File No. 070-10162 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM U-1/A AMENDMENT NO. 3 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 Margo S. Scholin Joanne C. Rutkowski Baker Botts L.L.P. Stephanie Smith 3000 One Shell Plaza Baker Botts L.L.P. Houston, Texas 77002-4995 The Warner (713) 229-1234 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2400 (202) 639-7700 CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (together, the "Applicants") hereby provide Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2, Exhibit B-3, Exhibit B-4 and Exhibit F-1 to their Application/Declaration in File No. 070-10162. This Amendment No. 3 to the Application-Declaration is intended to supplement Amendment No. 2 to the Application-Declaration ("Amendment No. 2"). Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning provided them in Amendment No. 2. Exhibits A-1 Organization of ServiceCo A-2 Limited Liability Company Regulations of ServiceCo A-3 Corporate Organization Chart of CenterPoint Energy Incorporated and Subsidiaries (filed with Form U5S and incorporated herein by reference) B-1 Form of Master Services Agreement B-2 Form of Service Agreement Procedures Manual* B-3 Form of Sublease Agreement B-4 Functional Organization Chart of ServiceCo B-5 Form of Services Agreement for services rendered by other system companies D-1 Filing with the Minnesota Commission* D-2 Filing with the Mississippi Commission* D-3 Filing with the Louisiana Commission* F-1 Opinion of Counsel F-2 Past Tense Opinion of Counsel* H-1 Form of Notice * To be filed by amendment. 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: December 3, 2003 CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. and its Subsidiaries By: /s/ Rufus S. Scott --------------------------- Rufus S. Scott Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 2