[3] In February 2013, a Waco-based federal judge denied a motion filed by Luminant seeking dismissal of an air pollution lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club.

The suit is based on information filed by Luminant with state environmental regulators which revealed thousands of violations of clean air standards.

This enforcement action followed two earlier EPA notices of violations at Luminant's Big Brown and Martin Lake plants.

They say that doing so will lower cases of asthma, chronic lung disease, heart attacks and premature death contributed to by coal emissions.

[8] Luminant current has a new parent company called Vistra Corp which is a successor to Energy Future Holdings.