secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
======================================

Issuer:     CONSUMERS ENERGY CO (CMS-PB)
CIK:        0000201533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-047616
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Consumers Energy settles Clean Energy Plan: coal-free by 2025, 8 GW solar, 550 MW storage
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Agreement to close all three J.H. Campbell coal units by 2025 and two D.E. Karn units by 2023.
- Adds nearly 8,000 MW of solar by 2040; 60% of capacity from clean sources.
- Accelerates battery storage: 75 MW by 2027, 550 MW by 2040; first deployment in 2024.
- Purchase of Covert Generating Station (natural gas) to ensure reliability.
- Estimated $600M customer savings vs. 2018 plan; agreement requires MPSC approval.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/201533/000110465922047616/0001104659-22-047616-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/201533/000110465922047616/tm2213088d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-047616

License: Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer