Contingencies And Commitments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

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		$	148	1		$	7
Guarantees	Various	Various through March 2021			51				-
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 power purchase agreements, 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.

Schedule Of Guarantees, Other Information

Guarantee Description	How Guarantee Arose	Events That Would Require Performance
CMS Energy, including Consumers
Indemnity obligations from asset	Stock and asset sale	Findings of misrepresentation,
sales and other agreements	agreements	breach of warranties, tax claims, and
		other specific events or circumstances
Guarantees	Normal operating	Nonperformance or non-payment by a
	activity	subsidiary under a related contract
Consumers
Indemnity obligations and	Normal operating	Nonperformance or claims made by a third
other guarantees	activity	party under a related contract

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		$	148	1		$	7
Guarantees	Various	Various through March 2021			51				-
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 power purchase agreements, 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.

Schedule Of Guarantees, Other Information

Guarantee Description	How Guarantee Arose	Events That Would Require Performance
CMS Energy, including Consumers
Indemnity obligations from asset	Stock and asset sale	Findings of misrepresentation,
sales and other agreements	agreements	breach of warranties, tax claims, and
		other specific events or circumstances
Guarantees	Normal operating	Nonperformance or non-payment by a
	activity	subsidiary under a related contract
Consumers
Indemnity obligations and	Normal operating	Nonperformance or claims made by a third
other guarantees	activity	party under a related contract