DALLAS – Twenty-five years ago, the first of two units at Luminant’s Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant began supplying power to the state’s electric grid. That day – Aug. 13, 1990 – was the culmination of a long journey through construction and commissioning, and the beginning of a growing history of milestones and memories. Now, […]
Read MoreDALLAS – Luminant’s fleet of nuclear, coal and natural gas plants helped power Texas as ERCOT demand reached an all-time high setting a new record. All of Luminant’s plants were online and available for generation as Texans dealt with the high summer temperatures. Luminant was generating over 13,500 megawatts during the peak hour. * * […]
Read MoreDALLAS – Luminant filed its comments regarding the proposed rule on regional haze for Texas with the Environmental Protection Agency today.
Read MoreLuminant today released the following statement regarding the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule: The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today granted the request for a stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which was to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012. The court decided to stay […]
Read MoreDallas – Luminant today released the following statement regarding the Politico Pro story about the Environmental Protection Agency’s Utility MACT compliance timeline. Under no circumstances does our statement to Politico about the differences between compliance timelines for the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and the utility MACT rule mean that we do not have immediate, serious […]
Read MoreDallas – Over the past several months, we have worked together advocating changes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule to lessen the impact on Texas jobs and reliability. I would like to thank you again for your efforts and update you as to where we are in the process. After the EPA […]
Read MoreDALLAS – With 31 ceremonies in the books this fall and three grand prize events on the horizon, the Luminant Scholar Program is giving $50,000 in scholarships and grants in 2010 and is well on its way to reaching $150,000 in awards over the past three years. Through the Luminant Scholar Program, fifth-graders in select […]
Read MoreDallas, TX – Contribution will fund teacher workshops reaching nearly 6,000 elementary and secondary students With a goal of connecting the link for educators between natural resources, their role in energy production and the importance of environmental stewardship, Luminant recently donated $60,000 to fund two environmentally focused teacher workshops in the summer of 2012. In […]
Read MoreDALLAS – Carnivorous plants find a new home at the Girl Scouts’ Camp Bette Perot Hundreds of rare carnivorous pitcher plants (Sarracenia alata) from Luminant’s Turlington Mine area are currently taking root at Camp Bette Perot near Palestine, Texas. The recently donated plants will be part of a newly rehabilitated bog ecosystem and will serve […]
Read MoreDALLAS – Luminant released the following response regarding today’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule proposed revisions by the Environmental Protection Agency. Luminant filed a request for stay and reconsideration of the rule with the EPA on August 5, 2011. Changes to CSAPR are necessary to correct flaws in the rule and to avoid damaging near-term impacts […]
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