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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 2)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 29, 2020 (May 6, 2020)

	Registrant, State or Other Jurisdiction  of Incorporation or Organization
Commission file number	Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code  and Telephone Number			I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
1-31447	CenterPoint Energy, Inc.			74-0694415
	(a Texas corporation)
	1111 Louisiana
	Houston	Texas	77002
	(713)	207-1111

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	CNP	The New York Stock Exchange
		Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Depositary Shares for 1/20 of 7.00% Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value	CNP/PB	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

Emerging Growth Company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

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Item 5.02.	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2020 and dated as of May 6, 2020.

As previously disclosed, Barry T. Smitherman was appointed to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. on May 6, 2020, at which time Mr. Smitherman was also appointed to serve on the Business Review and Evaluation Committee of the Board. In addition to the foregoing committee appointment, on July 29, 2020, at the recommendation of the Governance Committee of the Board, the Board appointed Mr. Smitherman to serve on the Finance and Governance Committees of the Board.

    

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.
Date: July 31, 2020	By:	/s/ Monica Karuturi
		Monica Karuturi
		Senior Vice President and General Counsel