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Luminant company history timeline

1882

1882 - First electric lights illuminate Dallas with service provided by Dallas Electric Lighting Company, an indirect TXU predecessor

1926

1926 - Trinidad Unit 1 comes on line, as the only lignite plant in Texas and the biggest in the United States using lignite exclusively

1950

1950 - TP&L's rural contact and home lighting programs begin

1965

1965 - NorthPark Mall opens, the world's largest climate-controlled shopping mall, with electricity provided by our company

1971

1971 - Big Brown Unit 1 in Fairfield comes on line, first of the modern lignite units

1990

1990 - Comanche Peak Unit 1 begins commercial operation

2009

2009 - Luminant receives an unprecedented 5th Director's Award from the United States Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining for advancing the science of reclamation

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