EX-FILING FEES

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
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CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC

Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities	☐Not Applicable

		Security Type	Security Class Title	Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule	Amount Registered	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit	Maximum Aggregate Offering Price	Fee Rate	Amount of Registration Fee	Carry Forward Form Type	Carry Forward File Number	Carry Forward Initial Effective Date	Filing Fee Previously Paid in Connection with Unsold Securities to be Carried Forward
Newly Registered Securities
Fees to be Paid	1	Equity	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	457(a)	658,405	$ 38.51	$ 25,355,176.55	0.0001531	$ 3,881.88
Fees Previously Paid
Carry Forward Securities
Carry Forward Securities	2	Equity	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	415(a)(6)	2,341,595		$ 73,128,011.85			S-3	333-266592	08/05/2022	$ 6,778.97
			Total Offering Amounts:				$ 98,483,188.40		$ 3,881.88
			Total Fees Previously Paid:						$ 0.00
			Total Fee Offsets:						$ 0.00
			Net Fee Due:						$ 3,881.88

Offering Note

¹	Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional securities as may become deliverable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, split-ups, recapitalizations or similar transactions, in accordance with the provisions of the CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Investor's Choice Plan. The proposed maximum offering price per unit is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. as reported on the consolidated reporting system of the New York Stock Exchange on July 30, 2025.

²	Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, 2,341,595 shares of CenterPoint Energy Inc.'s common stock registered hereunder are unsold securities previously registered on Registration Statement No. 333-266592 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2022 (the "Prior Registration Statement"). Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, the $6,778.97 filing fee previously paid in connection with such unsold securities will continue to be applied to such unsold securities. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act of 1933, the offering of unsold securities under the Prior Registration Statement will be deemed terminated as of the date of effectiveness of this Registration Statement. The aggregate number of shares of common stock to be sold pursuant to this Registration Statement shall not exceed 3,000,000.

Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources	☑Not Applicable

		Registrant or Filer Name	Form or Filing Type	File Number	Initial Filing Date	Filing Date	Fee Offset Claimed	Security Type Associated with Fee Offset Claimed	Security Title Associated with Fee Offset Claimed	Unsold Securities Associated with Fee Offset Claimed	Unsold Aggregate Offering Amount Associated with Fee Offset Claimed	Fee Paid with Fee Offset Source
Rules 457(b) and 0-11(a)(2)
Fee Offset Claims	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fee Offset Sources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rule 457(p)
Fee Offset Claims	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fee Offset Sources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Table 3: Combined Prospectuses	☑Not Applicable

	Security Type	Security Class Title	Amount of Securities Previously Registered	Maximum Aggregate Offering Price of Securities Previously Registered	Form Type	File Number	Initial Effective Date
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A