CNP Stock Cash Flow Statements

CenterPoint Energy Quarterly Cash Flow Statements Chart

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Operating Cash Flow

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Capital Expenditure

CenterPoint Energy Quarterly Cash Flow Statements Table

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Unit: USD	2025-06-30	2025-03-31	2024-09-30	2024-06-30	2024-03-31	2023-12-31	2023-09-30	2023-06-30	2023-03-31	2022-12-31	2022-09-30	2022-06-30	2022-03-31	2021-12-31	2021-09-30	2021-06-30	2021-03-31	2020-12-31	2020-09-30	2020-06-30	2020-03-31	2019-12-31	2019-09-30	2019-06-30	2019-03-31	2017-03-31	2016-06-30	2016-03-31	2015-09-30	2015-06-30	2015-03-31	2014-09-30	2014-06-30	2014-03-31	2013-06-30	2013-03-31	2012-09-30	2012-06-30	2012-03-31	2011-09-30	2011-06-30	2011-03-31	2010-12-31	2010-09-30	2010-06-30	2010-03-31	2009-12-31	2009-09-30	2009-06-30	2009-03-31	2008-12-31	2008-09-30	2008-06-30	2008-03-31	2007-12-31	2007-09-30	2007-06-30	2007-03-31

cash flows from operating activities:
net income	198,000,000	297,000,000	193,000,000	228,000,000	350,000,000	192,000,000	282,000,000	118,000,000	325,000,000	134,000,000	202,000,000	190,000,000	531,000,000	654,000,000	218,000,000	251,000,000	363,000,000	200,000,000	121,000,000	105,000,000	-1,199,000,000	157,000,000	270,000,000	195,000,000	169,000,000	192,000,000	-2,000,000	154,000,000	-391,000,000	77,000,000	131,000,000	143,000,000	107,000,000	185,000,000	-100,000,000	147,000,000	10,000,000	126,000,000	147,000,000	973,000,000	119,000,000	148,000,000	124,000,000	123,000,000	81,000,000	114,000,000	105,000,000	114,000,000	86,000,000	67,000,000	87,000,000	136,000,000	101,000,000	123,000,000	108,000,000	91,000,000	70,000,000	130,000,000
adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
depreciation and amortization	370,000,000	363,000,000	334,000,000	386,000,000	363,000,000	359,000,000	374,000,000	349,000,000	319,000,000	314,000,000	329,000,000	327,000,000	318,000,000	329,000,000	353,000,000	327,000,000	307,000,000	304,000,000	306,000,000	297,000,000	282,000,000	300,000,000	334,000,000	340,000,000	313,000,000	226,000,000	289,000,000	260,000,000	268,000,000	239,000,000	217,000,000	293,000,000	256,000,000	235,000,000	253,000,000	240,000,000	301,000,000	275,000,000	224,000,000	253,000,000	223,000,000	201,000,000	204,000,000	243,000,000	217,000,000	200,000,000	181,000,000	208,000,000	188,000,000	166,000,000	168,000,000	194,000,000	188,000,000	158,000,000	156,000,000	170,000,000	160,000,000	145,000,000
deferred income taxes	29,000,000	45,000,000	38,000,000	7,000,000	193,000,000	-63,000,000	72,000,000	35,000,000	-13,000,000	-6,000,000	3,000,000	-5,000,000	28,000,000	127,000,000	35,000,000	-15,000,000	66,000,000	0	48,000,000	-100,000,000	-377,000,000	61,000,000	29,000,000	-7,000,000	-14,000,000	85,000,000	4,000,000	65,000,000	-268,000,000	-3,000,000	7,000,000	81,000,000	9,000,000	4,000,000	200,000,000	57,000,000	109,000,000	64,000,000	64,000,000	195,000,000	129,000,000	80,000,000	87,000,000	149,000,000	-3,000,000	-34,000,000	19,000,000	172,000,000	48,000,000	30,000,000	16,000,000	459,000,000	-15,000,000	27,000,000	-21,000,000	13,000,000	27,000,000	-11,000,000
loss on sale	0	43,000,000
gain on equity securities	-43,000,000	-79,000,000	-54,000,000	-19,000,000	83,000,000	25,000,000	-49,000,000	31,000,000	-38,000,000	-57,000,000	206,000,000
gain on indexed debt securities	42,000,000	79,000,000	53,000,000	18,000,000	-85,000,000	-25,000,000	47,000,000	-34,000,000	39,000,000	56,000,000	-210,000,000	-65,000,000	-106,000,000			77,000,000	-26,000,000	35,000,000	84,000,000	76,000,000	-135,000,000							56,000,000
pension contributions	-24,000,000	-63,000,000	-2,000,000	-1,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-26,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-29,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-51,000,000	0	-8,000,000	-2,000,000	-79,000,000	-3,000,000	-2,000,000	-15,000,000	-65,000,000	-27,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-3,000,000	-38,000,000	-2,000,000	-23,000,000	-60,000,000	-31,000,000	-3,000,000			-33,000,000
changes in other assets and liabilities:
