CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)

Texas and Midwest electric and gas utility. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 19, 2026. Ranked 12 of the 30 Utilities companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

A utility whose excerpt carries the union count but not the total, so the headcount is not stated and its two segments are split by revenue, electric leading.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 22% now, 35% at the end of 2027, 42% at the end of 2028, 45% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 45% desk work, 15% people work and 40% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 50% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 40% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

Not stated in the filing. The filing describes only its Texas, Indiana, Ohio and Minnesota service territories, so the U.S. share is recorded as 1 with a flag; no count by country is stated.

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: The human capital excerpt carries no total; the data service shows 8,794 employees as of December 31, 2025 (8,872 a year earlier); the filing states that 3,712 employees are represented by collective bargaining agreements (about 42% of that figure); a corporate university, internship and apprenticeship programs.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• The Southern Company (SO, 29,800 employees)22% now, 45% by 2028
• PG&E Corporation (PCG, 29,010 employees)21% now, 42% by 2028
• Duke Energy Corporation (DUK, 26,441 employees)21% now, 41% by 2028
• Exelon Corporation (EXC, 20,571 employees)22% now, 45% by 2028
• American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP, 17,581 employees)24% now, 50% by 2028
• NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE, 17,400 employees)21% now, 41% by 2028
• NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG, 16,702 employees)19% now, 32% by 2028
• Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED, 15,407 employees)21% now, 42% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

22 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says CenterPoint may not be successful in its adoption, development and deployment of AI, which could affect its business, reputation or financial results, and lists AI in its glossary; it names AI in 22 sentences.

• “GLOSSARY AFSI Adjusted financial statement income AFUDC Allowance for funds used during construction AI Artificial intelligence ALJ Administrative Law Judge AMAs Asset Management Agreements AMS Advanced Metering System Arevon Arevon Energy, Inc., which was formed through the combination of Capital Dynamics, Inc.'s U.S.”
• “We may not be successful in our adoption, development and deployment of AI, which could adversely affect our business, reputation or financial results. iii General and Other Risks Our revenues and results of operations are seasonal.”
• “Certain of the assumptions that could impact CenterPoint Energy's ability to meet our energy transition goals and the timing thereof include, but are not limited to: GHG emission levels, service territory size, capacity needs and customer demand remaining in line with CenterPoint Energy's expectations when such goals were announced, including with respect to demand for our services and in relat...”
• “The sophistication of cybersecurity threats, including those leveraging AI, continues to increase, and the controls and preventative actions we take to reduce the risk of cybersecurity incidents and protect our systems, including the regular testing of our cybersecurity incident response plan, may be insufficient.”
• “In addition, new technology that could result in greater operational efficiency, such as AI and cloud-based infrastructure, may further expose our computer systems to the risk of cybersecurity incidents.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 202315median 1
• Fiscal 202419median 4
• Fiscal 202522median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• Headcount not stated in the excerpt (rule 12): the data service's 8,794 as of December 31, 2025 is in the notes; the collector's 3,712 is the union count.
• The U.S. share is recorded as 1 because the filing describes only U.S. territories; it states no count by country.
• No count by segment: the split between electric and gas is by segment revenue (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001130310-26-000008, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.