CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. (NASDAQ:CNP) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure

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CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. (NASDAQ:CNP) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure

Item7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 16, 2016, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the Company) and
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CERC) announced that CERC
filed a rate case with municipal regulatory authorities and the
Texas Railroad Commission for CERCs Houston Division and Texas
Coast Division to change its natural gas distribution rates. For
additional information regarding the rate case filing, please
refer to the Companys and CERCs press release attached to this
report as Exhibit 99.1.


Item9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 is furnished, not filed, to Item 7.01.Accordingly,
the information in Exhibit 99.1 will not be incorporated by
reference into any registration statement filed by the Company or
CERC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless
specifically identified as being incorporated by reference.


(d)
Exhibits.


EXHIBIT


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EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION

99.1 Press Release dated November 16, 2016

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

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.
Date: November 16, 2016 By:


/s/ Kristie L. Colvin

Kristie L. Colvin
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer


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