below 2005 levels.
Luminant and the Northeast Texas Air Care Group (NETAC) today announced details of Luminant's voluntary emission reduction plan for East Texas. The goal of the voluntary emission reduction plan is to install new technology to voluntarily offset 100 percent of key emissions from new coal-fired power plants and lower coal-fueled key emissions even further to 20 percent below 2005 levels.
Luminant and the Northeast Texas Air Care Group (NETAC) today announced details of Luminant's voluntary emission reduction plan for East Texas. The goal of the voluntary emission reduction plan is to install new technology to voluntarily offset 100 percent of key emissions from new coal-fired power plants and lower coal-fueled key emissions even further to 20 percent below 2005 levels.
Luminant and the Northeast Texas Air Care Group (NETAC) today announced details of Luminant's voluntary emission reduction plan for East Texas. The goal of the voluntary emission reduction plan is to install new technology to voluntarily offset 100 percent of key emissions from new coal-fired power plants and lower coal-fueled key emissions even further to 20 percent below 2005 levels.
Luminant and the Northeast Texas Air Care Group (NETAC) today announced details of Luminant's voluntary emission reduction plan for East Texas. The goal of the voluntary emission reduction plan is to install new technology to voluntarily offset 100 percent of key emissions from new coal-fired power plants and lower coal-fueled key emissions even further to 20 percent below 2005 levels.
The FutureGen Alliance announced today that Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings (EFH), has joined the non-profit consortium of global electric utilities and coal companies working with the U.S. Department of Energy to site and develop FutureGen, a first-of-a-kind coal-fueled power plant with near-zero emissions.
Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings (EFH), today announced that it has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from companies offering Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) and/or other coal gasification technologies with the ability to capture carbon dioxide emissions. This is the first step in the planning process for two commercial demonstration plants to be located in Texas, fulfilling a commitment made by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group during their acquisition of TXU Corp., now EFH.
Today, Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings (EFH), announced it has applied for membership in the FutureGen Alliance. EFH was formerly known as TXU Corp. before its acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Texas Pacific Group and other investors last month.
Today, Luminant announced it is applying for membership in the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP). Luminant is a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings (EFH). EFH was formerly known as TXU Corp. before its acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Texas Pacific Group and other investors last month.
Luminant today announced it has formally acted to terminate air permit applications for eight coal-fueled power units. The action delivers on Luminant’s commitment to terminate the permit process upon close of the TXU merger transaction that closed this past Wednesday. The company suspended efforts to obtain the permits in February.
The following were released by TXU Corp.
Shell WindEnergy Inc. and Luminant, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., announced today a joint development agreement for a 3,000-megawatt wind project in the Texas Panhandle and to work together on other renewable energy developments in Texas.
Starting today, “Luminant” is the new name for TXU Corp.’s power generation and related businesses, which include mining, wholesale marketing and trading, construction and development operations. The Luminant brand was announced in May with advertising to help business partners and the public become familiar with the new name prior to today’s official transition.
TXU Power, a subsidiary of TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU), issued the following statement regarding today’s meeting of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in Austin. At the meeting, the TCEQ Commissioners voted to approve the air permit for the Oak Grove facility.
TXU Power, a subsidiary of TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU), and Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership (TEF), the holding company formed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and other investors to acquire TXU Corp., announced today plans to install new activated carbon sorbent injection systems (SIS) at all of TXU’s existing coal-fueled generation units to reduce mercury emissions. SIS are also included as part of the Best Available Control Technology used in the three new units planned for Oak Grove and Sandow.
TXU Wholesale, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., announced today it has increased its portfolio of wind power contracts with a 209-megawatt (MW) agreement with Airtricity, a world-leading renewable energy company based in Dublin, Ireland.
TXU Corp. and Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership (TEF) today announced a one million dollar commitment to support Texas’ bid for the FutureGen power plant. Specifically, the donation will be used by the State of Texas to purchase rights to inject carbon dioxide near the proposed Jewett FutureGen site.
TXU Corp., a Dallas-based energy company, announced today the brand identity for Luminant Energy. TXU’s power generation and related businesses will be transitioned to the new Luminant Energy brand as part of the proposed merger agreement with an investor group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group.
Today, TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU) issued the following statements from TXU Corp. CEO John Wilder and Michael McCall, CEO of TXU Wholesale.
In response to today’s Dallas Morning News...
TXU Wholesale, a subsidiary of TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU), and Airtricity, a world-leading renewable energy company based in Dublin, Ireland, today announced that Airtricity has completed construction of the Forest Creek Wind Farm, increasing TXU Wholesale’s renewable energy capacity by 125 MW.
