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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-14-082916
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141124
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141124
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141124

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05611
		FILM NUMBER:		141245676

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5177881612

	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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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)<b> November&nbsp;24, 2014</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(517) 788-0550</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01. Other Events.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On November&nbsp;24, 2014, Consumers Energy Company issued a press release announcing that it has terminated its previously announced private exchange offers for certain of its outstanding debt securities.&#160; The press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated:   November&nbsp;24, 2014</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Thomas J. Webb</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Consumers Energy Company Announces Termination of Exchange Offers</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">JACKSON, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mich., Nov.&nbsp;24, 2014 &#151; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consumers Energy Company (&#147;Consumers&#148;) announced today that it has terminated its previously announced private offers (the &#147;Exchange Offers&#148;) to exchange up to $250 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.70% First Mortgage Bonds due 2019 (the &#147;6.70% Bonds&#148;) and 6.125% First Mortgage Bonds due 2019 (the &#147;6.125% Bonds&#148; and, together with the 6.70% Bonds, the &#147;Old Bonds&#148;) for its newly issued First Mortgage Bonds due 2025 (the &#147;New Bonds&#148;), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Consumers&#146; offering memorandum dated November&nbsp;6, 2014, as supplemented (the &#147;Offering Memorandum&#148;), and related letter of transmittal.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Exchange Offers were subject to a minimum condition that no less than $250 million of New Bonds must be issuable in exchange for Old Bonds validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted in the Exchange Offers (the &#147;Minimum Tender Condition&#148;). As of 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on November&nbsp;20, 2014 (the &#147;Withdrawal Deadline&#148;), the aggregate principal amount of Old Bonds validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, if accepted, would have been exchangeable for less than $250 million aggregate principal amount of New Bonds. Because the Minimum Tender Condition had not been met as of the Withdrawal Deadline, Consumers has elected to terminate the Exchange Offers pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum. The Old Bonds tendered and not withdrawn in the Exchange Offers will not be accepted and will be promptly returned to their respective holders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the United States or elsewhere.&#160; The Exchange Offers were made only by, and pursuant to, the terms set forth in the Offering Memorandum.&#160; The Exchange Offers were not made to persons in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release contains &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule&nbsp;175 under the Securities Act of 1933, and relevant legal decisions. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. All</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">forward-looking statements should be considered in the context of the risk and other factors detailed from time to time in Consumers&#146; Securities and Exchange Commission filings.&#160; Forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the &#147;FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION&#148; and &#147;RISK FACTORS&#148; sections of Consumers&#146; Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 and as updated in Consumers&#146; subsequent Forms 10-Q.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consumers&#146; &#147;FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION&#148; and &#147;RISK FACTORS&#148; sections are incorporated herein by reference and discuss important factors that could cause Consumers&#146; results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Media Contacts: Dan Bishop, (517) 788-2395 or Brian Wheeler, (517) 788-2394</font></i></p>
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