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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2009	Sep. 30, 2008	Sep. 30, 2009	Sep. 30, 2008
Condensed Statements Of Consolidated Income
Revenues	$ 1,576	$ 2,515	$ 5,982	$ 8,548
Expenses:
Natural gas	582	1,532	3,081	5,675
Operation and maintenance	415	371	1,226	1,078
Depreciation and amortization	208	194	562	540
Taxes other than income taxes	84	81	288	285
Total	1,289	2,178	5,157	7,578
Operating Income	287	337	825	970
Other Income (Expense):
Gain (loss) on marketable securities	47	(36)	68	(73)
Gain (loss) on indexed debt securities	(30)	33	(54)	66
Interest and other finance charges	(126)	(116)	(384)	(346)
Interest on transition bonds	(32)	(34)	(98)	(102)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(3)	23	8	46
Other, net	9	6	31	10
Total	(135)	(124)	(429)	(399)
Income Before Income Taxes	152	213	396	571
Income tax expense	(38)	(77)	(129)	(212)
Net Income	$ 114	$ 136	$ 267	$ 359
Basic Earnings Per Share	$ 0.31	$ 0.40	$ 0.75	$ 1.08
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$ 0.31	$ 0.39	$ 0.74	$ 1.05

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 61	$ 167
Investment in marketable securities	286	218
Accounts receivable, net	609	1,009
Accrued unbilled revenues	161	541
Natural gas inventory	225	441
Materials and supplies	148	128
Non-trading derivative assets	50	118
Taxes receivable	108	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	347	413
Total current assets	1,995	3,035
Property, Plant and Equipment:
Property, plant and equipment	14,463	14,006
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	3,915	3,710
Property, plant and equipment, net	10,548	10,296
Other Assets:
Goodwill	1,696	1,696
Regulatory assets	3,701	3,684
Non-trading derivative assets	15	20
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates	471	345
Notes receivable from unconsolidated affiliates	0	323
Other	227	277
Total other assets	6,110	6,345
Total Assets	18,653	19,676
Current Liabilities:
Short-term borrowings	40	153
Current portion of transition bond long-term debt	221	208
Current portion of other long-term debt	339	125
Indexed debt securities derivative	187	133
Accounts payable	351	897
Taxes accrued	138	189
Interest accrued	139	180
Non-trading derivative liabilities	45	87
Accumulated deferred income taxes, net	425	372
Other	427	504
Total current liabilities	2,312	2,848
Other Liabilities:
Accumulated deferred income taxes, net	2,757	2,608
Unamortized investment tax credits	18	24
Non-trading derivative liabilities	42	47
Benefit obligations	851	849
Regulatory liabilities	916	821
Other	342	276
Total other liabilities	4,926	4,625
Long-term Debt:
Transition bonds	2,160	2,381
Other	6,667	7,800
Total long-term debt	8,827	10,181
Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock (346,088,548 shares and 390,331,500 shares outstanding at December 31, 2008 and September 30, 2009, respectively)	4	3
Additional paid-in capital	3,650	3,158
Accumulated deficit	(944)	(1,008)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(122)	(131)
Total shareholders' equity	2,588	2,022
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$ 18,653	$ 19,676

Employee Benefit Plans	9 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans	Sep. 30, 2009
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]
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Regulatory Matters	9 Months Ended
Regulatory Matters	Sep. 30, 2009
Regulatory Matters [Abstract]
Regulatory Matters	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(4)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Regulatory Matters/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: blo ck; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(a) Hurricane Ike/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Houston#8217;s electric delivery system suffered substantial damage as a result of Hurricane Ike, which struck the upper Texas coast in September#160;2008./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"As is common with e lectric utilities serving coastal regions, the poles, towers, wires, street lights and pole mounted equipment that comprise CenterPoint Houston#8217;s transmission and distribution system are not covered by property insurance, but office buildings and warehouses and their contents and substations are covered by insurance that provides for a maximum deductible of $10#160;million. Current estimates are that total losses to property covered by this insurance were approximately $28#160;million./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Houston deferred the uninsured system restoration costs as management believed it was probable that such costs would be recovered through the regulatory process. As a result, system restor ation costs did not affect CenterPoint Energy#8217;s or CenterPoint Houston#8217;s reported operating income for 2008 or the first nine months of 2009. In April 2009, CenterPoint Houston filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Texas Utility Commission) an application for review and approval for recovery of approximately $608#160;million in system restoration costs identified as of the end of February 2009, plus $2#160;million in regulatory expenses, $13#160;million in certain debt issuance costs and $55#160;million in incurred and projected carrying costs, pursuant to the legislation described below./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In April 2009, the Texas Legislature enacted legislation that authorized the Texas Utility Commission to conduct proceedings to determine the amount of system restoration costs and related costs associated with hurricanes or other major storms that utilities are entitled to recover, and to issue financing orders that would permit a utility like CenterPoint Houston to recover the distribution portion of those costs and related carrying costs through the issuance of non-recourse system restoration bonds similar to the securitization bonds issued previously.#160;#160;The legislation also allowed such a utility to recover, or defer for future recovery, the transmission portion of its system restoration costs through the existing mechanisms established to recover transmission level costs.#160;#160;The legislation required the Texas Utility Commission to make its determination of recoverable system restoration costs within 150 days of the filing of a utility#8217;s application and to rule on a utility#8217;s application for a financ ing order for the issuance of system restoration bonds within 90 days of the filing of that application.#160;#160;Alternatively, if securitization is not the least-cost option for rate payers, the legislation authorized the Texas Utility Commission to allow a utility to recover those costs through a customer surcharge mechanism./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In its application filed in April 2009, CenterPoint Houston sought approval for recovery of a total of approximately $678#160;million, including the $608#160;million in system restoration costs described above plus related regulatory expenses, certain debt issuance costs and carrying costs calculated through August 2009. In July#160;2009, CenterPoint Ho uston announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with the parties to the proceeding.#160;#160;Under the terms of that settlement agreement, CenterPoint Houston would be entitled to recover a total of $663#160;million in costs relating to Hurricane Ike, along with carryingfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"#160;/fontcosts from September 1, 2009 until system restoration bonds were issued. The Texas Utility Commission issued an order in August 2009 approving CenterPoint Houston#8217;s application and the settlement agreement and authorizing recovery of a total of $663#160;million, of which $643#160;million is attributable to distribution service and eligible for securitization and the remaining $20#160;million is attributable to transmission service and eligible for recovery through the existing mechanisms established to recover transmission costs./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0 pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In July 2009, CenterPoint Houston filed with the Texas Utility Commission its application for a financing order to recover the portion of approved costs related to distribution service through the issuance of system restoration bonds.#160;#160;As discussed above, in August 2009, the Texas Utility Commission issued a financing order allowing CenterPoint Houston to securitize $643#160;million in distribution service costs plus carrying charges from September 1, 2009 through the date the system restoration bonds are issued, as well as certain up-front qualified costs capped at approximately $6#160;million.#160;#160;In accordance with the financing order, CenterPoint Houston is to place into effect a separate customer credit related to accumulated d eferred federal income taxes (ADFIT) associated with the storm restoration costs to be recovered. This separate credit (ADFIT Credit) is to be applied to customers#8217; bills to reflect the benefit of those deferred taxes at a carrying charge of 11.075%. The beginning balance of the ADFIT related to storm costs is approximately $207#160;million and will decline over the life of the system restoration bonds as taxes are paid on the system restoration tariffs. The ADFIT Credit will become effective on the same date as the tariff for the /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"system restoration charges and will reduce operating income in 2010 by approximately $24 million. CenterPoint Houston expects to issue the system restoration bonds in the fourth quarter of 2009. Assuming system restoration bonds are issued, CenterPoint Houston will recover the distribution portion of approved system restoration costs out of the bond proceeds, w ith the bonds being repaid over time through a charge imposed on customers.#160;#160;CenterPoint Houston expects to recover the remaining approximately $20#160;million of Hurricane Ike costs related to transmission service through the existing mechanisms established to recover transmission costs./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In accordance with the orders discussed above, as of September#160;30, 2009, CenterPoint Houston has recorded a net regulatory asset of $642#160;million associated with distribution-related storm restoration costs and $20#160;million associated with transmission-related storm restoration costs.#160;#160;These amounts reflect carrying costs of $50#160;million relate d to distribution and $2#160;million related to transmission through September#160;30, 2009,#160;based on the 11.075% cost of capital approved by the Texas Utility Commission.#160; The carrying costs have been bifurcated into two components: (i) return of borrowing costs and (ii) an allowance for earnings on shareholders#8217; investment.#160; During the three months and nine months ended September#160;30, 2009, the component representing a return of borrowing costs of $6#160;million and $20#160;million, respectively, has been recognized and is included in other income in CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income.#160; That component will continue to be recognized as earned until the associated system restoration costs are recovered.