Europe Investor Meetings March 14-18, 2016

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1 Europe Investor Meetings March 14-18, 2016 Jackson Gas Plant Among lowest acquisition cost ever Ludington Pumped Storage Fourth largest in the world Cross Winds Energy Park #2 in renewable sales in the Great Lakes area

2 This presentation is made as of the date hereof and contains forward-looking statements as defined in Rule 3b-6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 175 of the Securities Act of 1933, and relevant legal decisions. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements should be considered in the context of the risk and other factors detailed from time to time in CMS Energy s and Consumers Energy s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION and RISK FACTORS sections of CMS Energy s and Consumers Energy s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, CMS Energy s and Consumers Energy s 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 Energy s results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. CMS Energy and Consumers Energy undertake no obligation to update any of the information presented herein to reflect facts, events or circumstances after the date hereof. The presentation also includes non-gaap measures when describing CMS Energy s results of operations and financial performance. A reconciliation of each of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is included in the appendix and posted on our website at CMS Energy provides historical financial results on both a reported (GAAP) and adjusted (non-gaap) basis and provides forward-looking guidance on an adjusted basis. Management views adjusted earnings as a key measure of the company s present operating financial performance, unaffected by discontinued operations, asset sales, impairments, regulatory items from prior years, or other items. These items have the potential to impact, favorably or unfavorably, the company's reported earnings in future periods. References to earnings guidance refer to such guidance as provided by the company on February 4, Investors and others should note that CMS Energy routinely posts important information on its website and considers the Investor Relations section, a channel of distribution. 1

3 How Did We Do in 2015? When We Last Met = 2015 Results a A. 5% - 7% EARNINGS and DIVIDEND growth A. +7% EPS AND dividend growth B. ORGANIC CAPITAL INVESTMENT at $1.6 bil B at $1.8 bil, up $200 mil! C. O&M COST REDUCTIONS at 2% a year C. 2.7% annually since 2006, 4% in 2014 & 2015 D. CUSTOMER RATES down 3% D. Down 3% E. OPERATING (GROSS) CASH FLOW up $100 mil b E. $1.9 bil in up $100 mil; up $1 bil since 2003 _ a Adjusted EPS (non-gaap) b Non-GAAP.... completed 13 th year of premium growth. 2

4 How Does Our Future Plan Look? For 2016 & Beyond a A. Raised EPS guidance to $ $2.02, up 5% - 7% up 6% - 8% B. Increased ORGANIC CAPITAL INVESTMENT (10 Year Plan) $1.5 bil Future Plan Even Better A up 6% - 8%! B. $17 bil (ilo $15.5 bil) 10 year Plan ($3+ billion of opportunities) C. O&M COST REDUCTIONS continue to lead the industry _ a Adjusted EPS (non-gaap) b Non-GAAP C. 6% in 2016 & 2017; 3% annually! D. Competitive CUSTOMER RATES D. Residential bills below national avg; Industrial rates improved 21 points since 2013! b E. OPERATING (GROSS) CASH FLOW at $2 bil, up $100 mil E. $2.7 bil in up $800 mil or 40% from 2015! th consecutive year of premium growth. 3

5 Consistent Growth Through.... 5% to 7% 6% to 8% 7% CAGR EPS a Dividend Recession _ a Adjusted EPS (non-gaap) Recession Weather Help Hurt Cold winter Mild summer Hot summer Warm winter Mild summer Governor (D) Commission (D) Cold winter Summer- less Hot summer Hot summer Warm winter Commission (D) Mild summer Whipple Joos Russell Polar vortex Governor (R) Cold Feb. Commission (R) New Commission Poppe.... recessions, adverse weather, and policy leadership. 4

6 Simple, Perhaps Unique Model Capital investment (reliability, costs, enviro mandates) - O&M cost reductions - Sales growth - No block equity dilution & other INVESTMENT SELF-FUNDED Rate increase at or below inflation Plan 6% - 8% 2-3 pts pts < 2 % Possible without base rate > inflation.... drives sustainable growth with upside opportunities.

