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 -------------------------------------------- Rufus S. Scott Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary CenterPoint Energy, Inc.