Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 12, 2009, the Michigan Public Service Commission ("MPSC") issued an order in Consumers Energy Company's ("Consumers") general electric rate case (MPSC Case No. U-15645). The order states that, if Consumers chooses to self-implement a $179 million annual rate increase, it must (i) do so pursuant to a rate design prescribed by the Commission in the order, rather than by equal percentage surcharges proposed by Consumers, and (ii) contemporaneously distribute $36 million of proceeds associated with the sale of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant. For more information and to obtain a copy of the order please visit the MPSC's website at:
http://efile.mpsc.cis.state.mi.us/efile/viewcase.php?casenum=15645.

This Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in Rule 3b-6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Rule 175 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and relevant legal decisions. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. They should be read in conjunction with "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION" and "RISK FACTORS" each found in the MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS sections of CMS Energy Corporation's ("CMS Energy") Form 10-K and Consumers Energy Company's ("Consumers") Form 10-K each for the Year Ended December 31, 2008 and as updated in CMS Energy's and Consumers' Forms 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2009. CMS Energy's and Consumers' "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION" and "RISK FACTORS" sections are incorporated herein by reference and discuss important factors that could cause CMS Energy's and Consumers' results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

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