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May 2, 2012
Sierra Club Sues Energy Future Holdings, Accuses it of Thousands of Clean Air Violations
Sierra Club on Tuesday sued Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings, the state's largest unregulated generator of electricity, accusing the company's Big Brown coal-fired plant near Fairfield of thousands of violations of Clean Air Act standards. The environmental group gave the company an ultimatum l ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
Will the Firewall Protecting Oncor From Its Basketcase Parent Company Keep It From Getting Burned?
Oncor, the transmission company that runs power lines and electricity meters, is just about the only good thing Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings has going for it. Energy Future's generation arm, Luminant, the largest unregulated power generator in Texas, has seen its coal-fired power plants preci ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
So There's a Good Chance Energy Future, Texas' Largest Power Generator, Goes Broke
A major credit-rating agency is expressing grave doubts about the ability of the state's largest nonregulated power generator to pay off its debt. Energy Future Holdings, the Dallas-based parent company of power generator Luminant, transmission company Oncor and retail electricity provider TXU Ener ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Texas' Biggest Power Supplier Wants to Blame the EPA for Future Blackouts
A major credit-rating agency is expressing grave doubts about the ability of the state's largest nonregulated power generator to pay off its debt. Energy Future Holdings, the Dallas-based parent company of power generator Luminant, transmission company Oncor and retail electricity provider TXU Ener ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Warren Buffett Calls His Investment in Dallas-Based Energy Future Holdings a "Big Mistake," At Risk of Being Wiped Out
Warren Buffett, the inimitable Jesus of Investing, got it wrong, he admits. Investing in the highly leveraged buyout of Texas utility TXU by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs was a bad bet, plain and simple, he told his shareholders in a letter Saturday. And if things at the former TXU (now ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Former NY State Comptroller Makes Case For Retiring Three of Luminant's Coal-Fired Plants
Big BrownFormer New York State First Deputy Comptroller-turned-investment banker Tom Sanzillo released a report this morning, via the Sierra Club, demanding that Dallas-based Energy Future Holding (and its Luminant subsidiary) shutter three of its coal-fired power plants: Big Brown (in Fairfield) ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Bad Day at Blackstone For Tom Hicks
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
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November 5, 2008
These Are Grim Times for the Hotel Business. But, Shhh, Say Nothing.
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
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September 19, 2007
Is the Man Behind the TXU Deal a Hero or a Villain? Depends.
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
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April 18, 2007
TXU Finds No New Takers
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2007
Still Plenty of Smoke to Be Cleared in TXU Deal
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
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February 26, 2007
You Know Who's Not That Impressed with the TXU Deal? Mayor Laura Miller. And She Has a Point.
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
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February 26, 2007
Buy. Out. Buyout. (That's an Electric Company Reference.)
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2006
And Qantas Never Crashed
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn't leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks's has no intention of getting Yanks-out after -- hence this weekend's p ... More >>
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August 31, 2006
Hard times
This too shall pass--like a kidney stone

Blogs

Sierra Club Sues Energy Future Holdings, Accuses it of Thousands of Clean Air Violations

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Will the Firewall Protecting Oncor From Its Basketcase Parent Company Keep It From Getting Burned?

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So There's a Good Chance Energy Future, Texas' Largest Power Generator, Goes Broke

News

Texas' Biggest Power Supplier Wants to Blame the EPA for Future Blackouts

Blogs

Warren Buffett Calls His Investment in Dallas-Based Energy Future Holdings a "Big Mistake," At Risk of Being Wiped Out

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Former NY State Comptroller Makes Case For Retiring Three of Luminant's Coal-Fired Plants

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Bad Day at Blackstone For Tom Hicks

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These Are Grim Times for the Hotel Business. But, Shhh, Say Nothing.

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Is the Man Behind the TXU Deal a Hero or a Villain? Depends.

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TXU Finds No New Takers

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Still Plenty of Smoke to Be Cleared in TXU Deal

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You Know Who's Not That Impressed with the TXU Deal? Mayor Laura Miller. And She Has a Point.

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Buy. Out. Buyout. (That's an Electric Company Reference.)

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And Qantas Never Crashed

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Hard times

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