CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC $400,000,000 3.95% General Mortgage Bonds, Series AB, due 2048 Underwriting Agreement (this “Agreement”)Underwriting Agreement • February 27th, 2018 • Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC • 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”) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.95% General Mortgage Bonds, Series AB, due 2048 (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), as trustee (the “Trustee”), and as further amended and supplemented by a Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture to the General Mortgage, to be dated as of February 28, 2018 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the General Mortgage and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Company
