HOUSTON, July 5, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announces the following webcast: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/CNPLOGO ) What: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Second Quarter 2005 Earnings Conference Call Webcast When: Monday, August 8,

HOUSTON, July 1, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that its natural gas distribution, pipelines and gathering operations subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CERC), plans to redeem all outstanding 6 1/4 percent Convertible

HOUSTON, June 30, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that its natural gas distribution, pipelines and gathering operations subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CERC), closed on a five-year, $400 million bank credit facility,

HOUSTON, June 28, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CEGT), a wholly-owned interstate natural gas pipeline subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP), yesterday received an Order from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Live via Webcast on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Approx. 8:45 a.m. Eastern time or 7:45 a.m. Central time

HOUSTON, June 2, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced that at its annual shareholder meeting today, Donald R. Campbell, Janiece M. Longoria and Peter S. Wareing, were elected to the company's board of directors effective June 2, 2005.

HOUSTON, June 2, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) board of directors today declared a dividend of $0.07 per common share, payable on June 30, 2005, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 15, 2005.

Live via Webcast on Monday, June 6, 2005; Approx. 11:10 a.m. Eastern Time or 10:10 a.m. Central Time

Replacement Project in 37 Minnesota Communities to Be Completed in 2005

MINNEAPOLIS, May 10, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Spring weather has Minnesotans thinking about their landscaping and yard projects for the year, and CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) reminds anyone who plans to excavate or dig in their property to call Gopher State One Call (GSOC) to