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DALLAS, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TXU Corp. (NYSE:TXU) today announced that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has provided its approval related to the merger of TXU Corp. with Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership (TEF). TEF was formed by a group of investors led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Texas Pacific Group (TPG) to facilitate the merger. Approval by the NRC was the final remaining regulatory approval that is a condition to closing. The merger is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2007, subject to completion of customary closing conditions contained in the merger agreement. About TXU TXU Corp., a Dallas-based energy holding company, has a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy subsidiaries, primarily in Texas, including TXU Energy, Luminant and Oncor. TXU Energy is a competitive retailer that provides electricity and related services to 2.1 million electricity customers in Texas. Luminant is a competitive power generation business, including mining, wholesale marketing and trading, construction and development operations. Luminant has over 18,300 MW of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,800 MW of coal-fueled generation capacity. Luminant is also the largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity in Texas and fifth largest in the United States. Oncor is a regulated electric distribution and transmission business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor operates the largest distribution and transmission system in Texas, providing power to three million electric delivery points over more than 101,000 miles of distribution and 14,000 miles of transmission lines. Visit http://www.txucorp.com/ for more information about TXU Corp. Forward Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from management's current projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is contained in TXU Corp.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Specifically, TXU makes reference to the section entitled "Risk Factors" in its annual and quarterly reports. In addition to the risks and uncertainties set forth in the TXU SEC reports or periodic reports, the proposed transactions described in this release could be affected by, among other things, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been or may be instituted against TXU and others related to the merger agreement; and failure to satisfy other conditions required to complete the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. DATASOURCE: TXU CONTACT: Corporate Communications, Lisa Singleton, +1-214-812-5049; or Investor Relations, Tim Hogan, +1-214-812-4641, or Bill Huber, +1-214-812-2480 Web site: http://www.txu.com/

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