HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint
Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) board of directors today declared an
increase in the company's regular quarterly cash dividend from
$0.16 to $0.17 per share on the issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock. This increase will be effective with the
dividend payment to be distributed on December 9, 2021 to shareholders of record at the
close of business on November 18,
2021.
About CenterPoint Energy
As the only investor-owned
electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy,
Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric
transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas
distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered
customers in Arkansas,
Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. As of June 30, 2021, the company
owned approximately $36 billion in assets and also owned
53.7 percent of the common units representing limited partner
interests in Enable Midstream Partners, LP, a publicly traded
master limited partnership that owns, operates and develops
strategically located natural gas and crude oil infrastructure
assets. With approximately 9,500 employees, CenterPoint
Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for
more than 150 years. For more information,
visit CenterPointEnergy.com.
For more information contact
Media:
Communications
Media.Relations@CenterPointEnergy.com
Investors:
Philip Holder / Jackie
Richert
Phone
713.207.6500
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