7 Capex Expanded to $17 bil $10.7 bil +45% $15.5 bil PRIOR +10% $17 bil NEW Electric Maintenance New Generation 27% Environ. Gas Infrastructure & Maintenance Electric Distribution & Reliability Smart Energy New Generation Environmental Electric Maintenance Smart Energy Gas Infrastructure & Maintenance 37% Electric Distribution & Reliability Additional Capex New Generation Electric Maintenance Environmental Gas Infrastructure & Maintenance 37% Electric Distribution & Reliability Clean Energy Gas Infrastructure Electric Distribution.... naturally, without raising rates above inflation. 6

8 Capex Opportunities Remain $10.7 bil Electric Maintenance New Generation 27% Environ. Smart Energy Gas Infrastructure & Maintenance Electric Distribution & Reliability +59% New Generation Electric Maintenance Environmental $17 bil NEW Gas Infrastructure & Maintenance Electric Distribution & Reliability 37% +20% Opportunities $3+ bil PPA Replacements (2,000 MW) Clean Power Gas Infrastructure Grid Modernization Capex Opportunities Renewables PPAs Expire Gas Infrastructure.... some possible without rate pressure. 7

9 O&M Cost Performance.... Actual Cost Reduction (2014 over 2006) New Cost Savings 2014 & 2015 (mils) 2016 & 2017 (mils) Attrition $ - 35 $ - 35 Productivity (Coal Gas) Pole Top Hardening Smart Meters Peer Average >5% Consumers -2.7% Source: SNL, Form 1, Electric Non-fuel O&M Eliminate Waste (UA s) & Work Management Mortality Tables & Discount Rates Service Upgrades Net Savings $ - 40 $ - 60 Percent Savings - 4% - 6% 3% a year!.... better than peers with substantial upside. 8

10 O&M Cost Performance.... Actual Cost Reduction per Customer (2014 over 2006) Distribution Cost Per Customer st Quartile Peer Average 3 ½% 2 nd Quartile 3 rd Quartile Consumers Consumers -2.7% Consumers 4 th Quartile Source: SNL, Form 1, Electric Non-fuel O&M.... opportunities to improve distribution cost per customer. 9

11 Sustainability.... A Green Strategy 2 nd most coal reduction in the U.S. (>40% reduction) Among Michigan s best & brightest sustainable companies in 2015 #2 ranked in U.S. by Sustainalytics (out of 50) Positioned well for carbon compliance Reduced Coal Dependence % Coal reduced by over 40%! 2 nd best in U.S. <24% % Coal % Non-coal.... leaving it better than we found it. 10

12 Sales Growth.... a Our Service Territory Outperforms Grand Rapids Michigan U.S b Building Permits +173% +131% +97% Annual GDP Population Unemployment (12/15) 4.0% 2.6% 1.9% +3% 0% 2% 3.2% 5.1% 5.0% Industrial Total 4% Annual Electric Sales Economic Development Examples Load General Motors Brembo Arauco (particle board) Switch Knauf Fiberglass Total, including other Percent of Company Load Conservative 1%+ 3% c 1% (MW) % _ a Grand Rapids b Annualized numbers December 2010 December 2015 _ c Weather normalized vs. prior year.... planned conservatively. 11

13 Operating Cash Flow Growth.... Amount (bils) $ Gross operating cash flow a up $0.1 billion per year $2.4 $2.5 $2.2 Interest, working $2.0 capital and taxes $1.8 $1.9 $1.6 Up $0.8 Billion $ Investment 0.2 (0.3) _ Cash flow before dividend (0.8) a Non-GAAP NOLs & Credits $0.7 $0.7 $0.9 $0.8 $0.7 $0.5 $ up $0.8 billion or 40% over five years! 12

14 a EPS Growth.... Amount 9% 8 7 7% 5% - 7% 6% - 8% _ a Adjusted EPS (non-gaap) Ten Year History Actual Guidance Guidance.... the future shines bright. 13

15 Capital Investment Grows.... Ten-Year Capital Investment Growth (bils) Ops Prior New (w/o Law) $20+ + $1.5 $17 $15.5 Details New vs Prior Electric reliability Gas infrastructure Clean power New Capex (bils) $ $1.5 Ops Replace expiring PPAs; generation Reliability & pipes Ops $ $ regardless of the law update. 14

