Houston Lighting & Power Co. (HL&P), later named Reliant Energy HL&P/Entex, was the single power and utility company that served Greater Houston of the U.S. state of Texas. It was a subsidiary of Houston Industries (HI, NYSE: HOU),[1] which later was renamed to Reliant Energy (REI). HL&P had a service area of 5000 sqmi. In 1998 in terms of kilowatt-hour sales it was the tenth-largest energy company in the United States.[2]
History
It began operations in 1882.[3]
In 1999 Houston Industries changed its name to Reliant Energy.[4] Therefore HL&P was renamed Reliant Energy HL&P/Entex.