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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)January 22, 2015
Commission File Number	Registrant; State of Incorporation; Address; and Telephone Number	IRS Employer Identification No.
1-9513	CMS ENERGY CORPORATION (A Michigan Corporation) One Energy Plaza Jackson, Michigan 49201 (517) 788-0550	38-2726431
1-5611	CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY (A Michigan Corporation) One Energy Plaza Jackson, Michigan 49201 (517) 788-0550	38-0442310

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 22, 2015, Ms. Deborah Butler and Ms. Myrna Soto were elected to the Boards of Directors (“Boards”) of CMS Energy Corporation (“CMS Energy”) and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy Company (“Consumers Energy”). Ms. Butler has been appointed to serve on the Compensation and Human Resources and Finance Committees of the Boards and Ms. Soto has been appointed to serve on the Audit and Governance and Public Responsibility Committees of the Boards

Prior to their elections, and pursuant to CMS Energy’s and Consumers Energy’s Bylaws, each of the Boards increased its authorized membership from eleven to thirteen members. This increase in the size of each of the Boards and the elections of Ms. Butler and Ms. Soto to fill the newly created director positions are a part of ongoing succession planning by the Boards.

Ms. Butler is the executive vice president of planning and chief information officer of Norfolk Southern Corporation. Ms. Soto is the senior vice president and chief infrastructure and information security officer of Comcast Corporation.

Ms. Butler and Ms. Soto have no prior relationships with CMS Energy or Consumers Energy and there are no arrangements or understandings between either Ms. Butler or Ms. Soto and CMS Energy or Consumers Energy pursuant to which Ms. Butler and Ms. Soto were elected as directors.

In connection with their elections to the Boards, Ms. Butler and Ms. Soto will each enter into Director Indemnification Agreements with CMS Energy and Consumers Energy, effective January 22, 2015. In connection with their elections to the CMS Energy Board, Ms. Butler and Ms. Soto will each receive a restricted stock grant, in a pro-rata amount of the annual restricted stock grant provided to non-employee directors, effective on January 22, 2015, and such restricted shares will vest 100% three years from the original grant date. Going forward, Ms. Butler and Ms. Soto will each receive director compensation as described in the proxy statement for CMS Energy’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 16, 2014 and in accordance with the CMS Energy Performance Incentive Stock Plan, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 CMS Energy News Release dated January 22, 2015

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
Dated: January 22, 2015	By:	/s/ Melissa M. Gleespen
		Melissa M. Gleespen
		Vice President and
		Corporate Secretary
		CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
Dated: January 22, 2015	By:	/s/ Melissa M. Gleespen
		Melissa M. Gleespen
		Vice President and
		Corporate Secretary

99.1 CMS Energy News Release dated January 22, 2015

EX-99

Myrna M. Soto, Senior Vice President of Comcast Corp., and Deborah H. Butler, Executive Vice President of Norfolk Southern Corp., Join CMS Energy and Consumers Energy Boards of Directors

JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 22, 2015 – Myrna M. Soto, senior vice president of Comcast Corp., and Deborah H. Butler, executive vice president of Norfolk Southern Corp., have been elected to CMS Energy’s Board of Directors, effective January 22, 2015. They also are joining the Board of Directors of Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy.

Soto has served since 2009 as senior vice president and chief infrastructure and information security officer for Comcast. She is responsible for enterprise information and infrastructure security strategy, focusing on the protection of customer data, security of enterprise and delivery infrastructure, and all technology compliance-related activities.

Prior to joining Comcast, Soto served since 2005 as vice president of information technology governance and chief information security officer for MGM Resorts International.

Soto brings over 20 years of information technology and security experience from a variety of industries, including financial services, hospitality, insurance and risk management and gaming and entertainment.

Soto serves as an executive committee board member of HITEC (Hispanic IT Executive Council) and as a member of the Federal Communications Commission’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council and its CyberSecurity working group.

Butler has served since 2007 as executive vice president of planning and chief information officer of Norfolk Southern. Since joining the company in 1978 as a customer account auditor, Butler has served in positions of increasing responsibility until being named assistant vice president of transportation customer service in 2000 and vice president for customer service in 2002.

Butler serves as chairman of the board of Thoroughbred Technology and Telecommunications, LLC, a Norfolk Southern subsidiary, and serves as a board member of

TTX Company Inc., which provides railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry.

Soto will serve on the Audit Committee and Governance and Public Responsibility Committee for the CMS Energy and Consumers Energy boards. Butler will serve on Compensation and Human Resources Committee and Finance Committee for both boards.

CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS) is a Michigan-based company that has an electric and natural gas utility, Consumers Energy, as its primary business and also owns and operates independent power generation businesses.

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