EX-99.1 6 k15481exv99w1.htm GLOSSARY AND INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS exv99w1
 

Exhibit 99.1
         
GLOSSARY
Certain terms used in the text and financial statements are defined below
     
ABO
  Accumulated Benefit Obligation. The liabilities of a pension plan based on service and pay to date. This differs from the Projected Benefit Obligation that is typically disclosed in that it does not reflect expected future salary increases.
AFUDC
  Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
ALJ
  Administrative Law Judge
AMT
  Alternative minimum tax
AOCI
  Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
AOCL
  Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
APB
  Accounting Principles Board
APB Opinion No. 18
  APB Opinion No. 18, “The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock”
ARO
  Asset retirement obligation
Attorney General
  Michigan Attorney General
 
   
Bay Harbor
  a residential/commercial real estate area located near Petoskey, Michigan. In 2002, CMS Energy sold its interest in Bay Harbor.
bcf
  One billion cubic feet of gas
Big Rock
  Big Rock Point nuclear power plant, owned by Consumers
Bluewater Pipeline
  Bluewater Pipeline, a 24.9-mile pipeline that extends from Marysville, Michigan to Armada, Michigan
Board of Directors
  Board of Directors of CMS Energy
 
   
CEO
  Chief Executive Officer
CFO
  Chief Financial Officer
CFTC
  Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CKD
  Cement Kiln Dust
Clean Air Act
  Federal Clean Air Act, as amended
CMS Energy
  CMS Energy Corporation, the parent of Consumers and Enterprises
 
   
CMS Energy Common Stock or
common stock
  Common stock of CMS Energy, par value $.01 per share
CMS Electric and Gas
  CMS Electric and Gas Company, a subsidiary of Enterprises
CMS ERM
  CMS Energy Resource Management Company, formerly CMS MST, a subsidiary of Enterprises
CMS Field Services
  CMS Field Services, Inc., formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of CMS Gas Transmission. The sale of this subsidiary closed in July 2003.
CMS Gas Transmission
  CMS Gas Transmission Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprises
CMS Generation
  CMS Generation Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprises
CMS International Ventures
  CMS International Ventures LLC, a subsidiary of Enterprises

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CMS Midland
  Midland Cogeneration Venture Group II, LLC, successor to CMS Midland Inc., formerly a subsidiary of Consumers that had a 49 percent ownership interest in the MCV Partnership
CMS Midland Holdings Company
  CMS Midland Holdings Company, a subsidiary of Consumers that has a 46 percent ownership interest in First Midland Limited Partnership and a 35 percent lessor interest in the MCV Facility
CMS MST
  CMS Marketing, Services and Trading Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprises, whose name was changed to CMS ERM effective January 2004
CMS Oil and Gas
  CMS Oil and Gas Company, formerly a subsidiary of Enterprises
Consumers
  Consumers Energy Company, a subsidiary of CMS Energy
Court of Appeals
  Michigan Court of Appeals
CPEE
  Companhia Paulista de Energia Eletrica, in which CMS International Ventures owns a 94 percent interest
Customer Choice Act
  Customer Choice and Electricity Reliability Act, a Michigan statute enacted in June 2000
 
   
DCCP
  Defined Company Contribution Plan
DIG
  Dearborn Industrial Generation, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CMS Energy
DOE
  U.S. Department of Energy
DOJ
  U.S. Department of Justice
Dow
  The Dow Chemical Company, a non-affiliated company
DTE Energy
  DTE Energy Company, a non-affiliated company
 
   
EISP
  Executive Incentive Separation Plan
EITF
  Emerging Issues Task Force
EITF Issue No. 02-03
  Issues Involved in Accounting for Derivative Contracts Held for Trading Purposes and Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities
Ensenada
  The 128 MW natural gas-fired power plant located in Argentina, in which CMS International Ventures owns 100 percent interest
Entergy
  Entergy Corporation, a non-affiliated company
Enterprises
  CMS Enterprises Company, a subsidiary of CMS Energy
EPA
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPS
  Earnings per share
Exchange Act
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
 
   
FASB
  Financial Accounting Standards Board
FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)
  Revised FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities
FERC
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FIN 48
  FASB Interpretation No. 48, Uncertainty in Income Taxes
FMB
  First Mortgage Bonds
FMLP
  First Midland Limited Partnership, a partnership that holds a lessor interest in the MCV Facility and an indirect subsidiary of Consumers

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FSP
  FASB Staff Position
FTR
  Financial transmission right
 
