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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, 2011

Metered Delivery Customers   2.1 million
Average Metered Customers by Classification  
  Residential 1,894,913 87.51% 
  Commercial 267,551 12.36% 
  Industrial 2,045 0.09% 
  Municipal / Public Utilities 774 0.04%
Megawatt Hours Delivered in 2009   80.01 million 
  Residential 28,510,924 35.63% 
  Commercial 23,481,917 29.35% 
  Industrial 27,853,056 34.81% 
  Municipal / Public Utilities 166,956 0.21% 
Transmission and Distribution     
  Overhead Distribution Lines   27,952 pole miles 
  Overhead Transmission Lines    3,716 circuit miles 
  Underground Distribution Lines    20,781 circuit miles 
  Underground Transmission Lines  26 circuit miles
  Substations    232
  Service Centers    14 

 

Natural Gas Distribution Fast Facts
Data as of December 31, 2011

 Number of customers  3,282,487 million
 Residential customers  3,036,267
 Commercial and Industrial (C&I) customers  246,220
 Main and service lines  112,201 miles
 Total gas sold/delivered in 2011  423 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
 Gas delivered to residential customers  172 Bcf
 Gas delivered to C&I customers  251 Bcf

 

Interstate Pipelines Fast Facts
Data as of December 31, 2011

 Pipelines  8,200 miles 
 Storage Fields   6 
 Working Gas Capacity   59 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
 Gas Transported in 2011  1,579 billion cubic feet (Bcf)

Field Services Fast Facts
Data as of December 31, 2011

Gas Gathering Pipelines 3,900 miles 
Gas Gathered in 2011 823 billion cubic feet (Bcf)

 

CenterPoint Energy Services Fast Facts
Data as of December 31, 2011

 Company offices  21 states
 Customers served  More than 25,000
 Total throughput in 2011  558 billion cubic feet (Bcf)