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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-069656"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001042773"
company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T00:17:26.978308+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CenterPoint Energy completes $1.2B sale of LA/MS gas utilities to Bernhard Capital

## Summary
- Completed sale of LA/MS natural gas distribution businesses for ~$1.2B to Bernhard Capital Partners affiliates.
- Sold assets include ~12,000 miles of main pipeline serving ~380,000 metered customers.
- New operator is Delta Utilities; received all federal/state regulatory approvals (LPSC, MPSC, HSR).
- CEO Jason Wells says proceeds will fund long-term growth plan, support safety/reliability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-069656
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001042773
- company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042773/000119312525069656/0001193125-25-069656-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042773/000119312525069656/d946945d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-069656
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-069656.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-069656.txt

## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP completed a disposition involving affiliates of Bernhard Capital Partners for approximately $1.2 billion (closed 2025-03-31).
  - Action: disposition
  - Counterparty: affiliates of Bernhard Capital Partners
  - Consideration: approximately $1.2 billion
  - Closing: 2025-03-31
  source text: completed the previously announced sale of its Louisiana and Mississippi regulated natural gas local distribution company businesses for approximately $1.2 billion
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042773/000119312525069656/0001193125-25-069656-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.