16 New Incremental Capex.... Electric Gas Renewables +$400 mil +$400 mil +$700 mil 2,900 poles (+60%) 2.4 HVD miles (+120%) 30 substations (+50%) Improve SAIDI performance 75 transmission miles (+35%) Install more remote valves Reduce system risk and increase capacity Add 300 MW of new wind to support future compliance.... adds $1.5 billion to our capital investment plan. 15

17 Customer Driven Investment.... Clean Power $1.9 Billion Capacity $2.8 Billion Reliability $3.0 Billion Infrastructure $3.6 Billion Maintenance $5.7 Billion Environmental New business development Grid Modernization Gas distribution Technology Clean energy Gas expansion Gas storage New customers & switching Distribution Ludington Pumped Storage New gas capacity Electric reliability Electric distribution Generation.... remains small and incremental, with no big bets and opportunity to grow. 16

18 CMS Capital Expenditures Subtotal Subtotal Total (mils) (mils) (mils) (mils) (mils) (mils) (mils) (mils) New Generation (includes Renewables) $ 87 $ 72 $ 59 $ 43 $ 31 $ 292 $ 1,378 $ 1,670 Environmental Electric Reliability & Distribution ,997 1,414 3,411 Electric Maintenance ,278 2,714 4,992 Total Electric $ 1,094 $ 1,064 $ 1,008 $ 1,110 $ 988 $ 5,264 $ 5,508 $ 10,772 Gas Infrastructure $ 237 $ 353 $ 397 $ 398 $ 377 $ 1,762 $ 1,132 $ 2,894 Gas Maintenance ,563 1,771 3,334 Total Gas $ 568 $ 675 $ 704 $ 702 $ 676 $ 3,325 $ 2,903 $ 6,228 Total Electric & Gas $ 1,662 $ 1,739 $ 1,712 $ 1,812 $ 1,664 $ 8,589 $ 8,411 $ 17,000 17

19 Zeeland Cross Winds Big 5 Palisades Generation Strategy: New Supply Sources.... Levelized cost of new build ( /kwh) New Build Consumers Energy Sources Back -up Back -up Combined Cycle Gas Plant Gas price= $3.00 $4.50 $6.00 W/ tax credit Wind W/o tax credit Coal W/ emission controls Nuclear Residential Solar Today Future $3.00 per $2.00 per watt watt?.... combined cycle gas is the most attractive new source of supply. 18

20 Clean Power Plan.... Tons CO 2 (mils) 20 Consumers Energy 2012 Emissions Retire 950 MW coal State of Michigan Target (Consumers Energy s share) Positioned well for compliance recently stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court. 19

21 Air Quality Improvement % Historical Actual Emissions 20% 10% 0% 0 CO2 Hg -10% -20% -30% PM -40% -50% BY Y.E SO2-87% SO2-60% -70% NOx Hg -87% -83% NOx -80% CO2-28% -90% PM -96% -100% significant reduction. 20

22 Cleaner Energy Portfolio.... Apple Blossom Wind Farm Community Solar Gardens Competitive price Utility Scale Solar 100 MW Commercial operation by 2018 Grand Valley State University, 3 MW Western Michigan University, 1 MW Capacity, energy, and renewable credits PPA with option to purchase Digital rendering of Grand Valley s campus.... demonstrates ability to grow green generation. 21

23 Capacity Diversity.... Purchases 3% Renewables 10% Oil 10% Nuclear 8% 2016 Coal <24% Coal reduced by over 40%! 2 nd best in U.S. Renewables 3% Pumped Storage 11% Oil 6% Nuclear 8% 2005 Pumped Storage 11% Coal 41% Gas 34% Future Capacity Mix More Renewables Expanded Pumped Storage Gas 31% Clean Energy Resources.... evolving to cleaner generation and becoming more cost competitive. 22

24 Michigan Energy Law Law 10% renewables by 2015 (Currently at 10%) Energy efficiency standards (1% per year) File-and-implement (Forward test year) Key Players Rep. Nesbitt House Senate Committee Vote Full vote Updates ROA -- Fair choice; no subsidy Efficiency -- Eliminate waste Renewables -- Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 10% ROA cap (Capped) Has been working well Sen. Nofs Committee Vote Full vote NOT IN PLAN!.... progress continues. 23

