CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
CMS Energy is a Michigan-based energy company developing sustainable energy projects through its subsidiary, Consumers Energy.
CMS Energy
CMS Energy is an energy company primarily focused on utility operations in Michigan. Its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, provides electricity and natural gas to millions of residential, commercial, and industrial customers across Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The company operates a generation portfolio that includes natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and solar facilities, alongside extensive power transmission and natural gas storage infrastructure. Through NorthStar Clean Energy, the company also develops and operates contracted clean power projects across North America. CMS Energy focuses on grid modernization, expanding renewable capacity, and reducing methane emissions to support regional decarbonization targets.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of CMS Energy
- Electric Distribution Infrastructure: Electric utility services delivering electricity to approximately 1.9 million customers across 68 counties in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, operating thousands of miles of overhead and underground distribution lines, substations, and smart grid automation systems.
- Natural Gas Delivery & Storage: Natural gas distribution and transmission serving around 1.8 million customers in Michigan, backed by extensive pipeline networks, compressor stations, and underground storage facilities providing total working capacity exceeding 300 billion cubic feet.
- Renewable Power Generation: Development and operation of utility-scale wind farms and solar installations across Michigan, including major assets such as the Gratiot, Cross Winds, and Heartland wind parks, supplying clean electricity to grid systems.
- Hydroelectric & Thermal Generation: Electricity generation from a diversified fleet including pumped-storage hydroelectric plants like Ludington, natural gas-fired combined-cycle plants, and legacy coal assets being transitioned out under state decarbonization roadmaps.
- Independent Power Generation: Development, ownership, and operation of contracted clean energy facilities across North America, generating power from solar, wind, biomass, and natural gas assets for commercial and industrial off-takers.
- Grid Modernization & Decarbonization Projects: System reliability enhancements, methane emissions reduction initiatives across natural gas pipelines, customer energy efficiency programs, and infrastructure upgrades supporting battery storage integration and electric vehicle charging networks.
CMS Energy executive team
- Mr. Garrick J. RochowPresident, CEO & Director
- Mr. Rejji P. HayesExecutive VP & CFO
- Mr. Shaun M. Johnson J.D.EVP of Business Transformation & Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
- Mr. Brandon J. HofmeisterSenior Vice President of Strategy, Sustainability & External Affairs
- Mr. LeeRoy Wells Jr.President of Natural Gas Delivery
- Ms. Tonya L. BerryExecutive VP & COO
- Mr. Scott B. McIntoshChief Accounting Officer, Controller & VP
- Mr. Jim G. BeecheyVP of IT & Security and Chief Information Officer
- Mr. Jason M. ShoreTreasurer & VP of Investor Relations
- Ms. Melissa M. GleespenVP, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary