Item 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibits filed herewith are designated by a cross (†); all exhibits not so designated are incorporated by reference to a prior filing as indicated. Agreements included as exhibits are included only to provide information to investors regarding their terms. The agreements listed below may contain representations, warranties and other provisions that were made, among other things, to provide the parties thereto with specified rights and obligations and to allocate risk among them, and such agreements should not be relied upon as constituting or providing any factual disclosures about the Registrants, any other persons, any state of affairs or other matters.

Pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K, the Registrants have not filed as exhibits to this combined Form 10-Q certain long-term debt instruments, including indentures, under which the total amount of securities authorized does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Registrants and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The Registrants hereby agree to furnish a copy of any such instrument to the SEC upon request.


Exhibit Number						Description						Report or Registration Statement						SEC File or Registration Number						Exhibit Reference						CenterPoint Energy						Houston Electric						CERC
2.1*						Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 19, 2024, among CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. and Delta Utilities No. LA, LLC, Delta Utilities S. LA, LLC, Delta Utilities MS, LLC, and Delta Shared Services Co., LLC						CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 19, 2024						1-31447						1.1						x												x

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Exhibit Number	Description	Report or Registration Statement	SEC File or Registration Number	Exhibit Reference	CenterPoint Energy	Houston Electric	CERC
2.2*	Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 20, 2025, by and between CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. and National Fuel Gas Company	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated October 20, 2025	1-31447	2.1	x		x
3.1	Restated Articles of Incorporation of CenterPoint Energy	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated July 24, 2008	1-31447	3.2	x
3.2	Restated Certificate of Formation of Houston Electric	Houston Electric’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011	1-3187	3.1		x
3.3	Certificate of Incorporation of RERC Corp.	CERC Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997	1-13265	3(a)(1)			x
3.4	Certificate of Amendment changing the name to Reliant Energy Resources Corp.	CERC Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998	1-13265	3(a)(3)			x
3.5	Certificate of Amendment changing the name to CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.	CERC Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003	1-13265	3(a)(4)			x
3.6	Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of CenterPoint Energy	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated September 26, 2025	1-31447	3.1	x
3.7	Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Houston Electric	Houston Electric’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011	1-3187	3.2		x
3.8	Bylaws of RERC Corp.	CERC Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997	1-13265	3(b)			x
3.9	Statement of Resolutions Deleting Shares Designated Series A Preferred Stock of CenterPoint Energy	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011	1-31447	3(c)	x
4.1	Amended and Restated Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of January 1, 2023, between Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 1, 2023	1-31447	10.2	x
4.2	Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 1, 2025, between Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated July 1, 2025	1-31447	4.2	x
†4.3	Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2025, between Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee				x
4.4	Indenture dated as of July 31, 2025, between CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as trustee	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated July 31, 2025	1-31447	4.1	x
4.5	Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2024, between CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as trustee	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024	1-31447	4.1	x
†4.6	Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of October 2, 2025, to Exhibit 4.5				x
4.7	General Mortgage Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2002, between Houston Electric and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association (successor in trust to JPMorgan Chase Bank)	Houston Electric’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002	1-3187	4(j)(1)		x
4.8	Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2002, to Exhibit 4.7	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002)	1-31447	4(k)(10)		x

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Exhibit Number	Description	Report or Registration Statement	SEC File or Registration Number	Exhibit Reference	CenterPoint Energy	Houston Electric	CERC
4.9	Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2008, to Exhibit 4.7	Houston Electric’s Form 8-K dated January 6, 2009	1-3187	4.2		x
4.10	Thirty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 7, 2025, to Exhibit 4.7	Houston Electric’s Form 8-K dated August 5, 2025	1-3187	4.4		x
†4.11	Officer’s Certificate, dated as of August 7, 2025					x
4.12	Indenture by and among CenterPoint Energy Restoration Bond Company II, LLC, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Securities Intermediary (including the forms of the System Restoration Bonds and the form of Series Supplement), dated as of September 17, 2025	Houston Electric’s Form 8-K dated September 17, 2025	1-3187	4.1		x
4.13	Series Supplement by and between CenterPoint Energy Restoration Bond Company II, LLC and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, dated as of September 17, 2025	Houston Electric’s Form 8-K dated September 17, 2025	1-3187	4.2		x
10.1	Bond Purchase Agreement dated July 1, 2025 among Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company and the purchasers listed on Schedule B thereto	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated July 1, 2025	1-31447	10.1	x
10.2	Jesus Soto, Jr. Offer Letter	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated July 21, 2025	1-31447	10.1	x
10.3	Amended and Restated CenterPoint Energy 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan, effective January 1, 2009	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008	1-31447	10.1	x
†10.4	Fifth Amendment to Exhibit 10.3, effective January 1, 2026				x
†31.1.1	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jason P. Wells				x
†31.1.2	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jesus Soto, Jr.					x
†31.1.3	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jesus Soto, Jr.						x
†31.2.1	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Christopher A. Foster				x
†31.2.2	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Christopher A. Foster					x
†31.2.3	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Christopher A. Foster						x
†31.3.1	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jason P. Wells				x
†31.3.2	Rule 13a-14 (a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jesus Soto, Jr.					x
†31.3.3	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jesus Soto, Jr.						x
†31.4.1	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Christopher A. Foster				x
†31.4.2	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Christopher A. Foster					x
†31.4.3	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Christopher A. Foster						x
†32.1.1	Section 1350 Certification of Jason P. Wells				x
†32.1.2	Section 1350 Certification of Jesus Soto, Jr.					x
†32.1.3	Section 1350 Certification of Jesus Soto, Jr.						x
†32.2.1	Section 1350 Certification of Christopher A. Foster				x

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Exhibit Number	Description	Report or Registration Statement	SEC File or Registration Number	Exhibit Reference	CenterPoint Energy	Houston Electric	CERC
†32.2.2	Section 1350 Certification of Christopher A. Foster					x
†32.2.3	Section 1350 Certification of Christopher A. Foster						x
†32.3.1	Section 1350 Certification of Jason P. Wells				x
†32.3.2	Section 1350 Certification of Jesus Soto, Jr.					x
†32.3.3	Section 1350 Certification of Jesus Soto, Jr.						x
†32.4.1	Section 1350 Certification of Christopher A. Foster				x
†32.4.2	Section 1350 Certification of Christopher A. Foster					x
†32.4.3	Section 1350 Certification of Christopher A. Foster						x
†101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document				x	x	x
†101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document				x	x	x
†101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document				x	x	x
†101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document				x	x	x
†101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document				x	x	x
†101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document				x	x	x
†104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)				x	x	x


*			Schedules to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to Items 601(a)(5) and 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedules will be furnished supplementally to the SEC upon request; provided, however, that the parties may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act for any document so furnished.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


			CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.
			CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC
			CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP.


By:			/s/ Kristie L. Colvin
			Kristie L. Colvin
			Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
			(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: October 23, 2025

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