Exhibit 12(a)

ENERGY FUTURE COMPETITIVE HOLDINGS COMPANY

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES,

AND RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND
PREFERENCE DIVIDENDS



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|                                                                                                                                    |  | Successor                  |       |                            |   |        |                                                    |      | Predecessor
|                                                                                                                                    |  | Year EndedDecember 31,2009 |       | Year EndedDecember 31,2008 |   |        | Period fromOctober 11,2007 throughDecember 31,2007 |      |             |        |   |  |  | Period fromJanuary 1, 2007throughOctober 10,2007 |  | Year Ended December 31,
|                                                                                                                                    |  |                            |       |                            |   |        |                                                    | 2006 |             | 2005  
|EARNINGS:                                                                                                                           |  |                            |       |                            |   |        |                                                    |      |             |        |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   |       |  |   |       |  |   |      
|Income (loss) from continuing operations before extraordinary gain/(loss) and cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles |  | $                          | 515   |                            | $ | (9,039 | )                                                  |      | $           | (1,266 | ) |  |  |                                                  |  |                         | $ | 1,306 |  | $ | 2,501 |  | $ | 1,816
|Add: Total federal income tax expense (benefit)                                                                                     |  |                            | 351   |                            |   | (504   | )                                                  |      |             | (675   | ) |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   | 618   |  |   | 1,306 |  |   | 882  
|Fixed charges (see detail below)                                                                                                    |  |                            | 2,420 |                            |   | 4,518  |                                                    |      |             | 715    |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   | 394   |  |   | 387   |  |   | 668  
|Preferred dividends of subsidiaries                                                                                                 |  |                            |      |                            |   |       |                                                    |      |             |       |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   |      |  |   |      |  |   |     
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|Total earnings (loss)                                                                                                               |  | $                          | 3,286 |                            | $ | (5,025 | )                                                  |      | $           | (1,226 | ) |  |  |                                                  |  |                         | $ | 2,318 |  | $ | 4,194 |  | $ | 3,366
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|FIXED CHARGES:                                                                                                                      |  |                            |       |                            |   |        |                                                    |      |             |        |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   |       |  |   |       |  |   |      
|Interest expense                                                                                                                    |  | $                          | 2,395 |                            | $ | 4,492  |                                                    |      | $           | 709    |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         | $ | 370   |  | $ | 364   |  | $ | 633  
|Rentals representative of the interest factor                                                                                       |  |                            | 25    |                            |   | 26     |                                                    |      |             | 6      |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   | 24    |  |   | 23    |  |   | 35   
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|Fixed charges deducted from earnings                                                                                                |  |                            | 2,420 |                            |   | 4,518  |                                                    |      |             | 715    |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   | 394   |  |   | 387   |  |   | 668  
|Preferred dividends of subsidiaries (pretax) (a)                                                                                    |  |                            |      |                            |   |       |                                                    |      |             |       |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   |      |  |   |      |  |   |     
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|Total fixed charges                                                                                                                 |  |                            | 2,420 |                            |   | 4,518  |                                                    |      |             | 715    |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   | 394   |  |   | 387   |  |   | 668  
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|Preference dividends of registrant (pretax) (a)                                                                                     |  |                            |      |                            |   |       |                                                    |      |             |       |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   |      |  |   |      |  |   | 4    
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|Fixed charges and preference dividends                                                                                              |  | $                          | 2,420 |                            | $ | 4,518  |                                                    |      | $           | 715    |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         | $ | 394   |  | $ | 387   |  | $ | 672  
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|RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (b)                                                                                              |  |                            | 1.36  |                            |   |       |                                                    |      |             |       |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   | 5.88  |  |   | 10.84 |  |   | 5.04 
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|RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERENCE DIVIDENDS (b)                                                            |  |                            | 1.36  |                            |   |       |                                                    |      |             |       |   |  |  |                                                  |  |                         |   | 5.88  |  |   | 10.84 |  |   | 5.01 
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|(a) | Preferred/preference dividends multiplied by the ratio of pretax income to net income.
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|(b) | For the year ended December 31, 2008, fixed charges and combined fixed charges and preference dividends exceed earnings by $9.543 billion. For the period from
October 11, 2007 through December 31, 2007, fixed charges and combined fixed charges and preference dividends exceeded earnings by $1.941 billion.
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