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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
Successor | Predecessor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2009 |
Year Ended December 31, 2008 |
Period from October 11, 2007 through December 31, 2007 |
Period from January 1, 2007 through October 10, 2007 |
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
EARNINGS: |
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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 | ||||||||||
FIXED CHARGES: |
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Interest expense |
$ | 2,395 | $ | 4,492 | $ | 709 | $ | 370 | $ | 364 | $ | 633 | ||||||||||||
Rentals representative of the interest factor |
25 | 26 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preference dividends of registrant (pretax) (a) |
| | | | | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fixed charges and preference dividends |
$ | 2,420 | $ | 4,518 | $ | 715 | $ | 394 | $ | 387 | $ | 672 | ||||||||||||
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (b) |
1.36 | | | 5.88 | 10.84 | 5.04 | ||||||||||||||||||
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERENCE DIVIDENDS (b) |
1.36 | | | 5.88 | 10.84 | 5.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
(a) | Preferred/preference dividends multiplied by the ratio of pretax income to net income. |
(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. |