September 22, Via U.S. and Electronic Mail

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1 A CMS Energy Company September 22, 2017 Via U.S. and Electronic Mail Assistant Attorney General 6th Floor Williams Building 525 West Ottawa Street General Offices: LEGAL DEPARTMENT One Energy Plaza Jackson, MI Tel: Fax: (517) (517) CATHERINE M REYNOLDS Senior Vice President and General Counsel *Washington Office: 1730 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. Tel: (202) MELISSA M GLEESPEN Suite 1007 Vice President, Corporate Washington, DC Fax: (202) Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer Writer s Direct Dial Number: (517) Writer s Address: bret.totoraitis@cmsenergy.com SHAUN M JOHNSON Vice President and Deputy General Counsel H Richard Chambers Kelly M Hall Eric V Luoma Assistant General Counsel Ashley L Bancroft Robert W Beach Don A D Amato Robert A. Farr Gary A Gensch, Jr. Gary L Kelterborn Chantez P Knowles Mary Jo Lawrie Jason M Milstone Rhonda M Morris Deborah A Moss* Mir e Michael Nestor James D W Roush Scott J Sinkwitts Adam C Smith Theresa A G Staley Janae M Thayer Bret A Totoraitis Anne M Uitvlugt Aaron L Vorce Attorney Re: MPSC Case No. U In the matter of the application of Consumers Energy Company for authority to increase its rates for the generation and distribution of electricity and for other relief. Dear Mr. Janiszewski: Enclosed is the Company s response to discovery question AG-CE-411 (Supplemental). This response is being served in hard copy format only on the requesting party. The requesting party and all others will be served with the discovery response by . [NOTE: The Excel attachment pertaining to this Response is being provided via to all parties.] In an effort to save time in preparing responses to discovery requests, all responses will no longer be notarized. In providing this response, the Company does not necessarily concede that the requested information is relevant or material to these proceedings. The Company therefore specifically reserves the right to raise objections to the introduction into evidence, through cross-examination or otherwise, of any material supplied pursuant to a discovery request. The Company intends to supplement a prior response if it becomes aware of a relevant and material error in the response. The Company also intends to supplement a prior response if it becomes aware that there has been a significant change in circumstances unknown to the requesting party which would substantially alter a prior response in a manner which is material and relevant to this case. However, the Company does not keep prior responses under continuous review. Sincerely, Bret A. Totoraitis CC Hon. Sharon L. Feldman, ALJ (letter and proof of service only via ) Kavita Kale, Executive Secretary (letter & proof of service via e-file) Sebastian Coppola (letter & responses via ), sebcoppola@corplytics.com (& Hard C. of AG Reqs) +Excels/Disks Kevin Higgins (letter & responses via ), khiggins@energystrat.com (& Hard C. of KRO Reqs)+Excels/Disks Jeffry C. Pollock (letter & responses via ), jcp@jpollockinc.com (& Hard C. of ABATE Reqs)+Excels/Disks Parties of Record oc Digitally signed by Bret A. Totoraitis Date: :20:54-04'00'

2 S T A T E O F M I C H I G A N BEFORE THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In the matter of the application of ) CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY ) for authority to increase its rates for ) Case No. U the generation and distribution of ) electricity and for other relief. ) ) STATE OF MICHIGAN ) ) SS COUNTY OF JACKSON ) PROOF OF SERVICE Samantha J. O Rourke, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that she is employed in the Legal Department of Consumers Energy Company; that on September 22, 2017, she served a hard copy of the response to discovery question AG-CE-411 (Supplemental) upon the persons noted below by depositing the same on September 22, 2017, in the United States mail in the City of Jackson, Michigan, with first-class postage thereon fully paid. She further states that she served an electronic copy of the response upon the persons listed in Attachment 1 hereto, at the addresses listed therein, with the exception of the Hon. Sharon L. Feldman, Administrative Law Judge, who received an electronic copy of the cover letter and proof of service only at feldmans@michigan.gov. Assistant Attorney General 6 th Floor Williams Building Sebastian Coppola, President Corporate Analytics 5928 Southgate Road Rochester, MI Samantha J. O Rourke Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 nd day of September, Tara L. Hilliard, Notary Public State of Michigan, County of Jackson My Commission Expires: 09/12/20 Acting in the County of Jackson

3 ATTACHMENT 1 TO CASE NO. U Administrative Law Judge Hon. Sharon L. Feldman Administrative Law Judge feldmans@michigan.gov Counsel for the Michigan Public Service Commission Staff Spencer A. Sattler, Esq. Amit T. Singh, Esq. Meredith R. Beidler, Esq. Monica M. Stephens, Esq. Lori Mayabb sattlers@michigan.gov singha9@michigan.gov beidlerm@michigan.gov stephensm11@michigan.gov myabb1@michigan.gov Michigan Public Service Commission Staff Gary Kitts Bill Stosik Dan Blair Brian Ballinger Paul Proudfoot Bob Nichols Michigan Public Service Commission kittsg@michigan.gov stosikb@michigan.gov blaird@michigan.gov ballingerb2@michigan.gov proudfootp@michigan.gov nicholsb1@michigan.gov Counsel for Attorney General, Bill Schuette Joel B. King, Esq. Assistant Attorneys General Michigan Dept. of Attorney General, 6 th Floor Williams Building janiszewskij2@michigan.gov kingj38@michigan.gov AG-ENRA-Spec-Lit@michigan.gov Consultant for Attorney General Bill Schuette Sebastian Coppola, President Corporate Analytics 5928 Southgate Road Rochester, MI sebcoppola@corplytics.com Counsel for the Michigan State Utility Workers Council, Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO John R. Canzano, Esq. Patrick J. Rorai, Esq. McKnight, Canzano, Smith, Radtke & Brault, P.C. 423 North Main Street, Suite 200 Royal Oak, MI jcanzano@michworkerlaw.com prorai@michworkerlaw.com Counsel for the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association David E. S. Marvin, Esq. Michael S. Ashton, Esq. 124 West Allegan Street, Suite dmarvin@fraserlawfirm.com mashton@fraserlawfirm.com sl Page 1 of 3

