0001209191-21-071009.txt : 20211222 0001209191-21-071009.hdr.sgml : 20211222 20211222210419 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-21-071009 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20211213 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20211222 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Peterson Stacey Lynn CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001900914 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31447 FILM NUMBER: 211514589 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 4600 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 2021-12-13 0 0001130310 CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CNP 0001900914 Peterson Stacey Lynn 1111 LOUISIANA HOUSTON TX 0 1 0 0 SVP, CAO and Treasurer Common Stock 15035 D Total includes (i) 6,012 time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") previously awarded under the Issuer's Long-term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and vesting in January 2022, (ii) 6,013 RSUs previously awarded under the Plan and vesting in January 2023, and (iii) 3,010 RSUs previously awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2024. 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 her disability or death. Vincent A. Mercaldi, Attorney-in-Fact 2021-12-22 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, 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 10th day of December, 2021.

                                          /s/Stacey L. Peterson
                                          Name:  Stacey L. Peterson