#160; The component representing an allowance for earnings on shareholders#8217; investment of $32#160;million is being deferred and will be recognized as it is collected through rates./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"#160;/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"(b) Recovery of True-Up Balance/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"#160;/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In March 2004, CenterPoint Houston filed its true-up application with the Texas Utility Commission, requesting recovery of $3.7#160;billion, excluding interest, as allowed under the Texas Electric Choice Plan (Texas electric restructuring law). In December 2004, the Texas Utility Commission issued its final order (True-Up Order) allowing CenterPoint Houston to recover a true-up balance of approximately $2.3#160;billion, which inclu ded interest through August#160;31, 2004, and provided for adjustment of the amount to be recovered to include interest on the balance until recovery, along with the principal portion of additional excess mitigation credits (EMCs) returned to customers after August#160;31, 2004 and certain other adjustments./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Houston and other parties filed appeals of the True-Up Order to a district court in Travis County, Texas. In August 2005, that court issued its judgment on the various appeals. In its judgment, the district court:/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div table align="center" border=" 0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_1" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#8226;/font/div /td td div align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"reversed the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s ruling that had denied recovery of a portion of the capacity auction true-up amounts;/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_2" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#8226;/font/div /td td div align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" gt;reversed the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s ruling that precluded CenterPoint Houston from recovering the interest component of the EMCs paid to retail electric providers (REPs); and/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_3" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZ E: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#8226;/font/div /td td div align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"affirmed the True-Up Order in all other respects./font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"The district court#8217;s decision would have had the effect of restoring approximately $650#160;million, plus interest, of the $1.7#160;billion the Texas Utility Commission had disallowed from CenterPoint Houston#8217;s initial request./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0p t"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Houston and other parties appealed the district court#8217;s judgment to the Texas Third#160;Court of Appeals, which issued its decision in December 2007. In its decision, the court of appeals:/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_4" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#8226;/font/div /td td div align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"reversed the district court#8217;s judgment to the extent it restored the capacity auction true-up amounts;/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_5" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#8226;/font/div /td td div align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"reversed the district court#8217;s judgment to the extent it upheld the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s decision to allow CenterPoint Houston to recover EMCs paid to RRI Energy, Inc. (RRI) (formerly known as Reliant Energy, Inc. and Reliant Resources, Inc.);/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" gt;br //div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_6" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#8226;/font/div /td td div align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"ordered that the tax normalization issue described below be remanded to the Texas Utility Commission a s requested by the Texas Utility Commission; and/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_7" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#8226;/font/div /td td d iv align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"affirmed the district court#8217;s judgment in all other respects./font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160;/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In April 2008, the court of appeals denied all motions for rehearing and reissued substantially the same opinion as it had rendered in December 2007./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify" font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In June 2008, CenterPoint Houston petitioned the Texas Supreme Court for review of the court of appeals decision. In its petition, CenterPoint Houston seeks reversal of the parts of the court of appeals decision that (i) denied recovery of EMCs paid to RRI, (ii) denied recovery of the capacity auction true up amounts allowed by the district court, (iii) affirmed the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s rulings that denied recovery of approximately $378#160;million related to depreciation and (iv) affirmed the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s refusal to permit CenterPoint Houston to utilize the partial stock valuation methodology for determining the market value of its former generation assets. Two other petitions for review were filed with the Texas Supreme Court by other parties to the appeal. In those petitions parties contend that (i) the Texas Utility Commission was without authority to fashion the methodology it used for valuing the former generation assets after it had determined that CenterPoint Houston could not use the partial stock valuation method, (ii) in fashioning the method it used for valuing the former generating assets, the Texas Utility Commission deprived parties of their due process rights and an opportunity to be heard, (iii) the net book value of the generating assets should have been adjusted downward due to the impact of a purchase option that had been granted to RRI, (iv) CenterPoint Houston should not have been permitted to recover construction work in progress balances without proving those amounts in the manner required by law and (v) the Texas Utility Commission was without authority to award interest on the capacity auction true up award./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font s tyle="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In June 2009, the Texas Supreme Court granted the petitions for review of the court of appeals decision.#160;#160;Oral argument before the court was held in October 2009.#160;#160;Although CenterPoint Energy and CenterPoint Houston believe that CenterPoint Houston#8217;s true-up request is consistent with applicable statutes and regulations and, accordingly, that it is reasonably possible that it will be successful in its appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, CenterPoint Energy can provide no assurance as to the ultimate court rulings on the issues to be considered in the appeal or with respect to the ultimate decision by the Texas Utility Commission on the tax normalization issue described below./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="jus tify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"To reflect the impact of the True-Up Order, in 2004 and 2005, CenterPoint Energy recorded a net after-tax extraordinary loss of $947#160;million. No amounts related to the district court#8217;s judgment or the decision of the court of appeals have been recorded in CenterPoint Energy#8217;s consolidated financial statements. However, if the court of appeals decision is not reversed or modified as a result of further review by the Texas Supreme Court, CenterPoint Energy anticipates that it would be required to record an additional loss to reflect the court of appeals decision. The amount of that loss would depend on several factors, including ultimate resolution of the tax normalization issue described below and the calculation of interest on any amounts CenterPoint Houston ultimately is authorized to recover or is required to refund beyond the amounts recorded based on the True-up Order, but could range from $170#160;million to $385#160;million (pre-tax) plus interest subsequent to December#160;31, 2008./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In the True-Up Order, the Texas Utility Commission reduced CenterPoint Houston#8217;s stranded cost recovery by approximately $146#160;million, which was included in the extraordinary loss discussed above, for the present value of certain deferred tax benefits associated with its former electric generation assets. CenterPoint Energy believes that the Texas Utility Commission based its order on proposed regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in March 2003 that would have allowed utilities owning assets that were deregulated before March#160;4 , 2003 to make a retroactive election to pass the benefits of Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credits (ADITC) and Excess Deferred Federal Income Taxes (EDFIT) back to customers. However, the IRS subsequently withdrew those proposed normalization regulations and in March 2008 adopted final regulations that would not permit utilities like CenterPoint Houston to pass the tax benefits back to customers without creating normalization violations. In addition, CenterPoint Energy received a Private Letter Ruling (PLR) from the IRS in August 2007, prior to adoption of the final regulations that confirmed that the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s order reducing CenterPoint Houston#8217;s stranded cost recovery by $146#160;million for ADITC and EDFIT would cause normalization violations with respect to the ADITC and EDFIT./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-IND ENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"If the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s order relating to the ADITC reduction is not reversed or otherwise modified on remand so as to eliminate the normalization violation, the IRS could require CenterPoint Energy to pay an amount equal to CenterPoint Houston#8217;s unamortized ADITC balance as of the date that the normalization violation is deemed to have occurred. In addition, the IRS could deny CenterPoint Houston the ability to elect accelerated tax depreciation benefits beginning in the taxable year that the normalization violation is deemed to have occurred. Such /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"treatment, if required by the IRS, could have a material adverse impact on CenterPoint Energy#8217;s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows in addition to any potential loss resulting from final resolution of the True-Up Order. In its opinion, the court of appeals ordered that this issue be remanded to the Texas Utility Commission, as that commission requested. No party, in the petitions for review or briefs filed with the Texas Supreme Court, has challenged that order by the court of appeals although the Texas Supreme Court has the authority to consider all aspects of the rulings above, not just those challenged specifically by the appellants. CenterPoint Energy and CenterPoint Houston will continue to pursue a favorable resolution of this issue through the appellate and administrative process. Although the Texas Utility Commission has not previously required a company subject to its jurisdiction to take action that would result in a normalization violation, no prediction can be made as to the ultimate action the Texas Utility Commission may take on this issue on remand./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br / lt;/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"The Texas electric restructuring law allowed the amounts awarded to CenterPoint Houston in the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s True-Up Order to be recovered either through securitization or through implementation of a competition transition charge (CTC) or both. Pursuant to a financing order issued by the Texas Utility Commission