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Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract] |
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information | Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information The table below provides supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2023 |  | 2022
| CenterPoint Energy |  | Houston Electric |  | CERC |  | CenterPoint Energy |  | Houston Electric |  | CERC
| (in millions)
Cash Payments/Receipts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest, net of capitalized interest | $ | 521 |  |  | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 376 |  |  | $ | 188 |  |  | $ | 67 |
Income tax payments, net | 200 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 340 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 3 |
Non-cash transactions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable related to capital expenditures | 264 |  |  | 137 |  |  | 122 |  |  | 333 |  |  | 197 |  |  | 145 |
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities (1) | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
(1) Excludes ROU assets obtained through prepayment of the lease liabilities. See Note 19. The table below provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to the amount reported in the Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows:
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
| CenterPoint Energy |  | Houston Electric |  | CERC |  | CenterPoint Energy |  | Houston Electric |  | CERC
| (in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents (1) | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 74 |  |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | — |
Restricted cash included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 18 |  |  | 13 |  |  | — |  |  | 17 |  |  | 13 |  |  | — |
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows | $ | 138 |  |  | $ | 126 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | — |
(1)Cash and cash equivalents related to VIEs as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 included $118 million and $75 million, respectively, at CenterPoint Energy and $113 million and $75 million, respectively, at Houston Electric.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Topic 230 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//230/tableOfContent + Details
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