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MANUFACTURING
REAL ESTATE AND
SMALL BUSINESS
HEALTH CARE
BIO-FUEL AND
AGRICULTURAL
GOVERNMENT AND
INSTITUTIONAL
WHOLESALE AND
UTILITIES
CenterPoint Energy Services, our competitive
natural gas sales and services business,
had a good year with operating income
of $62 million.
We have a strong presence in growing
regions and markets, and we have a
diverse portfolio of customers, such as
utilities, health care, manufacturing and
small businesses, including an orchid
nursery (pictured) in the Midwest. Overall,
we added more than 2,600 industrial and
commercial customers, including a group
of commercial businesses in the Chicago
area. This brings our total customer
count to more than 9,700, an increase
of 37 percent from the previous year.
Extending our services within the bio-fuels
industry, we now serve more than
30 bio-refining plants, including Poet,
the largest ethanol producer in the U.S.
We also are connecting new bio-methane
plants that produce energy from animal
waste and landfills.
Well positioned to meet the natural gas
needs of current and future customers,
we have more than 1 Bcf/day of firm
transportation capacity and approximately
11 Bcf of underground storage capacity.
We are accessing some of the most
prolific shale production areas in the
country to provide our customers with
lower energy costs.
EXPANDING
OUR PRESENCE,
EXTENDING
OUR SERVICES
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COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS
SALES AND SERVICES
CUSTOMERS WE SERVE