in March 2005 and affirmed by a Travis County district court, in December 2005 a subsidiary of CenterPoint Houston issued $1.85#160;billion in transition bonds with interest rates ranging from 4.84% to 5.30% and final maturity dates ranging from February 2011 to August 2020. Through issuance of the transition bonds, CenterPoint Houston recovered approximately $1.7#160;billion of the true-up balance determined in the True-Up Order plus interest through th e date on which the bonds were issued./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In July 2005, CenterPoint Houston received an order from the Texas Utility Commission allowing it to implement a CTC designed to collect the remaining $596#160;million from the True-Up Order over 14#160;years plus interest at an annual rate of 11.075% (CTC Order). The CTC Order authorized CenterPoint Houston to impose a charge on REPs to recover the portion of the true-up balance not recovered through a financing order. The CTC Order also allowed CenterPoint Houston to collect approximately $24#160;million of rate case expenses over three years without a return through a separate tariff rider (Rider RCE). CenterPoint Houston implemented the CTC and Rider RCE effective September#160;13, 2005 and began recovering approximately $620#160;million. The return on the CTC portion of the true-up balance was included in CenterPoint Houston#8217;s tariff-based revenues beginning September#160;13, 2005. Effective August#160;1, 2006, the interest rate on the unrecovered balance of the CTC was reduced from 11.075% to 8.06% pursuant to a revised rule adopted by the Texas Utility Commission in June 2006. Recovery of rate case expenses under Rider RCE was completed in September 2008./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Certain parties appealed the CTC Order to a district court in Travis County. In May 2006, the district court issued a judgment reversing the CTC Order in thr ee respects. First, the court ruled that the Texas Utility Commission had improperly relied on provisions of its rule dealing with the interest rate applicable to CTC amounts. The district court reached that conclusion based on its belief that the Texas Supreme Court had previously invalidated that entire section of the rule. The 11.075% interest rate in question was applicable from the implementation of the CTC Order on September#160;13, 2005 until August#160;1, 2006, the effective date of the implementation of a new CTC in compliance with the revised rule discussed above. Second, the district court reversed the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s ruling that allows CenterPoint Houston to recover through the Rider RCE the costs (approximately $5#160;million) for a panel appointed by the Texas Utility Commission in connection with the valuation of electric generation assets. Finally, the district court accepted the contention of one party that the CTC should not be allocated to r etail customers that have switched to new on-site generation. The Texas Utility Commission and CenterPoint Houston appealed the district court#8217;s judgment to the Texas Third#160;Court of Appeals, and in July 2008, the court of appeals reversed the district court#8217;s judgment in all respects and affirmed the Texas Utility Commission#8217;s order. Two of the appellants have requested further review from the Texas Supreme Court.#160;#160;In June 2009, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear those appeals and oral argument before the court was held in October 2009. The ultimate outcome of this matter cannot be predicted at this time. However, CenterPoint Energy does not expect the disposition of this matter to have a material adverse effect on CenterPoint Energy#8217;s or CenterPoint Houston#8217;s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //di v div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"During the 2007 legislative session, the Texas legislature amended statutes prescribing the types of true-up balances that can be securitized by utilities and authorized the issuance of transition bonds to recover the balance of the CTC. In June 2007, CenterPoint Houston filed a request with the Texas Utility Commission for a financing order that would allow the securitization of the remaining balance of the CTC, adjusted to refund certain unspent environmental retrofit costs and to recover the amount of the final fuel reconciliation settlement. CenterPoint Houston reached substantial agreement with other parties to this proceeding, and a financing order was approved by /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"the Texas Utility Commission in Septe mber 2007. In February 2008, pursuant to the financing order, a new special purpose subsidiary of CenterPoint Houston issued approximately $488#160;million of transition bonds in two tranches with interest rates of 4.192% and 5.234% and final maturity dates of February 2020 and February 2023, respectively. Contemporaneously with the issuance of those bonds, the CTC was terminated and a transition charge was implemented. During the nine months ended September#160;30, 2008, CenterPoint Houston recognized approximately $5#160;million in operating income from the CTC./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"As of September#160;30, 2009, CenterPoint Energy had not recognized an allowed equity return of $196#160;million on CenterPoint Houston#8217;s true-up balance because such return will be recognized as it is recovered in rates. During the three months ended September#160;30, 2008 and 2009, CenterPoint Houston recognized approximately $4#160;million and $5#160;million, respectively, of the allowed equity return not previously recognized.#160;#160;During the nine months ended September#160;30, 2008 and 2009, CenterPoint Houston recognized approximately $10#160;million and $11#160;million, respectively, of the allowed equity return not previously recognized./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(c) Rate Proceedings/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; T EXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify" div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Texas./font font style="FONT-STYLE: normal"In March 2008, the natural gas distribution businesses of CERC (Gas Operations) filed a request to change its rates with the Railroad Commission of Texas (Railroad Commission) and the 47 cities in its Texas Coast service territory, an area consisting of approximately 230,000 customers in cities and communities on the outskirts of Houston. In 2008, Gas Operations implemented rates that are expected to increase annual revenues by approximately $3.5 million.#160; The implemented rates have been contested by 9 cities. CenterPoint Energy an d CERC do not expect the outcome of this matter to have a material adverse impact on the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of either CenterPoint Energy or CERC./font/font/div /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In May 2009, CenterPoint Houston filed an application at the Texas Utility Commission seeking approval of certain energy efficiency program costs, an energy efficiency performance bonus for 2008 programs and carrying costs totaling approximately $10#160;million. The application seeks to begin recovery of these costs through a surcharge effective July 1, 2010.#160;#160;CenterPoint Houston expects an order from the Texas Utility Commission in the fourth quarter of 2009./fon t/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In July 2009, Gas Operations filed a request to change its rates with the Railroad Commission and the 29 cities in its Houston service territory, consisting of approximately 940,000 customers in and around Houston. The request seeks to establish uniform rates, charges and terms and conditions of service for the cities and environs of the Houston service territory. If approved by the Railroad Commission and the cities, the proposed new rates would result in an overall increase in annual revenue of $25.4#160;million.#160; The proposed increase would allow Gas Operations to recover increased operating costs, which include higher pension expense.#160;#160;It would also provide a return on the additional capital invested to serve its customers.#160; In addition, Gas Operations is seeking an adjustment mechanism similar to that obtained in the Texas Coast rate proceeding discussed above that would annually adjust rates to reflect changes in capital, expenses and usage. CERC and CenterPoint Energy do not expect an order from the Railroad Commission and the cities until the first quarter of 2010./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Minnesota./font font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In November 2006, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) denied a request filed by Gas Operations for a waiver of MPUC rules i n order to allow Gas Operations to recover approximately $21#160;million in unrecovered purchased gas costs related to periods prior to July#160;1, 2004. Those unrecovered gas costs were identified as a result of revisions to previously approved calculations of unrecovered purchased gas costs. Following that denial, Gas Operations recorded a $21#160;million adjustment to reduce pre-tax earnings in the fourth quarter of 2006 and reduced the regulatory asset related to these costs by an equal amount. In March 2007, following the MPUC#8217;s denial of reconsideration of its ruling, Gas Operations petitioned the Minnesota Court of Appeals for review of the MPUC#8217;s decision, and in May 2008 that court ruled that the MPUC had been arbitrary and capricious in denying Gas Operations a waiver. The court ordered the case remanded to the MPUC for reconsideration under the same principles the MPUC had applied in previously granted waiver requests. The MPUC sought further review of the court of appeals decision from the Minnesota Supreme Court, and in July 2008, the Minnesota Supreme Court agreed to review the decision.#160;#160;In July 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued its decision in which it reversed the decision of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and upheld the MPUC#8217;s decision to deny the requested variance. The court#8217;s decision had no negative impact on CenterPoint Energy#8217;s or CERC#8217;s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, as the costs at issue were written off at the time they were disallowed./font/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"#160;/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In November 2008, Gas Operations filed a r equest with the MPUC to increase its rates for utility distribution service.#160; If approved by the MPUC, the proposed new rates would result in an overall increase in annual revenue of $59.8#160;million.#160; The proposed increase would allow Gas Operations to recover increased operating costs, including higher bad debt and collection expenses, higher pension expenses, the cost of improved customer service and inflationary increases in other expenses.#160;#160;It also would allow recovery of increased costs related to conservation improvement programs and provide a return on the additional capital invested to serve its customers.#160; In addition, Gas Operations is seeking an adjustment mechanism that would annually adjust rates to reflect changes in use per customer.#160; In December 2008, the MPUC accepted the case and approved an interim rate increase of $51.2#160;million, which became effective on January 2, 2009, subject to refund. CERC and CenterPo int Energy do not expect an order from the MPUC until early 2010./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Mississippi./font#160;#160;In July 2009, Gas Operations filed a request to increase its rates for utility distribution service with the Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC).#160;#160;If approved by the MPSC, the proposed new rates would result in an overall increase in annual revenue of $6.2#160;million.#160;#160;The proposed increase would allow Gas Operations to recover increased operating costs, including higher pension and benefit expenses, and provide a return on the additional capital invested to serve its customers.#160; amp;#160;The MPSC is expected to issue an order in mid-November 2009./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(d) Regulatory Accounting/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify" div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy has a 50% ownership interest in Southeast Supply Header, LLC (SESH) which owns and operates a 270-mile interstate natural gas pipeline.#160; p;#160;In 2009, SESH discontinued the use of guidance for accounting for regulated operations, which resulted in CenterPoint recording its share of the effects of such write-offs of SESH#8217;s regulatory assets through non-cash pre-tax charges for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009 of $5 million and $11 million, respectively.#160;#160;These non-cash charges are reflected in equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates in the Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income.#160;#160;The related tax benefits of $2 million and $4 million, respectively, are reflected in the income tax expense line of the Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income./font/div /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div /div