   
GAAP
  Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GasAtacama
  GasAtacama Holding Limited, a limited liability partnership that manages GasAtacama S.A., which includes an integrated natural gas pipeline and electric generating plant located in Argentina and Chile and Atacama Finance Company, in which CMS International Ventures owns a 50 percent interest
GCR
  Gas cost recovery
Goldfields
  A pipeline business located in Australia, in which CMS Energy formerly held a 39.7 percent ownership interest
GVK
  GVK Facility, a 250 MW gas fired power plant located in South Central India, in which CMS Generation formerly held a 33 percent interest
 
   
IPP
  Independent Power Producer
IRS
  Internal Revenue Service
ISFSI
  Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
ITC
  Income tax credit
 
   
Jorf Lasfar
  The 1,356 MW coal-fueled power plant in Morocco, jointly owned by CMS Generation and ABB Energy Ventures, Inc., in which CMS Generation owns a 50 percent interest
Jubail
  A 240 MW natural gas cogeneration power plant located in Saudi Arabia, in which CMS Generation owns a 25 percent interest
 
   
kWh
  Kilowatt-hour (a unit of energy equal to one thousand watt hours)
 
   
Loy Yang
  The 2,000 MW brown coal fueled Loy Yang A power plant and an associated coal mine in Victoria, Australia, in which CMS Generation formerly held a 50 percent ownership interest
Lucid Energy
  Lucid Energy LLC, a non-affiliated company
Ludington
  Ludington pumped storage plant, jointly owned by Consumers and Detroit Edison
Marysville
  CMS Marysville Gas Liquids Company, a Michigan
 
  corporation and a former subsidiary of CMS Gas Transmission that held a 100 percent interest in Marysville Fractionation Partnership and a 51 percent interest in St. Clair Underground Storage Partnership
mcf
  One thousand cubic feet of gas
MCV Facility
  A natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle cogeneration facility operated by the MCV Partnership
MCV GP II
  Midland Cogeneration Venture Group II, LLC which is the successor of CMS Midland, Inc.

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MCV Partnership
  Midland Cogeneration Venture Limited Partnership in which Consumers has a 49 percent interest through CMS Midland, Inc.
MCV PPA
  The Power Purchase Agreement between Consumers and the MCV Partnership with a 35-year term commencing in March 1990, as amended, and as interpreted by the Settlement Agreement dated as of January 1, 1999 between the MCV Partnership and Consumers.
MD&A
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis
MDEQ
  Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
METC
  Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC which is owned by ITC Holding Corporation, a company that operates electric transmission facilities through a wholly owned subsidiary, including the transmission system within Detroit Edison’s territory
Midwest Energy Market
  An energy market developed by the MISO to provide day-ahead and real-time market information and centralized dispatch for market participants
MISO
  Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
Moody’s
  Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
MPSC
  Michigan Public Service Commission
MRV
  Market-Related Value of Plan assets
MSBT
  Michigan Single Business Tax
MW
  Megawatt (a unit of power equal to one million watts)
MWh
  Megawatt-hour (a unit of energy equal to one million watt hours)
 
   
NEIL
  Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, an industry mutual insurance company owned by member utility companies
Neyveli
  CMS Generation Neyveli Ltd, a 250 MW lignite-fired power station located in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India, in which CMS International Ventures holds a 50 percent interest
NMC
  Nuclear Management Company LLC, formed in 1999 by Northern States Power Company (now Xcel Energy Inc.), Alliant Energy, Wisconsin Electric Power Company, and Wisconsin Public Service Company to operate and manage nuclear generating facilities owned by the four utilities
NRC
  Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NYMEX
  New York Mercantile Exchange
 
   
OCI
  Other Comprehensive Income
OPEB
  Postretirement benefit plans other than pensions for retired employees
 
   
Palisades
  Palisades nuclear power plant, which is owned by Consumers

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Panhandle
  Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, including its subsidiaries Trunkline, Pan Gas Storage, Panhandle Storage, and Panhandle Holdings. Panhandle was a wholly owned subsidiary of CMS Gas Transmission. The sale of this subsidiary closed in June 2003.
Parmelia
  A business located in Australia comprised of a pipeline, processing facilities, and a gas storage facility, a former subsidiary of CMS Gas Transmission
PCB
  Polychlorinated biphenyl
Peabody Energy
  Peabody Energy Corporation, a non-affiliated company
Pension Plan
  The trusteed, non-contributory, defined benefit pension plan of Panhandle, Consumers and CMS Energy
Price Anderson Act
  Price Anderson Act, enacted in 1957 as an amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as revised and extended over the years. This act stipulates between nuclear licensees and the U.S. government the insurance, financial responsibility, and legal liability for nuclear accidents.
PSCR
  Power supply cost recovery
PURPA
  Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
 
