2010
- Jan. 22: CenterPoint Energy employees in Minnesota completed a 10-year plan to restore 23 acres of the company’s land along the Minnesota River in Burnsville to its native prairie state.
- March 23: CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, signs an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive a $200 million stimulus grant for its advanced metering system and intelligent grid projects. The agreement is the culmination of negotiations that began in November 2009 after the DOE selected CenterPoint Energy as one of six utilities to receive the maximum smart grid grant under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.
- March 23: CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, joins other electric transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) in Texas to launch the Smart Meter Texas common portal and data repository, www.SmartMeterTexas.com, which will give consumers in Texas with smart meters more control over their electricity use.
- April 28: CenterPoint Energy Field Services, Inc., will expand its gathering and treating services by 200 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/day) for subsidiaries of Encana and Shell’s growing Haynesville Shale natural gas production, on a project known as the Magnolia Gathering System. This expansion brings the total capacity to 900 MMcf/day.
- April 29: CenterPoint Energy Field Services, Inc., enters into new long-term agreements with subsidiaries of Encana Corporation and Shell to provide gathering and treating services for their growing Haynesville Shale natural gas production located in portions of De Soto, Red River, Sabine and Natchitoches parishes in northwest Louisiana. The system will be known as the Olympia Gathering System.