Derivative Instruments	9 Months Ended
Derivative Instruments	Sep. 30, 2009
Derivative Instruments [Abstract]
Derivative Instruments	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(5)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Derivative Instruments/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy is exposed to various market risks. These risks arise from transactions entered into in the normal course of business.#160;#160;CenterPoint Energy utilizes derivative instruments such as physical forward contracts, swaps and options to mitigate the impact of changes in commodity prices and weather on its operating results and cash flows. Such derivatives are recognized in CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at their fair value unless CenterPoint Energy elects the normal purchase and sales exemption for qualified physical transactions. A derivative may be designated as a normal purchase or sale if the intent is to physically receive or deliver the product for use or sale in the normal course of business./font/div div style=" DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In prior years, CenterPoint Energy entered into certain derivative instruments that were designated as cash flow hedges. The objective of these derivative instruments was to hedge the price risk associated with natural gas purchases and sales to reduce cash flow variability related to meeting CenterPoint Energy#8217;s wholesale and retail customer obligations.#160; If derivatives are designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of the changes in their fair values are reflected initially as a separate component of shareholders#8217; equity and subsequently recognized in income at the same time the hedged items impact earnings. The ineffective portions of changes in fair values of derivatives designated as hedges are immed iately recognized in income. Changes in derivatives not designated as normal or as cash flow hedges are recognized in income as they occur. CenterPoint Energy does not enter into or hold derivative instruments for trading purposes./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy has a Risk Oversight Committee composed of corporate and business segment officers that oversees all commodity price, weather and credit risk activities, including CenterPoint Energy#8217;s marketing, risk management services and hedging activities. The committee#8217;s duties are to establish CenterPoint Energy#8217;s commodity risk policies, allocate board-approved commercial risk limits, approve use of new products and commodities, monito r positions and ensure compliance with CenterPoint Energy#8217;s risk management policies and procedures and limits established by CenterPoint Energy#8217;s board of directors./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy#8217;s policies prohibit the use of leveraged financial instruments. A leveraged financial instrument, for this purpose, is a transaction involving a derivative whose financial impact will be based on an amount other than the notional amount or volume of the instrument./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-F AMILY: Times New Roman"#160;/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(a) Non-Trading Activities/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Derivative Instruments./font CenterPoint Energy enters into certain derivative instruments to manage physical commodity price risks that do not qualify or are not designated as cash flow or fair value hedges. CenterPoint Energy utilizes these financial instruments to manage physical commodity price risks and does not engage in pr oprietary or speculative commodity trading./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"During the three months ended September#160;30, 2008, CenterPoint Energy recorded increased natural gas revenues from unrealized net gains of $80#160;million and increased natural gas expense from unrealized net losses of $34#160;million, resulting in a net unrealized gain of $46#160;million. During the three months ended September#160;30, 2009, CenterPoint Energy recorded decreased natural gas revenues from unrealized net losses of $37#160;million and decreased natural gas expense from unrealized net gains of $31#160;million, resulting in a net unrealized loss of $6#160;million./font/div div s tyle="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"During the nine months ended September#160;30, 2008, CenterPoint Energy recorded increased natural gas revenues from unrealized net gains of $51#160;million and increased natural gas expense from unrealized net losses of $37#160;million, resulting in a net unrealized gain of $14#160;million. During the nine months ended September#160;30, 2009, CenterPoint Energy recorded decreased natural gas revenues from unrealized net losses of $71#160;million and decreased natural gas expense from unrealized net gains of $49#160;million, resulting in a net unrealized loss of $22#160;million./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div styl e="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Weather Hedges./font CenterPoint Energy has weather normalization or other rate mechanisms that mitigate the impact of weather on its gas operations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and a portion of Texas. The remaining Gas Operations jurisdictions do not have such mechanisms. As a result, fluctuations from normal weather may have a significant positive or negative effect on the results of the gas operations in the remaining jurisdictions and in CenterPoint Houston#8217;s service territory./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT - -FAMILY: Times New Roman"In 2007, 2008 and 2009, CenterPoint Energy entered into heating-degree day swaps to mitigate the effect of fluctuations from normal weather on its financial position and cash flows for the respective winter heating seasons.#160;#160;The swaps were based on ten-year normal weather. During the three and nine months ended September#160;30, 2008, CenterPoint Energy recognized losses of $-0- and $13#160;million, respectively, related to these swaps.#160;#160;During the three and nine months ended September#160;30, 2009, CenterPoint Energy recognized losses of $-0-and $3#160;million, respectively, related to these swaps. The losses were substantially offset by increased revenues due to colder than normal weather. Weather hedge losses are included in revenues in the Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style ="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(b) Derivative Fair Values and Income Statement Impacts/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"The following tables present information about CenterPoint Energy#8217;s derivative instruments and hedging activities.#160;#160;The first table provides a balance sheet overview of CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Derivative Assets and Liabilities as of September#160;30, 2009, while the latter tables provide a breakdown of the related income statement impact for the three and nine months ended September#160;30, 2009. t;/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; 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Fair Value Measurements	9 Months Ended
Fair Value Measurements	Sep. 30, 2009
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]
Fair Value Measurements	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(6)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Fair Value Measurements/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: blo ck; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Effective January#160;1, 2008, CenterPoint Energy adopted new accounting guidance on fair value measurements which requires additional disclosures about CenterPoint Energy#8217;s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value.#160;Effective January#160;1, 2009, CenterPoint Energy adopted this new guidance for nonfinancial assets and liabilities, which adoption had no impact on CenterPoint Energy#8217;s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.#160;#160;Beginning in January 2008, assets and liabilities recorded at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their value. Hierarchical levels, as defined in this guidance and directly related to the amount of subjectivity as sociated with the inputs to fair valuations of these assets and liabilities, are as follows:/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Level 1: Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.#160;The types of assets carried at Level 1 fair value generally are financial derivatives, investments and equity securities listed in active markets./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Level 2: Inputs, other than quoted pri ces included in Level 1, are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability.#160;Fair value assets and liabilities that are generally included in this category are derivatives with fair values based on inputs from actively quoted markets./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Level 3: Inputs are unobservable for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In suc h cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls has been determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Unobservable inputs reflect CenterPoint Energy#8217;s judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability since limited market data exists. CenterPoint Energy develops these inputs based on the best information available, including CenterPoint Energy#8217;s own data.#160;#160;CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Level 3 derivative instruments primarily consist of options that are not traded on recognized exchanges and are valued using option pricing models./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10 pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"The following tables present information about CenterPoint Energy#8217;s assets and liabilities (including derivatives that are presented net) measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December#160;31, 2008 and September#160;30, 2009, and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by CenterPoint Energy to determine such fair value./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div align="center" table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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Comprehensive Income	9 Months Ended
