Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.consumersenergy.com
Employees: 8,026
Employee growth: (1.1%)

Consumers Energy Company makes sure that the energy consumers in Michigan have the power to crank up their heaters and the gas to fire up their stoves. The company's operating area includes all 68 counties of Michigan's lower peninsula. All told, Consumers Energy has a generating capacity of 9,300 MW (primarily fossil-fueled), and distributes electricity to 1.8 million customers and natural gas to 1.7 million customers. Included in the utility's arsenal of power production is electricity generated from fossil-fueled, nuclear, and hydroelectric power plants. Consumers Energy is a subsidiary and primary operating unit of CMS Energy.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2006:
Sales: $5,721.0M
One year growth: 9.3%
Net income: $186.0M

Officers:
Chairman: Kenneth (Ken) Whipple
CEO and Director: David W. Joos
President and COO: Nuclear Power Generation

Competitors:
Detroit Edison
Integrys Energy Group
We Energies