TXU Energy Partners with Energy, Inc. to Provide Innovative Energy Monitor Across Texas
Device Promotes Conservation by Showing Homeowners Real-Time Energy Use, Estimated Costs
DALLAS, Dec. 21-- TXU Energy today announced an exclusive, state-wide partnership with Energy, Inc., to provide an innovative energy monitoring device. Beginning in January 2007, TXU Energy customers in North Texas will receive the Energy Monitor if they sign-up for the TXU Energy PriceGuarantee 24 with Energy Monitor plan.
The Energy Monitor will provide consumers real-time access to information on their personal electricity consumption and the estimated cost of their consumption. Through this exclusive partnership between TXU Energy and Energy, Inc., the rollout of the monitors with this plan will begin early next year in North Texas. The product availability will expand to other areas in South Texas throughout the year.
The Energy Monitor display unit simply plugs into a wall power outlet and communicates with the actual energy monitoring equipment installed in the consumer's home circuit breaker panel. The Energy Monitor measures the amount of energy required to operate all of the various electronic appliances in the home and transmits usage data every second over existing house wiring to the display unit.
"The Energy Monitor will quickly educate its users about the actual costs of powering their everyday needs," said Jim Burke, CEO of TXU Energy. "At a time when we all should be concerned with and committed to energy conservation, this innovative product will provide the necessary information to help us achieve our shared energy conservation goals - and by using energy more wisely, consumers can save on energy costs in the process."
In July 2006, TXU Energy launched the initial staged rollout of the Energy Monitor display unit with the TXU Energy Time-of-Use Plan with Energy Monitor to select customers. The program's early success has led to offering the Energy Monitor in conjunction with another plan -- TXU Energy PriceGuarantee 24 with Energy Monitor. The TXU Energy Time-of-Use Plan with Energy Monitor charges different electricity prices based on time-of-the-day and month-of- the-year in order to empower customers to use electricity efficiently and wisely, while saving as much as 20 percent during off peak periods. When it is launched in January, the new TXU Energy PriceGuarantee 24 with Energy Monitor plan will have a lower price than the final TXU Energy Price to Beat rate, and will provide price protection for 24 months.
TXU Energy offers competitive pricing plans to satisfy the needs of every customer. To find a TXU Energy plan that offers savings, flexibility, price protection, or a combination of those features to customers living within the TXU Electric Delivery service area, visit www.txu.com/plans or call 1-800-242-9113.
TXU Corp., a Dallas-based energy company, manages a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy businesses primarily in Texas. In the competitive TXU Energy Holdings segment (electricity generation, wholesale marketing and retailing), TXU Energy provides electricity and related services to more than 2.2 million competitive electricity customers in Texas, more customers than any other retail electric provider in the state. TXU Power has over 18,300 MW of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,800 MW of coal-fired generation capacity. TXU Wholesale optimizes the purchases and sales of energy for TXU Energy and TXU Power and provides related services to other market participants. TXU Wholesale and its affiliate, TXU Renew, are the largest purchasers of wind-generated electricity in Texas and fifth largest in the United States. In addition, TXU Power Development Company and its affiliates are involved in a power generation development program in Texas and are evaluating opportunities for additional development outside of Texas. TXU Corp.'s regulated segment, TXU Electric Delivery, is an electric distribution and transmission business that complements the competitive operations, using superior asset management skills 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 www.txucorp.com/ for more information about TXU Corp.
Energy, Inc. designs and manufactures real-time electricity management devices for residential and commercial use. Their flagship product is a user- friendly, accurate monitor aptly named TED -- The Energy Detective. Operating under patented and proprietary technology, Energy, Inc. is focused on assisting homeowners, businesses, and electric utilities interested in conservation and reducing demand during peak periods. Energy, Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Charleston, S.C. Visit www.theenergydetective.com/ for more information about Energy, Inc.
CONTACT:
Sophia Stoller of TXU Energy,
+1-214-875-8336
Web site:
http://www.txucorp.com/
http://www.txu.com/plans
http://www.theenergydetective.com/
