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CenterPoint Energy

centerpointenergy.com · Energy · CNP

Ranked 826 of 2,047 companies in the study

35Overall score
  • Visibility25
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness21
What this means for CenterPoint Energy

AI assistants name CenterPoint Energy in 13.3% of answers, which is much more often than the typical company in the Energy sector at 3.3%. CenterPoint Energy has an overall score of 35 out of 100, ranking 826th of 2,047 companies. Its website passes 3 out of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the energy market: none named CenterPoint Energy. AI assistants named it in 8 of 60 answers (13.3%). The typical energy company is named in 3.3% of answers. By how often it is named, CenterPoint Energy ranks 15 of 109 in its sector.

Named by AI in
13.3%
8 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
42.1%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
24 of 109
by overall score, where the typical energy company scores 29
How CenterPoint Energy compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
25

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
1

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with energy

109 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score35
Ranks 24 of 109. Typical company: 29
Named in answers13%
Ranks 15 of 109. Typical company: 3%
AI readiness21
Ranks 52 of 109. Typical company: 21
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“Electricity service options for new home construction in Houston”

When building a new home in Houston, you have two primary electricity service options: temporary power for the construction phase and permanent electricity service for when the home is complete. Houston is part of a deregulated energy market, which means you can choose your electricity provider.

1. Temporary Electricity Service for Construction

Before your permanent electricity is connected, you'll need temporary power to run tools and equipment during construction.

How it Works: Temporary power typically involves a site power pole, a transformer, a meter base, and a panel with …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Direct Energy3
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

CenterPoint Energy
57.1%
Reliant Energy
21.4%
Direct Energy
21.4%
Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP)
0.0%
Atmos Energy
0.0%
Entergy Texas
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Perplexity
3/15
Gemini
2/15
OpenAI
2/15
Claude
1/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.centerpointenergy.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotallowed
  • ClaudeBotallowed
  • Anthropic-AIallowed
  • Google-Extendedallowed
  • Applebot-Extendedallowed
  • Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
  • FacebookBotallowed
  • Bytespiderallowed
  • CCBotallowed
  • Diffbotallowed
  • Omgilibotallowed
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotallowed
  • Claude-SearchBotallowed
  • PerplexityBotallowed
  • Applebotallowed
  • Amazonbotallowed
  • YouBotallowed
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userallowed
  • Claude-Userallowed
  • Perplexity-Userallowed
  • DuckAssistBotallowed
  • MistralAI-Userallowed

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

choosetexaspower.org
26
reliant.com
15
energy.gov
14
chooseenergy.com
13
constellation.com
13
electricchoice.com
11
energybot.com
9
energysage.com
9
comparepower.com
9
gulfcoastgreenenergy.com
9

In the study as S&P 500.

Every question, and where the company came up (3 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Alternatives to natural gas for heating and cooking at home
  • Electricity vs natural gas for home heating: pros and cons
  • How do I know if changing utility providers in Texas will save me money?
  • How to find reliable energy services for small businesses
  • Differences between fixed-rate and variable-rate energy plans
  • What should I do if I experience a gas outage in my neighborhood?
  • Electricity service options for new home construction in Houston
  • Who do I call if my power goes out during a storm?
  • Typical costs of residential electricity plans in Texas
  • Are there discounts or payment assistance options for business energy users?
  • What are some green energy options for businesses in the Gulf Coast region?
  • Alternative energy solutions for homeowners beyond traditional utility companies
  • Natural gas services available for multi-family buildings
  • Best electricity and natural gas providers for residential homes in the Houston area
  • Is it worth switching to a dual fuel energy service for my household?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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