The management of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and Texas Genco Holdings, Inc. will host a webcast of its conference call to present a business overview of Texas Genco on Monday, January 27, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. Central time or 2:30 p.m. Eastern time.

   What:     Business Overview of Texas Genco Conference Call Webcast

   When:     Monday, January 27, 2003 @ 1:30 p.m. Central time
             or 2:30 p.m. Eastern time

   Where:    www.CenterPointEnergy.com or www.txgenco.com
             Click the link, "Overview of Texas Genco,"
             in the Investors section

   How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web
             at the address above.

   Contact:  Marianne Paulsen  (713) 207-6500

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution and sales, interstate pipeline and gathering operations, and more than 14,000 megawatts of power generation in Texas. The company serves nearly five million customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Assets total nearly $19 billion. CenterPoint Energy became the new holding company for the regulated operations of the former Reliant Energy, Incorporated in August 2002. With more than 11,000 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 130 years.

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.

The webcast will be archived at http://www.centerpointenergy.com/ , http://www.txgenco.com/ or http://www.prnewswire.com/ for 14 days.

(Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/EN/default.asp and at least a 28.8Kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the broadcast, send an email to webcastsupport@tfprn.com ).

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SOURCE: CenterPoint Energy, Inc.