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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-10-033587
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14C
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100521
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100409
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100409
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20100409

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CONSUMERS ENERGY CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000201533
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				380442310
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14C
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05611
		FILM NUMBER:		10742639

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5177881031

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CONSUMERS POWER CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">SCHEDULE 14C</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(c)<BR>
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Check the appropriate box:
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>Preliminary Information Statement</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
14c-5(d)(2))</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>Definitive Information Statement</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Consumers Energy Company
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD>Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;14c-5(g) and 0-11


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is
calculated and state how it was determined):</TD>
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    <TD>Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
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    <TD>Total fee paid:</TD>
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    <TD>Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.



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    <TD>Amount Previously Paid:</TD>
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    <TD>Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</TD>
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    <TD>Date Filed:</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">CONSUMERS ENERGY
    COMPANY<BR>
    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS<BR>
    MAY 21, 2010</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    To the Shareholders of Consumers Energy Company:
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The annual meeting of shareholders of Consumers Energy Company
    (&#147;Consumers&#148;) will be held on Friday, May&#160;21,
    2010, at 9:00&#160;A.M., Eastern Daylight Saving Time, at the
    corporate headquarters located at One Energy Plaza, Jackson,
    Michigan 49201. The purposes of the annual meeting are to:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (1)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Elect 10 members to the Consumers&#146; Board of Directors;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (2)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Consider a proposal to ratify the appointment of
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (&#147;PwC&#148;) as our independent
    registered public accounting firm to audit the Consumers&#146;
    consolidated financial statements for the year ending
    December&#160;31, 2010;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    Transact such other business as may properly come before the
    annual meeting.
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    The Consumers annual report to shareholders for the year 2009,
    including consolidated financial statements, previously has been
    furnished to you.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Board of Directors has set March&#160;26, 2010 as the record
    date for our annual meeting. Shareholders are invited to attend
    our annual meeting. <B>Shareholders interested in attending the
    annual meeting must present proof of current stock ownership
    (such as a recent account statement) and photo identification
    prior to being admitted into the meeting.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT
    TO SEND US A PROXY.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    By Order of the Board of Directors
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    Catherine M. Reynolds<BR>
    Corporate Secretary
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    Consumers Energy Company
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    One Energy Plaza
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    Jackson, Michigan 49201
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    April&#160;9, 2010
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">INFORMATION
    STATEMENT</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">INTRODUCTION</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This Information Statement is furnished by the Board of
    Directors of Consumers Energy Company (&#147;Consumers&#148;) in
    connection with the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on
    May&#160;21, 2010.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As of March&#160;26, 2010, Consumers&#146; outstanding common
    stock ($10&#160;par value) and preferred stock ($100&#160;par
    value) consisted of 84,108,789&#160;shares of common stock held
    by CMS Energy Corporation (&#147;CMS&#148;) and
    441,599&#160;shares of preferred stock held by the public
    (except the directors&#146; holdings noted below). Holders of
    preferred and common stock are entitled to one vote for each
    share and shareholders have cumulative voting rights for the
    election of directors. That is, holders of preferred and common
    shares are entitled to cast as many votes as equal the number of
    shares held multiplied by the number of directors to be elected
    (10 this year), and they may cast all of such votes for a single
    nominee or distribute them among any two or more nominees as
    they choose.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    While all shareholders are cordially invited to attend the
    annual meeting, <B>WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE
    REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. </B>We have been advised that
    all 84,108,789 Consumers common shares held by CMS (99.5% of the
    Consumers shares entitled to vote) will be voted in favor of the
    proposed directors, thus assuring their election, as well as in
    favor of the other proposal(s) recommended by the
    Consumers&#146; Board of Directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    To the knowledge of management, no person or entity except CMS
    owns beneficially more than 5% of any class of Consumers&#146;
    outstanding voting securities. Messrs.&#160;Way, Whipple, and
    Yasinsky each own 10, 5, and 10&#160;shares of the preferred
    stock of Consumers, respectively.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The determination of approval of corporate action by the
    shareholders is based on votes &#147;for&#148; and
    &#147;against.&#148; Abstentions and broker discretionary votes
    are not counted as &#147;against&#148; votes but are counted in
    the determination of a quorum.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">INCORPORATION BY
    REFERENCE&#160;&#151; CMS PROXY STATEMENT</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Please refer to the enclosed CMS proxy statement dated
    April&#160;9, 2010 for information regarding the nominees for
    directors and the other proposal(s) being voted on by
    Consumers&#146; shareholders, as well as the committees of the
    Board of Directors, compensation of directors and executive
    officers and various other 2009 information statement
    disclosures. This information appears beginning with the heading
    &#147;CORPORATE GOVERNANCE&#148; in the CMS proxy statement and
    is incorporated by reference herein.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">BOARD AND
    COMMITTEE INFORMATION</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Consumers&#146; Board of Directors met 8 (none of which was
    a telephone conference call) times during 2009. All incumbent
    directors attended or participated in more than 90% of the
    Consumers&#146; Board and assigned committee meetings during
    2009. Our Corporate Governance Principles state the Board&#146;s
    expectation that all Board members attend all scheduled board
    and committee meetings, as well as the annual meeting of
    shareholders. All Board members attended the 2009 annual meeting
    of shareholders.
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