cnp-20240308

Texas

1-31447

74-0694415

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

Identification No.)

1111 Louisiana

Houston

Texas

77002

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(713)

207-1111

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	CNP	The New York Stock Exchange
		NYSE Chicago

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Included herein is financial information related to Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company (“CEI South”). CEI South is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vectren Utility Holdings, LLC ("VUH"). VUH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vectren, LLC (“Vectren”), which in turn, is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (“CenterPoint Energy”).

Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K includes audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 for CEI South. These financial statements are not intended to comply with Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K. Exhibit 99.2 includes certain supplementary financial and operational data of CEI South for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Each of Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 is furnished, not filed, pursuant to Item 7.01. Accordingly, none of the information will be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, as amended, and the information in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by CenterPoint Energy under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified as being incorporated by reference.

Each of Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 is furnished, not filed, pursuant to Item 7.01. Accordingly, none of the information will be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, as amended, and the information in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by CenterPoint Energy under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified as being incorporated by reference.


EXHIBIT NUMBER						EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
99.1						Reporting Package of Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company
99.2						Financial and Operational Data of Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

Date: March 8, 2024	By:	/s/ Kristie L. Colvin
		Kristie L. Colvin
		Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer


			(d)			Exhibits.