CenterPoint Energy, Inc. filings document the formal disclosures of a Texas-incorporated public utility holding company with common stock registered under the symbol CNP. The company’s 8-K reports cover earnings releases, Regulation FD materials, financing agreements, officer and director changes, amendments to governing documents and capital-structure events such as convertible senior notes.
CenterPoint Energy’s proxy materials disclose annual meeting business, director elections, governance provisions, shareholder voting matters and executive-compensation topics. Other filings and exhibits address subsidiary financial and operational information for utility entities such as CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. and Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, tying the filing record to the company’s electric, gas and regulated utility operations.
CenterPoint Energy VP and CAO Russell Keith Wright had 223 shares of common stock withheld for taxes upon vesting of previously awarded time-based RSUs on October 30, 2026; the reported price was $42.44 per share. His reported direct holdings after the transaction were 8,280 shares. Previously awarded RSUs listed with the transaction include installments scheduled to vest through February 2029, subject to stated employment and operating-income conditions.
CenterPoint Energy (CNP) reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $331 million and GAAP diluted EPS of $0.50, compared with $0.45 in the year-earlier quarter; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.53 versus $0.50. Growth and rate recovery contributed $0.09 per share of favorable variance, while weather and usage contributed $0.03. Higher financing expenses and equity dilution contributed $0.04 per share of unfavorable variance; other items contributed $0.05 of unfavorable variance, primarily due to the absence of a prior-year tax optimization benefit.
The company increased its 10-year capital investment plan by $4.0 billion, from $66.7 billion to $70.7 billion, and accelerated another $1.5 billion of investments into the first five years. It maintained at least $10 billion in incremental investment opportunities through 2035 and extended its expectation for annual non-GAAP EPS growth at the mid-to-high end of its 7% to 9% range through 2030. CEO Jason Wells said CenterPoint expects approximately $5 billion in savings for Texas residential and commercial customers over the next decade.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $2.191 billion, versus $1.988 billion in 2025, and net income of $331 million, versus $293 million. Diluted earnings per share were $0.50, compared with $0.45. Nine-month consolidated net income was $891 million, versus $788 million; CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CERC) reported $360 million, versus $465 million.
On October 1, 2026, CenterPoint Energy and CERC completed the sale of all equity interests in their Ohio natural gas local distribution company, CEOH, to National Fuel Gas Company. The purchase price was $2.62 billion, comprising $1.42 billion cash payable at closing, subject to adjustments, and a 364-day seller promissory note with original principal of $1.20 billion.
For Houston Electric’s temporary emergency electric energy facilities, an administrative law judge filed a revised proposed order on October 9, 2026. If the PUCT approves the proposal, the current revenue requirement would be reduced by $112 million; assignment to a commission open meeting agenda was pending.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) reported that its wholly owned subsidiary Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) agreed to sell three series of first mortgage bonds in a private placement: $130 million on October 20, 2026, at 5.99%, due October 15, 2031; $80 million on December 15, 2026, at 6.15%, due December 15, 2033; and $50 million on February 25, 2027, at 6.33%, due February 15, 2037. Interest on the latter two series begins only when those bonds are issued.
The bonds will be secured ratably with SIGECO’s existing and future first mortgage bonds by pledged collateral. Proceeds are designated for general corporate purposes, including repaying short-term debt, refunding long-term debt at maturity or otherwise, and funding capital expenditures. SIGECO may prepay all or part of the bonds; partial prepayments must be at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the bonds or tranche then outstanding and include principal at 100%, accrued interest, and any make-whole amount. The bonds will not be registered under the Securities Act and transfers are restricted to transactions exempt from or not subject to its registration requirements.
CenterPoint Energy (CNP) reported that EVP and CHRO Lauren Chesley Clark acquired 32,249 time-based restricted stock units on October 1, 2026, under its Long-Term Incentive Plan. The award provides for 10,750 RSUs to vest on each of the first and second anniversaries of her employment start date, and 10,749 on the third anniversary, if she remains employed through the applicable vesting date. The award also vests upon her earlier disability, death, or involuntary termination without cause. Her reported direct position after the transaction was 32,249 shares.
CenterPoint Energy Inc. (CNP) lists Lauren Chesley Clark, EVP and CHRO, as beneficially owning no securities in an October 1, 2026 ownership entry. The entry reports 0 shares held directly.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. completed the sale on October 1, 2026, of all issued and outstanding equity interests in Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, LLC to National Fuel Gas Company for $2.62 billion, subject to purchase-price adjustments. The seller was CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., CenterPoint’s wholly owned indirect subsidiary. Consideration comprised $1.42 billion in cash paid at closing and a $1.20 billion promissory note.
The note bears 6.50% annual interest and matures September 30, 2027. Its covenants include a limit on the borrower’s consolidated indebtedness-to-consolidated-capitalization ratio of 0.65 to 1.0, or another ratio then in effect under its primary credit facility. The Ohio business included approximately 5,900 miles of gas transmission and distribution pipeline serving approximately 335,000 metered customers. All required federal and state approvals, including review by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, were received, and National Fuel immediately assumed responsibility for serving the customers. CenterPoint said transaction proceeds will help support funding of its $66.7 billion, 10-year capital plan.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) reports a cybersecurity incident after learning in September 2026 of an online post by a third party claiming to possess a customer data set. The company activated its cybersecurity incident response protocols, engaged external cybersecurity experts, and implemented additional protections for its systems.
The company has determined that an unauthorized third party obtained personal information relating to a portion of its customers through an external-facing system, but electric and gas service delivery remains operational and undisrupted. CenterPoint currently does not believe it is reasonably likely there will be a material impact on its financial condition or results of operations.
CenterPoint is working to define the scope of affected customers and data, will notify customers and regulators as required, and has reported the matter to law enforcement. It has incurred and expects to continue to incur expenses related to the incident, and believes its customary cybersecurity insurance coverage will offset related costs.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) and its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into four new five-year senior unsecured revolving credit facilities totaling $4.6 billion in aggregate commitments, replacing their prior facilities with no termination penalties.
The new lines comprise a $2.2 billion facility for CenterPoint Energy, a $1.0 billion facility for CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, a $1.1 billion facility for CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., and a $300 million facility for Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company. Each facility permits two one-year maturity extensions and includes swingline and standby letter-of-credit subfacilities, with interest based on Term SOFR or an Alternate Base Rate plus ratings-based margins.
Covenants limit debt to capitalization to 67.5% for CenterPoint Energy and Houston Electric (with a temporary 70% allowance tied to qualifying natural-disaster securitization) and 65% for CERC and SIGECO. CenterPoint Energy expects to resize its commercial paper program to $2.2 billion, CERC to $1.1 billion, and to establish a new $1.0 billion program for Houston Electric, in each case subject to definitive documentation.
CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC (CNP) director Laurie Lee Fitch purchased 1,000 shares of Common Stock on 2026-08-17 at $40.70 per share in a purchase classified as an open market or private transaction. Following this buy, Fitch directly owns 12,395 shares of CenterPoint Energy common stock.