Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 33-153916-01
January 6, 2009

PRICING TERM SHEET
(to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated January 6, 2009)

Issuer:		CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
Security:		7.00% General Mortgage Bonds, Series U, due 2014
Legal Format:		SEC Registered
Size:		$500,000,000
Trade Date:		January 6, 2009
Expected Settlement Date:		January 9, 2009
Maturity Date:		March 1, 2014
Coupon:		7.00%
Interest Payment Dates:		March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2009
Price to Public:		99.978%
Benchmark Treasury:		1.500% due December 31, 2013
Benchmark Treasury Yield:		1.714%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:		+528.6 basis points
Re-offer Yield:		7.00%
Make-whole call:		At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 50 basis points
CUSIP:		15189X AJ7
Anticipated Ratings:		Moody’s		Baa2
		Standard & Poor’s		BBB+
		Fitch		BBB+
Joint Book-Running Managers:		Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
		Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
		UBS Securities LLC
Co-Managers:		Comerica Securities, Inc.
		HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
		Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
		RBC Capital Markets Corporation
		SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
		Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC toll free at 800-221-1037, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. toll free at 800-372-3930 or UBS Securities LLC toll free at 877-827-6444, ext. 561-3884.