Texas Genco's W.A. Parish Coal Plant Makes Platt's POWER Magazine's '12 Top Plants of 2004'

Texas Genco's W.A. Parish Coal Plant Makes Platt's POWER
Magazine's '12 Top Plants of 2004'
WAP is U.S.'s Largest Fossil-Fueled Plant, Among the Lowest NOx Emitters 


HOUSTON, Aug. 23  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Genco Holdings, Inc.'s
(NYSE:TGN) W.A. Parish Electric Generating Station (WAP) is recognized in
Platt's POWER magazine's annual "12 Top Plants of 2004".  The power plants,
which are located all over the world, are recognized for generating power
reliably and economically, and with minimal environmental impact.

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"This is a great honor for the employees of our W.A. Parish plant," said David
Tees, president and chief executive officer for Texas Genco.  "They have
successfully met the challenge of adding emissions control equipment to our
Parish plant while maintaining the availability and reliability required by the
state's grid operator."

Texas Genco's power plant fleet currently operates at one of the lowest
nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission rates in the country and WAP likely emits less
NOx on a lb/MMBtu basis than any coal-fired plant of any size in the country.
With the installation of additional equipment this year, including at WAP, NOx
emissions from Houston area power plants will be reduced by about 88 percent
compared to 1998 levels.  The company has spent more than $700 million on new
emission controls since 1999.

"Texas Genco is an industry leader in reducing emissions and demonstrating new
nitrogen oxide control technologies," said Tom "Smitty" Smith, state director
for Texas Public Citizen.  "Clearly, this is a win for the citizens of the
Houston area who are benefiting from cleaner air."

This is the third year that POWER magazine has published a top plants list and
the first time a Texas Genco power plant has been included.  This year, they
received more than 100 nominations representing a wide variety of plant types.

Texas Genco Holdings, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is one of the largest
wholesale electric power generating companies in the United States with over
14,000 megawatts of generation capacity, of which approximately 2,500 megawatts
are currently in mothball status.  It sells electric generation capacity,
energy and ancillary services in one of the nation's largest power markets, the
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).  Texas Genco has one of the most
diversified generation portfolios in Texas, using natural gas, oil, coal,
lignite, and uranium fuels.  The company owns and operates 60 generating units
at 11 electric power-generating facilities and owns a 30.8 percent interest in
a nuclear generating plant.  Texas Genco currently is a majority-owned
subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.  For more information, visit our web
site at http://www.txgenco.com/ . 

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DATASOURCE: Texas Genco Holdings, Inc.



CONTACT:  media, Leticia Lowe, [phone], or investors, Marianne

Paulsen, [phone], both of Texas Genco Holdings, Inc.



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