Webcast Alert: CenterPoint Energy and Texas Genco Jointly Host Webcast of Second Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call on August

Webcast Alert: CenterPoint Energy and Texas Genco Jointly Host
Webcast of Second Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call on August 6, 2004
Texas Genco Cancels Webcast Scheduled for August 6, 2004 


HOUSTON, July 27  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP)
and Texas Genco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:TGN) will jointly host a live webcast of
their second quarter 2004 earnings conference call on Friday, August 6, 2004 at
10:30 a.m. Central time / 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Consequently, Texas Genco
has cancelled the conference call webcast it had previously scheduled for
August 6, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. Central time, or 10 a.m. Eastern time.  The
information for the joint webcast is as follows:

   What:     CenterPoint Energy and Texas Genco Second Quarter 2004
             Earnings Conference Call Webcast

   When:     Friday, August 6, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. Central time /
             11:30 a.m. Eastern time

   Where:    http://www.centerpointenergy.com/investors/events or
             http://www.txgenco.com/Investor.html
             Click the link, "CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and Texas Genco
             Holdings, Inc. Second Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call
             Webcast"

   How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web
             at one of the addresses above.

   Contact:  Marianne Paulsen  [phone]



CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy
delivery company that includes electric transmission & distribution, natural
gas distribution and sales, interstate pipeline and gathering operations, and
more than 14,000 megawatts of power generation in Texas, of which approximately
2,500 megawatts are currently in mothball status.  The company serves nearly
five million metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas.  Assets total over $21 billion.  With more
than 11,000 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have
been in business for more than 130 years.  For more information, visit the Web
site at http://www.centerpointenergy.com/ .

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, of which approximately 2,500 megawatts
are currently in mothball status.  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, oil, 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 http://www.txgenco.com/ .

The webcast will be archived at http://www.centerpointenergy.com/ , or
http://www.prnewswire.com/ for at least one year.

(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.) 

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DATASOURCE: CenterPoint Energy, Inc.; Texas Genco Holdings, Inc.



CONTACT:  Marianne Paulsen of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.-Texas Genco

Holdings, Inc., [phone]



Web site:  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/EN/default.asp 

Web site:  http://www.centerpointenergy.com/

http://www.centerpointenergy.com/investors/events

http://www.txgenco.com/Investor.html

http://www.prnewswire.com/ 

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