Exhibit 12 (a)

ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.

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                                        
|                                                                                                                                    |  | 2009      |       | 2008 |   |        | Period fromOctober 11, 2007ThroughDecember 31, 2007 |  |   |        |   | Period fromJanuary 1, 2007throughOctober 10, 2007 |  | 2006 |   | 2005 
|EARNINGS:                                                                                                                           |  |           |       |      |   |        |                                                     |  |   |        |   |                                                   |  |      |   |       |  |   |       |  |   |      
|Income (loss) from continuing operations before extraordinary gain/(loss) and cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles |  | $         | 408   |      | $ | (9,998 | )                                                   |  | $ | (1,361 | ) |                                                   |  |      | $ | 699   |  | $ | 2,465 |  | $ | 1,775
|Add: Total federal income tax expense (benefit)                                                                                     |  |           | 367   |      |   | (471   | )                                                   |  |   | (673   | ) |                                                   |  |      |   | 309   |  |   | 1,263 |  |   | 632  
|Fixed charges (see detail below)                                                                                                    |  |           | 3,225 |      |   | 5,280  |                                                     |  |   | 905    |   |                                                   |  |      |   | 777   |  |   | 907   |  |   | 856  
|Preferred dividends of subsidiaries                                                                                                 |  |           |      |      |   |       |                                                     |  |   |       |   |                                                   |  |      |   |      |  |   |      |  |   | 3    
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|Total earnings (loss)                                                                                                               |  | $         | 4,000 |      | $ | (5,189 | )                                                   |  | $ | (1,129 | ) |                                                   |  |      | $ | 1,785 |  | $ | 4,635 |  | $ | 3,266
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|FIXED CHARGES:                                                                                                                      |  |           |       |      |   |        |                                                     |  |   |        |   |                                                   |  |      |   |       |  |   |       |  |   |      
|Interest expense                                                                                                                    |  | $         | 3,190 |      | $ | 5,246  |                                                     |  | $ | 899    |   |                                                   |  |      | $ | 750   |  | $ | 877   |  | $ | 817  
|Rentals representative of the interest factor                                                                                       |  |           | 35    |      |   | 34     |                                                     |  |   | 6      |   |                                                   |  |      |   | 27    |  |   | 30    |  |   | 39   
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|Fixed charges deducted from earnings                                                                                                |  |           | 3,225 |      |   | 5,280  |                                                     |  |   | 905    |   |                                                   |  |      |   | 777   |  |   | 907   |  |   | 856  
|Preferred dividends of subsidiaries (pretax) (a)                                                                                    |  |           |      |      |   |       |                                                     |  |   |       |   |                                                   |  |      |   |      |  |   |      |  |   | 4    
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|Total fixed charges                                                                                                                 |  |           | 3,225 |      |   | 5,280  |                                                     |  |   | 905    |   |                                                   |  |      |   | 777   |  |   | 907   |  |   | 860  
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|Preference dividends of registrant (pretax) (a)                                                                                     |  |           |      |      |   |       |                                                     |  |   |       |   |                                                   |  |      |   |      |  |   |      |  |   | 14   
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|Fixed charges and preference dividends                                                                                              |  | $         | 3,225 |      | $ | 5,280  |                                                     |  | $ | 905    |   |                                                   |  |      | $ | 777   |  | $ | 907   |  | $ | 874  
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|RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (b)                                                                                              |  |           | 1.24  |      |   |       |                                                     |  |   |       |   |                                                   |  |      |   | 2.30  |  |   | 5.11  |  |   | 3.80 
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|RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERENCE DIVIDENDS (b)                                                            |  |           | 1.24  |      |   |       |                                                     |  |   |       |   |                                                   |  |      |   | 2.30  |  |   | 5.11  |  |   | 3.74 
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|(a) | Preferred/preference dividends multiplied by the ratio of pretax income to net income.
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|(b) | Fixed charges and combined fixed charges and preference dividends exceeded earnings by $10.469 billion and $2.034 billion for the year ended December 31, 2008 and
for the period from October 11, 2007 through December 31, 2007, respectively.
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