Comprehensive Income	Sep. 30, 2009
Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
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Commitments and Contingencies	9 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies	Sep. 30, 2009
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(11)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Commitments and Contingencies/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div ;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(a) Natural Gas Supply Commitments/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Natural gas supply commitments include natural gas contracts related to CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Natural Gas Distribution and Competitive Natural Gas Sales and Services business segments, which have various quantity requirements and durations, that are not classified as non-trading derivative assets and liabilities in CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December#160;31, 2008 and September#160;30, 20 09 as these contracts meet the exception to be classified as "normal purchases contracts" or do not meet the definition of a derivative. Natural gas supply commitments also include natural gas transportation contracts that do not meet the definition of a derivative. As of September#160;30, 2009, minimum payment obligations for natural gas supply commitments are approximately $151#160;million for the remaining three months in 2009, $449#160;million in 2010, $466#160;million in 2011, $383#160;million in 2012, $371#160;million in 2013 and $738#160;million after 2013./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(b) Capital Commitments/font/div div style=" DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In September 2009, CenterPoint Energy Field Services, Inc. (CEFS), a wholly-owned natural gas gathering and treating subsidiary of CERC Corp., entered into long-term agreements with an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of EnCana Corporation (EnCana) and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) to provide gathering and treating services for their natural gas production from the Haynesville Shale and Bossier Shale formations in Texas and Louisiana. CEFS has also acquired existing jointly-owned gathering facilities from EnCana and Shell in De Soto and Red River parishes in northwest Louisiana./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DIS PLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Under the terms of the agreements, CEFS commenced gathering and treating services immediately utilizing the acquired facilities. CEFS will also expand the acquired facilities to gather and treat up to 700#160;million cubic feet (MMcf) per day of natural gas from their current throughput of over 100 MMcf per day. If EnCana or Shell elect, CEFS will further expand the facilities in order to gather and treat additional future volumes./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"New construction to reach capacity of 700 MMcf per day includes more than 200 miles of pipelines, ne arly 25,500 horsepower of compression and over 800 MMcf per day of treating capacity./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Each of the agreements includes volume commitments for which CEFS has exclusive rights to gather Shell#8217;s and EnCana#8217;s natural gas production./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CEFS estimates that the purchase of existing facilities and construction to gather 700 MMcf per day will cost up to $325#160;million. If EnCana and Shell elect expansion of the project to gather and process additional future volumes of up to 1#160;billion cubic feet per day, CEFS estimates that the expansion would cost as much as an additional $300#160;million and EnCana and Shell would provide incremental volume commitments./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"#160;/div div id="PGBRK_1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" div id="FTR_2"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"(c) Legal, Environmental and Other Regulatory Matters/font/font/div /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Legal Matters/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Gas Market Manipulation Cases/font. CenterPoint Energy, CenterPoint Houston or their predecessor, Reliant Energy, Incorporated (Reliant Energy), and certain of their former subsidiaries are named as defendants in several lawsuits described below. Under a master separation agreement between CenterPoint Energy and RRI (formerly known as Reliant Resources, Inc. and Reliant Energy, Inc.), CenterPoint Energy and its subsidiaries are entitled to be indemnified by RRI for any losses, including atto rneys#8217; fees and other costs, arising out of these lawsuits.#160;#160;Pursuant to the indemnification obligation, RRI is defending CenterPoint Energy and its subsidiaries to the extent named in these lawsuits.#160;#160;A large number of lawsuits were filed against numerous gas market participants in a number of federal and western state courts in connection with the operation of the natural gas markets in 2000-2002. CenterPoint Energy#8217;s former affiliate, RRI, was a participant in gas trading in the California and Western markets. These lawsuits, many of which have been filed as class actions, allege violations of state and federal antitrust laws. Plaintiffs in these lawsuits are seeking a variety of forms of relief, including, among others, recovery of compensatory damages (in some cases in excess of $1#160;billion), a trebling of compensatory damages, full consideration damages and attorneys#8217; fees. CenterPoint Energy and/or Reliant Energy we re named in approximately 30 of these lawsuits, which were instituted between 2003 and 2009. CenterPoint Energy and its affiliates have been released or dismissed from all but two of such cases. CenterPoint Energy Services, Inc. (CES), a subsidiary of CERC Corp., is a defendant in a case now pending in federal court in Nevada alleging a conspiracy to inflate Wisconsin natural gas prices in 2000-2002.#160;#160;Additionally, CenterPoint Energy was a defendant in a lawsuit filed in state court in Nevada that was dismissed in 2007, but the plaintiffs have indicated that they will appeal the dismissal. CenterPoint Energy believes that neither it nor CES is a proper defendant in these remaining cases and will continue to pursue dismissal from those cases.#160;#160;CenterPoint Energy does not expect the ultimate outcome of these remaining matters to have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DI SPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"On May 1, 2009, RRI completed the previously announced sale of its Texas retail business to NRG Retail LLC, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc.#160;#160;In connection with the sale, RRI changed its name to RRI Energy, Inc. and no longer provides service as a REP in CenterPoint Houston#8217;s service territory.#160;#160;The sale does not alter RRI#8217;s contractual obligations to indemnify CenterPoint Energy and its subsidiaries, including CenterPoint Houston, for certain liabilities, including their indemnification regarding certain litigation, nor does it affect the terms of existing guaranty arrangements for certain RRI gas transportation contracts./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDE NT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Natural Gas Measurement Lawsuits./font CERC Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries are defendants in a lawsuit filed in 1997 under the Federal False Claims Act alleging mismeasurement of natural gas produced from federal and Indian lands. The suit seeks undisclosed damages, along with statutory penalties, interest, costs and fees. The complaint is part of a larger series of complaints filed against 77 natural gas pipelines and their subsidiaries and affiliates. An earlier single action making substantially similar allegations against the pipelines was dismissed by the federal district court for the District of Columbia on grounds of improper joinder and lack of jurisdiction. As a result, the various individual complaints were filed in numerous courts throughout the country. This case has been consolidated, together with the other similar False Claims Act cases, in the federal district court in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In October 2006, the judge considering this matter granted the defendants#8217; motion to dismiss the suit on the ground that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the claims asserted. The plaintiff sought review of that dismissal from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed the district court#8217;s dismissal in March 2009. Following dismissal of the plaintiff#8217;s motion to the Tenth Circuit for rehearing, the plaintiff sought review by the United States Supreme Court, but his petition for certiorari was denied in October 2009./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font s tyle="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In addition, CERC Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries are defendants in two mismeasurement lawsuits brought against approximately 245 pipeline companies and their affiliates pending in state court in Stevens County, Kansas.#160;#160;In one case (originally filed in May 1999 and amended four times), the plaintiffs purport to represent a class of royalty owners who allege that the defendants have engaged in systematic mismeasurement of the volume of natural gas for more than 25 years. The plaintiffs amended their petition in this suit in July 2003 in response to an order from the judge denying certification of the plaintiffs#8217; alleged class. In the amendment the plaintiffs dismissed their claims against certain defendants (including two CERC Corp. subsidiaries), limited the scope of the class of plaintiffs they purport to represent and eliminated previously asserted claims based on mismeasurement of the Br itish thermal unit (Btu) content of the gas. The same plaintiffs then filed a second lawsuit, again as representatives of a putative class of royalty owners, in which they assert their claims that the defendants have engaged in /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"systematic mismeasurement of the Btu content of natural gas for more than 25 years. In both lawsuits, the plaintiffs seek compensatory damages, along with statutory penalties, treble damages, interest, costs and fees.#160;#160;In September 2009, the district court in Stevens County, Kansas, denied plaintiffs#8217; request for class certification of their case, but the plaintiffs have sought rehearing of that dismissal./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CERC believes that there has been no systematic mismeasurement of gas and that these lawsuits are without merit. CERC and CenterPoint Energy do not expect the ultimate outcome of the lawsuits to have a material impact on the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of either CenterPoint Energy or CERC./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Gas Cost Recovery Litigation. /fontIn October 2004, a lawsuit was filed by certain CERC ratepayers in Texas and Arkansas in circuit court in Miller County, Arkansas against CenterPoint Energy, CERC Corp., Entex Gas Marketing Company (EGMC), CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CEGT), CenterPoint Energy Field Services (CEFS), CenterPoint Energy Pipeline Services, Inc. (CEPS), Mississippi River Transmission Corp. (MRT) and various non-affiliated companies alleging fraud, unjust enrichment and civil conspiracy with respect to rates charged to certain consumers of natural gas in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. Subsequently, the plaintiffs dropped CEGT and MRT as defendants. Although the plaintiffs in the Miller County case sought class certification, no class was certified. In June 2007, the Arkansas Supreme Court determined that the Arkansas claims were within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC). In response to that ruling, in August 2007 the Miller County court stayed but refused to dismiss the Arkansas claims. In February 2008, the Arkansas Supreme Court directed the Miller County court to dismiss the entire case for lack of jurisdiction. The Miller County court subsequently dis missed the case in accordance with the Arkansas Supreme Court#8217;s mandate and all appellate deadlines have expired./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In June 2007, CenterPoint Energy, CERC Corp., EGMC and other defendants in the Miller County case filed a petition in a district court in Travis County, Texas seeking a determination that the Railroad Commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over the Texas claims asserted in the Miller County case. In October 2007, CEFS and CEPS joined the petition in the Travis County case.