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CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

TX · US

Energy

utilities

Tracked direct giving

$814,448

LDA reported lobbying spend

$820,000

Connections

7

The Money Trail

How money flowed from CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

$814K
13 transactions across 9 counterparties
sum of 13 tracked donations shown

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. directed $500K to Judicial Fairness PAC.

Nov 2025corporate

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. directed $250K to #PROJECTREDTX.

Dec 2023corporate

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. directed $30K to Texas Republican Party (P) across 2 contributions between March 2024 and May 2026.

Mar 2024 – May 2026corporate

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. directed $25K to Texas Democratic Party (P) across 3 contributions between April 2024 and August 2026.

Apr 2024 – Aug 2026corporate

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. directed $3K to Peter P. Flores.

Dec 2024corporate

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. also gave to 4 other entities totaling $7K.

$814K tracked across 9 counterparties (sum of 13 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$10K
modeled estimate
1 path across 1 counterparty
$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to Dade Phelan
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K

$10K attributed (modeled estimate) across 1 path·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

ENGENG
$1.2M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$930K
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$670K
HOMHousing
$670K
TRATransportation
$670K
ENVEnvironment/Superfund
$670K
TECScience/Technology
$320K
UTIUtilities
$200K
DEFDefense
$130K
AGRAgriculture
$130K

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$670K
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.$70K
Cornerstone Government Affairs$50K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

grid reliabilityH.R. 1grid modernization

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
Judicial Fairness PAC$500,000Nov 20, 2025
#PROJECTREDTX$250,000Dec 27, 2023
Texas Republican Party (P)$15,448May 15, 2026
Texas Democratic Party (P)$15,000Aug 25, 2026
Texas Republican Party (P)$15,000Mar 29, 2024
Texas Democratic Party (P)$5,000Mar 24, 2025
Texas Democratic Party (P)$5,000Apr 10, 2024
Peter P. Flores$2,500Dec 13, 2024
Harris County Democratic Party (P)$2,500Mar 27, 2024
Heriberto Morales JR$1,000Feb 9, 2026
Heriberto Morales JR$1,000Dec 1, 2024
Armando L. Walle JR$1,000Apr 12, 2024
Texas Association of Business PAC$1,000Dec 21, 2023

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Lobbied onInflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions (H.R.5376)LDA filing: lobbied on IRA Drug Pricing Provisions, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $190,000Source
RetainedPrime PolicyHired PRIME POLICY GROUP to lobby on Grid Reliability ActSource
Lobbied onH.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs ActLDA filing: lobbied on Lower Energy Costs Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $190,000Source
Lobbied onInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - Grid ModernizationLDA filing: lobbied on IIJA Grid Modernization, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $50,000Source
Lobbied onGrid Reliability and Resilience ActLDA filing: lobbied on Grid Reliability Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $80,000Source
RetainedCORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.Hired CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. to lobby on IIJA Grid ModernizationSource
RetainedCornerstone Government AffairsHired CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. to lobby on IIJA Grid ModernizationSource