0001209191-20-014605.txt : 20200302 0001209191-20-014605.hdr.sgml : 20200302 20200302171529 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-20-014605 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200225 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200302 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200302 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mercado Kenneth M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001802390 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31447 FILM NUMBER: 20678224 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA STREET #4700 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001130310 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 740694415 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA ST. CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 BUSINESS PHONE: 7132073000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA ST. CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RELIANT ENERGY REGCO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001220 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0206 3 2020-02-25 0 0001130310 CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CNP 0001802390 Mercado Kenneth M 1111 LOUISIANA HOUSTON TX 77002 0 1 0 0 SVP Common Stock 66125 D Common Stock 7043 I By Savings Plan Total includes (i) 2,794 time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") previously awarded under the Issuer's Long-term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and vesting in February 2021, (ii) 2,819 RSUs previously awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2022, and (iii) 7,151 RSUs previously awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2023. The above awards shall vest (i) if the Reporting Person continues to be an employee of Issuer from grant date through vesting date and (ii) in the event of his disability or death. Also, the above awards shall vest on a pro-rata basis in the event of his retirement unless he satisfies various conditions for full vesting. Equivalent shares held in CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Savings Plan. Vincent A. Mercaldi, Attorney-in-Fact 2020-03-02 EX-24.3 2 attachment1.htm EX-24.3 DOCUMENT

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

Power of Attorney

	WHEREAS, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or
both, as the case may be, of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (the
"Company"), may be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the
"Exchange Act"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 or other reports, applications, and documents
("Forms") relating to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities of the Company;

	NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or
officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint Vincent
A. Mercaldi, and any duly appointed corporate secretary or assistant corporate
secretary of the Company, and each of them severally, as his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact and agent or agents with power to
act with or without the other and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in his or her
capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company,
Forms and any and all amendments thereto and any and all instruments necessary
or incidental in connection therewith, if any, and to file the same with the
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority.  Each said
attorney-in-fact and agent shall have full power and authority to do and perform
in the name and on behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities, every
act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the
undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorney.  The
powers and authority of each said attorney-in-fact and agent herein granted
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms under the Exchange Act, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned by giving written notice of such revocation to the Company.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the said attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the Exchange
Act.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 4th day
of February, 2020.

                                          /s/ Kenneth M. Mercado
                                          Name:  Kenneth M. Mercado