CenterPoint Energy sets 2017 annual meeting of shareholders

HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE:CNP) Board of Directors today announced that the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at 9 a.m. CDT in the CenterPoint Energy Tower auditorium, 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas. Shareholders who hold shares of CenterPoint Energy as of March 1, 2017, will receive notice of the meeting and will be eligible to vote.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission & distribution, natural gas distribution and energy services operations. The company serves more than five million metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company also owns a 54.1 percent limited partner interest in Enable Midstream Partners, a publicly traded master limited partnership it jointly controls with OGE Energy Corp.,  which owns, operates and develops natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets. With more than 7,800 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 140 years. For more information, visit the website at www.CenterPointEnergy.com.

For more information contact 
Media: 
Leticia Lowe 
Phone  713.207.7702  
Investors:  
David Mordy  
Phone  713.207.6500

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SOURCE CenterPoint Energy, Inc.