#160;#160;In October 2008, the district court ruled that the Railroad Commission had exclusive original jurisdiction over the Texas claims asserted against CenterPoint Energy, CERC Corp., EGMC and the other defendants in the Miller County case.#160;#160;In January 2009, the court entered a final declaratory judgment ruling that the Railroad Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over Texas claims.#160;#160;All appellate deadlines expired without an appeal of the final declaratory judgment./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"#160;/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In August 2007, the Arkansas plaintiff in the Miller County litigation initiated a complaint at the APSC seeking a decision concerning the extent of the APSC#8217;s jurisdiction over the Miller County case and an investigation into the merits of the allegations asserted in his complaint with respect to CERC. In February 2009, the A rkansas plaintiff notified the APSC that he would no longer pursue his claims, and in July 2009 the complaint proceeding was dismissed by the APSC. All appellate deadlines expired without an appeal of the dismissal order./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Environmental Matters/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Manufactured Gas Plant Sites./font CERC and its predecessors opera ted manufactured gas plants (MGPs) in the past. In Minnesota, CERC has completed remediation on two sites, other than ongoing monitoring and water treatment. There are five remaining sites in CERC#8217;s Minnesota service territory. CERC believes that it has no liability with respect to two of these sites./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"At September#160;30, 2009, CERC had accrued $14#160;million for remediation of these Minnesota sites and the estimated range of possible remediation costs for these sites was $4#160;million to $35#160;million based on remediation continuing for 30 to 50 years. The cost estimates are based on studies of a site or industry average costs for remediation of sites of similar size. The actual remediation costs will be dependent upon the number of sites to be remediated, the participation of other potentially responsible parties (PRP), if any, and the remediation methods used. CERC has utilized an environmental expense tracker mechanism in its rates in Minnesota to recover estimated costs in excess of insurance recovery. As of September#160;30, 2009, CERC had collected $13#160;million from insurance companies and rate payers to be used for future environmental remediation./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In addition to the Minnesota sites, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and other regulators have investigated MGP sites that were owned or operated by CERC or may have been owned by on e of its former affiliates. CERC has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court, District of /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Maine, under which contribution is sought by private parties for the cost to remediate former MGP sites based on the previous ownership of such sites by former affiliates of CERC or its divisions. CERC has also been identified as a PRP by the State of Maine for a site that is the subject of the lawsuit. In June 2006, the federal district court in Maine ruled that the current owner of the site is responsible for site remediation but that an additional evidentiary hearing is required to determine if other potentially responsible parties, including CERC, would have to contribute to that remediation. CERC believes it is not liable as a former owner or operator of the site under the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and ap plicable state statutes, and is vigorously contesting the suit and its designation as a PRP.#160;#160;In September 2009, the federal district court granted CERC#8217;s motion for summary judgment in the proceeding.#160;#160;Although it is likely that the plaintiff will pursue an appeal from that dismissal, further action will not be taken until the district court disposes of claims against other defendants in the case. CERC and CenterPoint Energy do not expect the ultimate outcome to have a material impact on the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of either CenterPoint Energy or CERC./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Mercury Contamina tion./font CenterPoint Energy#8217;s pipeline and distribution operations have in the past employed elemental mercury in measuring and regulating equipment. It is possible that small amounts of mercury may have been spilled in the course of normal maintenance and replacement operations and that these spills may have contaminated the immediate area with elemental mercury. CenterPoint Energy has found this type of contamination at some sites in the past, and CenterPoint Energy has conducted remediation at these sites. It is possible that other contaminated sites may exist and that remediation costs may be incurred for these sites. Although the total amount of these costs is not known at this time, based on CenterPoint Energy#8217;s experience and that of others in the natural gas industry to date and on the current regulations regarding remediation of these sites, CenterPoint Energy believes that the costs of any remediation of these sites will not be material to CenterPoint Ener gy#8217;s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Asbestos./font Some facilities owned by CenterPoint Energy contain or have contained asbestos insulation and other asbestos-containing materials. CenterPoint Energy or its subsidiaries have been named, along with numerous others, as a defendant in lawsuits filed by a number of individuals who claim injury due to exposure to asbestos. Some of the claimants have worked at locations owned by CenterPoint Energy, but most existing claims relate to facilities previously owned by CenterPoint Energy#8217;s subsidiaries. CenterPoint Energy anticipates that additional claim s like those received may be asserted in the future. In 2004, CenterPoint Energy sold its generating business, to which most of these claims relate, to Texas Genco LLC, which is now known as NRG Texas LP. Under the terms of the arrangements regarding separation of the generating business from CenterPoint Energy and its sale to NRG Texas LP, ultimate financial responsibility for uninsured losses from claims relating to the generating business has been assumed by NRG Texas LP, but CenterPoint Energy has agreed to continue to defend such claims to the extent they are covered by insurance maintained by CenterPoint Energy, subject to reimbursement of the costs of such defense from NRG Texas LP. Although their ultimate outcome cannot be predicted at this time, CenterPoint Energy intends to continue vigorously contesting claims that it does not consider to have merit and does not expect, based on its experience to date, these matters, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on CenterPoint Energy#8217;s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Groundwater Contamination Litigation. /fontPredecessor entities of CERC, along with several other entities, are defendants in litigation, font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"St. Michel Plantation, LLC, et al, v. White, et al/font., pending in civil district court in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.#160; In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege that their property in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana suffered salt water contamination as a result of oil and gas drilling activities conducted by the defendants.#160; Althoug h a predecessor of CERC held an interest in two oil and gas leases on a portion of the property at issue, neither it nor any other CERC entities drilled or conducted other oil and gas operations on those leases.#160; In January 2009, CERC and the plaintiffs reached agreement on the terms of a settlement that, if ultimately approved by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, is expected to resolve this litigation. CenterPoint Energy and CERC do not expect the outcome of this litigation to have a material adverse impact on the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of either CenterPoint Energy or CERC./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Other Environment al./font From time to time CenterPoint Energy has received notices from regulatory authorities or others regarding its status as a PRP in connection with sites found to require remediation due to the presence of environmental contaminants. In addition, CenterPoint Energy has been named from time to time as a defendant in litigation related to such sites. Although the ultimate outcome of such matters cannot be predicted at this time, CenterPoint Energy does not expect, based on its experience to date, these matters, either individually or in the /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on CenterPoint Energy#8217;s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify" t;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Other Proceedings/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy is involved in other legal, environmental, tax and regulatory proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions and governmental agencies regarding matters arising in the ordinary course of business. Some of these proceedings involve substantial amounts. CenterPoint Energy regularly analyzes current information and, as necessary, provides accruals for probable liabilities on the eventual disposition of these matters. CenterPoint Energy does not expect the disposition of these matters to have a material adverse effect on CenterPoint Energy mp;#8217;s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"(d)/font font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"Guaranties/font/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Prior to CenterPoint Energy#8217;s distribution of its ownership in RRI to its shareholders, CERC had guaranteed certain contractual obligations of what became RRI#8217;s trading subsidiary.#160; When the companies separated, RRI agreed to secure CERC against obligations under the guaranties RRI had been unable to extinguish by the time of separation.#160; Pursuant to such agreement, as amended in December 2007, RRI has agreed to provide to CERC cash or letters of credit as#160;security against CERC#8217;s obligations under its remaining guaranties for demand charges under certain gas purchase and transportation agreements if and to the extent changes in market conditions expose CERC to a risk of loss on those guaranties.#160; As of September#160;30, 2009, RRI was not required to provide security to CERC.#160; If RRI should fail to perform the contractual obligations, CERC could have to honor its guarantee and, in such event, collateral provided as security may be insufficient to satisfy CERC#8217;s obligations./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br / /div /div