TXU Wholesale this afternoon formally responded to PUC allegations by filing a motion for a contested case hearing. A copy of the filing is attached. TXU Wholesale strongly believes it is important to bring the facts in this case to light immediately.
Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership (TEF), the holding company formed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Texas Pacific Group (TPG) to acquire TXU Corp. (NYSE:TXU), and TXU announced today that they have started the planning process for two integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) commercial demonstration plants to be located in Texas.
TXU announced today it has officially suspended efforts to obtain permits for eight coal-fueled power units in Texas.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division yesterday approved a stipulated resolution of the consent decree for the Sandow Unit 5 electric generation facility. TXU Sandow, a subsidiary of TXU Corp. (NYSE:TXU), is building the new, state-of-the-art Sandow Unit 5 at the site of the existing Sandow power generation facility near Rockdale to provide reliable and cleaner power for Texans.
TXU Corp. today reported consolidated results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2006.
TXU Corp. a Dallas-based energy company, together with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Texas Pacific Group (TPG), two of the nation’s leading private equity firms, and Goldman Sachs & Co., a leading global investment bank, announced today the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which an investor group led by KKR and TPG will acquire TXU in a transaction valued at $45 billion.
TXU Corp. today outlined its principles on climate change and recognized the related efforts of the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP).
TXU Power, a subsidiary of Dallas-based TXU Corp. today said it will fund a project at The University of Texas at Arlington’s Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering to research and design a technology management system for reducing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions – a principal cause of smog. The focus of the research will be to minimize NOx emissions by creating operational and management tools to maximize the performance of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)-related technology.
TXU Corp. today announced an agreement with and minority investment in Skyonic Corporation, a privately-held Austin, Texas-based company with proprietary technology designed to reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions.
Safety is a way of life at TXU Power’s Monticello Steam Electric Station (SES), where plant employees recently completed a record 8 million safe work hours – covering 14 years -- without a lost-time injury.
TXU Mining Company has been awarded the U.S. Department of Interior, Office of Surface Mining’s (OSM) highest honor for a mining company, the Director’s Award, for TXU Mining’s commitment to outstanding, innovative reclamation practices at its Oak Hill Mine in East Texas.
TXU Corp. has been honored as the leading independent power producer by the 2006 Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies survey, which recognizes the energy industry’s top-performing companies around the world.
To help meet Texas’ need for power beginning in the latter part of the next decade, TXU Corp. announced today that it plans to develop applications to file with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for combined Construction and Operating Licenses (COLs) for two to six gigawatts (GW) of new nuclear-fueled power generation capacity at one to three sites. TXU expects to submit the COL applications in 2008, which would facilitate bringing the new capacity on line between 2015 and 2020. Combined with its previously announced 9.1 GW of coal power generation capacity that is expected to be on line by 2010, the nuclear power generation capacity would allow TXU to continue to deliver the dependable energy supply, low prices and cleaner environment its Texas consumers demand.
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.
Final results of an independent air modeling analysis requested by state and local officials and released by the Texas Environmental Research Consortium (TERC) find that TXU’s environmental commitments will improve air quality in Texas.
TXU Power’s plants are running hard to meet today's new Texas peak electric demand.
Preliminary results from an independent air modeling analysis requested by state and local officials and released by the Texas Environmental Research Consortium (TERC) find that TXU’s environmental commitments will actually result in a slight improvement in DFW air quality.
TXU Corp. today reported the achievement of significant milestones in its solid-fuel power generation program, which includes the planned investment of over $10 billion to power the future of Texas through the construction of 11 coal power generation facilities.
TXU Corp. announced today a plan to invest $10 billion in power generation to provide lower-cost, secure and stable power, the introduction of new consumer and business service offerings, and the largest voluntary emissions reduction program of its type in the nation.
TXU Power, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., has been honored by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RCT) for an innovative program that improves mined land by creating pastures, lakes, ponds, commercial forests and wildlife habitats.
TXU Power announced today it has been selected as a partner in two new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-funded projects designed to promote clean-coal technologies.
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TXU Corp. announced today it has signed a power-purchase agreement with Reliant Energy for the generating capacity of nine gas-fired combustion turbines (CTs) at its DeCordova and Permian Basin steam electric stations.
TXU Power, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., said today its Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station has been recognized for reaching the National Leader level in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s “Clean Texas, Cleaner World” program.
TXU Power, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., announced today it will provide a $100,000 leadership gift to the Texas Trees Foundation to support its development of a second urban tree farm, which will help the Foundation continue to provide more – and larger – trees for public spaces.
