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CenterPoint Energy Foundation awards grants to nearly 200 nonprofit organizations across its four-state footprint during first grant cycle of 2025

HOUSTON — May 12, 2025 — During its first grant cycle of 2025, the CenterPoint Energy Foundation awarded more than $8.6 million in grants to 199 nonprofit organizations in Texas, Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio. Grants are awarded to eligible nonprofit organizations whose primary location is in CenterPoint Energy's service areas and have programs that support the Foundation's giving priorities of community vitality and education.

Funded separately and financially independent from the utility, the CenterPoint Energy Foundation strives to be a catalyst for good in the communities CenterPoint serves by leveraging everyday opportunities and resources to increase the vibrancy of these communities.

The Foundation prioritizes programs that serve low-to-moderate income families and under-resourced communities and provide increased access to nonprofit programs and services.

“We're proud of the impact the CenterPoint Energy Foundation continues to have in helping create positive, meaningful change in the communities we're privileged to serve," said June Deadrick, Vice President, Community Relations at CenterPoint Energy. “By supporting nonprofit programs that focus on community vitality and education, we're excited to invest in making our communities more vibrant. The Foundation remains committed to initiatives enriching the lives of those living and working in communities we currently serve, while building a strong foundation for a brighter tomorrow."

Highlights of programs funded during the first cycle of 2025 include:

Whitely Community Council (Indiana): The Whitely Community Council works toward improving the quality of life of residents living in and near the Whitely neighborhood in Muncie, Ind. The CenterPoint Energy Foundation awarded a $75,000 grant to support this organization's efforts to redevelop a neighborhood property into a hub of residential resources. The Whitely Community Council's Resource Hub will connect low-to-moderate income families to vital services such as a walk-in health clinic, financial counseling, homeownership programs, education services and more, so the neighborhood and residents can thrive.

Tree Trust (Minnesota): Tree Trust works to transform lives and landscapes by engaging people to build skills for meaningful careers, inspiring people to plant trees and making communities greener, healthier places. Through a $20,000 grant, Tree Trust's Learning with Trees Program will plant trees to provide students with experiential education opportunities highlighting the environmental and energy-efficiency benefits of trees, while beautifying schoolyards. Additionally, this grant will also support Tree Trust's Summer Youth Employment program, which offers paid, entry-level summer work experience in community landscaping and construction projects.

WPCU Sunshine Community Fund (Ohio): The WPCU Sunshine Community Fund collaborates with nonprofits to support and uplift vulnerable communities through seven wellbeing building blocks, including homeownership. The CenterPoint Energy Foundation awarded $75,000 to support WPCU Sunshine Community Fund's Pathways to Homeownership program in Dayton, Ohio. This program provides homeownership opportunities to first-time, low-to-moderate income homebuyers by building new single-family homes on donated residential lots in focus neighborhoods. Prospective homeowners take courses, receive individualized coaching and prepare to become mortgage ready.

Literacy Now (Texas): Literacy Now's mission is to empower children and families through literacy and life skills. Literacy Now provides reading readiness and reading intervention programs, parent engagement and trained volunteer mentors to contribute to children's long-term success. The Foundation awarded $75,000 to support Literacy Now's 2025 Reading Intervention program, providing hundreds of struggling readers from kindergarten through sixth grade throughout Greater Houston with individualized small group reading instruction aiming to create proficient readers. Students participating in the program increase their foundational reading skills on average by 150%.

The Foundation's second grant cycle for 2025 will be open from June 16 through July 18, and all eligible organizations within CenterPoint's electric and natural gas service areas in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas are encouraged to apply.

For more details on how the CenterPoint Energy Foundation is making a difference in the communities it serves, visit CenterPointEnergy.com/Foundation.

About the CenterPoint Energy Foundation
The CenterPoint Energy Foundation provides philanthropic support to meet the needs of communities where CenterPoint Energy customers live and work. The Foundation is funded by shareholders and has no impact on customer rates. More information about the Foundation can be found at CenterPointEnergy.com/Foundation.

