| Cash Flow for CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC. (CNP) | | | | | | | Cash Flow | in Thousands of Dollars | | | 12/2007 | 12/2006 | 12/2005 | 12/2004 | 12/2003 | | | Net Income | 399,000 | 432,000 | 225,000 | 205,715 | 499,783 | | Depreciation & Amortization | 696,000 | 655,000 | 618,000 | 582,096 | 799,923 | | Deferred Income Taxes | 8,000 | (234,000) | 232,000 | 264,914 | 517,442 | | Operating Losses | 12,000 | - | (13,000) | (18,867) | (78,972) | | Extraordinary Losses | - | - | - | - | - | | | Decrease in Receivables | - | 315,000 | (99,000) | (234,435) | (206,170) | | Decrease in Inventories | (102,000) | (82,000) | (115,000) | (8,899) | (61,110) | | Decrease in Other Current Assets | 13,000 | (76,000) | (40,000) | 7,440 | (12,488) | | Increase in Payables | (185,000) | (269,000) | 321,000 | 284,120 | 69,483 | | Increase in Other Current Liabilities | (53,000) | 248,000 | (325,000) | 54,628 | 48,633 | | Decrease in Other Working Capital | (20,000) | 64,000 | (721,000) | (299,777) | (709,874) | | Other Non-Cash Items | 6,000 | (62,000) | 18,000 | (455,953) | 29,205 | | Net Cash from Continuing Operations | 774,000 | 991,000 | 101,000 | 380,982 | 895,855 | | Net Cash from Discontinued Operations | - | - | (38,000) | 94,596 | 37,573 | | Cash from Operating Activities | 774,000 | 991,000 | 63,000 | 475,578 | 933,428 | | | | Sale of Property, Plant, Equipment | - | - | 700,000 | 2,231,000 | - | | Sale of Short Term Investments | - | - | - | - | - | | | Purchase of Property, Plant, Equipment | (1,114,000) | (1,007,000) | (693,000) | (530,227) | (647,750) | | Acquisitions | - | - | - | - | - | | Purchase of Short Term Investments | - | - | - | - | - | | Other Investment Changes, Net | (186,000) | (49,000) | 10,000 | 8,419 | (19,131) | | Cash from Investing Activities | (1,300,000) | (1,056,000) | 17,000 | 1,709,192 | (666,881) | | | Issuance of Debt | 1,276,000 | 511,000 | 3,236,000 | 229,050 | 7,964,529 | | Issuance of Capital Stock | 22,000 | 27,000 | 17,000 | 12,211 | 9,349 | | | Repayment of Debt | (548,000) | (232,000) | (3,281,000) | (2,211,545) | (8,052,068) | | Repurchase of Capital Stock | - | - | - | - | - | | Payment of Cash Dividends | (218,000) | (187,000) | (124,000) | (122,881) | (137,440) | | Other Financing Charges, Net | (4,000) | (1,000) | (19,000) | (13,882) | (223,718) | | Cash from Financing Activities | 528,000 | 118,000 | (171,000) | (2,107,047) | (439,348) | | | | Effect of Exchange Rate Changes | - | - | - | - | - | | Net Change in Cash | 2,000 | 53,000 | (91,000) | 77,723 | (172,801) | | | Cash at Beginning of Year | 127,000 | 74,000 | 165,000 | 86,922 | 304,281 | | Cash at End of Period | 129,000 | 127,000 | 74,000 | 164,645 | 131,480 | | | |
