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TXU Energy Launches Sweepstakes, Free Nights Emphasized

TXU Energy has launched a sweepstakes offering Texas electricity customers chances to win a spring/summer vacation package to the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay (near San Francisco). New residential customers who sign up for any of the TXU Energy Free Nights plans, including those with a free Brighten iThermostat, are automatically entered. So are existing customers who add the company's programmable thermostat to any existing TXU Energy service plan or who use the TXU Energy MyEnergy Dashboard, a free energy savings solution the company offers via txu.com/myaccount

Tracie Thompson Joins 5

Broker-consultant 5 announced that Tracie Thompson has joined the company. Thompson joins 5 after over eight years with Gulf States Energy (GSE) where she served commercial customers throughout Texas and the United States.