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Centerpoint Energy

Corporate PAC FEC C00333534

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$13K
Company lobbying, all issues $1.1M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Centerpoint Energy reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 2 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
Transportation 8 of 8 · Telecommunications 5 of 8 · 2 more · Show all 9
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications5 of 85/8
  • Disaster Planning/Emergencies1 of 81/8
  • Utilities1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 38 bills, this period

33 more, 16 named in only one filing · Show all 38

From the filings

“Inflation Reduction Act Implementation - Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax Tariffs - Impacts of tariffs on consumer energy bills H.R. 1- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act; - S.3605/H.R.7450 - Disaster Zone and Energy Affordability Act S. 448, the CIRCUIT Act Transmission and distribution issues generally”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Siting and permitting generally Rights-of-way”
Q3 2026 filing · Environment/Superfund

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Energy

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 1 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Centerpoint Energy, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 2 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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