UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~November~~February 2024, ~~2025~~2026

CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	1-3187	22-3865106
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

1111 Louisiana
1111 Louisiana Street
Houston Texas	77002
Houston, Texas	77002
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 207-1111

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
6.95% General Mortgage Bonds due 2033	n/a	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

Emerging Growth Company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On ~~November~~February 2024, ~~2025~~2026, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (the “Company”), ~~Mizuho~~entered ~~Bank~~into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities, ~~Ltd~~Inc., asBMO ~~administrative~~Capital ~~agent~~Markets Corp., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and ~~the~~RBC ~~banks~~Capital ~~party~~Markets, LLC, as representatives ~~thereto~~of ~~entered~~the ~~into~~several aUnderwriters ~~First~~named ~~Amendment~~in Schedule I to the ~~Term~~Underwriting ~~Loan~~ Agreement (the “~~First Amendment~~Underwriters”), ~~amending~~relating to the underwritten public offering of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s ~~Term Loan~~4.85% ~~Agreement~~General ~~dated~~Mortgage asBonds, ~~of June~~Series 24AR, ~~2024~~due 2036 (the “~~Term Loan Agreement~~Bonds”). The ~~First~~offering ~~Amendment~~is ~~extended~~being ~~the~~made ~~maturity~~pursuant ~~date of~~to the ~~Term~~Company’s ~~Loan~~registration ~~Agreement~~statement ~~from~~on ~~December~~Form ~~24,~~S-3 ~~2025~~(Registration Statement ~~to March~~No. ~~31, 2026~~333-272025-02).

~~Affiliates~~The ofBonds ~~the~~are ~~banks~~being ~~party~~ issued pursuant to ~~the~~a ~~Term~~General Mortgage ~~Loan~~Indenture, ~~Agreement~~dated ~~have~~as ~~performed~~of ~~depository~~October 10, 2002, as supplemented and ~~other~~amended ~~banking,~~(the ~~investment~~“General ~~banking,~~Mortgage ~~trust~~Indenture”), ~~investment~~between the ~~management~~Company and ~~advisory services~~The ~~for~~Bank ~~the~~of New York Mellon Trust Company, ~~and~~National ~~its~~Association ~~affiliates~~(successor in trust to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as trustee (~~including~~the ~~participating~~“Trustee”), inas supplemented by the ~~credit~~Thirty-Ninth ~~facilities~~Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of February 27, 2026, between the Company and ~~its~~the ~~affiliates~~Trustee (the “Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture”). ~~from time~~The toform, ~~time~~terms ~~for~~and ~~which~~provisions ~~they~~of ~~have~~the ~~received~~Bonds ~~customary~~are ~~fees~~further described ~~and~~in ~~expenses~~the ~~and~~officer’s ~~may,~~certificate ~~from~~of ~~time~~the Company to ~~time~~be dated February 27, ~~engage~~2026 in(the ~~transactions~~“Officer’s Certificate”) and the prospectus supplement of the Company dated February 24, 2026, together with ~~and~~the ~~perform~~related prospectus dated May 17, 2023, ~~services~~as ~~for~~filed with the ~~Company~~Securities and ~~its~~Exchange ~~affiliates~~Commission inunder Rule 424(b) of the ~~ordinary~~Securities ~~course~~Act of ~~their~~1933, ~~business~~as amended, on February 25, 2026, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

~~Copies~~The ofUnderwriters and ~~the~~their ~~Term~~affiliates ~~Loan~~are ~~Agreement~~full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and ~~the~~investment ~~First~~banking, ~~Amendment~~financial ~~described~~advisory, ~~above~~investment ~~have~~management, ~~been~~investment ~~filed~~research, asprincipal ~~Exhibits~~investment, ~~10.1~~hedging, financing and 10brokerage activities.2, ~~respectively~~In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, tocertain ~~this~~of ~~report~~the Underwriters and/or ~~are~~their ~~incorporated~~affiliates byhave engaged, and ~~reference~~may ~~herein.~~in ~~The~~the ~~foregoing~~future ~~summary~~engage, ~~does~~in ~~not~~commercial ~~purport~~banking, toinvestment bebanking, ~~complete~~trust or investment management transactions with the Company and its isaffiliates ~~qualified~~for which they have received, and will in ~~its~~the ~~entirety~~future byreceive, ~~reference~~customary tocompensation. BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, one of the ~~First~~Underwriters, ~~Amendment~~is an affiliate of the Trustee.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement, the General Mortgage Indenture, the Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture and the form of Officer’s Certificate (including the form of the Bonds) have been filed as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.4 and 4.5, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The exhibits listed below are filed herewith. Agreements included as exhibits are included only to provide information to investors regarding their terms. Agreements listed below may contain representations, warranties and other provisions that were made, among other things, to provide the parties thereto with specified rights and obligations and to allocate risk among them, and such agreements should not be relied upon as constituting or providing any factual disclosures about the Company, any other persons, any state of affairs or other matters.

Agreements and forms of agreements included as exhibits are included only to provide information to investors regarding their terms. Agreements and forms of agreements listed below may contain representations, warranties and other provisions that were made, among other things, to provide the parties thereto with specified rights and obligations and to allocate risk among them, and no such agreement or form of agreement should be relied upon as constituting or providing any factual disclosures about the Company, any other persons, any state of affairs or other matters.

(d)

Exhibits.

EXHIBIT NUMBER	EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
EXHIBIT
10.1	Term Loan Agreement dated as of June 24, 2024 among CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC as borrower, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, and the banks party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CenterPoint Energy, Inc.’s Form 8-K filed on June 24, 2024).
NUMBER		EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
10.2	First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement dated as of November 20, 2025 among CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC as borrower, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, and the banks party thereto.
1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated February 24, 2026, among the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
4.1		General Mortgage Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2002, between the Company and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(j)(1) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended September 30, 2002).
4.2		Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2002, to the General Mortgage Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2002, between the Company and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(e)(10) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. filed on March 10, 2003).
4.3		Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2008, to the General Mortgage Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2002, between the Company and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on January 9, 2009).
4.4		Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2026, to the General Mortgage Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2002, between the Company and the Trustee.
4.5		Form of Officer’s Certificate, to be dated as of February 27, 2026, setting forth the form, terms and provisions of the Bonds.
4.6		Form of the Bonds (included in Exhibit 4.5 hereto).
5.1		Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
23.1		Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC
Date: November 20, 2025	By:	/s/ Kristie L. Colvin
Date: February 25, 2026	By:	/s/ Kristie L. Colvin
		Kristie L. Colvin
		Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

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