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
1021 Companies 114,609 Jobs
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Combined Ratings of 2000 Site Selection Factors
TXU Electric Gas
Ranking Site selection factors 2000 1999
1 Highway accessibility 95.9 94.6 2 Labor
costs 91.6 93.8 3 Availability of skilled
labor 87.7 95.8 4 Corporate tax rate 84.7
- 5 State and local incentives 83.6 90.3
6 Occupancy of construction costs 83.0 87.5
7 Tax exemptions 81.6 85.9 8 Environmental
regulations 80.9 79.0 9 Low union
profile 79.7 79.5 10 Energy availability and
costs 77.7 85.2 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
TXU Electric Gas
Site Consultants
Communities
Industry Trade Orgs.
TXU Electric Gas Economic Development
Department
State Agencies
Regional Eco Dev Orgs.
Real Estate Brokerage Contracting Firms
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Partnerships
TXU Electric Gas
Site Consultants
Communities
State Agencies
Industry Trade Orgs.
TXU Electric Gas Economic Development
Department
Retail Electric Providers
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 TXU Electric Gas wire
  served communities
• The knowledge of the TXU Electric Gas service
  area
• A demographic database of over 200 communities in
  the TXU Electric Gas 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 TXU Electric Gas
• We have ongoing relationships with 57 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 61,000,000 Sq. ft. of
  vacant industrial buildings in the TXU Electric
  Gas service area as of 3rd quarter 2001.)

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

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