Houston, TX, Jan. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Date: January 16, 2025 Time: 7:00 a.m. Central time or 8:00 a.m. Eastern time Listen via internet: http://investors.centerpointenergy.com/ Click "Investors", and click the link "CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2024 Earnings Conference Call" As the only investor owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generat ...

Pre-winter readiness actions completed by the company in December; crews performing readiness checklists for electric and natural gas systems Customers urged to have a plan and make preparations for potential freezing temperatures and wintry precipitation Since August 2024, CenterPoint has conducted approximately 3,500 miles of higher risk tree trimming and vegetation across the Greater Houston area HOUSTON, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With cold temperatures again expected to impact CenterPoint Energy's s ...

Company Overview - CenterPoint Energy Inc is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation, and natural gas distribution operations serving over 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas [1] - The company has approximately 9,000 employees and has been in business for over 150 years [1] Social Media Strategy - CenterPoint Energy is launching state-specific accounts on X (formerly Twitter) for Texas, Indiana, Ohio, and Minnesota to provide more tailored local content and share valuable information on company news, energy industry issues, weather updates, energy efficiency tips, emergency response, and outage restoration updates [2] - The new accounts will complement the company's main enterprise account @CenterPoint and deliver more targeted, regional-level information to customers [2][3] - The company will continue to use geotargeting on other social media platforms like Facebook and Nextdoor to deliver precise messages and content in each state where it has customers [3] - LinkedIn and Instagram will remain enterprise-level channels [3] Customer Communication - CenterPoint Energy is committed to continuously improving locally focused, relevant customer and public communications by incorporating customer feedback into its operations and communications [3] - The company aims to provide customers with diverse options for receiving CenterPoint news, ensuring they receive relevant and timely information impacting their communities [3] - Customers in Louisiana and Mississippi will continue to be served by the main CenterPoint account until the previously announced sale of those natural gas assets is complete, expected in the first quarter of 2025 [4]

CenterPoint has already completed its winter preparedness checklist and shared it with regulators and stakeholders and continues coordinating with emergency responders across Texas to prepare for expected winter storms this weekCompany urges customers to stay alert ahead of changing weather conditions and have a personal emergency plan in placeHOUSTON, Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With severe winter weather conditions forecasted to impact much of West and East Texas later this week and into the weekend, Tex ...

Utilities benefit from various favorable factors, such as new electric rates, customer additions, cost management and the implementation of energy-efficiency programs. Also, the ongoing investments to improve the resiliency of electric infrastructure against extreme weather conditions and the ongoing transition to cost-effective, renewable energy sources to produce electricity aid the power industry.Utility service providers generally enjoy consistent revenue growth and profitability. Due to their capacity ...

Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi teams prepare for potential storms and severe weather this weekend and major cold snap next week Indiana and Ohio teams prepare for ice and snowstorms expected next week HOUSTON, Jan. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy continues to actively monitor potentially severe cold weather projected to impact parts of the company's service territories in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana and Ohio over the coming days. CenterPoint has taken a series of proactive pre-winte ...

Proposal would send all 15 large emergency generation units to the San Antonio region for two years starting in Spring 2025 Company would make no revenue or profit off the proposal to help ERCOT and the State; Greater Houston Area customer bills would be reduced starting in Spring 2025 HOUSTON, Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CenterPoint Energy (CNP) proposed a solution to help the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the State of Texas to help offset the projected electricity supply short ...

Richard C. Leger appointed to lead CenterPoint Energy Gas business on a permanent basis Bertha Villatoro elevated to Chief Human Resources Officer Current CHRO Lynne Harkel-Rumford to retire HOUSTON, Dec. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) today announced several senior leadership changes which will take effect on January 1, 2025. Those changes include the appointments of Richard C. Leger as Senior Vice President of CenterPoint's multi-state Gas business and Bertha Villatoro as S ...

HOUSTON, Dec. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) today announced the appointment of Dean Seavers, former President of National Grid U.S. and Executive Director of National Grid's parent company, to its Board of Directors, effective Dec. 31, 2024. Seavers brings a background of deep electric and gas utility experience to the Board as well as currently serving as a Senior Advisor for Stifel Financial. His appointment will fill a vacancy on the Board and he is expected to stand for e ...

HOUSTON, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2200 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock payable on March 13, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 20, 2025. This quarterly dividend represents a $0.010 increase over the prior quarter. This dividend growth rate aligns with the high end of the company's previously announced 6-8% non-GAAP earnings per ...