accounts receivable and unbilled revenues	339,000,000	-125,000,000	-43,000,000	116,000,000	72,000,000	-105,000,000	-119,000,000	296,000,000	351,000,000	-556,000,000	31,000,000	265,000,000	-201,000,000	-329,000,000	11,000,000	191,000,000	29,000,000	-236,000,000	14,000,000	76,000,000	236,000,000	-295,000,000	58,000,000	325,000,000	138,000,000	114,000,000	80,000,000	67,000,000	83,000,000	310,000,000	57,000,000	137,000,000	464,000,000	-253,000,000	138,000,000	-66,000,000	-33,000,000	100,000,000	193,000,000	28,000,000	169,000,000	48,000,000	-333,000,000	79,000,000	357,000,000	-2,000,000	-513,000,000	155,000,000	333,000,000	308,000,000	-523,000,000	245,000,000	280,000,000	-84,000,000		136,000,000	388,000,000	16,000,000
inventory	-86,000,000	110,000,000	-33,000,000	-41,000,000	93,000,000	104,000,000	-79,000,000	47,000,000	95,000,000	-35,000,000	-239,000,000	-117,000,000	132,000,000	-36,000,000	-157,000,000	-46,000,000	99,000,000	59,000,000	-72,000,000	-88,000,000	110,000,000	33,000,000	-95,000,000	-110,000,000	120,000,000	74,000,000	-49,000,000	112,000,000	-70,000,000	-76,000,000	179,000,000	-116,000,000	-123,000,000	113,000,000	-131,000,000	119,000,000	-83,000,000	-14,000,000	94,000,000	-116,000,000	-115,000,000	181,000,000	29,000,000	-107,000,000	-137,000,000	161,000,000	46,000,000	-142,000,000	-84,000,000	416,000,000	143,000,000	-317,000,000	-262,000,000	327,000,000	58,000,000	-172,000,000	-205,000,000	217,000,000
taxes receivable	30,000,000	40,000,000	17,000,000	18,000,000	-110,000,000	-27,000,000	-49,000,000	-11,000,000	13,000,000	-20,000,000	3,000,000	-3,000,000	1,000,000	13,000,000	64,000,000	1,000,000	3,000,000	20,000,000	-102,000,000	93,000,000	13,000,000	-37,000,000	0			16,000,000	-13,000,000	169,000,000	-30,000,000	-38,000,000	190,000,000				-18,000,000	-3,000,000				0	4,000,000	134,000,000	-25,000,000
accounts payable	-114,000,000	-216,000,000	-164,000,000	-13,000,000	-70,000,000	141,000,000	-40,000,000	-80,000,000	-323,000,000	322,000,000	13,000,000	-47,000,000	-85,000,000	228,000,000	67,000,000	-65,000,000	-55,000,000	253,000,000	-30,000,000	-29,000,000	-192,000,000	191,000,000	-52,000,000	-262,000,000	-332,000,000	-122,000,000	-27,000,000	-82,000,000	-5,000,000	-119,000,000	-208,000,000	-63,000,000	-302,000,000	128,000,000	-75,000,000	-33,000,000	31,000,000	-45,000,000	-172,000,000	5,000,000	-52,000,000	-168,000,000	249,000,000	-68,000,000	-90,000,000	-125,000,000	290,000,000	-25,000,000	-77,000,000	-425,000,000	206,000,000	-139,000,000	-36,000,000	56,000,000	275,000,000	-166,000,000	-72,000,000	-222,000,000
current regulatory assets and liabilities	8,000,000	64,000,000
other current assets and liabilities	-31,000,000	-244,000,000	68,000,000	131,000,000	-224,000,000	203,000,000	79,000,000	-34,000,000	-86,000,000	194,000,000	-35,000,000	-246,000,000	82,000,000
non-current regulatory assets and liabilities	-107,000,000	1,000,000
other non-current assets and liabilities	5,000,000	94,000,000	10,000,000	-19,000,000	40,000,000	13,000,000	11,000,000	42,000,000	6,000,000	75,000,000	4,000,000	55,000,000	-25,000,000
other operating activities	-56,000,000	1,000,000	-3,000,000	-14,000,000	-20,000,000	51,000,000	4,000,000	3,000,000	2,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	58,000,000	73,000,000					-2,000,000	0	3,000,000		1,000,000	14,000,000	-5,000,000
net cash from operating activities	560,000,000	410,000,000	136,000,000	576,000,000	538,000,000	808,000,000	587,000,000	769,000,000	1,713,000,000	485,000,000	347,000,000	398,000,000	580,000,000	573,000,000	525,000,000	605,000,000	-1,681,000,000	556,000,000	258,000,000	519,000,000	662,000,000	552,000,000	512,000,000	303,000,000	271,000,000	319,000,000	424,000,000	634,000,000	396,000,000	456,000,000	666,000,000	412,000,000	332,000,000	380,000,000	257,000,000	533,000,000	452,000,000	503,000,000	424,000,000	312,000,000	510,000,000	627,000,000	403,000,000	165,000,000	383,000,000	435,000,000	404,000,000	381,000,000	623,000,000	433,000,000	127,000,000	-144,000,000	301,000,000	567,000,000	282,000,000	65,000,000	163,000,000	264,000,000
cash flows from investing activities:
capital expenditures	-1,129,000,000	-1,038,000,000	-844,000,000	-812,000,000	-845,000,000	-1,078,000,000	-1,064,000,000	-1,136,000,000	-1,123,000,000	-1,340,000,000	-1,199,000,000	-1,034,000,000	-846,000,000	-1,016,000,000	-765,000,000	-789,000,000	-594,000,000	-707,000,000	-611,000,000	-614,000,000	-664,000,000	-684,000,000	-653,000,000	-632,000,000	-537,000,000	-312,000,000	-350,000,000	-332,000,000	-419,000,000	-371,000,000	-341,000,000	-373,000,000	-324,000,000	-301,000,000	-315,000,000	-271,000,000			-264,000,000	-327,000,000	-300,000,000	-333,000,000	-456,000,000	-326,000,000	-469,000,000	-258,000,000	-351,000,000	-305,000,000	-244,000,000	-260,000,000	-388,000,000	-213,000,000	-232,000,000	-187,000,000	-263,000,000	-187,000,000	-265,000,000	-399,000,000