Earnings Per Share	9 Months Ended
Earnings Per Share	Sep. 30, 2009
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
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Reportable Business Segments	9 Months Ended
Reportable Business Segments	Sep. 30, 2009
Reportable Business Segments [Abstract]
Reportable Business Segments	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(15)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Reportable Business Segments/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style=" DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy#8217;s determination of reportable business segments considers the strategic operating units under which CenterPoint Energy manages sales, allocates resources and assesses performance of various products and services to wholesale or retail customers in differing regulatory environments. The accounting policies of the /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"business segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies except that some executive benefit costs have not been allocated to business segments. CenterPoint Energy uses operating income as the measure of profit or loss for its business segments./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy#8217;s reportable business segments include the following: Electric Transmission amp; Distribution, Natural Gas Distribution, Competitive Natural Gas Sales and Services, Interstate Pipelines, Field Services and Other Operations. 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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2009	Sep. 30, 2008
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 267	$ 359
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	562	540
Amortization of deferred financing costs	29	21
Deferred income taxes	250	471
Unrealized loss on marketable securities	(68)	73
Unrealized gain on indexed debt securities	54	(66)
Write- down of natural gas inventory	6	24
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, net of distributions	(4)	(45)
Changes in other assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable and unbilled revenues, net	796	441
Inventory	190	(252)
Taxes receivable	(108)	(289)
Accounts payable	(527)	(119)
Fuel cost over (under) recovery	(53)	(11)
Non-trading derivatives, net	24	(28)
Margin deposits, net	89	(96)
Interest and taxes accrued	(93)	(173)
Net regulatory assets and liabilities	19	(48)
Other current assets	(1)	(2)
Other current liabilities	(18)	(6)
Other assets	1	(15)
Other liabilities	14	(20)
Other, net	8	(35)
Net cash provided by operating activities	1,437	724
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(809)	(632)
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash of transition bond companies	3	(8)
Decrease (increase) in notes receivable from unconsolidated affiliates	323	(175)
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates	(111)	(207)
Other, net	12	31
Net cash used in investing activities	(582)	(991)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings, net	(113)	(82)
Long-term revolving credit facilities, net	(1,431)	737
Proceeds from commercial paper, net	15	0
Proceeds from long-term debt	500	1,088
Payments of long-term debt	(215)	(1,373)
Debt issuance costs	(4)	(11)
Payment of common stock dividends	(202)	(183)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net	489	45
Other, net	0	1
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(961)	222
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents	(106)	(45)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period	167	129
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period	61	84
Cash Payments:
Interest, net of capitalized interest	507	447
Income taxes, net	57	188
Non-cash transactions:
Accounts payable related to capital expenditures	$ 77	$ 218

Background and Basis of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Background and Basis of Presentation	Sep. 30, 2009
Background and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Background and Basis of Presentation	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(1)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Background and Basis of Presentation/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0p t"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"General./font Included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Form 10-Q) of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. are the condensed consolidated interim financial statements and notes (Interim Condensed Financial Statements) of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, CenterPoint Energy). The Interim Condensed Financial Statements are unaudited, omit certain financial statement disclosures and should be read with the Annual Report on Form#160;10-K of CenterPoint Energy for the year ended December#160;31, 2008 (CenterPoint Energy Form 10-K)./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Background./font CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a public utility holding company. CenterPoint Energy#8217;s operating subsidiaries own and operate electric transmission and distribution facilities, natural gas distribution facilities, interstate pipelines and natural gas gathering, processing and treating facilities. As of September#160;30, 2009, CenterPoint Energy#8217;s indirect wholly owned subsidiaries included:/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_1" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"#8226;/font/font/div /td td div align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CenterPoint Houston), which engages in the electric transmission and distribution business in a 5,000-square mile area of the Texas Gulf Coast that includes Houston; and/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style ="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_2" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 18pt" divfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160; /font/div /td td style="WIDTH: 18pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"#8226;/font/font/div /td td div align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Ce nterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CERC Corp. and, together with its subsidiaries, CERC), which owns and operates natural gas distribution systems in six states. Subsidiaries of CERC Corp. own interstate natural gas pipelines and gas gathering systems and provide various ancillary services. A wholly owned subsidiary of CERC Corp. offers variable and fixed-price physical natural gas supplies primarily to commercial and industrial customers and electric and gas utilities./font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"Basis of Presentation. /fontThe preparation of financial statements in conformity with generall y accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Interim Condensed Financial Statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the respective periods. Amounts reported in CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income are not necessarily indicative of amounts expected for a full-year period due to the effects of, among other things, (a)#160;seasonal fluctuations in demand for energy and energy services, (b) changes in energy commodity prices, (c) timing of maintenance and other expenditures and (d) acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, assets and other interests./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"For a description of CenterPoint Energy#8217;s reportable business segments, reference is made to Note 15./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div /div

New Accounting Pronouncements	9 Months Ended
New Accounting Pronouncements	Sep. 30, 2009
New Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]
New Accounting Pronouncements	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(2)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"New Accounting Pronouncements/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" ;br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Effective January 1, 2009, CenterPoint Energy adopted new accounting guidance which requires enhanced disclosures of derivative instruments and hedging activities such as the fair value of derivative instruments and presentation of their gains or losses in tabular format, as well as disclosures regarding credit risks and strategies and objectives for using derivative instruments.#160;#160;These disclosures are included as part of CenterPoint Energy#8217;s Derivatives Instruments footnote (see Note 5)./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FA MILY: Times New Roman"In May 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued new accounting guidance on accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) which changed the accounting treatment for convertible securities that the issuer may settle fully or partially in cash. Under this new guidance, cash settled convertible securities are separated into their debt and equity components. The value assigned to the debt component is the estimated fair value, as of the issuance date, of a similar debt instrument without the conversion feature, and the difference between the proceeds for the convertible debt and the /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"amount reflected as a debt liability is recorded as additional paid-in capital. As a result, the debt is recorded at a discount reflecting its below-market coupon interest rate. The debt is then subsequentl y accreted to its par value over its expected life, with the rate of interest that reflects the market rate at issuance being reflected on the income statement. CenterPoint Energy adopted this new accounting guidance effective January 1, 2009, which required retrospective application to all periods presented. CenterPoint Energy currently has no convertible debt that is within the scope of this new guidance, but did during prior periods presented.#160; Accordingly, the implementation of this new guidance had a non-cash effect on net income for prior periods and the consolidated balance sheets when CenterPoint Energy had contingently convertible debt outstanding. There was no effect on net income for the three months ended September#160;30, 2008. The effect on net income for the nine months ended September#160;30, 2008 was a decrease in net income of $1#160;million. There was no impact on basic or diluted earnings per share. Upon adoption of this new guidance, the effect on the balance sheet as of January 1, 2009 was a credit to Additional Paid-In-Capital of $23#160;million, with an offsetting debit to retained earnings./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In December 2008, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on employers#8217; disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets which expands the disclosures about employers#8217; plan assets to include more detailed disclosures about the employers#8217; investment strategies, major categories of plan assets, concentrations of risk within plan assets and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets. This new accounting guidance is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009. CenterPoint Energy expects that the adoption of this new guidance will not have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In April 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on interim disclosures about fair value of financial instruments which expands the fair value disclosures required for all financial instruments to interim periods. This new guidance also requires entities to disclose in interim periods the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments. This new accounting guidance is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. CenterPoint Energy#8217;s adoption of this new guidance did not have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.