Reportable Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Financial data for reportable segments is as follows, including Corporate and Other, Eliminations and Discontinued Operations for reconciliation purposes:

CenterPoint Energy


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2020							2019
	Revenues from External Customers			Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates		Net Income (Loss)		Revenues from External Customers			Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates		Net Income (Loss)
	(in millions)
Houston Electric T&D	$	828	(1)	$	—	$	157	$	859	(1)	$	—	$	185
Indiana Electric Integrated	157			—		31		165			—		34
Natural Gas Distribution	560			—		5		541			—		6
Midstream Investments (2)	—			(67)		(62)		—			77		50
Corporate and Other	77			—		(4)		93			—		(24)

Continuing Operations	$	1,622		$	(67)	127		$	1,658		$	77	251
Discontinued Operations, net						(6)							19
Consolidated						$	121						$	270

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020							2019
	Revenues from External Customers			Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates		Net Income (Loss)		Revenues from External Customers			Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates		Net Income (Loss)
	(in millions)
Houston Electric T&D	$	2,186	(1)	$	—	$	281	$	2,313	(1)	$	—	$	315
Indiana Electric Integrated	414			—		(121)		388			—		41
Natural Gas Distribution	2,519			—		242		2,629			—		149
Midstream Investments (2)	—			(1,499)		(1,165)		—			213		124
Corporate and Other	245			—		(28)		215			—		(84)

Continuing Operations	$	5,364		$	(1,499)	(791)		$	5,545		$	213	545
Discontinued Operations, net						(182)							89
Consolidated						$	(973)						$	634

(1)Houston Electric T&D’s revenues from major external customers are as follows (CenterPoint Energy and Houston Electric):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(in millions)
Affiliates of NRG	$	243	$	231	$	573	$	547
Affiliates of Vistra Energy Corp.	128		83		301		196

(2)Includes the impairment of CenterPoint Energy’s equity method investment in Enable of $1,541 million recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and CenterPoint Energy’s interest in Enable’s $225 million impairment on an equity method investment during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Houston Electric consists of a single reportable segment; therefore, a tabular reportable segment presentation has not been included herein.

CERC


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2020				2019
	Revenues from External Customers		Net Income (Loss)		Revenues from External Customers		Net Income (Loss)
	(in millions)
Natural Gas Distribution	$	422	$	1	$	415	$	5
Corporate and Other	4		(7)		5		(15)

Continuing Operations	$	426	(6)		$	420	(10)
Discontinued Operations, net			2				3
Consolidated			$	(4)			$	(7)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020				2019
	Revenues from External Customers		Net Income (Loss)		Revenues from External Customers		Net Income (Loss)
	(in millions)
Natural Gas Distribution	$	1,910	$	155	$	2,152	$	134
Corporate and Other	10		(13)		6		(32)

Continuing Operations	$	1,920	142		$	2,158	102
Discontinued Operations, net			(66)				57
Consolidated			$	76			$	159

CenterPoint Energy and CERC


	Total Assets
	September 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
	CenterPoint Energy		CERC		CenterPoint Energy		CERC
	(in millions)
Houston Electric T&D	$	11,296	$	—	$	11,264	$	—
Indiana Electric Integrated	3,142		—		3,168		—
Natural Gas Distribution	14,297		7,809		14,105		7,698
Midstream Investments	805		—		2,473		—
Corporate and Other, net of eliminations	3,165		(30)		2,555		(90)

Continuing Operations	32,705		7,779		33,565		7,608
Assets Held for Sale	—		—		1,964		904
Consolidated	$	32,705	$	7,779	$	35,529	$	8,512

Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block]

Houston Electric T&D’s revenues from major external customers are as follows (CenterPoint Energy and Houston Electric):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(in millions)
Affiliates of NRG	$	243	$	231	$	573	$	547
Affiliates of Vistra Energy Corp.	128		83		301		196