News Release

12.18.08

Monticello Steam Electric Station Employees Set Record Safety Milestone: 16 Years with No Lost-Time Injuries
DALLAS, TX -

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.

“The magnitude of Monticello's accomplishment is extraordinary. For nearly 6,000 consecutive days, Monticello employees did exactly what all Luminant employees strive to do – they put safety first,” said Luminant chief operations officer Mike McCall. “We are extremely proud of this record, and even more pleased with their diligence and constant attention to safe operations.”

Monticello's safety streak began in July 1992. Since then, Monticello has implemented its Behavioral Base Safety Process as a means to motivate and engage employees in safe operations. Four times a year, the plant's behavioral safety team attends workshops designed to enhance safety programs and shares best practices with other industry leaders.

Monticello has a long history of leadership in safe operations – first setting a national record with three million operational hours without a lost-time accident in 1983. Later that year, the plant also became the first coal generation station to reach four million hours without a lost-time injury.

The National Safety Council, the only known organization to compile national safety records, no longer tracks safe work hours. The last safe work hour record was logged in 2000, when Carolina Power & Light Company, now Progress Energy, worked 13,509,233 hours without a lost-time injury.

Located in Titus County, Monticello is a three-unit, lignite-fired power plant generating 1,880 megawatts of energy for the Texas power market. Unit 1 of the Monticello began operation in 1974, unit 2 became operational in 1975, and the last unit, unit 3, became operational in 1978.

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About Luminant

Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH), is a competitive power generation business, including mining, wholesale marketing and trading, construction and development operations. Luminant has over 18,300 megawatts of generation in Texas, including 2,300 megawatts of nuclear and 5,800 megawatts of coal-fueled generation capacity, and is building an additional 2,200 megawatts of coal-fueled generation capacity. Luminant is also the largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity in Texas and fifth largest in the United States. EFH is a Dallas-based energy holding company that has a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy subsidiaries, primarily in Texas. Visit www.luminant.com or www.energyfutureholdings.com for additional information.

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