TXU Energy Customers Receive Record Amount of Wind Energy; Strong Winds Double Electric Output

For the first time, TXU Energy wind power provided enough energy this week to equal a natural gas power plant," said Carl Bracy, TXU Energy Senior Vice President.

DALLAS, Feb. 24, 2004 - As strong winds blew across Texas this week, electricity produced for TXU Energy customers from wind power set a Texas record.


"For the first time, TXU Energy wind power provided enough energy this week to equal a natural gas power plant," said Carl Bracy, TXU Energy Senior Vice President. "On several days, our electricity from wind energy equaled nearly 400 megawatts per hour -- more than twice the normal amount."

TXU Energy is the largest purchaser and provider of wind energy in Texas. The company obtains this power from 625 wind turbines -- primarily in West Texas.

"Electricity from wind power is highly variable -- when the wind doesn't blow we can't get this type of energy," said Bracy. "This past week, we had the resources in place and the wind kept blowing."

TXU (NYSE:TXU) is a major energy company with operations in North America and Australia. TXU manages a diverse energy portfolio with a strategic mix of over $31 billion of assets. TXU's distinctive business model for competitive markets integrates generation, portfolio management, and retail into one single business. The regulated electric and natural gas distribution and transmission businesses complement the competitive operations, using asset management skills developed over more than one hundred years, to provide reliable energy delivery to consumers and earnings and cash flow for stakeholders. In its primary market of Texas, TXU's portfolio includes 19,000 megawatts of generation and additional contracted capacity with a fuel mix of coal/lignite, natural gas/oil, nuclear power and wind. TXU serves more than five million customers in North America and Australia, including 2.6 million competitive electric customers in Texas where it is the leading energy retailer. Visit www.txucorp.com for more information about TXU.

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