---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-019763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000048732"
company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC"
filed_at: "2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:32:09.155461+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric issues $800M in 4.85% bonds due 2036

## Summary
- $800M aggregate principal of 4.85% General Mortgage Bonds, Series AR, due 2036.
- Underwriting agreement with BofA Securities, BMO Capital Markets, MUFG Securities Americas, RBC Capital Markets.
- Bonds issued under General Mortgage Indenture with Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee.
- Offering made via effective Form S-3 registration statement (No. 333-272025-02).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-019763
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000048732
- company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC
- filed_at: 2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48732/000110465926019763/0001104659-26-019763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48732/000110465926019763/tm267005d4_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-019763.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC entered into Underwriting Agreement with BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters valued at $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount (effective 2026-02-24).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters
  - Value: $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Effective: 2026-02-24
  source text: On February 24, 2026, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), relating to the underwritten public offering of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.85% General Mortgage Bonds, Series AR, due 2036 (the “Bonds”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48732/000110465926019763/0001104659-26-019763-index.htm

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