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Other Income and Other Expense | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Other Income and Other Expense | 16:O ther I ncome and O ther E xpense P resented in the following table are the components of other income and other expense at CMS Energy and Consumers:
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﻿In Millions
﻿Years Ended December 31 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
﻿CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Other income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Fee income |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | 8 |
﻿All other |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |
﻿Total other income – CMS Energy |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | 11 |
﻿Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Other income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Fee income |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | 8 |
﻿Gain on CMS Energy common stock |  |  | - |  |  | 9 |  |  | - |
﻿All other |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |
﻿Total other income – Consumers |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | 19 |  | $ | 10 |
﻿CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Other expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Civic and political expenditures |  | $ | (21) |  | $ | (10) |  | $ | (14) |
﻿Donations |  |  | (23) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (15) |
﻿Loss on reacquired and extinguished debt |  |  | (18) |  |  | - |  |  | (20) |
﻿Unrealized investment loss |  |  | (5) |  |  | - |  |  | - |
﻿All other |  |  | (8) |  |  | (6) |  |  | (6) |
﻿Total other expense – CMS Energy |  | $ | (75) |  | $ | (17) |  | $ | (55) |
﻿Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Other expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Civic and political expenditures |  | $ | (21) |  | $ | (10) |  | $ | (14) |
﻿Donations |  |  | (23) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (15) |
﻿Unrealized investment loss |  |  | (4) |  |  | - |  |  | - |
﻿All other |  |  | (7) |  |  | (6) |  |  | (6) |
﻿Total other expense – Consumers |  | $ | (55) |  | $ | (17) |  | $ | (35) |
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Consumers Energy Company [Member] |
Other Income and Other Expense | 16:O ther I ncome and O ther E xpense P resented in the following table are the components of other income and other expense at CMS Energy and Consumers:
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﻿In Millions
﻿Years Ended December 31 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
﻿CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Other income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Fee income |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | 8 |
﻿All other |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |
﻿Total other income – CMS Energy |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | 11 |
﻿Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Other income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Fee income |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | 8 |
﻿Gain on CMS Energy common stock |  |  | - |  |  | 9 |  |  | - |
﻿All other |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |
﻿Total other income – Consumers |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | 19 |  | $ | 10 |
﻿CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Other expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Civic and political expenditures |  | $ | (21) |  | $ | (10) |  | $ | (14) |
﻿Donations |  |  | (23) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (15) |
﻿Loss on reacquired and extinguished debt |  |  | (18) |  |  | - |  |  | (20) |
﻿Unrealized investment loss |  |  | (5) |  |  | - |  |  | - |
﻿All other |  |  | (8) |  |  | (6) |  |  | (6) |
﻿Total other expense – CMS Energy |  | $ | (75) |  | $ | (17) |  | $ | (55) |
﻿Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Other expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Civic and political expenditures |  | $ | (21) |  | $ | (10) |  | $ | (14) |
﻿Donations |  |  | (23) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (15) |
﻿Unrealized investment loss |  |  | (4) |  |  | - |  |  | - |
﻿All other |  |  | (7) |  |  | (6) |  |  | (6) |
﻿Total other expense – Consumers |  | $ | (55) |  | $ | (17) |  | $ | (35) |
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