25 Electric Customer Prices.... Residential Bills Industrial Rates 20% 15 Worse 5-5 Better National Avg Residential bills well below U.S. average (13)% Rates Rates & Fuel Rates & Act 169 (18)% (22)% Plus 30% 20 Worse Better % Midwest Avg Rates & Fuel Rates & Act 169 Policy could eliminate gap 5% (7)% Plus Flat.... affordable for residential and improving for industrial customers. 24

26 CMS Energy.... Electric service territory Natural gas service territory Combined service territory Generating facility Overview #4 Combination utility (electric and gas) in the country #383 Fortune 500 company #2 Investor in Michigan Our Service Territory Electric Utility 1.8 million electric customers 8,900 MW of capacity Headquarters Gas Utility 1.7 million gas customers 309 bcf gas storage (#1 in the U.S.).... serving customers for 130 years. 25

27 Economic Development Growth.... Examples of New Business Electric Gas Combination Announcement Switch Largest data center in eastern U.S. 1,000 jobs created $5 billion investment Continental Dairy Knauf Magna-Cosma Post WKW Betz Denso Dicastal Enbridge Brembo General Motors Flint & Grand Rapids Assembly and Components Plants 350 jobs created $1.4 billion investment MACI Announcement Durolast Roofing Dart MSU FRIB Arauco GM Assembly Industries MW Auto 71 Food 20 Manufacturing 53 Metal 28 Petroleum 19 Plastics 18 Others 49 Total Up ~ includes 4% of additional sales growth. 26

28 Michigan s Recovery.... WA 11.3 OR 12.8 CA 10.3 Gross Domestic Product 2010 through 2014 NV 1.4 ID MT WY UT 12.5 AZ CO 11.7 NM 3.0 ND 50.8 SD 8.0 HI 8.1 AK Highest quintile Fourth quintile U.S. Total = 10.1% Third quintile Second quintile Lowest quintile Source: U.S. Department of Commerce bea.gov, real GDP 2009 chained dollars, 2014 advance and revised, 9/25/15 NE 13.8 TX 25.5 KS 8.9 OK 13.2 MN 11.3 IA 10.8 MO 4.0 AR 9.6 LA 2.5 WI 9.2 MS 2.2 IL 6.0 IN 9.8 TN 11.2 AL 7.6 MI 13.9 KY 9.8 GA 7.2 OH 11.4 Michigan Top 3 state! FL WV 7.9 SC 8.1 Grand Rapids 21.5% Top 10% of All Cities! PA 7.5 MD 4.0 VA DE 0.7 NC DC among the best in the nation. NY 12.0 VT NH NJ ME 1.0 MA 11.4 RI CT

29 Electric Customer Base Diversified.... Top Ten Customers (2015 Ranked by Deliveries) 2015 Electric Gross Margin 1. Hemlock Semiconductor 2. General Motors 3. Nexteer Automotive Corporation 4. Gerdau 5. Denso International 6. Meijer 7. State of Michigan 8. Spectrum Health 9. AT&T 10. Packaging Corp. of America Percentage of electric gross margin is 2.8% Residential 50% Other 4% $2.3 Billion Commercial 32% Auto 5% Industrial 9%.... Autos only 5% of gross margin. 28

30 DIG (750 MW) & Peakers (200 MW).... Pre-Tax Income (mils) $ $12 Outage pull-ahead Contracts (layering in over time) $20 $35 New contracts Opportunities Future Capacity ($/kw-mth) $1.00 $2.00 $3.00 $4.50 $7.50 Available: Energy 0% 0% 25% 25% 25% Capacity $55 +$20 $75 +$ adding value. 29

31 Managing Work Every Year.... Adjusted EPS $ $2.00 $ Mild Summer +7% $1.80 $1.70 $1.60 $1.50 $1.40 $1.30 Hot Summer Storms +1 +7% Cost Savings Mild Winter % Ice Storm Hot Reinvestment Summer +7% -9 Cold Reinvestment Winter Polar Vortex Reinvestment ICE STORM +7% Cold Winter Reinvestment RECORD WARM -13 Offsets.... maximizes benefits for customers AND investors. 30

32 New Bonus Depreciation.... Rate Base Growth (bils) (bils) Add $1.5 billion $0.8 $0.7 Jackson Plant Backfill (gas and electric infrastructure) 0.2 $1.5 Pension 0.2 Increase (gross) $1.2 $0.7 New Bonus Depreciation 0.6 Increase (net) $0.6 $0.7 Annual EPS Lift 2 2 1% 1%.... funds some new capex. 31

