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Equity Securities and Indexed Debt Securities (ZENS) (CenterPoint Energy) - Schedule of Gain (Loss) On Equity Securities (CenterPoint Energy) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on equity securities	$ 49	$ (206)	$ 56	$ (284)
AT&T Common
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on equity securities	(10)	(57)	(35)	(94)
Charter Common
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on equity securities	63	(144)	88	(304)
WBD Common
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on equity securities	(5)	(5)	3	28
Energy Transfer Common Units
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on equity securities	0	0	0	95
Energy Transfer Series G Preferred Units
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on equity securities	0	0	0	(9)
Other
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on equity securities	$ 1	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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Amount of unrealized and realized gain (loss) on investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 220
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479536/321-10-50-4

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