free cash flows	-569,000,000	-628,000,000	-708,000,000	-236,000,000	-307,000,000	-270,000,000	-477,000,000	-367,000,000	590,000,000	-855,000,000	-852,000,000	-636,000,000	-266,000,000	-443,000,000	-240,000,000	-184,000,000	-2,275,000,000	-151,000,000	-353,000,000	-95,000,000	-2,000,000	-132,000,000	-141,000,000	-329,000,000	-266,000,000	7,000,000	74,000,000	302,000,000	-23,000,000	85,000,000	325,000,000	39,000,000	8,000,000	79,000,000	-58,000,000	262,000,000			160,000,000	-15,000,000	210,000,000	294,000,000	-53,000,000	-161,000,000	-86,000,000	177,000,000	53,000,000	76,000,000	379,000,000	173,000,000	-261,000,000	-357,000,000	69,000,000	380,000,000	19,000,000	-122,000,000	-102,000,000	-135,000,000
payment for asset acquisition	0	-357,000,000
proceeds from divestiture	0	1,219,000,000
other investing activities	22,000,000	-58,000,000	-115,000,000	56,000,000	1,000,000	36,000,000	28,000,000	-8,000,000	-32,000,000	-59,000,000	28,000,000	27,000,000	18,000,000	-7,000,000					32,000,000	-11,000,000	3,000,000		27,000,000	26,000,000	-15,000,000
net cash from investing activities	-1,107,000,000	-234,000,000	-959,000,000	-756,000,000	-844,000,000	-1,043,000,000	-1,036,000,000	-999,000,000	-1,155,000,000	-1,399,000,000	-1,171,000,000	-992,000,000	1,934,000,000	253,000,000	-728,000,000	-772,000,000	-604,000,000	-582,000,000	-540,000,000	511,000,000	-654,000,000	-646,000,000	-626,000,000	-610,000,000	-6,539,000,000	-370,000,000	-198,000,000	-269,000,000	-353,000,000	-334,000,000	-337,000,000	-367,000,000	-343,000,000	-316,000,000	-351,000,000	-274,000,000	-552,000,000	-365,000,000	-292,000,000	-276,000,000	-264,000,000	-308,000,000	-406,000,000	-295,000,000	-416,000,000	-303,000,000	-314,000,000	-78,000,000	-243,000,000	-261,000,000	-377,000,000	-291,000,000	-388,000,000	-312,000,000	-367,000,000	-224,000,000	-306,000,000	-403,000,000
cash flows from financing activities:
decrease in short-term borrowings	0	-3,000,000	2,000,000	0	-4,000,000			-3,000,000	-11,000,000			0	-43,000,000													-35,000,000	17,000,000	-40,000,000		24,000,000	-53,000,000		42,000,000	-43,000,000	37,000,000	-38,000,000		21,000,000	-53,000,000		39,000,000	-53,000,000						-35,000,000
proceeds from (payment of) commercial paper																																		-118,000,000
proceeds from long-term debt and term loans	70,000,000	665,000,000	1,161,000,000	1,198,000,000	398,000,000	470,000,000	1,899,000,000	649,000,000	3,026,000,000
payments of long-term debt and term loans, including make-whole premiums	-1,019,000,000	-11,000,000	-500,000,000	-441,000,000	-22,000,000	-577,000,000	0	-577,000,000	-2,036,000,000
payment of debt issuance costs	-4,000,000	-8,000,000	-13,000,000	-9,000,000	-3,000,000	-5,000,000	-22,000,000	-12,000,000	-16,000,000	-10,000,000	-9,000,000	-9,000,000	-8,000,000	0	-1,000,000	-17,000,000	-20,000,000	-4,000,000	-1,000,000
payment of dividends on common stock	-144,000,000	-143,000,000	-130,000,000	-128,000,000	-126,000,000	-126,000,000	-119,000,000	-120,000,000	-120,000,000	-112,000,000	-114,000,000	-107,000,000	-107,000,000	-107,000,000	-95,000,000	-95,000,000	-88,000,000	-83,000,000	-82,000,000	-82,000,000	-145,000,000	-144,000,000	-145,000,000	-144,000,000	-144,000,000	-115,000,000
proceeds from issuance of common stock			247,000,000	244,000,000	3,000,000													0	-1,000,000															1,000,000	0	1,000,000	1,000,000	0	2,000,000	1,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000	24,000,000	22,000,000	341,000,000	29,000,000	15,000,000	301,000,000	158,000,000	30,000,000	35,000,000	19,000,000	25,000,000	1,000,000	2,000,000	1,000,000	6,000,000	13,000,000
other financing activities	-3,000,000	-16,000,000	0	-1,000,000	-27,000,000	0	-2,000,000	0	-23,000,000	0	0	-1,000,000	-6,000,000	1,000,000					-2,000,000	0	-4,000,000		0	0	-14,000,000
net cash from financing activities	-613,000,000	1,053,000,000	870,000,000	83,000,000	376,000,000	206,000,000	355,000,000	332,000,000	-519,000,000	875,000,000	377,000,000	1,024,000,000	-2,621,000,000	-728,000,000	202,000,000	157,000,000	2,285,000,000	-15,000,000	296,000,000	-1,083,000,000	-32,000,000	68,000,000	79,000,000	284,000,000	2,345,000,000	-36,000,000	-173,000,000	-411,000,000	-61,000,000	-111,000,000	-393,000,000	-21,000,000	-162,000,000	107,000,000	346,000,000	-660,000,000	-301,000,000	-111,000,000	744,000,000	-123,000,000	-151,000,000	-423,000,000	103,000,000	-354,000,000	287,000,000	-543,000,000	589,000,000	-393,000,000	-294,000,000	-274,000,000	333,000,000	369,000,000	167,000,000	-314,000,000	160,000,000	101,000,000	195,000,000	72,000,000
net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	-1,160,000,000	1,229,000,000	47,000,000	-97,000,000	70,000,000	-29,000,000	-94,000,000	102,000,000	39,000,000													-26,000,000	-35,000,000
cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	0	30,000,000	0	0	109,000,000		0	0	91,000,000		0	0	254,000,000		0	0	167,000,000		0	0	271,000,000		0	0	4,278,000,000
cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	-1,160,000,000	1,259,000,000	47,000,000	-97,000,000	179,000,000		-94,000,000	102,000,000	130,000,000		-447,000,000	430,000,000	147,000,000		-1,000,000	-10,000,000	167,000,000		14,000,000	-53,000,000	247,000,000		-35,000,000	-23,000,000	355,000,000
supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	197,000,000	290,000,000
refunds received for income taxes	-2,000,000	-3,000,000
supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions
accounts payable related to capital expenditures	-25,000,000	334,000,000																								73,000,000	7,000,000	72,000,000	6,000,000	9,000,000	72,000,000	-15,000,000	19,000,000	59,000,000		92,000,000	2,000,000	10,000,000	88,000,000	17,000,000	-3,000,000	87,000,000	33,000,000	5,000,000	16,000,000	83,000,000	7,000,000	13,000,000	-3,000,000	67,000,000	-122,000,000
rou assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities		35,000,000
proceeds from commercial paper		569,000,000																																						72,000,000	-108,000,000	-5,000,000								19,000,000			95,000,000	35,000,000		-277,000,000
loss on divestitures
proceeds from divestitures										0	0	15,000,000	2,060,000,000	0				79,000,000	0
payments of commercial paper			103,000,000				-576,000,000	395,000,000	-1,315,000,000																			-111,000,000			-96,000,000						0	0	-285,000,000
payment of dividends on preferred stock						-1,000,000	-25,000,000	0	-24,000,000	-1,000,000	-24,000,000	0	-24,000,000	-1,000,000	-41,000,000	-17,000,000	-48,000,000	-23,000,000	-48,000,000	-24,000,000	-42,000,000	-17,000,000	-41,000,000	-17,000,000	-43,000,000
redemption of series a preferred stock						0
net regulatory assets and liabilities				-221,000,000	-145,000,000	-59,000,000	80,000,000	-3,000,000	1,025,000,000	86,000,000	35,000,000	-22,000,000	135,000,000	14,000,000	20,000,000	-32,000,000	-2,297,000,000	-10,000,000	4,000,000	-42,000,000	-38,000,000	-13,000,000	-24,000,000	-74,000,000	-3,000,000	15,000,000	-23,000,000	2,000,000	14,000,000	20,000,000	58,000,000	7,000,000	19,000,000	27,000,000	17,000,000	39,000,000	16,000,000	13,000,000	42,000,000	7,000,000	-2,000,000	17,000,000	-9,000,000	-3,000,000	7,000,000	19,000,000		0	-2,000,000	21,000,000	-318,000,000	-62,000,000	0	14,000,000	24,000,000	26,000,000	9,000,000	22,000,000
proceeds from (payments of) commercial paper					157,000,000					1,546,000,000	-394,000,000	715,000,000	-1,941,000,000	536,000,000	371,000,000	187,000,000	38,000,000	296,000,000	441,000,000	-670,000,000	-828,000,000	307,000,000	-637,000,000	-471,000,000	2,692,000,000	227,000,000										61,000,000
gain on divestitures						1,000,000	0			0	0	0	-303,000,000
equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
distributions from unconsolidated affiliates														39,000,000	39,000,000	38,000,000	39,000,000	4,000,000	0	39,000,000	70,000,000
transaction costs related to enable merger
cash received related to enable merger
proceeds from sale of equity securities, net of transaction costs
increase in short-term borrowings						4,000,000				-5,000,000					0				18,000,000																											-53,000,000				62,000,000			0	-32,000,000			-112,000,000	150,000,000
payment of obligation for finance lease										-267,000,000	-47,000,000	0	-171,000,000
cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
proceeds from sale of marketable securities											0	0	702,000,000																0
proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested							0
goodwill impairment and income from reclassification to held for sale																		0	3,000,000	-42,000,000	214,000,000