33 Bonus Depreciation.... Summary Improved Plan Bonus Depreciation 6 years already New 5 years! $600 mil shelter Capital Investment Add $1.5 billion Electric reliability Gas infrastructure Clean energy NEW PRIOR No Block Equity 5 Years 7 Years 10-Year Capex $17 bil $15.5 bil EPS Growth 6% - 8% 5% - 7% NOLs Extended point of use Avoids block equity 10 Years.... helpful at CMS. 32

34 Financial Targets.... Adjusted EPS (non-gaap) Operating cash flow (mils) Dividend payout ratio Customer price incr./(decr.) Electric (excl. fuel) Gas FFO/Average debt Capital investment (bils) 2016 $ $ % to +7% $1,550 > 62% ~1% ~(10)% 18% $ % to +8% $1,650 > 62% ~2% ~(2)% 19% $ th year of transparent, consistent, strong performance. 33

35 2016 EPS Guidance Raised.... Adjusted EPS (non-gaap) Utility Electric $ $1.54 Gas Total Utility $ $2.20 Enterprises 0.06 Parent and other (0.24) Total EPS $ $ % to +7% Prior Guidance $ $2.01 Operating cash flow (GAAP) (mils) $1, building on high end, actual 2015 performance. 34

36 2016 Sensitivities.... Sales a Electric (38,043 GWh) Gas (303 Bcf) 2016 Impact Sensitivity EPS OCF + 1% $ (mils) + $ Gas prices (NYMEX) Status ROE (authorized) Electric (10.3%) Gas (10.3%) + 10 bps Interest Rates +100 bps + < Capital Investment +$100 mil Law Update Upside Not In Plan _ a Reflect 2016 sales forecast; weather adjusted.... reflect strong risk mitigation. 35

37 Credit Ratings.... S&P / Fitch Scale Moody s A+ A1 A A2 A- A3 BBB+ Baa1 BBB BBB- BB+ BBB BBB- BB+ BB BB- Baa2 Baa3 Ba1 Baa2 Baa3 Ba1 Ba2 Ba3 S&P (Dec. 14) Moody s (Jan. 14) Fitch (Mar. 16) Consumers Secured CMS Unsecured Present Prior Reflects Consistent Performance Less Risk Customer Focus Constructive Regulation Good Energy Policy B+ B B B2 B- B3 Outlook Stable Stable Stable.... show continuous improvement. 36

38 GAAP Reconciliation

39 CMS ENERGY CORPORATION Earnings Per Share By Year GAAP Reconciliation (Unaudited) Reported earnings (loss) per share - GAAP ($0.30) $0.64 ($0.44) ($0.41) ($1.02) $1.20 $0.91 $1.28 $1.58 $1.42 $1.66 $1.74 $1.89 After-tax items: Electric and gas utility 0.21 (0.39) - - (0.07) Enterprises (0.02) 1.25 (0.02) 0.09 (0.03) (0.11) (0.01) * 0.03 * Corporate interest and other 0.16 (0.03) (0.32) (0.02) 0.01 * (0.01) * * * * Discontinued operations (income) loss (0.16) 0.02 (0.07) (0.03) 0.40 (*) (0.08) 0.08 (0.01) (0.03) * (*) (*) Asset impairment charges, net Cumulative accounting changes Adjusted earnings per share, including MTM - non-gaa $0.81 $0.87 $1.39 $0.57 $0.84 $1.21 (a) $1.26 $1.36 $1.45 $1.55 $1.66 $1.77 $1.89 Mark-to-market impacts 0.03 (0.43) 0.51 Adjusted earnings per share, excluding MTM - non-gaa NA $0.90 $0.96 $1.08 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA * Less than $500 thousand or $0.01 per share. (a) $1.25 excluding discontinued Exeter operations and accounting changes related to convertible debt and restricted stock. 38

