Texas Genco Holdings, Inc. announced that J. Evans Attwell, Donald R. Campbell, Robert J. Cruikshank, Patricia A. Hemingway Hall, Scott E. Rozzell and Gary L. Whitlock, have been elected to the company's board of directors, effective March 17, 2003.

Attwell, 71, is the former Managing Partner of law firm Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. in Houston, Texas and is currently of counsel to that firm. He serves on the boards of directors of Ocean Energy Inc. and the Welch Foundation. He is a graduate of Rice University and the University of Texas Law School.

Campbell, 61, currently serves on the board of directors of Sanders Morris Harris Group, a NASDAQ listed regional investment banking firm. Prior to his retirement in September 2000, Mr. Campbell was the chief financial officer of Sanders Morris Harris. He is a graduate of Lamar University with a degree in accounting.

Cruikshank, 72, is a private investor and retired senior partner with the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is currently a CenterPoint Energy director, after serving on the Reliant Energy board since 1993. He is a graduate of Rice University with a bachelor of arts degree in Economics and Accounting.

Hemingway Hall, 50, is president of BlueCross BlueShield of Texas and President of HMO Blue Texas. She is a graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelor's of science in nursing and the University of Michigan with a master's in public health, health planning and administration.

Rozzell, 53, is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of the company and of CenterPoint Energy. Prior to joining CenterPoint Energy, Rozzell was a senior partner and chair of the Energy Department of the Houston office of Baker Botts L.L.P. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from Southern Methodist University and a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.

Whitlock, 53, is executive vice president and chief financial officer of the company and of CenterPoint Energy. Prior to joining CenterPoint Energy, Whitlock served as vice president, finance and chief financial officer of Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. He received a bachelor of business administration in accounting from Sam Houston State University.

The Texas Genco board now consists of eight members, including current directors David G. Tees, Texas Genco president and chief executive officer, and David M. McClanahan, chairman of the board of directors of Texas Genco and president and chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy.

Texas Genco Holdings, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is one of the largest wholesale electric power generating companies in the United States with over 14,000 megawatts of generation capacity. It sells electric generation capacity, energy and ancillary services in one of the nation's largest power markets, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Texas Genco has one of the most diversified generation portfolios in Texas, using natural gas, coal, lignite, and uranium fuels. The company owns and operates 60 generating units at 11 electric power-generating facilities and owns a 30.8 percent interest in a nuclear generating plant. Texas Genco currently is a majority- owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. . For more information, visit our web site at www.txgenco.com .

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