TXU Energy Hosts Second Annual Celebration of the Bands

TXU Energy Hosts Second Annual Celebration of the Bands

Grambling State University and Prairie View A&M University perform live in downtown Dallas

DALLAS, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TXU Energy, the Prairie View A&M University Marching Storm and the Grambling State University Mighty Tiger Marching Band come together once again today for an afternoon of free music and dance at the second annual "Celebration of the Bands." The bands, two of the most honored historically black college and university marching bands in the country, will strut from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in front of TXU's Energy Plaza in downtown (1601 Bryan St.).

More than 200 band members will march onto the Plaza downtown and provide a preview of their performances at the upcoming 2005 State Fair Classic this weekend. The bands will provide half-time entertainment during the much anticipated football game between the two rivals.

"We are honored to once again host this celebration of these exceptional bands," said Jim Burke, President and CEO, TXU Energy. "These bands are among the best in the nation and our customers and employees will definitely find it a thrill to be part of this great event."

During the celebration, TXU Energy will present $5,000 to each band to help with the continuation of their musical legacy, to ensure this tradition is maintained for many years to come. TXU Energy is proud to continue to its giving to assist with program funding, scholarships, instruments and uniform purchases.

This celebration coincides with the announcement of an upcoming exhibit at the African American Museum at Fair Park, which is sponsored by TXU Energy, and will open in February 2006 to honor African American Heritage Month. "Focused" is a photo retrospective of black Dallas and features the work of two of North Texas's most celebrated African American press photographers, R.C. Hickman and Floyd Ferguson. TXU Energy is a long-standing supporter of the Museum.

TXU Corp., a Dallas-based energy company, manages a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy businesses in North America, primarily in Texas. In the competitive TXU Energy Holdings segment (comprised of electricity generation, wholesale marketing and retailing), TXU Energy provides electricity and related services to more than 2.4 million competitive electricity customers in Texas, more customers than any other retail electric provider in the state. TXU Power has over 18,300 megawatts of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,837 MW of lignite/coal-fired generation capacity. The company is also one of the largest purchasers of wind-generated electricity in Texas and North America. TXU Wholesale optimizes the purchases and sales of energy for TXU Energy and TXU Power and provides related services to other market participants. TXU Corp.'s regulated segment, TXU Electric Delivery, is an electric distribution and transmission business that complements the competitive operations, using asset management skills developed over more than one hundred years, to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. TXU Electric Delivery operates the largest distribution and transmission system in Texas, providing power to three million electric delivery points over more than 100,000 miles of distribution and 14,000 miles of transmission lines. Visit http://www.txucorp.com/ for more information about TXU Corp.

Source: TXU Energy

CONTACT: Sophia Stoller of TXU Energy, +1-214-549-4518

Web site: http://www.txu.com/

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