About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving approximately 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas-domiciled investor-owned utility. As of March 31, 2025, the company had approximately $44 billion in assets. With approximately 8,300 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.

CenterPoint Energy surpasses annual customer energy savings goal through company-offered energy efficiency programs

MINNEAPOLIS – May 9, 2025 – CenterPoint Energy today announced the recent filing of its Energy Conservation and Optimization (ECO) 2024 Status Report with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, which details the company's performance in helping customers reduce emissions attributed to their personal energy use through company efficiency programs.

Within the Status Report, CenterPoint reported that it surpassed its energy savings goal for the sixteenth consecutive year. Filed in 2023, CenterPoint's 2024-2026 ECO Plan is expected to reduce total customer emissions by approximately 1.29% each year.

Customer participation in CenterPoint's Minnesota energy efficiency programs has reduced emissions by nearly 17.7 million metric tons over the last 31 years, equivalent to removing more than four million cars from the road and saving customers approximately $2.9 billion.

“At CenterPoint, we have a more than 30-year-history of working to connect our Minnesota customers with opportunities to reduce their energy use and save money, while making their homes and businesses more energy efficient," said Brad Steber, Vice President of Minnesota Gas at CenterPoint. “We're thrilled that our customers surpassed our 2024 energy savings goal, and we look forward to continuing to connect them with resources to cut energy waste, help manage energy bills and lower their carbon footprint."

Key programs that contributed to the company's emissions reductions and energy savings success in 2024 include:

Residential air sealing and insulation rebates: By weatherizing a home through air sealing and insulation efforts, customers can reduce their energy use and maintain a comfortable indoor temperature year-round. Residential customers can receive rebates up to $3,000 for work completed by a qualifying contractor.
Energy efficiency programs for multi-family properties: The company offers a variety of programs, including income qualified programs, to serve multi-family properties such as appliance rebates, audits to identify areas of energy waste and bonus incentives for making energy efficiency improvements.
Custom rebates for commercial and industrial customers: CenterPoint's custom rebates program is designed for the unique equipment needs of commercial and industrial manufacturing customers, helping these customers lower energy use and operating costs while increasing energy efficiency.

CenterPoint also has various energy efficiency programs that are offered at a reduced rate or no cost for customers who qualify.

For more information on CenterPoint's Minnesota energy efficiency programs and to learn about how to participate in them, visit CenterPointEnergy.com/SaveEnergy.

About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving approximately 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas-domiciled investor-owned utility. As of March 31, 2025, the company had approximately $44 billion in assets. With approximately 8,300 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.

CenterPoint Energy continues its resiliency efforts across the 12-county region through its Foundation’s Community Generator Donation Program; Donates trailer generator to the Matagorda County Office of Emergency Management

HOUSTON — May 9, 2025 — Today, at an announcement in Bay City, Texas with elected officials and community leaders, CenterPoint Energy leaders donated a backup trailer generator to the Matagorda County Office of Emergency Management as part of its Community Generator Donation Program to support local community resiliency. Through this program, the CenterPoint Energy Foundation is donating funds for more than 20 backup generators at key locations throughout its 12-county Greater Houston region. It is expected that there will be at least one generator or other support for each county.

The company is working in close collaboration with local Offices of Emergency Management (OEMs) and other county and city leaders to identify the appropriate locations for the donated generators to be able to have the greatest impact and local benefit.

The Community Generator Donation Program is part of CenterPoint's Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI). The backup generators will help provide support for critical community partners during major weather events or other emergencies and will be funded through a $5 million grant from the CenterPoint Energy Foundation at no cost to customers. The CenterPoint Energy Foundation is a charitable giving organization focused on strengthening the quality of life in the communities served by the company. The foundation is funded by shareholders and has no impact on customer rates. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com/Foundation.

“We are committed to improving resiliency in our local communities and working closely with our community partners to achieve this important goal. Today, we are donating backup generation to support our partners in Matagorda County, and we look forward to sharing other locations for our Community Generator Donation Program with other counties and cities in the weeks ahead. These generators are each capable of powering an entire large building and will help make the communities we are proud to serve even more resilient during major storms and other emergency events," said June Deadrick, CenterPoint's Vice President of Community Relations.

