0001209191-13-052002.txt : 20131113 0001209191-13-052002.hdr.sgml : 20131113 20131113181704 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-13-052002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131111 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131113 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131113 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001130310 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 740694415 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Longoria Janiece M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001328376 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31447 FILM NUMBER: 131216015 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2013-11-11 0 0001130310 CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CNP 0001328376 Longoria Janiece M 1111 LOUISIANA HOUSTON TX 77002 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2013-11-11 4 S 0 3000 24.8806 D 41295 D Total includes 5,000 share stock award approved on April 25, 2013 under the Company's Stock Plan for Outside Directors, as amended, to outside directors of the Company serving as of May 1, 2013 (the Annual Award Date). The shares will vest on the first anniversary of the Annual Award Date. Richard B. Dauphin Attorney-in-Fact 2013-11-13 EX-24.4_494168 2 poa.txt POA 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 ("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 Rufus S. Scott, Douglas H. Darrow and Richard B. Dauphin, 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 Section 16 of the Exchange Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 3rd day of June, 2005. Name: Janiece Longoria