Environmental Defense Praises Luminant Action To Build Two Texas Demonstration Plants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jim Marston, Environmental Defense, 512.478.5161-w or 512.289.5293-w
Media Contact: Chris Smith, Environmental Defense, 512.691.3451-w or 512.659.9264-c csmith@environmentaldefense.org

(Austin, TX – February 18, 2008) Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings (EFH), recently received 14 expressions of interest in response to its request for proposals from companies offering Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) or other coal gasification technologies with the ability to capture carbon dioxide emissions. The company plans to build two commercial demonstration plants in Texas and to seek input from a newly created EFH Sustainable Energy Advisory Board.

The following statement can be attributed to Jim Marston, director of the Texas Regional Office of Environmental Defense and a member of the EFH Sustainable Energy Advisory Board:

“We are pleased to hear about Luminant’s recent actions related to building two Texas demonstration plants. The company continues to fulfill commitments made last year surrounding the cancellation of more than a dozen new coal plants and such actions make significant strides toward future cleaner operations.”