CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC $600,000,000 4.50% General Mortgage Bonds, Series X, due 2044 Underwriting Agreement March 12, 2014Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC • March 14th, 2014 • 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”) $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.50% General Mortgage Bonds, Series X, due 2044 (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-Third Supplemental Indenture to the General Mortgage, to be dated as of March 17, 2014 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the General Mortgage and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trust
