Economic Development

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Economic Development
TXU Electric Gas
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Economic Development
TXU Electric Gas
The first Economic Development activity caused
this war. Those who moved to Texas in the 1830s
were provided 4,005 acres of free land and no
taxes for 6 years, hence the first economic
development in the State of Texas.
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What We Do
TXU Electric Gas
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TXU Electric Gas
Youre interested in selling energy - - were
interested in delivering it..
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Service Area Locations Over The Last Decade
TXU Electric Gas
1,021 Companies 114,609 Jobs
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Combined Ratings of 2001 Site Selection Factors
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Ranking Site selection factors 2001 2000
1 Availability of skilled labor 91.6 87.7
2 Labor costs 91.5 91.6 3 Highway
accessibility 87.9 95.9 4 Energy
availability and costs 86.4 77.7 5 Avail. Of
telecomm. services 83.3 77.1 6 Tax
exemptions 82.7 81.6 7 Occupancy or
construction costs 82.3 83.0 8 State and
local incentives 81.4 83.6 9 Proximity to
major markets 80.2 76.8 10 Availability of
land 79.7 75.5 All figures are
percentages and are the total of very important
and important ratings of the Area Development
site selection survey.
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We can add value, through our site selection
services, to the product and service that you
offer.
TXU Electric Gas
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Lets work together to make sure that expanding
or relocating firms find a site or building that
is right for them.
TXU Electric Gas
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Partnerships
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Retail Electric Providers
Communities
Site Consultants
Oncor Economic Development
Department
Industry Trade Orgs.
State Agencies
Regional Eco Dev Orgs.
Real Estate Brokerage Contracting Firms
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Valued Services
TXU Electric Gas

• Market available buildings and sites to
  companies
• Provide in-depth info critical to the
  decision-making site selection process
• Participate in on-site prospect visits to
  communities

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Other Valued Services We Provide
TXU Electric Gas

• The Eco Dev link with Oncor wire served
  communities
• The knowledge of the Oncor service area
• A demographic database of over 200 communities in
  the Oncor service area
• A Building and Site Database that contains over
  21,680 buildings and over 2,300 developed
  sites
• Special studies on labor, taxes and other
  pertinent site specific information
• Non-biased professionals (all of our executives
  are graduates of the Economic Development
  Institute)
• We work in the strictest of confidentiality

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ALLIES
TXU Electric Gas

• State of Texas
• TDED TEDC TABCC
• Texas Dept. of Agriculture
• Cities Local Ed Organizations
• We are actively engaged with over 200
  communities served by Oncor
• We have ongoing relationships with 64
  national site location consultant firms

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Why We DoEconomic Development
TXU Electric Gas
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Economic Development in a Deregulated
Environment
TXU Electric Gas

• To help ensure the economic vitality of the
  service area through community development
  programs.
• To increase the revenues of the wire and pipe
  system through the delivery of additional energy
  units.
• To prevent the erosion of existing infrastructure
  through retention of existing businesses and
  location of new businesses in existing
  facilities. (There were 64,429,966 Sq. Ft. of
  vacant industrial buildings in the Oncor
  service area as of November 2002.)

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When can we do Economic Development with you?
TXU Electric Gas
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We Know Texas
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This Is Us
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