HOUSTON, Sept 10, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that it has priced its public offering of 21,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01, at a price of $12.00 per share, pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated

HOUSTON, Sept 09, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that it has commenced an underwritten registered public offering of 21,000,000 shares of its common stock, subject to market conditions.

HOUSTON, Sept 09, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CenterPoint Energy Field Services, Inc. (CEFS), an indirect, wholly-owned natural gas gathering and treating subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP), announced today that it has entered into long-term agreements

Southeast Supply Header Closes Issuance of $375 Million of 4.85 Percent Senior Notes HOUSTON - Southeast Supply Header, LLC (the "Company"), a Delaware limited liability company indirectly owned by Spectra Energy Corp and CenterPoint Energy, Inc., closed a private offering of $375 million aggregate

HOUSTON, Aug 12, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CEGT), an indirect, wholly-owned interstate natural gas pipeline subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP), announced today the start of a non-binding open season to gauge

Scalable, replicable smart grid would increase electric service reliability for the nation's 4th largest city and 'energy capital of the world'

HOUSTON, Aug 05, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) today reported net income of $86 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $101 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, for the same period of 2008.

Smart meters are first step in transforming electric delivery industry

--Recovery of $663 million subject to PUC approval

--Lower wholesale natural gas prices offset proposed change to base rates