OUR COMPANY AT A GLANCE

Electric Transmission & Distribution (t&D)

– The CenterPoint Energy (CNP) T&D utility serves nearly 2 million metered customers in the Houston metropolitan area. In our 5,000-square-mile electric service territory, 1.7 million customers are residential, 230,000 are commercial and 2,100 are industrial, accounting for 52 percent, 31 percent and 15 percent of revenues, respectively. The remaining 2 percent of revenues came from municipal sources.

Natural Gas Distribution

– CNP’s natural gas distribution business serves 3 million customers in six states. We own and operate about 98,000 miles of main and service lines that deliver gas to more than 990 communities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas, including the high growth areas of Houston and Minneapolis.

Pipelines and Field Services

– CNP’s two interstate natural gas pipelines together have 8,200 miles of pipe and move more than 900 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of gas each year. Our gathering unit operates about 4,000 miles of gathering pipeline and handles approximately 1 Bcf of natural gas per day. Pipeline Services designs, constructs and maintains pipelines.

Competitive Natural Gas Sales and Services

– This competitive business sells natural gas and related services to commercial, industrial and wholesale customers with a focus on the eastern half of the United States.