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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. reports developments for a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving metered customers in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas. The company’s recurring news covers regulated electric transmission and distribution, power generation, natural gas distribution, customer service initiatives and grid resiliency work, including storm-hardening, vegetation management, automation and other reliability-focused infrastructure upgrades.
CenterPoint Energy news also includes quarterly and annual operating results, dividend declarations, debt and convertible-note financing, capital investment plans, shareholder matters and Board governance updates. Company updates frequently connect earnings drivers to regulatory recovery, weather and usage, operating expense, interest expense and investment in system safety, reliability and resilience.
CenterPoint Energy (CNP) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2400 per common share on September 24, 2026. The dividend is payable on December 10, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2026.
The company serves more than 7 million metered customers in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas.
CenterPoint Energy (CNP) was selected on September 24, 2026, for a $50 million U.S. Department of Energy award for Houston grid upgrades.
The award remains subject to final negotiations with the department and is intended to fund substation upgrades through its SPARK program. CenterPoint plans to install Siemens Energy technology designed to stabilize the transmission grid and respond rapidly to changes in electricity demand. The project is expected to improve reliability and increase capacity in Greater Houston, where CenterPoint serves 2.9 million customers.
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CNP) set pricing terms and early tender results for its cash tender offers for four senior note series, now targeting up to a $400 million aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued interest) and removing the prior $100 million cap on 2034 notes.
The company released the U.S. Treasury reference yields, fixed spreads and total consideration per $1,000 of principal, including a $30 early tender payment for notes validly tendered by September 21, 2026 and accepted. Based on early tenders, CERC expects to accept about $9.1 million of 2047 notes, $274.5 million of 2032 notes and $131.4 million of 2034 notes (after a ~43.8% proration), and no 2028 notes. Early settlement is expected on September 24, 2026, and although the offers run to October 6, 2026, no additional notes are expected to be purchased after early settlement.
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CNP) reported early participation and an increase in size for its cash tender offers for certain senior notes as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on September 21, 2026.
CERC raised the Aggregate Maximum Amount from $350 million to a New Aggregate Maximum Amount of $400 million (purchase price excluding accrued interest) and removed the $100 million tender cap on the 5.40% Senior Notes due 2034. Early tenders totaled $9.1 million of 4.10% 2047 Notes (4.76% of outstanding), $274.5 million of 4.40% 2032 Notes (54.90%), $300.5 million of 5.40% 2034 Notes (75.12%) and $150.0 million of 4.00% 2028 Notes (49.99%). Holders who tendered by the Early Tender Date and whose notes are accepted will receive Total Consideration including an early tender payment of $30 per $1,000 principal, plus accrued interest, with settlement expected on September 24, 2026.
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CNP) launched cash tender offers for up to $350 million aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued interest) of four series of senior notes.
The offers cover 4.10% notes due 2047, 4.40% notes due 2032, 5.40% notes due 2034 and 4.00% notes due 2028, subject to an overall $350 million cap and series caps of $300 million in aggregate for the 2047/2032 notes and $100 million for the 2034 notes. Acceptance will follow stated priority levels and may be subject to proration. Total consideration per $1,000 will be based on the yield of specified U.S. Treasury reference securities plus fixed spreads of 20–70 bps, and includes an early tender payment of $30 for notes validly tendered by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on September 21, 2026. The offers expire at 5:00 p.m. on October 6, 2026, with expected settlement on September 24, 2026 for early tenders and October 8, 2026 for later tenders.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) has activated its Emergency Operations Center on August 31, 2026, to prepare for potential impacts from the Invest 97L weather system across Southeast Texas, including Greater Houston. The company is monitoring conditions, readying electric and gas crews, inspecting infrastructure, clearing vegetation, coordinating with local officials and communicating safety and outage information to customers.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) released a third-party economic impact study on its planned 765kV transmission resiliency projects in Southeast Texas. The IdeaSmiths analysis finds these projects could add over $18 billion per year in economic value, generate about $120 million annually in local property taxes and create approximately 41,000 Texas jobs during construction, including $4.4 billion in salaries and local activity and 1,100 ongoing jobs once complete.
When combined with projects planned by other Texas utilities, new transmission investments across Texas are estimated to provide up to $30 billion each year in economic value, $300 million in annual tax revenue and roughly 100,000 construction jobs. CenterPoint is in early planning, conducting community outreach on projects such as the Hillje-Blu Lacy Transmission Improvement Project and preparing to launch “10 Commitments for Texans” to guide landowner engagement.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) announced a new Customer Savings Initiative that, according to the company, could provide more than $5 billion in potential affordability savings for Texas electric customers over the next decade. The initiative targets residential, small and medium businesses, and commercial customers across Greater Houston and other Texas areas.
The plan is driven by the projected addition of up to 14 gigawatts of ERCOT-eligible base load and studied load projects, which would increase the number and size of large-load customers paying a greater share of fixed grid costs. CenterPoint reported that from 2014–2025 the infrastructure portion of its customer bills rose just over 1% per year, below national inflation, and that Greater Houston customers currently pay the lowest infrastructure cost per kilowatt hour among Texas investor-owned electric transmission and distribution utilities. The company also highlighted its support of Texas Senate Bill 6 (2025), Governor Greg Abbott’s transparency and standards push for data centers, and its signing of the National “Ratepayer Protection Pledge.”
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) reported Q2 2026 net income of $244 million, or $0.37 GAAP EPS, up from $0.30 a year earlier. Non-GAAP EPS was $0.40, versus $0.29 in Q2 2025, driven mainly by growth and regulatory recovery contributing $0.10 per share, and O&M favorability of $0.02, partly offset by unfavorable weather/usage and higher interest expense of $0.01 each.
The company reiterated its 2026 non-GAAP EPS guidance of at least the midpoint of $1.89–$1.91, which at the midpoint would represent 8% growth over 2025 delivered results. CenterPoint increased its 10-year capital investment plan by $1.2 billion to $66.7 billion for 2026–2035 without raising its current equity financing guidance.
CenterPoint also submitted over 17 GW of large-load projects through ERCOT’s Batch Zero process, expecting about 14 GW to qualify as base or studied load, which in aggregate would exceed a 65% increase over Houston Electric’s current peak system demand of 21 GW. According to CenterPoint, these new connections are forecasted over the next decade to reduce Houston Electric residential and commercial delivery charges by at least $5 billion.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2400 per common share, payable on September 10, 2026 to shareholders of record on August 20, 2026. The dividend is $0.0100 higher than the April 2026 dividend, consistent with CenterPoint Energy's targeted annual dividend per share growth rate of 6%.