#160;#160;See Note 13 for the required disclosures./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In May 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on subsequent events that establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. This new accounting guidance is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. CenterPoint Energy#8217;s adoption of this new guidance did not have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows. See Note 16 for the subsequent event related disclosures ./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on consolidation of variable interest entities (VIEs) that#160;#160;changes how a reporting entity determines a primary beneficiary that would consolidate the VIE from a quantitative risk and rewards approach to a qualitative approach based on which variable interest holder has the power to direct the economic performance related activities of the VIE as well as the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. This new guidance requires the primary beneficiary assessment to be performed on an ongoing basis and also requires enhanced disclosures that will provide more transpar ency about a company#8217;s involvement in a VIE. This new guidance is effective for a reporting entity#8217;s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009.#160;CenterPoint Energy expects that the adoption of this new guidance will not have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (Codification) and the hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles.#160;#160;This new accounting guidance establishes the Codification as the source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles recognized by the FA SB to be applied by nongovernmental entities.#160; Rules#160;and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants.#160;This new accounting guidance is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. CenterPoint Energy#8217;s adoption of this new guidance did not have any impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Management believes the impact of other recently issued standards, which are not yet effective, will not have a material impact on CenterPoint Energy#8217;s conso lidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows upon adoption./font/div /div

Goodwill	9 Months Ended
Goodwill	Sep. 30, 2009
Goodwill [Abstract]
Goodwill	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(7)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Goodwill/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0 pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Goodwill by reportable business segment as of both December#160;31, 2008 and September#160;30, 2009 is as follows (in millions):/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div align="center" table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="60%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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The impairment evaluation for goodwill is performed by using a two-step process. In the first step, the fair value of each reporting unit is compar ed with the carrying amount of the reporting unit, including goodwill. The estimated fair value of the reporting unit is generally determined on the basis of discounted future cash flows. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount of the reporting unit, then a second step must be completed in order to determine the amount of the goodwill impairment that should be recorded. In the second step, the implied fair value of the reporting unit#8217;s goodwill is determined by allocating the reporting unit#8217;s fair value to all of its assets and liabilities other than goodwill (including any unrecognized intangible assets) in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation. 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Capital Stock	9 Months Ended
Capital Stock	Sep. 30, 2009
Capital Stock [Abstract]
Capital Stock	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(9)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Capital Stock/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: b lock; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy has 1,020,000,000 authorized shares of capital stock, comprised of 1,000,000,000#160;shares of $0.01 par value common stock and 20,000,000#160;shares of $0.01 par value preferred stock. At December#160;31, 2008, 346,088,714#160;shares of CenterPoint Energy common stock were issued and 346,088,548#160;shares were outstanding. At September#160;30, 2009, 390,331,666#160;shares of CenterPoint Energy common stock were issued and 390,331,500 shares were outstanding. Outstanding common shares exclude 166 treasury shares at both December#160;31, 2008 and September#160;30, 2009./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="j ustify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"During the three months ended September#160;30, 2009, CenterPoint Energy received proceeds of approximately $11#160;million from the sale of approximately 0.9#160;million common shares to its defined contribution plan and proceeds of approximately $4#160;million from the sale of approximately 0.3#160;million common shares to participants in its enhanced dividend reinvestment plan.#160;#160;During the nine months ended September#160;30, 2009, CenterPoint Energy received proceeds of approximately $47#160;million from the sale of approximately 4.1#160;million common shares to its defined contribution plan and proceeds of approximately $11#160;million from the sale of approximately 1.0#160;million common shares to participants in its enhanced dividend reinvestment plan./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" t;br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy received net proceeds of $148#160;million from the issuance of 14.3#160;million shares of its common stock through a continuous offering program during the nine months ended September#160;30, 2009./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"In September 2009, CenterPoint Energy received net proceeds of approximately $280#160;million from the issuance of 24.2#160;million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"#160;/div /div

Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Income Taxes	Sep. 30, 2009
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Income Taxes	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(12)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Income Taxes/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN- LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify" div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2008, the effective tax rate was 36% and 37%, respectively.#160; During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the effective tax rate was 25% and 33%, respectively.#160;#160;CenterPoint Energy#8217;s settlement of its federal income tax return examinations for tax years 2004 and 2005 affected the comparability of the effective tax rate. As a result of the settlement, CenterPoint Energy recognized a reduction in the liability for uncertain tax positions of approximately $42#160;million, which included approximately $4 million of uncertain tax positions existing as of December 31, 2008 which reduced income tax expense.#160;#16 0;Additionally, CenterPoint Energy recognized approximately $9 million as a reduction in accrued interest./font/div /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"The following table summarizes CenterPoint Energy#8217;s uncertain tax positions at December#160;31, 2008 and September#160;30, 2009:/font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div align="center" table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr td valign="bottom" width="72%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments	9 Months Ended
Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments	Sep. 30, 2009
Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]
Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(13)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div s tyle="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"The fair values of cash and cash equivalents, investments in debt and equity securities classified as "available-for-sale" and "trading" and short-term borrowings are estimated to be approximately equivalent to carrying amounts and have been excluded from the table below. The fair values of non-trading derivative assets and liabilities are equivalent to their carrying amounts in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at December#160;31, 2008 and September#160;30, 2009 and have been determined using quoted market prices for the same or similar instruments when /fontfont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"available or other estimation techniques (see Notes 5 and 6). Therefore, these financial instruments are stated at fair value and are excluded from the table below.#160;#160;The fair value of each debt instrument is determined by multiplying the principal amount of each debt instrument by the market price./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div align="center" table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr td valign="bottom" width="44%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"#160; /font/td td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"#160;/font/td td colspan="6" valign="bottom" width="26%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid" div style ="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Sep. 30, 2009
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	div div table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent_0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" tr valign="top" td style="WIDTH: 27pt" div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"(16)/font/div /td td div align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"Subsequent Events/font/div /td /tr/table /div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"br //div div style="DISPLAY: bl ock; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"On October#160;22, 2009, CenterPoint Energy#8217;s board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock payable on December#160;10, 2009, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November#160;16, 2009./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"#160;/div div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"#160;#160;#160;#160;#160;#160;#160; On October 27, 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) notified CenterPoint Houston that#160;it was#160;awarded a $200 million gran t for#160;its advanced metering system and intelligent grid projects.#160; The award is contingent on successful negotiation with the DOE./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"#160;/div /div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"CenterPoint Energy has evaluated all subsequent events through the date these Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements were issued, which was October 28, 2009./font/div div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"#160;/div /div

Document Information	9 Months Ended
Document Information	Sep. 30, 2009
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2009
Amendment Flag	false

Entity Information - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Entity Information - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2008
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
Entity Central Index Key	0001130310
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float		$ 5,451,652,076
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	390,331,500