File No. 070-9895
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM U-1/A
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO
APPLICATION/DECLARATION
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1111 Louisiana
Houston, Texas 77002
Utility Holding, LLC
200 West Ninth Street Plaza
Suite 411
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(Name of companies filing this statement
and address of principal executive offices)
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1111 Louisiana
Houston, Texas 77002
(Name of top registered holding company parent of each applicant or declarant)
Rufus S. Scott
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1111 Louisiana
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 207-7451
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
The Commission is also requested to send copies
of any communications in connection with this matter to:
James R. Doty, Esq. Margo S. Scholin, Esq.
Joanne C. Rutkowski, Esq. Baker Botts L.L.P.
Baker Botts L.L.P. 3000 One Shell Plaza
The Warner Houston, Texas 77002-4995
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (713) 229-1234
Washington, D.C. 20004-2400
(202) 639-7700
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
From time to time, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and its
subsidiaries make statements concerning our expectations, beliefs, plans,
objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying
assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements
are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, within the meaning of Rule 103A under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or other provisions of the securities laws.
Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
statements. The reader can generally identify our forward-looking statements by
the words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect,"
"intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should," "will," "forecast,"
"goal," "objective," "projection," or other similar words.
We have based our forward-looking statements on our
management's beliefs and assumptions based on information available to our
management at the time the statements are made. We caution the reader that
assumptions, beliefs, expectations, intentions and projections about future
events may and often do vary materially from actual results. Therefore, we
cannot assure the reader that actual results will not differ materially from
those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements.
For some of the factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking
statements, see CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
period ending December 31, 2002 (File No. 1-31447), including those outlined in
"Business -- Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Certain Factors Affecting Our
Future Earnings", the Current Report of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. on Form 8-K
dated as of May 12, 2003 and in this Form U-1/A.
The reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the
particular statement, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. ("CenterPoint" or the "Company") and
Utility Holding, LLC hereby provides an opinion of counsel in this
Application-Declaration.
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the
Application-Declaration is intended to supplement and amend, as appropriate,
Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 4 and 5 to the Application-Declaration.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit G-14.1 Opinion of Counsel.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended, the Applicants have duly caused this
Application/Declaration to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 28, 2003
CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.
and its subsidiary companies as named on the title page
By: /s/ Rufus S. Scott
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Rufus S. Scott
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
and Assistant Corporate Secretary
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.