Fast Facts

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution, competitive natural gas sales and services, interstate pipelines and field services operations.

Electric Transmission and Distribution Fast Facts Data as of December 31, 2008
Metered Delivery Customers		2 million
Average Metered Customers by Classification
Residential	1,814,960	87%
Commercial	262,556	13%
Industrial	2,066	<1%
Municipal / Public Utilities	784	< 1%
Megawatt Hours Delivered in 2008		74.84 million
Residential	24,258,254	31%
Commercial	21,227,925	28%
Industrial	29,192,443	41%
Municipal / Public Utilities	161,350	<1%
Transmission and Distribution
Overhead Distribution Lines		27,603 pole miles
Overhead Transmission Lines		3,727 circuit miles
Underground Distribution Lines		19,690 circuit miles
Underground Transmission Lines		26 circuit miles
Substations		229
Service Centers		14

Natural Gas Distribution Fast Facts Data as of Dec. 31, 2008
Number of customers	3.2 million
Residential customers	2,987,222
Commercial and Industrial (C&I) customers	248,476
Main and service lines	106,294 miles
Total gas sold/delivered in 2008	406.6 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
Gas delivered to residential customers	175 Bcf
Gas delivered to C&I customers	236 Bcf

Interstate Pipelines Fast Facts Data as of December 31, 2008
Pipelines	8,000 miles
Storage Fields	6
Working Gas Capacity	59 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
Gas Transported in 2008	1,538 billion cubic feet (Bcf)

Field Services Fast Facts Data as of December 31, 2008
Gas Gathering Pipelines	3,600 miles
Gas Gathered in 2008	421 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
ServiceStar installations	12,000 sites

CenterPoint Energy Services Fast Facts Data as of December 31, 2008
Company offices	11 offices in 9 states
Customers served	Approximately 9,700
Total throughput in 2008	528 billion cubic feet (Bcf)