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Held for Sale and Divestitures (CenterPoint Energy and CERC) (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations | The assets and liabilities of the Louisiana and Mississippi natural gas LDC businesses classified as held for sale in CenterPoint Energy’s and CERC’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as applicable, included the following:
| September 30, 2024
| CenterPoint Energy |  | CERC
| (in millions)
Receivables, net | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 9 |
Accrued unbilled revenues | 11 |  |  | 11 |
Natural gas inventory | 6 |  |  | 6 |
Materials and supplies | 13 |  |  | 13 |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,030 |  |  | 1,030 |
Goodwill | 217 |  |  | 122 |
Regulatory assets | 57 |  |  | 57 |
Other | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Total current assets held for sale | $ | 1,346 |  |  | $ | 1,251 |
Short-term borrowings | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Accounts payable | 18 |  |  | 18 |
Customer deposits | 14 |  |  | 14 |
Regulatory liabilities | 92 |  |  | 92 |
Other | 93 |  |  | 93 |
Total current liabilities held for sale | $ | 220 |  |  | $ | 220 |
The pre-tax income for the Louisiana and Mississippi natural gas LDC businesses, excluding interest and corporate allocations, included in CenterPoint Energy’s and CERC’s Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
|  | (in millions)
Income (loss) Before Income Taxes |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (2) |  |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 33 |
The pre-tax loss for Energy Systems Group, excluding interest and corporate allocations, included in CenterPoint Energy’s Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income is as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 |  |  |
| (in millions)
Loss Before Income Taxes | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |

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