Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]

Schedule of Categories of Assets for which an ARO Liability is Recorded

Presented below are the categories of assets that CMS Energy and Consumers have legal obligations to remove at the end of their useful lives and for which they have an ARO liability recorded:

ARO Description	In-Service Date	Long-Lived Assets
Closure of coal ash disposal areas	various	Generating plants coal ash areas
Gas distribution cut, purge, and cap	various	Gas distribution mains and services
Asbestos abatement	1973	Electric and gas utility plant
Closure of renewable generation assets	various	Wind and solar generation facilities
Gas wells plug and abandon	various	Gas transmission and storage

Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation

Presented in the following tables are the changes in CMS Energy’s and Consumers’ ARO liabilities:

In Millions
Company and ARO Description	ARO Liability 12/31/2021			Incurred			Settled			Accretion			Cash Flow Revisions1			ARO Liability 12/31/2022
CMS Energy, including Consumers
Consumers		$	605		$	1		$	(39)		$	27		$	128		$	722
Renewable generation assets		23			—			—			1			—			24
Total CMS Energy		$	628		$	1		$	(39)		$	28		$	128		$	746
Consumers
Coal ash disposal areas		$	157		$	—		$	(20)		$	7		$	128		$	272
Gas distribution cut, purge, and cap		282			1			(11)			15			—			287
Asbestos abatement		38			—			(1)			2			—			39
Renewable generation assets		93			—			—			2			—			95
Gas wells plug and abandon		35			—			(7)			1			—			29
Total Consumers		$	605		$	1		$	(39)		$	27		$	128		$	722

1Increase was attributable to a proposed change for closure work at the J.H. Campbell 3 ash disposal landfill and an updated cost estimate for other coal ash disposal areas.

In Millions
Company and ARO Description	ARO Liability 12/31/2020			Incurred			Settled			Accretion			Cash Flow Revisions			ARO Liability 12/31/2021
CMS Energy, including Consumers
Consumers		$	530		$	71		$	(53)		$	24		$	33		$	605
Renewable generation assets		23			—			—			—			—			23
Total CMS Energy		$	553		$	71		$	(53)		$	24		$	33		$	628
Consumers
Coal ash disposal areas		$	148		$	—		$	(34)		$	5		$	38		$	157
Gas distribution cut, purge, and cap		240			39			(10)			13			—			282
Asbestos abatement		36			—			—			2			—			38
Renewable generation assets		74			16			—			3			—			93
Gas wells plug and abandon		32			16			(9)			1			(5)			35
Total Consumers		$	530		$	71		$	(53)		$	24		$	33		$	605

Consumers Energy Company

Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]

Schedule of Categories of Assets for which an ARO Liability is Recorded

Presented below are the categories of assets that CMS Energy and Consumers have legal obligations to remove at the end of their useful lives and for which they have an ARO liability recorded:

ARO Description	In-Service Date	Long-Lived Assets
Closure of coal ash disposal areas	various	Generating plants coal ash areas
Gas distribution cut, purge, and cap	various	Gas distribution mains and services
Asbestos abatement	1973	Electric and gas utility plant
Closure of renewable generation assets	various	Wind and solar generation facilities
Gas wells plug and abandon	various	Gas transmission and storage

Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation

Presented in the following tables are the changes in CMS Energy’s and Consumers’ ARO liabilities:

In Millions
Company and ARO Description	ARO Liability 12/31/2021			Incurred			Settled			Accretion			Cash Flow Revisions1			ARO Liability 12/31/2022
CMS Energy, including Consumers
Consumers		$	605		$	1		$	(39)		$	27		$	128		$	722
Renewable generation assets		23			—			—			1			—			24
Total CMS Energy		$	628		$	1		$	(39)		$	28		$	128		$	746
Consumers
Coal ash disposal areas		$	157		$	—		$	(20)		$	7		$	128		$	272
Gas distribution cut, purge, and cap		282			1			(11)			15			—			287
Asbestos abatement		38			—			(1)			2			—			39
Renewable generation assets		93			—			—			2			—			95
Gas wells plug and abandon		35			—			(7)			1			—			29
Total Consumers		$	605		$	1		$	(39)		$	27		$	128		$	722

1Increase was attributable to a proposed change for closure work at the J.H. Campbell 3 ash disposal landfill and an updated cost estimate for other coal ash disposal areas.

In Millions
Company and ARO Description	ARO Liability 12/31/2020			Incurred			Settled			Accretion			Cash Flow Revisions			ARO Liability 12/31/2021
CMS Energy, including Consumers
Consumers		$	530		$	71		$	(53)		$	24		$	33		$	605
Renewable generation assets		23			—			—			—			—			23
Total CMS Energy		$	553		$	71		$	(53)		$	24		$	33		$	628
Consumers
Coal ash disposal areas		$	148		$	—		$	(34)		$	5		$	38		$	157
Gas distribution cut, purge, and cap		240			39			(10)			13			—			282
Asbestos abatement		36			—			—			2			—			38
Renewable generation assets		74			16			—			3			—			93
Gas wells plug and abandon		32			16			(9)			1			(5)			35
Total Consumers		$	530		$	71		$	(53)		$	24		$	33		$	605