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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|                                                                                                                                    |  | Period fromOctober 11, 2007throughDecember 31, 2007 |        |   |      |  | Period fromJanuary 1, 2007throughOctober 10, 2007 |   | Year Ended December 31,
|                                                                                                                                    |  |                                                     |        |   | 2006 |  | 2005                                              |   | 2004                    |  | 2003
|EARNINGS:                                                                                                                           |  |                                                     |        |   |      |  |                                                   |   |                         |  |      |       |  |   |       |  |   |      |  |   |      
|Income (loss) from continuing operations before extraordinary gain/(loss) and cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles |  | $                                                   | (1,361 | ) |      |  |                                                   | $ | 699                     |  | $    | 2,465 |  | $ | 1,775 |  | $ | 81   |  | $ | 566  
|Add:     Total federal income tax expense (benefit)                                                                                 |  |                                                     | (673   | ) |      |  |                                                   |   | 309                     |  |      | 1,263 |  |   | 632   |  |   | 42   |  |   | 252  
|Fixed charges (see detail below)                                                                                                    |  |                                                     | 905    |   |      |  |                                                   |   | 777                     |  |      | 907   |  |   | 856   |  |   | 761  |  |   | 859  
|Preferred dividends of subsidiaries                                                                                                 |  |                                                     |       |   |      |  |                                                   |   |                        |  |      |      |  |   | 3     |  |   | 2    |  |   | 5    
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|Total earnings (loss)                                                                                                               |  | $                                                   | (1,129 | ) |      |  |                                                   | $ | 1,785                   |  | $    | 4,635 |  | $ | 3,266 |  | $ | 886  |  | $ | 1,682
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|FIXED CHARGES:                                                                                                                      |  |                                                     |        |   |      |  |                                                   |   |                         |  |      |       |  |   |       |  |   |      |  |   |      
|Interest expense                                                                                                                    |  | $                                                   | 899    |   |      |  |                                                   | $ | 750                     |  | $    | 877   |  | $ | 817   |  | $ | 705  |  | $ | 791  
|Rentals representative of the interest factor                                                                                       |  |                                                     | 6      |   |      |  |                                                   |   | 27                      |  |      | 30    |  |   | 39    |  |   | 56   |  |   | 68   
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|Fixed charges deducted from earnings                                                                                                |  |                                                     | 905    |   |      |  |                                                   |   | 777                     |  |      | 907   |  |   | 856   |  |   | 761  |  |   | 859  
|Preferred dividends of subsidiaries (pretax) (a)                                                                                    |  |                                                     |       |   |      |  |                                                   |   |                        |  |      |      |  |   | 4     |  |   | 3    |  |   | 7    
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|Total fixed charges                                                                                                                 |  |                                                     | 905    |   |      |  |                                                   |   | 777                     |  |      | 907   |  |   | 860   |  |   | 764  |  |   | 866  
|Preference dividends of registrant (pretax) (a)                                                                                     |  |                                                     |       |   |      |  |                                                   |   |                        |  |      |      |  |   | 14    |  |   | 33   |  |   | 32   
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|Fixed charges and preference dividends                                                                                              |  | $                                                   | 905    |   |      |  |                                                   | $ | 777                     |  | $    | 907   |  | $ | 874   |  | $ | 797  |  | $ | 898  
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|RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (b)                                                                                              |  |                                                     |       |   |      |  |                                                   |   | 2.30                    |  |      | 5.11  |  |   | 3.80  |  |   | 1.16 |  |   | 1.94 
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|RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED                                                                                                 |  |                                                     |        |   |      |  |                                                   |   |                         |  |      |       |  |   |       |  |   |      |  |   |      
|CHARGES AND PREFERENCE DIVIDENDS (b)                                                                                                |  |                                                     |       |   |      |  |                                                   |   | 2.30                    |  |      | 5.11  |  |   | 3.74  |  |   | 1.11 |  |   | 1.87 
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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 period from October 11, 2007 through December 31, 2007, fixed charges and combined fixed charges and preference dividends exceeded earnings by $2.034 billion.
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