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Contingencies And Commitments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Expected Remediation Cost By Year |
In Millions
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remediation and other response activity costs |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | 12 |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | 14 |
Guarantees |
In Millions
|  |  | Maximum |  | Carrying |
Guarantee Description | Issue Date | Expiration Date | Obligation |  | Amount |
CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Indemnity obligations from asset sales and other agreements | Various | Various through August 2029 |  | $ | 148 | 1 |  | $ | 7 |
Guarantees | Various | Various through March 2021 |  |  | 51 |  |  |  | - |
Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Indemnity obligations and other guarantees | Various | Various through August 2029 |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 1 |
| 1 |  | The majority of this amount arises from stock and asset sale agreements under which CMS Energy or a subsidiary of CMS Energy, other than Consumers, indemnified the purchaser for losses resulting from various matters, including claims related to tax disputes, claims related to power purchase agreements, and defects in title to the assets or stock sold to the purchaser by CMS Energy subsidiaries. Except for items described elsewhere in this Note, CMS Energy believes the likelihood of material loss to be remote for the indemnity obligations not recorded as liabilities.
Schedule Of Guarantees, Other Information |
Guarantee Description | How Guarantee Arose | Events That Would Require Performance |
CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |
Indemnity obligations from asset | Stock and asset sale | Findings of misrepresentation, |
sales and other agreements | agreements | breach of warranties, tax claims, and |
|  | other specific events or circumstances |
Guarantees | Normal operating | Nonperformance or non-payment by a |
| activity | subsidiary under a related contract |
Consumers |  |  |
Indemnity obligations and | Normal operating | Nonperformance or claims made by a third |
other guarantees | activity | party under a related contract |
Consumers Energy Company [Member] |
Expected Remediation Cost By Year |
In Millions
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remediation and other response activity costs |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | 12 |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | 14 |
Guarantees |
In Millions
|  |  | Maximum |  | Carrying |
Guarantee Description | Issue Date | Expiration Date | Obligation |  | Amount |
CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Indemnity obligations from asset sales and other agreements | Various | Various through August 2029 |  | $ | 148 | 1 |  | $ | 7 |
Guarantees | Various | Various through March 2021 |  |  | 51 |  |  |  | - |
Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Indemnity obligations and other guarantees | Various | Various through August 2029 |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 1 |
| 1 |  | The majority of this amount arises from stock and asset sale agreements under which CMS Energy or a subsidiary of CMS Energy, other than Consumers, indemnified the purchaser for losses resulting from various matters, including claims related to tax disputes, claims related to power purchase agreements, and defects in title to the assets or stock sold to the purchaser by CMS Energy subsidiaries. Except for items described elsewhere in this Note, CMS Energy believes the likelihood of material loss to be remote for the indemnity obligations not recorded as liabilities.
Schedule Of Guarantees, Other Information |
Guarantee Description | How Guarantee Arose | Events That Would Require Performance |
CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |
Indemnity obligations from asset | Stock and asset sale | Findings of misrepresentation, |
sales and other agreements | agreements | breach of warranties, tax claims, and |
|  | other specific events or circumstances |
Guarantees | Normal operating | Nonperformance or non-payment by a |
| activity | subsidiary under a related contract |
Consumers |  |  |
Indemnity obligations and | Normal operating | Nonperformance or claims made by a third |
other guarantees | activity | party under a related contract |

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