Hunton & Williams Advises on CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC $600 Million General Mortgage Bonds Offering

Hunton & Williams LLP advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (“CEHE”) of $600 million aggregate principal amount of general mortgage bonds due 2044.

CEHE, a subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., provides electric transmission and distribution services to retail electric providers serving over two million metered customers in a 5,000-square mile area of the Texas Gulf Coast that has a population of approximately six million people and includes the city of Houston.

The Hunton & Williams LLP team included Steve Loeshelle, Kevin Felz and Adam O’Brian. Ben Falk provided advice on Blue Sky and FINRA matters.