CMS Energy revenue, net income rise
JACKSON—Officials at CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS) announced second quarter net income of $136 million or 48 cents a share, up from $93 million or 33 cents a share in the …
CMS buys wind farm, opens charging stations
JACKSON—Two green energy moves Friday by Jackson-based CMS Energy Co. and its subsidiary, Consumers Energy. First, Consumers Energy announced that the first PowerMIDrive fast charging stations for electric vehicles are …
Customer trust in utilities hits all-time high
LIVONIA—Officials at the human behavior analytics firm Escalent announced that customer trust in utilities has hit a historic high due to the industry’s effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Escalent’s …
Construction starts on Consumers Energy solar farms
MINNEAPOLIS—Geronimo Energy LLC, a Minneapolis-based subsidiary of London, England-based National Grid Group plc, announced the start of construction activities for two Michigan solar projects whose energy will be purchased by …
Consumers Energy CEO to keynote renewable energy conference
LANSING—Patti Poppe, president and CEO of Jackson-based CMS Energy Co., will serve as keynote speaker of the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council’s Eighth Annual Energy Innovators Conference April 22 at …
Consumers Energy taps San Francisco firm for residential battery storage pilot
JACKSON—Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider, announced a collaboration with Sunverge, a San Francisco, Calif.-based provider of rooftop solar and home energy management systems, for a Consumers Energy residential battery …
Consumers Energy to retire two coal plants, go 43% renewables by 2040
JACKSON — Consumers Energy announced that it would file an Integrated Resource Plan with the Michigan Public Service Commission to zero out its use of coal as a power source …
Consumers Energy in data center deal with Switch in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS — Switch (NYSE: SWCH), the Las Vegas-based technology infrastructure provider, announced that it has signed a colocation deal with Consumers Energy, officially selling out 90 percent of the …
Consumers Energy Hits $1B Spending Mark With Michigan Companies Early
JACKSON — Consumers Energy is making good on a five-year commitment to Michigan businesses, announcing today that it has spent over $1 billion in less than a year with employers …
Consumers Customers Can Get Power Outage Alerts On The Go
JACKSON — With stormy weather predicted later this week, Consumers Energy is introducing automatic outage alerts for its 1.8 million residential and business electric customers to provide them with accurate, …