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DALLAS, June 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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. "We welcome today's TCEQ permit approval. Texas needs new sources of power and, with today's ruling, the Oak Grove plant could begin providing power by late 2009. The TCEQ has determined that the Oak Grove air permit will be protective of human health and the environment. This permit contains some of the cleanest emission standards ever set for a lignite power plant, and the plant will help meet Texas' near-term need for power." The proposed Oak Grove facility consists of two coal-fueled power generation units totaling approximately 1,600 megawatts in Robertson County, Texas. TXU Power applied for air permits for the facility in July 2005 and voluntarily committed to offset more than 100 percent of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and mercury emissions from the Oak Grove facility by making reductions at its existing plants. About TXU TXU Corp., a Dallas-based energy company, manages a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy businesses primarily in Texas. In the competitive TXU Energy Holdings segment (electricity generation, wholesale marketing and retailing), TXU Energy provides electricity and related services to more than 2.1 million competitive electricity customers in Texas. TXU Power has over 18,100 MW of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,800 MW of coal-fueled 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 is the largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity in Texas and fifth largest in the United States. Power generation and related businesses, such as TXU Power and TXU Wholesale, plan to transition toward the new Luminant Energy brand. Visit http://www.txucorp.com/ for more information about TXU Corp. DATASOURCE: TXU Corp. CONTACT: Corporate Communications, Lisa Singleton, +1-214-812-5049, or Tom Kleckner, +1-214-812-3206, or Investors, Tim Hogan, +1-214-812-4641, or Bill Huber, +1-214-812-2480, or Steve Oakley, +1-214-812-2220, all of TXU Corp. Web site: http://www.txu.com/

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