These backup generators will provide an additional power supply during major storms and other emergency events that cause outages. Facilities that receive the donated backup generators will be able to better serve their communities during outages, acting as hubs for essential services like medical care, cooling stations, water and food distribution, charging stations for critical devices and other services.

Working with Community Partners on Locations
To support local community needs, CenterPoint worked closely with county and city officials and OEMs to identify and select the ideal locations for the donated generators, with local officials ultimately deciding which critical facilities will receive the donations.

“Matagorda County is very grateful for our partnership with CenterPoint Energy and their proactive Community Generator Donation Program. With the increasing frequency of severe weather events, this initiative is a vital step toward improving our emergency preparedness and ensuring that our community remains resilient during power outages. The donated generator will help us keep essential services running when they are needed most, and we deeply appreciate CenterPoint's continued commitment to supporting the wellbeing of our residents," said Matagorda County Judge Bobby Seiferman.

CenterPoint will continue coordinating with local community partners to ensure the backup generators are suitable to meet the specific needs of the critical facilities they have identified. The goal is to have all generators installed and operational by June 1, 2025, to further resiliency ahead of the 2025 hurricane season.

CenterPoint is working with other county OEMs, and county and city leaders across the Greater Houston region to make similar announcements in the coming weeks.

PHOTO: From L to R: Chris Cruz, Matagorda County Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator; Rick DeLeon, Matagorda County Sheriff; Amanda Campos, Matagorda County Emergency Management Coordinator; Mike Estlinbaum, Matagorda County Precinct 2 Commissioner; June Deadrick, CenterPoint Vice President of Community Relations; Bobby Seiferman, Matagorda County Judge; Troy Shimek, Matagorda County Precinct 3 Commissioner; Bubba Frick, Matagorda County Precinct 4 Commissioner; Bubba Cook, Matagorda County Precinct 1 Commissioner

More photos: CNP Digital Asset Mgmt

About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving approximately 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas-domiciled investor-owned utility. As of March 31, 2025, the company had approximately $44 billion in assets. With approximately 8,300 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.

Forward-looking statements
This news release, as well as the website pages related to the GHRI, includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this news release or the website pages related to the GHRI, the words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "goal," "intend," "may," "objective," "plan," "potential," "predict," "projection," "should," "target," "will" or other similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding the GHRI and longer-term resiliency plans, including effectiveness, timing and related matters, are based upon assumptions of management which are believed to be reasonable at the time made and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual events and results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Any statements in this news release or the website pages related to the GHRI regarding future events that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement contained in this news release or the website pages related to the GHRI speaks only as of the date of this release or the date that such statement is made, as applicable. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the provided forward-looking information include risks and uncertainties relating to: (1) business strategies and strategic initiatives, restructurings, joint ventures, acquisitions or dispositions of assets or businesses involving CenterPoint Energy or its industry; (2) CenterPoint Energy's ability to fund and invest planned capital, and the timely recovery of its investments; (3) financial market and general economic conditions; (4) the timing and impact of future regulatory, legislative and political actions or developments; and (5) other factors, risks and uncertainties discussed in CenterPoint Energy's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and other reports CenterPoint Energy or its subsidiaries may file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CenterPoint Energy enters final phase of major natural gas infrastructure investment in Indiana

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – May 8, 2025 – CenterPoint Energy is advancing its commitment to delivering safe, reliable natural gas service by entering the final phase of a multi-year pipeline modernization program throughout Indiana. With a planned $25 million investment in 2025, the company will replace more than 19 miles of aging bare steel and cast-iron pipelines with modern infrastructure designed to enhance system safety and reliability.

“Through strategic, long-term investments, we've strengthened our infrastructure with industry-grade materials that meet current federal and industry safety standards," said Gregg Maurer, Vice President, Gas Operations, Indiana and Ohio. “As we move into the final phase of this work, our focus remains on completing these upgrades efficiently while minimizing disruptions for customers and communities."