4 ATTACHMENT 1 TO CASE NO. U (Continued) Counsel for the Michigan Environmental Council, the Sierra Club, and the Natural Resources Defense Council Christopher M. Bzdok, Esq. Tracy Jane Andrews, Esq. Kimberly Flynn, Legal Assistant Karla Gerds, Legal Assistant Marcia Randazzo, Legal Assistant Olson, Bzdok & Howard, P.C. 420 East Front Street Traverse City, MI chris@envlaw.com tjandrews@envlaw.com kimberly@envlaw.com karla@envlaw.com marcia@envlaw.com Counsel for the Sierra Club Michael Soules, Esq. Shannon Fisk, Esq. Flora Champenois, Litigation Assistant Gabrielle Winick, Litigation Assistant 1625 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 702 Washington, DC msoules@earthjustice.org sfisk@earthjustice.org fchampenois@earthjustice.org gwinick@earthjustice.org Counsel for The Kroger Company Kurt J. Boehm, Esq. Jody M. Kyler Cohn, Esq. Michael L. Kurtz, Esq. Boehm, Kurtz & Lowry 36 East Seventh Street, Suite 1510 Cincinnati, Ohio kboehm@bkllawfirm.com jkylercohn@bkllawfirm.com mkurtz@bkllawfirm.com Consultant for The Kroger Company Kevin Higgins Energy Strategies, LLC Parkside Towers 215 South State Street, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, Utah khiggins@energystrat.com sl Page 2 of 3 Counsel for the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association David E. S. Marvin, Esq. Michael S. Ashton, Esq. 124 West Allegan Street, Suite dmarvin@fraserlawfirm.com mashton@fraserlawfirm.com Counsel for the Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity ( ABATE ) and Gerdau Macsteel, Inc. Sean P. Gallagher, Esq. Michael J. Pattwell, Esq. Clark Hill PLC 212 East Grand River Avenue Lansing, MI sgallagher@clarkhill.com mpattwell@clarkhill.com lmcpartlin@clarkhill.com Consultant for ABATE and Gerdau Macsteel, Inc. Jeffry C. Pollock J. Pollock, Inc Olive Boulevard, Suite 585 St. Louis, MO jcp@jpollockinc.com Counsel for the Residential Customer Group Don L. Keskey, Esq. Brian W. Coyer, Esq. Public Law Resource Center PLLC 333 Albert Avenue, Suite 425 East Lansing, MI donkeskey@publiclawresourcecenter.com bwcoyer@ publiclawresourcecenter.com

5 ATTACHMENT 1 TO CASE NO. U (Continued) Counsel for Wal-Mart Stores East, LP and Sam s East, Inc. Counsel for Environmental Law & Policy Center Melissa M. Horne, Esq. Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, LLP 10 Dorrance Street, 4 th Floor Providence, RI mhorne@hcc-law.com Counsel for Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation and Constellation NewEnergy Inc. Jennifer Utter Heston, Esq. 124 West Allegan, Suite jheston@fraserlawfirm.com Counsel for Midland Cogeneration Venture Limited Partnership Richard J. Aaron, Esq. Jason T. Hanselman, Esq. Dykema Gossett PLLC 201 Townsend Street, Suite raaron@dykema.com jhanselman@dykema.com Charles E. Dunn, Esq. Midland Cogeneration Venture, LP 100 Progress Place Midland, MI cedunn@midcogen.com Margrethe Kearney, Esq. Kristin Field, Legal Assistant Environmental Law & Policy Center 1514 Wealthy Street SE, Suite 256 Grand Rapids, MI mkearney@elpc.org kfield@elpc.org Bradley Klein, Esq. Environmental Law & Policy Center 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL bklein@elpc.org Counsel for Midwest Cogeneration Association John R. Liskey, Esq. John R. Liskey Attorney At Law PLLC 921 North Washington Avenue Lansing, MI john@liskeypllc.com Patricia Sharkey, Esq. Environmental Law Counsel, P.C. 180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 3700 Chicago, IL psharkey@e-lawcounsel.com Counsel for Energy Michigan Timothy J. Lundgren, Esq. Laura A. Chappelle, Esq. Varnum, LLP The Victor Center, Suite North Washington Square tjlundgren@varnumlaw.com lachappelle@varnumlaw.com Toni L. Newell, Esq. Varnum, LLP 333 Bridge Street NW Grand Rapids, MI tlnewell@varnumlaw.com sl Page 3 of 3