CONSUMERS ENERGY CO

CMS Energy is an energy holding company that operates primarily through regulated utility services and non-utility clean energy operations. Its primary subsidiary, Consumers, generates, purchases, transmits, stores, distributes, and sells electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across Michigan. Through NorthStar Clean Energy, the company develops, operates, and markets independent power production, with assets spanning solar, wind, natural gas, wood waste, and coal generation across multiple states.

In Michigan's Lower Peninsula, Consumers supplies electricity and natural gas to 6.8 million residents, serving 1.9 million electric accounts and 1.8 million natural gas accounts. Its utility infrastructure encompasses tens of thousands of miles of electric distribution lines, thousands of miles of gas transmission pipelines, and 14 gas storage fields. The company is incorporated in Michigan, and the text does not disclose a specific city headquarters.

Summary of the business section of Consumers Energy's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“At December 31, 2010, CMS Energy and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including Consumers, had 7,822 full-time equivalent employees.”