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Equity (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Declared | Dividends Declared and Paid (CenterPoint Energy)
|  | Dividends Declared Per Share |  | Dividends Paid Per Share
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Common Stock |  | $ | 0.390 |  |  | $ | 0.360 |  |  | $ | 0.580 |  |  | $ | 0.530 |  |  | $ | 0.190 |  |  | $ | 0.180 |  |  | $ | 0.570 |  |  | $ | 0.520 |
Series A Preferred Stock |  | 30.625 |  |  | 30.625 |  |  | 30.625 |  |  | 30.625 |  |  | 30.625 |  |  | 30.625 |  |  | 61.250 |  |  | 61.250 |
Schedule of Preferred Stock | Preferred Stock (CenterPoint Energy)
|  | Liquidation Preference Per Share |  | Shares Outstanding as of |  | Outstanding Value as of
|  |  | September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022 |  | September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
|  | (in millions, except shares and per share amounts)
Series A Preferred Stock |  | $ | 1,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 800,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 790 |
|  |  |  | — |  |  | 800,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 790 |
Schedule of Dividend Requirement on Preferred Stock | Income Allocated to Preferred Shareholders (CenterPoint Energy)
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
| (in millions)
Series A Preferred Stock | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 37 |
Total income allocated to preferred shareholders | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 37 |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Changes in accumulated comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2023 |  | 2022
| CenterPoint Energy |  | Houston Electric |  | CERC |  | CenterPoint Energy |  | Houston Electric |  | CERC
| (in millions)
Beginning Balance | $ | (32) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | (85) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remeasurement of pension and other postretirement plans | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (10) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net deferred gain from cash flow hedges | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Prior service cost (1) | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Actuarial losses (1) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Settlement (2) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Tax benefit (expense) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Ending Balance | $ | (29) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | (83) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2023 |  | 2022
| CenterPoint Energy |  | Houston Electric |  | CERC |  | CenterPoint Energy |  | Houston Electric |  | CERC
| (in millions)
Beginning Balance | $ | (31) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | (64) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remeasurement of pension and other postretirement plans | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (44) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net deferred gain from cash flow hedges | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Prior service cost (1) | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1) |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Actuarial losses (1) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Settlement (2) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 14 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Tax benefit (expense) | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | (1) |  |  | (19) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Ending Balance | $ | (29) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | (83) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10 |
(1)Amounts are included in the computation of net periodic cost and are reflected in Other income, net in each of the Registrants’ respective Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income. (2)Amounts presented represent a one-time, non-cash settlement cost (benefit), prior to regulatory deferrals, which are required when the total lump sum distributions or other settlements of plan benefit obligations during a plan year exceed the service cost and interest cost components of the net periodic cost for that year. Amounts presented in the table above are included in Other income (expense), net in CenterPoint Energy’s Statements of Consolidated Income, net of regulatory deferrals.

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