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. 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 no such agreement should 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.

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Exhibit Number	Description	Report or Registration Statement	SEC File or Registration Number	Exhibit Reference	CenterPoint Energy	Houston Electric	CERC
2.1*	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 21, 2018, by and among Vectren Corporation, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and Pacer Merger Sub, Inc.	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated April 21, 2018	1-31447	2.1	x
2.2*	Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2020, by and among Vectren Utility Services, Inc., PowerTeam Services, LLC and, solely for purposes of Section 10.17 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, Vectren Corporation	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 3, 2020	1-31447		x
2.3*	Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2020, by and between CERC Corp. and Athena Energy Services Buyer, LLC	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 24, 2020	1-31447		x		x
2.4*	Asset Purchase Agreement, by and between CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. and Southern Col Midco, LLC, dated as of April 29, 2021	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021	1-31447	2.4	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 Merger merging former NorAm Energy Corp. with and into HI Merger, Inc. dated August 6, 1997	CERC Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997	1-13265	3(a)(2)			x
3.5	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
3.6	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
3.7	Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of CenterPoint Energy	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 21, 2017	1-31447	3.1	x
3.8	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
3.9	Bylaws of RERC Corp.	CERC Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997	1-13265	3(b)			x
3.10	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
3.11	Statement of Resolution Establishing Series of Shares Designated Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of CenterPoint Energy	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated August 22, 2018	1-31447	3.1	x
3.12	Statement of Resolution Establishing Series of Shares designated 7.00% Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of CenterPoint Energy	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated September 25, 2018	1-31447	3.1	x
3.13	Statement of Resolution Establishing Series of Shares designated Series C Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas and effective May 7, 2020	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated May 6, 2020	1-31447	3.1	x

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Exhibit Number	Description	Report or Registration Statement	SEC File or Registration Number	Exhibit Reference	CenterPoint Energy	Houston Electric	CERC
4.1	Form of CenterPoint Energy Stock Certificate	CenterPoint Energy’s Registration Statement on Form S-4	3-69502	4.1	x
4.2	Form of Certificate representing the Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of CenterPoint Energy	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated August 22, 2018	1-31447	4.1	x
4.3	Form of Certificate representing the 7.00% Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of CenterPoint Energy (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 3.12)	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated September 25, 2018	1-31447	4.1	x
4.4	Deposit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018, among CenterPoint Energy and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as Depositary, and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts described therein	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated September 25, 2018	1-31447	4.2	x
4.5	Form of Depositary Receipt for the Depositary Shares (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.4)	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated September 25, 2018	1-31447	4.3	x
4.6	$2,400,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 4, 2021 among CenterPoint Energy, as Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the financial institutions as bank parties thereto and the other parties thereto	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 4, 2021	1-31447	4.1	x
4.7	$300,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of February 4, 2021 among Houston Electric, as Borrower, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Administrative Agent, the financial institutions as bank parties thereto and the other parties thereto	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 4, 2021	1-31447	4.2	x	x
4.8	$900,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of February 4, 2021 among CERC Corp., as Borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, the financial institutions as bank parties thereto and the other parties thereto	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 4, 2021	1-31447	4.3	x		x
4.9	$400,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of February 4, 2021 among VUHI, as Borrower, Indiana Gas, SIGECO and VEDO, as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the financial institutions as bank parties thereto and the other parties thereto , Inc., as Borrower, Indiana Gas Company, Inc., Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company and Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the financial institutions as bank parties thereto and the other parties thereto	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 4, 2021	1-31447	4.4	x
10.1	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Service-Based Vesting with Performance Goals)	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020	1-31447	10(q)(12)	x
10.2	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for CEO (Service-Based Vesting with Performance Goals)	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020	1-31447	10(q)(13)	x
10.3	Support Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021, by and among Energy Transfer LP, Elk Merger Sub LLC, Elk GP Merger Sub LLC, Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Enable GP, LLC and CenterPoint Energy	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 16, 2021	1-31447	10.1	x
10.4	Form of Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, by and among Energy Transfer LP and certain unitholders of Enable Midstream Partners, LP as set forth on Schedule I thereto	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated February 16, 2021	1-31447	10.2	x

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Exhibit Number	Description	Report or Registration Statement	SEC File or Registration Number	Exhibit Reference	CenterPoint Energy	Houston Electric	CERC
10.5	Change in Control Plan	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated April 27, 2017	1-31447	10.1	x
10.6	First Amendment to Exhibit 10.6	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020	1-31447	10(t)(2)	x
10.7	Retention Incentive Agreement between CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and David J. Lesar, dated July 20, 2021	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021	1-31447	10.8	x
10.8	Separation Agreement between CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and Milton Carroll, dated July 21, 2021	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021	1-31447	10.9	x
10.9	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement	CenterPoint Energy’s Form 8-K dated July 20, 2021	1-31447	10.1	x
†31.1.1	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of David J. Lesar				x
†31.1.2	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Kenneth M. Mercado					x
†31.1.3	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Scott E. Doyle						x
†31.2.1	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jason P. Wells				x
†31.2.2	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jason P. Wells					x
†31.2.3	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Jason P. Wells						x
†32.1.1	Section 1350 Certification of David J. Lesar				x
†32.1.2	Section 1350 Certification of Kenneth M. Mercado					x
†32.1.3	Section 1350 Certification of Scott E. Doyle						x
†32.2.1	Section 1350 Certification of Jason P. Wells				x
†32.2.2	Section 1350 Certification of Jason P. Wells					x
†32.2.3	Section 1350 Certification of Jason P. Wells						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 Item 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

Date: November 4, 2021

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