JACKSON – Consumers Energy expects to spend $5.2 billion on renewables and $8.5 billion on distribution-level reliability and resilience projects through 2029.

Through 2035, the company anticipates spending $10 billion for line undergrounding and pole replacement, $10 billion for the commission-approved 10.8 GW of renewables and at least $5 billion for the battery storage and gas investments.

Consumers Energy benefits from a “constructive” regulatory environment and strong state support for the utility’s clean energy goals, CMS Energy President and CEO Garrick Rochow said.

In a June filing in the electric utility’s pending rate case, PSC staff supported about 75% of its 10.25% return on equity request and about 90% of its revised capital request. That followed a March order in a pri

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