CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC $500,000,000 3.55% General Mortgage Bonds, Series W, due 2042 Underwriting Agreement August 7, 2012Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC • August 9th, 2012 • Electric services • New York
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the “Company”), confirms, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, its agreement to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.55% General Mortgage Bonds, Series W, due 2042 (the “Bonds”) to be issued pursuant to the General Mortgage Indenture dated as of October 10, 2002, as amended and supplemented at the date hereof (the “General Mortgage”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association), as trustee (the “Trustee”) and as further amended and supplemented by a Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture to the General Mortgage, dated as of August 10, 2012 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the General Mortgage and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Indenture”),