TXU Power employees will put their green thumbs to use, on Saturday February 19, by helping plant 9,500 tree seedlings as part of the Texas Trees Foundation's monthly transplanting effort at the TXU Urban Tree Farm at Richland College.
TXU Corp. (NYSE:TXU), through its subsidiary TXU Power, announced today that it intends to offer the capacity from 61 percent of its natural gas-fired Texas generating fleet totaling 6,214 megawatts for contract (through a tolling arrangement) or for sale.
TXU Power’s Martin Lake Steam Electric Station achieved a safety mark 27 years in the making. Not one employee reported an injury during November 2004.
TXU Power, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., announced today plans to declare inactive, or “mothball,” eight natural gas-fired electric generating units.
TXU Power’s Tatum Mine has received the Sentinels of Safety award that recognizes the mine’s outstanding safety record in 2003. The Sentinels of Safety award is considered the most prestigious award in the mining industry.
TXU Power’s Valley Steam Electric Station achieved a safety milestone on October 1, 2004, surpassing 31 years without a lost-time injury. Plant employees have worked more than 4,350,000 safe work hours in the process.
TXU Power's Graham Steam Electric Station achieved a safety milestone in August, surpassing 20 years without a lost-time injury. The plant employees have worked 1,854,951 hours in the process.
TXU Energy customers are urged to contact the company if they are still without electricity due to the powerful storms that slammed into North Texas.
TXU Corp. provided a preview of its investor conference to be held with institutional investors and financial analysts later today. The conference will review the business plan developed by the company over the past 90 days and include discussions of: (i) initiatives to improve customer service, reliability, and operational performance; (ii) transactions to unlock value and reduce risk; (iii) the initial 2005 detailed outlook and high level 2006 outlook; and (iv) announcement of organizational realignment and the new executive management team.
TXU Energy, a subsidiary of TXU will retire eight power plant units due to electric industry market conditions in Texas. The company will also temporarily close four other units and place them under evaluation for retirement. The 12 units represent a total of 1,471 megawatts (MW), or more than 13 percent of TXU Energy’s gas-fired generation capacity in Texas.
TXU announced today a 65 percent decrease in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission rates from 1998 to 2003, the equivalent of removing 500,000 cars from area roads.
TXU Corp. launches statewide Energy Awareness Educational Tour.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced its selection of TXU Corp. to participate in two industry-leading matching grant projects which will enhance TXU’s current research program on mercury emission reductions.
A coalition of wind industry leaders, led by TXU Energy, today announced a project that will increase renewable wind energy in Texas by 160 megawatts.
TXU has strengthened its presence in New South Wales with the announcement today it has purchased the Tallawarra Power Station Site from the NSW Government.
TXU Energy signs a multi-year contract, effective Jan.1, 2003, to provide energy and energy-related services to Rio Grande Electric Cooperative Inc.
TXU Energy announced today it has acquired the 260-megawatt Encogen One power plant at Sweetwater, Texas.
New Jersey Plant Purchase and Power Auction Mark Expansion into Key Northeast Market
On the day set aside to celebrate the earth’s natural resources, TXU recognizes an environmental milestone of its own. In 2001, TXU (NYSE: TXU), a global energy business based in Dallas, became the largest purchaser of wind energy in Texas and the fourth largest in the United States, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Globally, TXU has enough renewable energy to power more than 355,000 homes in the U.S., Europe and Australia.
TXU (NYSE:TXU) announced today that it is idling 522 megawatts of its remaining 2,914 megawatts of coal-fired generation in the United Kingdom. The decision to mothball the 333 megawatt unit C12 at Drakelow and the 189 megawatt unit four at High Marnham follows last month’s sale of West Burton power station to London Electricity Group for £366 million.
TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU) and Exelon Generation today announced an agreement to sell two large TXU gas-fired electric generating plants to Exelon Generation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC), for $443 million.
TXU has signed a contract to purchase 141 megawatts of output from the AES Deepwater Project, in the Houston area.
TXU Nordic Energy Oy today announced it has purchased 350 GWh of electricity produced by hydropower from six shareholders of the hydro generation company Kemijoki Oy in Northern Finland.
TXU has today agreed to transfer its interests in Peterborough and King's Lynn Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power stations to Centrica.
TXU Energy today announced plans for an auction of energy options on 3,175 megawatts or 15 percent of its electric capacity in Texas.
In May 2000, TXU made a significant investment in the South Australian energy market through the 100 year lease of the Torrens Island power station.
TXU today publicly supported AGL in bid to gain regulatory support for development of a new electricity generation facility in Melbourne's north-west