goodwill impairment																		0	0	0	185,000,000
equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates														-81,000,000	-83,000,000	-67,000,000	-108,000,000		67,000,000	-43,000,000	1,475,000,000
distributions from unconsolidated affiliates in excess of cumulative earnings
borrowings from revolving credit facilities
repayments of revolving credit facilities
proceeds from long-term debt										0	797,000,000	500,000,000	792,000,000	0	0	1,698,000,000	2,795,000,000	500,000,000	0			0	1,195,000,000	1,000,000,000	721,000,000	298,000,000						0	0	600,000,000			800,000,000	0	1,695,000,000	0	0	550,000,000					665,000,000	0	0	500,000,000	0	0	600,000,000	488,000,000				400,000,000
payments of long-term debt, including make-whole premiums										-276,000,000	-332,000,000	-74,000,000	-1,113,000,000
proceeds from issuance of series c preferred stock																			-1,000,000
net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash													-107,000,000		-1,000,000				14,000,000	-53,000,000	-24,000,000				-3,923,000,000
loss on equity securities													17,000,000
gain on enable merger
changes in other assets and liabilities, excluding acquisitions:
other assets and liabilities
acquisitions, net of cash acquired																						0	-4,000,000	0	-5,987,000,000	-132,000,000
amortization of deferred financing costs															12,000,000	8,000,000	7,000,000	5,000,000	8,000,000	8,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	8,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	6,000,000	7,000,000	6,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	8,000,000	8,000,000	8,000,000	7,000,000	8,000,000	7,000,000	8,000,000	7,000,000	6,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	8,000,000	9,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	8,000,000	6,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	21,000,000	11,000,000	14,000,000	19,000,000
amortization of intangible assets in non-utility cost of revenues																		1,000,000	0	0	1,000,000	5,000,000	7,000,000	3,000,000	9,000,000
unrealized gain on marketable securities																		-35,000,000	-83,000,000	-75,000,000	144,000,000	-76,000,000	-59,000,000	-64,000,000	-83,000,000	-44,000,000	-20,000,000	-90,000,000	134,000,000			-31,000,000	-72,000,000	30,000,000	-30,000,000	-74,000,000	-77,000,000	-13,000,000	-46,000,000	80,000,000	-18,000,000	-32,000,000	-32,000,000	-19,000,000	22,000,000	-38,000,000	-14,000,000	-47,000,000
gain on sale
loss on indexed debt securities																							62,000,000	68,000,000	86,000,000	10,000,000
write-down of natural gas inventory																		0	0	0	3,000,000	-1,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000	1,000,000		0	1,000,000	2,000,000	0	2,000,000						0	0	4,000,000				0				0	0	0	6,000,000	6,000,000				0	5,000,000
non-trading derivatives															-28,000,000	-9,000,000	-14,000,000		-11,000,000	50,000,000	-53,000,000	2,000,000	5,000,000	-31,000,000	-40,000,000	-32,000,000	14,000,000	8,000,000	-9,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	-15,000,000				7,000,000	9,000,000	10,000,000	-3,000,000	-8,000,000			11,000,000	-17,000,000	7,000,000	-6,000,000	4,000,000	6,000,000	10,000,000	8,000,000	3,000,000	-49,000,000	-7,000,000	28,000,000	-2,000,000	-4,000,000	-1,000,000	18,000,000
margin deposits																		7,000,000	0	44,000,000	21,000,000	-23,000,000	-21,000,000	-31,000,000	19,000,000	-46,000,000	38,000,000	27,000,000	-5,000,000	29,000,000	-4,000,000	-11,000,000	-3,000,000	1,000,000	-5,000,000	12,000,000	13,000,000	22,000,000	14,000,000	13,000,000	12,000,000	36,000,000	45,000,000	-20,000,000	49,000,000	-67,000,000	27,000,000	50,000,000	101,000,000	-62,000,000	-86,000,000	-191,000,000	66,000,000	29,000,000	16,000,000	-31,000,000	28,000,000	52,000,000
interest and taxes accrued															36,000,000	14,000,000	-62,000,000	77,000,000	-67,000,000	109,000,000	-95,000,000	143,000,000	-1,000,000	28,000,000	-116,000,000	-82,000,000	2,000,000	-66,000,000	27,000,000	-39,000,000	-27,000,000	-15,000,000	-63,000,000	19,000,000	13,000,000	-76,000,000	-6,000,000	22,000,000	-87,000,000	-11,000,000	45,000,000	-59,000,000	54,000,000	-49,000,000	-51,000,000	44,000,000	52,000,000	-23,000,000	24,000,000	-94,000,000	55,000,000	-122,000,000	21,000,000	-72,000,000	117,000,000	-1,000,000	-84,000,000	-65,000,000
