SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Leger Richard C (Last) (First) (Middle) 1111 LOUISIANA (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/29/2024	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC [ CNP ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Interim SVP Natural Gas	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	25,301(1)	D
Common Stock	1,642	I	By Savings Plan(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Total includes (i) 2,169 RSUs previously awarded under the Issuer's Long-Term Incentive Plan and vesting in February 2025, (ii) 2,063 RSUs previously awarded under the plan and vesting in February 2026 and (iii) 2,220 RSUs previously awarded under the plan and vesting in three equal installments in February 2025, 2026 and 2027. The above awards shall vest (a) if he continues to be an employee of Issuer from the grant date through the respective vesting date, (b) in the event of his earlier disability or death or (c) if he satisfies various conditions, upon his earlier retirement, except that such retirement vesting will be on a pro rata basis if, for the awards under clauses (i) and (ii) above, he fails to meet the conditions for full vesting or for the award under clause (iii), his retirement occurs in the year of grant. All vesting is conditioned upon achievement of positive operating income for the year preceding the applicable vesting date except in the case of death or disability.

2. Equivalent shares held in CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Savings Plan.

Remarks:

	Vincent A. Mercaldi, Attorney-in-Fact	07/31/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

Power of Attorney

	WHEREAS, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or
both, as the case may be, of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.,
a Texas corporation (the "Company"), may be required to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "Exchange Act"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
or other reports, applications, and documents ("Forms") relating to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company;

	NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or
officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint
Vincent A. Mercaldi, any duly appointed corporate secretary or assistant
corporate secretary of the Company, and each of them severally, as his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact and agent or agents with
power to act with or without the other and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in his or her
capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company,
Forms and any and all amendments thereto and any and all instruments necessary
or incidental in connection therewith, if any, and to file the same with the
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority.  Each said
attorney-in-fact and agent shall have full power and authority to do and
perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the
premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
said attorney.  The powers and authority of each said attorney-in-fact and
agent herein granted shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms under the Exchange Act, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned by giving written notice of such revocation
to the Company.  The undersigned acknowledges that the said attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with the Exchange Act.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
26th day of July, 2024.

/s/ Richard C. Leger
Name:  Richard C. Leger