What's ahead in 2025
CenterPoint's natural gas pipeline modernization efforts will continue this year in Anderson, Daleville, Eaton, Elwood, Evansville, Harrodsburg, Hartford City, Huntington, Marion, Markle, Markleville, Muncie, Noblesville and Pendleton.

As part of these efforts, aging pipelines will be replaced with industry-grade materials that meet today's safety and regulatory standards. These upgrades will improve system reliability, reduce the potential for leaks and support safe, consistent natural gas service for homes and businesses.

Advancing natural gas system modernization across Indiana
Over the past 16 years, CenterPoint has retired more than 1,030 miles of aging pipeline across its Indiana North & South service territories. These efforts have led to measurable reductions in leak-related service calls and operational emissions.

“As we continue modernizing our natural gas system and deploying advanced technologies, we're making long-term investments that enhance safety, improve reliability and provide customers with a better overall experience," Maurer added.

In addition to replacing bare steel and cast-iron pipelines, CenterPoint has implemented cutting-edge technologies to further strengthen its system, including:

Picarro Advanced Mobile Leak Detection System: Which detects potential methane leaks 1,000 times more sensitively than traditional methods.
Intelis natural gas smart meters: Which provide hourly usage tracking and built-in safety features.

By combining infrastructure upgrades with advanced technology investments, CenterPoint is continuing to enhance the safety and reliability of its natural gas system for customers and communities in Indiana.

What customers should expect
The replacement of natural gas mains under streets and sidewalks will be prioritized, followed by service lines that run directly to homes and businesses. Affected sidewalks, yards and streets will be restored as weather conditions allow. Timelines for each project will vary based on the scope of the project, weather and soil conditions. Crews will work safely and as quickly as possible to minimize impact on customers and surrounding areas.

Customers are urged to keep a safe distance away from any work sites. Additionally, if you smell the "rotten egg" odor of natural gas, avoid anything that could spark a flame and immediately leave on foot to a safe location. Once at a safe location, call both 911 and CenterPoint Energy at 800-227-1376.

CenterPoint Energy enters final phase of major natural gas infrastructure investment in Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio – May 8, 2025 – CenterPoint Energy is advancing its commitment to delivering safe, reliable natural gas service by entering the final phase of a multi-year pipeline modernization program in its Ohio service area. With a planned $55 million investment in 2025, the company will replace more than 50 miles of aging bare steel and cast-iron pipelines with modern infrastructure designed to enhance system safety and reliability.

“Through strategic, long-term investments, we've strengthened our infrastructure with industry-grade materials that meet current federal and industry safety standards," said Gregg Maurer, Vice President, Gas Operations, Indiana and Ohio. “As we move into the final phase of this work, our focus remains on completing these upgrades efficiently while minimizing disruptions for customers and communities."

What's ahead in 2025
CenterPoint's natural gas pipeline modernization efforts will continue this year in Dayton, Fairborn, Greenville, Greenfield, Jackson Center, Kettering, Lakeview, Lewistown, New Madison, Piqua, Russells Point, Sabina, Sidney, West Milton, Wright-Patterson AFB and Xenia.

As part of these efforts, aging pipelines will be replaced with industry-grade materials that meet today's safety and regulatory standards. These upgrades will improve system reliability, reduce the potential for leaks and support safe, consistent natural gas service for homes and businesses.

Advancing natural gas system modernization across Ohio
Over the past 16 years, CenterPoint has retired more than 850 miles of aging pipeline across its Ohio service territory. These efforts have led to measurable reductions in leak-related service calls and operational emissions.

In addition to replacing bare steel and cast-iron pipelines, CenterPoint Energy has implemented cutting-edge technologies to further strengthen its system, including:

Picarro Advanced Mobile Leak Detection System – Which detects methane leaks 1,000 times more sensitively than traditional methods.
Intelis natural gas smart meters – Which provide hourly usage tracking and built-in safety features to help customers monitor their energy use.