40 CMS Energy Reconciliation of Gross Operating Cash Flow to GAAP Operating Activities (unaudited) (mils) Consumers Operating Income + Depreciation & Amortization $ 1,813 $ 1,866 $ 2,012 $ 2,161 $ 2,336 $ 2,481 $ 2,613 Enterprises Project Cash Flows Gross Operating Cash Flow $ 1,833 $ 1,886 $ 2,049 $ 2,219 $ 2,394 $ 2,544 $ 2,683 Other operating activities including taxes, interest payments and working capital (386) (246) (499) (569) (644) (694) (733) Net cash provided by operating activities $ 1,447 $ 1,640 $ 1,550 $ 1,650 $ 1,750 $ 1,850 $ 1,950 39

41 Consumers Energy 2016 Forecasted Cash Flow GAAP Reconciliation (in millions) (unaudited) Reclassifications From Sources and Uses to Statement of Cash Flows Interest/ Capital Presentation Sources and Uses Tax Other Financing Other Working Lease Pymts Securitization Common Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows non-gaap Sharing Payments Capital and Other Debt Pymts Dividends GAAP Description Amount Operating as Operating as Investing as Financing as Financing as Financing Amount Description Cash at year end 2015 $ 50 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 50 Cash at year end 2015 Sources Operating (dep & amort $805) $ 2,015 Other working capital (265) - Net cash provided by Sources $ 1,750 $ - $ (245) $ 38 $ 23 $ 74 $ - $ 1,640 operating activities Uses Interest and preferred dividends $ (245) Capital expenditures a (1,650) Dividends/tax sharing to CMS (485) Pension Contribution Net cash used in Uses $ (2,380) $ - $ 245 $ (38) $ - $ - $ 485 $ (1,688) investing activities Cash flow from Cash flow $ (630) $ - $ - $ - $ 23 $ 74 $ 485 $ (48) operating and investing activities Financing Equity $ 275 New Issues 450 Retirements (173) Net short-term financing & other Net cash provided by Financing $ 605 $ - $ - $ - $ (23) $ (74) $ (485) $ 23 financing activities Net change in cash $ (25) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ (25) Net change in cash Cash at year end 2016 $ 25 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 25 Cash at year end

42 CMS Energy Parent 2016 Forecasted Cash Flow GAAP Reconciliation (in millions) (unaudited) Reclassifications From Sources and Uses to Statement of Cash Flows Presentation Sources and Uses Non Equity Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows non-gaap Uses GAAP Description Amount as Operating Other Amount Description Cash at year end 2015 $ 159 $ - $ (159) $ - Cash at year end 2015 Sources Consumers Energy dividends/tax sharing $ 485 Enterprises 35 Net cash provided by Sources $ 520 $ (160) $ (51) $ 309 operating activities Uses Interest and preferred dividends $ (145) Overhead and Federal tax payments (10) Equity infusions (275) Pension Contribution - Net cash used in Uses (a) $ (435) $ 160 $ - $ (275) investing activities Cash flow from Cash flow $ 85 $ - $ (51) $ 34 operating and investing activities Financing and dividends New Issues $ 300 Retirements - Equity programs (DRP, continuous equity) 75 Net short-term financing & other (9) - - Common dividend (345) Net cash used in Financing $ 21 $ - $ (55) $ (34) financing activities Net change in cash $ 106 $ - $ (106) $ - Net change in cash Cash at year end 2016 $ 265 $ - $ (265) $ - Cash at year end 2016 (a) Includes other 41

43 Consolidated CMS Energy 2016 Forecasted Consolidation of Consumers Energy and CMS Energy Parent Statements of Cash Flow (in millions) (unaudited) Eliminations/Reclassifications/Consolidation to Arrive at the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Statements of Cash Flows Other Consumers Equity Consumers CMS Parent Consolidated Common Dividend Infusions to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Description Amount Amount Entities as Financing Consumers Amount Description Cash at year end 2015 $ 50 $ - $ 216 $ - $ - $ 266 Cash at year end 2015 Net cash provided by $ 1,640 $ 309 $ 86 $ (485) $ - $ 1,550 Net cash provided by operating activities operating activities Net cash used in (1,688) (275) (413) (2,101) Net cash used in investing activities investing activities Cash flow from $ (48) $ 34 $ (327) $ (485) $ 275 $ (551) Cash flow from operating and operating and investing activities investing activities Net cash provided by $ 23 $ (34) $ 431 $ 485 $ (275) $ 630 Net cash provided by financing activities financing activities Net change in cash $ (25) $ - $ 104 $ - $ - $ 79 Net change in cash Cash at year end 2016 $ 25 $ - $ 320 $ - $ - $ 345 Cash at year end

