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Leases And Palisades Financing (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Schedule of Rent Expense |
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﻿In Millions
﻿Years Ended December 31 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
﻿Consumers
﻿Minimum operating lease expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿PPAs |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 6 |
﻿Other agreements |  |  | 14 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 19 |
﻿Contingent rental expense 1 |  |  | 82 |  |  | 82 |  |  | 85 |
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| 1 |  | Contingent rental expense is related to capital and operating lease PPAs and is based on delivery of energy and capacity in excess of minimum lease payments.
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Leases | ﻿
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﻿In Millions
﻿ | Capital Leases | Palisades Financing | Operating Leases |
﻿Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿2017 |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 17 |  | $ | 20 |
﻿2018 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 16 |
﻿2019 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 10 |
﻿2020 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 10 |
﻿2021 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 10 |
﻿2022 and thereafter |  |  | 25 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 15 |
﻿Total minimum lease payments |  | $ | 91 |  | $ | 79 |  | $ | 81 |
﻿Less imputed interest |  |  | 28 |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |
﻿Present value of net minimum lease payments |  | $ | 63 |  | $ | 69 |  |  |  |
﻿Less current portion |  |  | 9 |  |  | 13 |  |  |  |
﻿Non-current portion |  | $ | 54 |  | $ | 56 |  |  |  |
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Consumers Energy Company [Member] |
Schedule of Rent Expense |
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﻿In Millions
﻿Years Ended December 31 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
﻿Consumers
﻿Minimum operating lease expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿PPAs |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 6 |
﻿Other agreements |  |  | 14 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 19 |
﻿Contingent rental expense 1 |  |  | 82 |  |  | 82 |  |  | 85 |
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| 1 |  | Contingent rental expense is related to capital and operating lease PPAs and is based on delivery of energy and capacity in excess of minimum lease payments.
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Leases | ﻿
﻿ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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﻿In Millions
﻿ | Capital Leases | Palisades Financing | Operating Leases |
﻿Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿2017 |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 17 |  | $ | 20 |
﻿2018 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 16 |
﻿2019 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 10 |
﻿2020 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 10 |
﻿2021 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 10 |
﻿2022 and thereafter |  |  | 25 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 15 |
﻿Total minimum lease payments |  | $ | 91 |  | $ | 79 |  | $ | 81 |
﻿Less imputed interest |  |  | 28 |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |
﻿Present value of net minimum lease payments |  | $ | 63 |  | $ | 69 |  |  |  |
﻿Less current portion |  |  | 9 |  |  | 13 |  |  |  |
﻿Non-current portion |  | $ | 54 |  | $ | 56 |  |  |  |
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, for capital, finance, and operating leases, and the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value. + References No definition available. + Details
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