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Other Income and Other Expense (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Other Income and Expenses [Line Items] |
Components Of Other Income And Other Expense | Presented in the following table are the components of other expense at CMS Energy and Consumers:
In Millions |
Years Ended December 31 | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |
Donations |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (31 | )
Civic and political expenditures |  | (6 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (27 | )
Loss on reacquired and extinguished debt |  | — |  |  | (16 | ) |  | (18 | )
All other |  | (4 | ) |  | (13 | ) |  | — |
Total other expense – CMS Energy |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (48 | ) |  | $ | (76 | )
Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |
Donations |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (31 | )
Civic and political expenditures |  | (6 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (27 | )
All other |  | (4 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | — |
Total other expense – Consumers |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (30 | ) |  | $ | (58 | )
Consumers Energy Company |
Other Income and Expenses [Line Items] |
Components Of Other Income And Other Expense | Presented in the following table are the components of other expense at CMS Energy and Consumers:
In Millions |
Years Ended December 31 | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |
Donations |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (31 | )
Civic and political expenditures |  | (6 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (27 | )
Loss on reacquired and extinguished debt |  | — |  |  | (16 | ) |  | (18 | )
All other |  | (4 | ) |  | (13 | ) |  | — |
Total other expense – CMS Energy |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (48 | ) |  | $ | (76 | )
Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |
Donations |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (31 | )
Civic and political expenditures |  | (6 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (27 | )
All other |  | (4 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | — |
Total other expense – Consumers |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (30 | ) |  | $ | (58 | )

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