44 INVESTORS AND CUSTOMERS Electric Customer Prices.... Residential Bills Industrial Rates 20% 30% 26% 15 Worse 5-5 Better National Avg Residential bills well below U.S. average (13)% Rates Rates & Fuel Rates & Act 169 (18)% (22)% Plus 20 Worse Better Midwest Avg Rates & Fuel Rates & Act 169 Policy could eliminate gap 5% (7)% Plus Flat OUR MODEL; OUR PLAN.... affordable for residential and improving for industrial customers. OUTPERFORMED FOR A DECADE: NEXT DECADE EVEN BRIGHTER Managing Work Every Year.... Adjusted EPS $2.10 $2.00 $1.90 $1.80 $1.70 $1.60 $1.50 $1.40 $ Hot Summer Storms +1 Cost Savings Mild Winter +7% % Ice Storm Hot Reinvestment Summer +7% -9 Cold Reinvestment Winter +18 Polar Vortex Reinvestment ICE STORM +7% +17 Cold Winter 2015 Reinvestment Mild Summer RECORD WARM % Offsets.... maximizes benefits for customers AND investors. 13 year track record (EPS and dividend growth) Capex -- $17 billion, 100% organic (increased by $1.5 billion) Self-funded -- No block equity dilution! (7 years -- up from 5!) World-class cost performance Conservative sales planning (under promise/over deliver) $3+ billion capex opportunities (w/o Law update!) INVESTOR INFORMATION CMS Energy Corporation Phil McAndrews (517) Investor Relations Department Travis Uphaus (517) One Energy Plaza, Jackson, MI March 2016

45 Adjusted EPS Dividend Gross OCF (bils) CapEx % of Mkt Cap No Big Bets CMS 10% 17% Peers Base Rates < 2% < 2% O&M Cost (bils) Electric Sales (Ind. /Total ) Energy Policy a a $0.81 $0.90 $0.96 ~$0.9 b Law Energy efficiency standards File and implement 10% renewables by % ROA cap $1.9 + $0.8 $ Self-funded (No block equity dilution) $10.7 B $17 B Gas Infrastructure Electric Reliability Smart Energy Environmental New Generation Electric Maintenance +59% Down 10% Down 7% 5% Int l Sale 1% $ $1.0 $ Actual Plan Model Peers up 42% 8.7% 7% /year $1.21 $1.26 $1.36 $1.45 $1.55 $ $1.1 $0.9 $ $1.02 $ % 4% 2.8% 3% 1%+ +1% sales = $20 mil OCF = 5 EPS $1.77 $1.89 Conservative IRP Process Fair Prices - Eliminate ROA subsidy ($150 million or 4% customer savings) Upside PPA Replacement Clean Power Gas infrastructure Grid modernization This placemat contains forward-looking statements ; please refer to our SEC filings for information regarding the risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially. It also contains non-gaap measures. Reconciliations to most directly comparable GAAP measures are found in the accompanying handout or on our website at a Adjusted Non-GAAP as of February 4, 2016 b As of January % $1.16 Update Features $2.02 $1.99 $1.24 1% 6% 8% b Capital investment - O&M cost reductions - Sales growth - No block equity dilution & other INVESTMENT (SELF-FUNDED) Rate increase Cost Reduction (2014 over 2006) Peer Avg >5% Consumers -2.7%! Source: SNL, Form 1, Electric Non-fuel O&M OCF Up $0.1 bil per year! Amount (bils) The Results CMS Avg = 7% Plan 6% - 8% 2-3 pts pts < 2 % New Cost Savings (mils) 2014 & & 17 Attrition $ - 35 $ - 35 Productivity (Coal Gas) Pole Top Hardening Smart Meters Work Management Discount Rates Plus Service Upgrades Net Savings $ - 40 $ - 60 Percent Savings - 4% - 6% Operating Cash Flow % - 7% 6% - 8% a -3%/ yr $ $1.8 $2.0 $2.2 $2.4 $2.5 $2.7 $1.9 $ Investment 0.00 (0.5) (1.0) Cash Flow Before Dividend NOLs & Credits $0.9 $0.8 $0.7 $0.5 $0.2 Base Rates = 1.7% a Up $0.8!