   
RCP
  Resource Conservation Plan
ROA
  Retail Open Access
 
   
SAB No. 107
  Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, Share-Based Payment
SEC
  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Section 10d(4) Regulatory Asset
  Regulatory asset as described in Section 10d(4) of the Customer Choice Act, as amended
Securitization
  A financing method authorized by statute and approved by the MPSC which allows a utility to sell its right to receive a portion of the rate payments received from its customers for the repayment of Securitization bonds issued by a special purpose entity affiliated with such utility
SENECA
  Sistema Electrico del Estado Nueva Esparta C.A., a subsidiary of Enterprises
SERP
  Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
SFAS
  Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
SFAS No. 5
  SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies”
SFAS No. 13
  SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases”
SFAS No. 71
  SFAS No. 71, “Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation”
SFAS No. 87
  SFAS No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions”
SFAS No. 98
  SFAS No. 98, “Accounting for Leases”
SFAS No. 106
  SFAS No. 106, “Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions”
SFAS No. 109
  SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”
SFAS No. 123(R)
  SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”
SFAS No. 132(R)
  SFAS No. 132 (revised 2003), “Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits”
SFAS No. 133
  SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended and interpreted”

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SFAS No. 143
  SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”
SFAS No. 144
  SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”
SFAS No. 157
  SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurement”
SFAS No. 158
  SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans – an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R)”
Shuweihat
  A power and desalination plant of Shuweihat CMS International Power Company, in which CMS Generation holds a 20 percent interest
SLAP
  Scudder Latin American Power Fund
SRLY
  Separate Return Limitation Year
Stranded Costs
  Costs incurred by utilities in order to serve their customers in a regulated monopoly environment, which may not be recoverable in a competitive environment because of customers leaving their systems and ceasing to pay for their costs. These costs could include owned and purchased generation and regulatory assets.
Superfund
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
 
   
Takoradi
  A 200 MW open-cycle combustion turbine crude oil power plant located in Ghana, in which CMS Generation owns a 90 percent interest
TAQA
  Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, CMS Generation’s partner in the Taweelah and Shuweihat projects
Taweelah
  Al Taweelah A2, a power and desalination plant of Emirates CMS Power Company, in which CMS Generation holds a 40 percent interest
TGM
  A natural gas transportation and pipeline business located in Argentina, in which CMS International Ventures owns a 20 percent interest
TGN
  A natural gas transportation and pipeline business located in Argentina, in which CMS Gas Transmission owns a 23.54 percent interest
TRAC
  Terminal Rental Adjustment Clause, a provision of a leasing agreement which permits or requires the rental price to be adjusted upward or downward by reference to the amount realized by the lessor under the agreement upon sale or other disposition of formerly leased property
Trust Preferred Securities
  Securities representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of statutory business trusts, the interests of which have a preference with respect to certain trust distributions over the interests of either CMS Energy or Consumers, as applicable, as owner of the common beneficial interests of the trusts
 
   
Union
  Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO

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VEBA Trusts
  VEBA employees’ beneficiary association trusts accounts established to specifically set aside employer contributed assets to pay for future expenses of the OPEB plan

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
         
CMS Energy Corporation
       
 
       
Exhibit 99.1. Item 6. Selected Financial Information
  CMS – 2
Exhibit 99.2 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
       
Executive Overview
  CMS – 3
Forward-Looking Statements and Information
  CMS – 4
Results of Operations
  CMS – 7
Critical Accounting Policies
  CMS – 19
Capital Resources and Liquidity
  CMS – 30
Outlook
  CMS – 34
Implementation of New Accounting Standards
  CMS – 44
New Accounting Standards Not Yet Effective
  CMS – 44
 
       
Exhibit 99.3 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
       
Consolidated Financial Statements
       
Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)
  CMS – 46
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
  CMS – 48
Consolidated Balance Sheets
  CMS – 50
Consolidated Statements of Common Stockholders’ Equity
  CMS – 52
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements:
       
1. Corporate Structure and Accounting Policies
  CMS – 53
2. Asset Sales, Impairment Charges and Discontinued Operations
  CMS – 59
3. Contingencies
  CMS – 65
4. Financings and Capitalization
  CMS – 80
5. Earnings Per Share
  CMS – 85
6. Financial and Derivative Instruments
  CMS – 86
7. Retirement Benefits
  CMS – 92
8. Asset Retirement Obligations
  CMS – 101
9. Income Taxes
  CMS – 103
10. Executive Incentive Compensation
  CMS – 107
11. Leases
  CMS – 108
12. Property, Plant, and Equipment
  CMS – 111
13. Equity Method Investments
  CMS – 112
14. Jointly Owned Regulated Utility Facilities
  CMS – 115
15. Reportable Segments
  CMS – 115
16. Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities
  CMS – 117
17. Quarterly Financial and Common Stock Information (Unaudited)
  CMS – 120
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
  CMS – 123

 


 

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