HOUSTON, Jan 18, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announces the following webcast: What: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2004 Earnings Conference Call Webcast When: Thursday, February 10, 2005 @ 10 AM Eastern Where:

HOUSTON, Jan 06, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that it contributed $420 million to its pension plan in December 2004, bringing the company's total contributions for the year to $476 million.

HOUSTON, Dec 21, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that it has permanently reduced its credit facility to $750 million from $2.34 billion. The credit facility was composed of a $1.425 billion revolving credit facility (LIBOR + 300 basis

HOUSTON, Dec 15, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that its subsidiary Texas Genco Holdings, Inc. completed the sale of its fossil generation assets (coal, lignite and gas- fired plants) to Texas Genco LLC, formerly known as GC Power

HOUSTON, Dec 14, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) Board of Directors announced that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2005, at 9 a.m. CDT in the CenterPoint Energy Tower auditorium, 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston,

HOUSTON, Dec 14, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) and Texas Genco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TGN) today announced the closing of Texas Genco Holdings' merger with a wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy.

HOUSTON, Dec 13, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that it has entered into a supplemental indenture with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank), as trustee, with respect to its previously issued $255

HOUSTON, Dec 2, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) electric transmission and distribution subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, today filed for approval of a financing order to issue low-cost securitization bonds to fund the $2.301 billion

HOUSTON, Nov 24, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today the planned redemption of all $375 million aggregate liquidation amount of 7.20 percent Trust Originated Preferred Securities, Series C (NYSE: CNPPrC) of its indirect wholly owned

HOUSTON, Nov 15, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) board of directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock payable on December 10, 2004, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November