Reportable Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

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

CenterPoint Energy

	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2022					2021
	Revenues from External Customers			Net Income (Loss)		Revenues from External Customers			Net Income
	(in millions)
Electric	$	1,053	(1)	$	173	$	937	(1)	$	125
Natural Gas	818			28		740			74
Corporate and Other	73			(11)		65			1
Continuing Operations	$	1,944		190		$	1,742		200
Discontinued Operations, net				—					51
Consolidated				$	190				$	251

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022					2021
	Revenues from External Customers			Net Income		Revenues from External Customers			Net Income (Loss)
	(in millions)
Electric	$	1,946	(1)	$	255	$	1,767	(1)	$	200
Natural Gas	2,642			426		2,403			303
Corporate and Other	119			40		119			(23)
Continuing Operations	$	4,707		721		$	4,289		480
Discontinued Operations, net				—					134
Consolidated				$	721				$	614

	Total Assets
	June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
	(in millions)
Electric	$	17,769	$	16,548
Natural Gas	16,237		16,270
Corporate and Other, net of eliminations (1)	2,210		2,523
Continuing Operations	36,216		35,341
Assets Held for Sale	—		2,338
Consolidated	$	36,216	$	37,679

(1)Total assets included pension and other postemployment-related regulatory assets of $436 million and $427 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments

Houston Electric revenues from major external customers are as follows (CenterPoint Energy and Houston Electric):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(in millions)
Affiliates of NRG	$	245	$	192	$	470	$	387
Affiliates of Vistra Energy Corp.	114		87		219		175