other current assets															-13,000,000			-26,000,000	5,000,000	6,000,000	-5,000,000	-53,000,000	11,000,000	4,000,000	16,000,000	-3,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000	-1,000,000	6,000,000	17,000,000	6,000,000	-3,000,000	20,000,000	11,000,000	8,000,000	9,000,000	-14,000,000	-7,000,000	-16,000,000	7,000,000	23,000,000	-19,000,000	-4,000,000	11,000,000	10,000,000	28,000,000	-14,000,000	-30,000,000	43,000,000	-25,000,000	91,000,000	-127,000,000	34,000,000	42,000,000	14,000,000	-68,000,000	25,000,000
other current liabilities															52,000,000	-17,000,000	-59,000,000	-2,000,000	69,000,000	-2,000,000	-37,000,000	11,000,000	38,000,000	-55,000,000	-101,000,000	-27,000,000	23,000,000	-2,000,000	2,000,000	3,000,000	-41,000,000	30,000,000	5,000,000	-55,000,000	15,000,000	-32,000,000	6,000,000	28,000,000	-57,000,000	5,000,000	4,000,000	-32,000,000	37,000,000	-6,000,000	-16,000,000	-16,000,000	24,000,000	11,000,000	35,000,000	-64,000,000	35,000,000	-84,000,000	141,000,000	-63,000,000	29,000,000	28,000,000	8,000,000	-85,000,000
other non-current assets
other non-current liabilities															-53,000,000	-10,000,000	17,000,000
distributions from unconsolidated affiliate in excess of cumulative earnings																			39,000,000	0	7,000,000					74,000,000	75,000,000	74,000,000
payments of long-term debt															-30,000,000	-1,572,000,000	-388,000,000	-664,000,000	-28,000,000	-969,000,000	-63,000,000	-77,000,000	-148,000,000	-83,000,000	-994,000,000	-405,000,000	-588,000,000	-147,000,000	-113,000,000	-261,000,000	-139,000,000	-104,000,000	-142,000,000	-231,000,000	-583,000,000	-612,000,000	-956,000,000	-46,000,000	-526,000,000	-143,000,000	0	-766,000,000	0	-335,000,000	-7,000,000	-441,000,000	-7,000,000	-105,000,000	0	-110,000,000	0	-82,000,000	-776,000,000	-515,000,000	-39,000,000	-75,000,000	0	-434,000,000
payments of revolving credit facilities
unrealized loss on marketable securities																-75,000,000	23,000,000														17,000,000																			34,000,000
other																10,000,000	-5,000,000									6,000,000	7,000,000	3,000,000	9,000,000	7,000,000	-1,000,000	13,000,000	7,000,000	-8,000,000	-7,000,000	12,000,000	0	6,000,000	4,000,000	4,000,000	10,000,000	1,000,000	-15,000,000	5,000,000	6,000,000	2,000,000	8,000,000	4,000,000	3,000,000	1,000,000	2,000,000	-37,000,000	-10,000,000	12,000,000	0	2,000,000	-7,000,000	17,000,000
depreciation and amortization on assets held for sale
loss on early extinguishment of debt
fuel cost recovery																		-16,000,000	-20,000,000	4,000,000	11,000,000	24,000,000	-10,000,000	20,000,000	58,000,000	-6,000,000	-14,000,000	-3,000,000	-15,000,000	0	86,000,000	-15,000,000	-15,000,000	-27,000,000	11,000,000	105,000,000	-9,000,000
other assets																		7,000,000	-10,000,000	-4,000,000	19,000,000	22,000,000	5,000,000	18,000,000	58,000,000	-4,000,000					6,000,000	-3,000,000	-1,000,000	9,000,000	-4,000,000	1,000,000	2,000,000	-8,000,000	2,000,000			2,000,000	0	1,000,000	-4,000,000	-5,000,000	-2,000,000	2,000,000	3,000,000	-4,000,000	40,000,000	-31,000,000	-14,000,000	-15,000,000	6,000,000	-22,000,000	-13,000,000	-4,000,000
other liabilities																		-33,000,000	5,000,000	40,000,000	1,000,000	-32,000,000	8,000,000	9,000,000	-39,000,000	15,000,000	9,000,000	8,000,000	12,000,000	-2,000,000	-1,000,000	8,000,000	8,000,000	13,000,000	10,000,000	7,000,000	22,000,000	2,000,000	8,000,000	-55,000,000	-1,000,000	7,000,000	2,000,000	5,000,000	-16,000,000	13,000,000	-11,000,000	-6,000,000	-4,000,000	24,000,000	12,000,000	33,000,000	-6,000,000	-47,000,000	-1,000,000	16,000,000	-32,000,000	-34,000,000
proceeds for sale of assets
purchase of investments
proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
distribution to zens holders
increase in notes receivable – unconsolidated affiliate
long-term revolving credit facility																					1,050,000,000			0	135,000,000
debt issuance costs																							-10,000,000	-1,000,000	-8,000,000	-2,000,000	-3,000,000	-4,000,000				-2,000,000	-1,000,000	-5,000,000			-7,000,000	-1,000,000	-8,000,000	-14,000,000	0	-9,000,000	0	0	0	-2,000,000	-6,000,000	0	0	-4,000,000	-15,000,000	-1,000,000			-5,000,000	0	2,000,000	-6,000,000
proceeds from sale of assets
loss on reacquired debt
debt and equity issuance costs
equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, net of distributions																							1,000,000							30,000,000	20,000,000	-8,000,000	24,000,000	-22,000,000	-29,000,000	4,000,000			2,000,000	2,000,000	4,000,000	-3,000,000			1,000,000	5,000,000	1,000,000	4,000,000
proceeds from issuance of series a preferred stock
distribution to zens note holders
equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate, net of distributions																									12,000,000	-72,000,000
decrease in notes receivable – unconsolidated affiliate																											0	363,000,000
investment in preferred units – unconsolidated affiliate																											0	-363,000,000
decrease (increase) in restricted cash of bond companies																										4,000,000	2,000,000	-4,000,000
net increase in cash and cash equivalents																															-64,000,000			171,000,000	252,000,000	-401,000,000	-401,000,000	27,000,000	876,000,000																75,000,000	-58,000,000	52,000,000	-67,000,000
cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period																										341,000,000	0	264,000,000	0	0	298,000,000	0	0	208,000,000	0	646,000,000	0	0	220,000,000	0	0	199,000,000		0	0	740,000,000		0	0	167,000,000		0	0	129,000,000		0	0	127,000,000
cash and cash equivalents at end of period																										254,000,000	53,000,000	218,000,000	-18,000,000	11,000,000	234,000,000	24,000,000	-173,000,000	379,000,000	252,000,000	245,000,000	-401,000,000	27,000,000	1,096,000,000	-87,000,000	95,000,000	95,000,000		-484,000,000	254,000,000	329,000,000		-90,000,000	86,000,000	65,000,000		-66,000,000	80,000,000	70,000,000		-58,000,000	52,000,000	60,000,000
supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
cash payments/receipts:
interest, net of capitalized interest																										112,000,000	87,000,000	113,000,000	114,000,000	94,000,000	115,000,000	135,000,000	81,000,000	122,000,000		147,000,000	187,000,000	81,000,000	178,000,000	194,000,000	90,000,000	186,000,000	104,000,000	213,000,000	101,000,000	191,000,000	117,000,000	209,000,000	116,000,000	182,000,000	139,000,000	160,000,000	114,000,000	173,000,000	125,000,000	162,000,000	108,000,000	177,000,000
income taxes (refunds)																																					7,000,000			2,000,000						-8,000,000												34,000,000
non-cash transactions:
net decrease in cash and cash equivalents																										-87,000,000		-46,000,000												-87,000,000	95,000,000	-104,000,000		-484,000,000	254,000,000	-411,000,000				-102,000,000				-59,000,000
income tax refunds																										-2,000,000	32,000,000	-158,000,000			-166,000,000			-1,000,000		-3,000,000			-8,000,000			-160,000,000
equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliate, net of distributions																											-31,000,000	-60,000,000
proceeds of commercial paper
payment of common stock dividends																											-111,000,000	-110,000,000	-106,000,000	-107,000,000	-106,000,000	-102,000,000	-102,000,000	-102,000,000	-89,000,000	-89,000,000	-86,000,000	-86,000,000	-87,000,000	-84,000,000	-84,000,000	-84,000,000	-83,000,000	-82,000,000	-77,000,000	-77,000,000	-74,000,000	-69,000,000	-67,000,000	-66,000,000	-63,000,000	-63,000,000	-60,000,000	-60,000,000	-54,000,000	-55,000,000	-55,000,000	-54,000,000
cash payments:
equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates, net of distributions
decrease (increase) in restricted cash of transition and system restoration bond companies																													-4,000,000	8,000,000	5,000,000	1,000,000	-8,000,000	-2,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
income tax payments
exercise of sesh put to enable																													0
investment in unconsolidated affiliates																																						0	-4,000,000	-2,000,000	-4,000,000	-3,000,000	3,000,000	1,000,000	-2,000,000	-20,000,000	-4,000,000	-112,000,000	-1,000,000	2,000,000	1,000,000	-45,000,000	-57,000,000	-105,000,000	1,000,000
proceeds (payments) of commercial paper
income tax payments (refunds)
unrealized gain on indexed debt securities																															-24,000,000			-43,000,000						-88,000,000					-32,000,000	27,000,000	14,000,000	30,000,000	46,000,000	-22,000,000	-62,000,000	-33,000,000	17,000,000	-50,000,000	-41,000,000	-56,000,000	27,000,000	-41,000,000
unrealized loss on indexed debt securities																																22,000,000			27,000,000	51,000,000		-9,000,000	33,000,000			23,000,000
cash contribution to enable
