HOUSTON, Sep 20, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- Center Point Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) announces the following webcast:

Date: October 28, 2010 Time: 10:30 AM CT

Listen via Internet: http://investors.centerpointenergy.com/

Schedule this webcast into MS-Outlook calendar (click open when prompted): http://apps.shareholder.com/PNWOutlook/t.aspx?m=44043&k=A4DDF3EE

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission & distribution, natural gas distribution, competitive natural gas sales and services, interstate pipelines, and field services operations. The company serves more than five million metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. Assets total over $19 billion. With about 8,800 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 135 years. For more information, visit the Web site at www.CenterPointEnergy.com.

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SOURCE: CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

CONTACT: CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Debby Young
(713) 207-6500

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