Contingencies And Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Expected Remediation Cost By Year

In Millions
	2015			2016			2017			2018			2019
Consumers
Remediation and other response activity costs		$	11		$	12		$	13		$	11		$	14

Guarantees

In Millions
			Maximum				Carrying
Guarantee Description	Issue Date	Expiration Date	Obligation				Amount
CMS Energy, including Consumers
Indemnity obligations from asset sales    and other agreements	Various	Various through August 2029		$	150	1		$	7
Guarantees	Various	Various through March 2021			54				-
Consumers
Indemnity obligations and other guarantees	Various	Various through August 2029		$	30			$	1

¹ The majority of this amount arises from stock and asset sale agreements under which CMS Energy or a subsidiary of CMS Energy, other than Consumers, indemnified the purchaser for losses resulting from various matters, including claims related to tax disputes, claims related to PPAs, and defects in title to the assets or stock sold to the purchaser by CMS Energy subsidiaries.  Except for items described elsewhere in this Note, CMS Energy believes the likelihood of material loss to be remote for the indemnity obligations not recorded as liabilities.

Purchase Obligations

In Millions
	Payments Due
	Total			2015			2016			2017			2018			2019			Beyond  2019
CMS Energy, including Consumers
MCV PPA		$	3,425		$	370		$	384		$	312		$	301		$	316		$	1,742
Palisades PPA			2,661			331			342			352			364			375			897
Related party PPAs			1,135			83			83			85			85			88			711
Other PPAs			3,915			254			244			245			247			224			2,701
Other			1,812			755			418			330			80			76			153
Consumers
MCV PPA		$	3,425		$	370		$	384		$	312		$	301		$	316		$	1,742
Palisades PPA			2,661			331			342			352			364			375			897
Related party PPAs			1,135			83			83			85			85			88			711
Other PPAs			3,915			254			244			245			247			224			2,701
Other			1,546			721			389			301			51			47			37

Consumers Energy Company [Member]

Expected Remediation Cost By Year

In Millions
	2015			2016			2017			2018			2019
Consumers
Remediation and other response activity costs		$	11		$	12		$	13		$	11		$	14

Guarantees

In Millions
			Maximum				Carrying
Guarantee Description	Issue Date	Expiration Date	Obligation				Amount
CMS Energy, including Consumers
Indemnity obligations from asset sales    and other agreements	Various	Various through August 2029		$	150	1		$	7
Guarantees	Various	Various through March 2021			54				-
Consumers
Indemnity obligations and other guarantees	Various	Various through August 2029		$	30			$	1

¹ The majority of this amount arises from stock and asset sale agreements under which CMS Energy or a subsidiary of CMS Energy, other than Consumers, indemnified the purchaser for losses resulting from various matters, including claims related to tax disputes, claims related to PPAs, and defects in title to the assets or stock sold to the purchaser by CMS Energy subsidiaries.  Except for items described elsewhere in this Note, CMS Energy believes the likelihood of material loss to be remote for the indemnity obligations not recorded as liabilities.

Purchase Obligations

In Millions
	Payments Due
	Total			2015			2016			2017			2018			2019			Beyond  2019
CMS Energy, including Consumers
MCV PPA		$	3,425		$	370		$	384		$	312		$	301		$	316		$	1,742
Palisades PPA			2,661			331			342			352			364			375			897
Related party PPAs			1,135			83			83			85			85			88			711
Other PPAs			3,915			254			244			245			247			224			2,701
Other			1,812			755			418			330			80			76			153
Consumers
MCV PPA		$	3,425		$	370		$	384		$	312		$	301		$	316		$	1,742
Palisades PPA			2,661			331			342			352			364			375			897
Related party PPAs			1,135			83			83			85			85			88			711
Other PPAs			3,915			254			244			245			247			224			2,701
Other			1,546			721			389			301			51			47			37