redemption of indexed debt securities
income taxes																																17,000,000												66,000,000				2,000,000	29,000,000	26,000,000		46,000,000	103,000,000	39,000,000		17,000,000
formation of enable
payment of commercial paper
cash paid for debt retirement																																	0	-1,000,000
accounts receivable/payable, affiliates
cash contribution to midstream partnership
extraordinary item, net of tax
return on true-up balance
step acquisition gain
capital expenditures, net of acquisitions																																					-294,000,000
increase in restricted cash of transition and system restoration bond companies																																					1,000,000	2,000,000	-15,000,000
distributions from (investment in) unconsolidated affiliates
cash received from u.s. department of energy grant
cash paid for debt exchange and debt retirement
acquisitions
cash paid for debt exchange																																								0	0	-58,000,000
fuel cost over (under) recovery																																							-43,000,000	-33,000,000			-52,000,000	-50,000,000	-33,000,000	126,000,000	48,000,000	-19,000,000								-51,000,000
cash received from u.s department of energy grant																																								33,000,000	45,000,000	32,000,000
decrease (increase) in restricted cash of transition and system restoration bonds companies
fuel cost over recovery																																										13,000,000								-30,000,000				29,000,000				23,000,000
decrease in restricted cash of transition and system restoration bonds companies																																													0	1,000,000
decrease (increase) in notes receivable from unconsolidated affiliates																																															0
revolving credit facilities
cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
cash and cash equivalents at end of year
equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates, net of distributions
decrease in notes receivable from unconsolidated affiliates
cash received from doe grant																																												25,000,000
adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
decrease (increase) in restricted cash of transition bond companies																																																-3,000,000	5,000,000	1,000,000			6,000,000	-13,000,000			-4,000,000	5,000,000
long-term revolving credit facilities																																																-499,000,000	-226,000,000	-706,000,000		676,000,000	292,000,000	-231,000,000
increase in notes receivable from unconsolidated affiliates																																																			0	-79,000,000	-94,000,000	-2,000,000	-97,000,000
tax and interest reserves reductions related to zens and aces settlement
unrealized gain on time warner investment																																																							40,000,000
increase in restricted cash of transition bond companies																																																			-3,000,000
unrealized loss on time warner investment																																																				36,000,000	-17,000,000	54,000,000			-28,000,000	44,000,000
write- down of natural gas inventory
discontinued operations, net of tax
income from continuing operations and cumulative effect of accounting change
investment tax credit																																																							-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000	-2,000,000
fuel cost over (under) recovery/surcharge
pension contribution
net cash from operating activities of continuing operations
net cash from operating activities of discontinued operations
proceeds from sale of texas genco
purchase of minority interest of texas genco
decrease in restricted cash for purchase of minority interest of texas genco
increase in cash of texas genco
increase in accounts payable related to capital expenditures
tax and interest reserves reductions related to zens and aces
short-term risk management activities
proceeds from issuance of long-term debt																																																								0
clawback payment from rri
proceeds from sale of texas genco, including cash retained
decrease (increase) in restricted cash for purchase of minority interest of texas genco
funds held for purchase of additional shares in south texas project
payment of common stock dividends by subsidiary

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