In 2025, Consumers Energy gathered community input through a series of engagement efforts, including five public outreach events, three technical workshops and a customer survey focused on the Integrated Resource Plan. Here are details from the outreach events:
Energy Supply Plan
Powering Michigan's Future With Affordable, Reliable Energy
Every day, 8,000 people power 6.8 million Michigan lives. Our mission? To deliver the reliable energy you depend on, every hour of every day while keeping bills lower.
Consumers Energy’s upcoming energy supply plan outlines an all of the above strategy for powering Michigan’s future over the next 20 years. The plan highlights over 13 gigawatts of expanded renewable and clean energy resources including solar, battery storage and wind supported by two new natural gas plants generating 1.5 gigawatts of fast-start, on demand power.
How Our Energy Supply Plan Supports You
Competitively Priced Solutions
Affordability and reliability are central priorities of the plan. The two new natural gas plants enhance system reliability and help maintain affordable energy – prioritizing the lowest cost energy source available at any moment.
Efficient Generation
The plan repurposes our existing industrial sites at Karn Generating Facility in Bay County and Thetford Township in Genesee County, minimizing land impacts and leveraging existing grid infrastructure, adding two new natural gas plants to deliver fast-starting, on-demand power when customers need it most. As we build up our clean energy portfolio, these units offer a solid reliability foundation that allows us to continue adding renewable energy.
Community Investments
This plan would strengthen the state’s workforce by adding thousands of construction jobs and creating hundreds of permanent positions through our investments in natural gas, wind, and solar. In addition to the expanded workforce, the plan’s investments in these local communities will enhance the tax base by nearly $19 billion from projects including the natural gas plants and those in the Renewable Energy Plan approved in 2025 supporting local government and the services our residential and business customers rely on through property taxes.
Continued Clean Energy Resources
Our continued commitment to clean energy options, such as solar, wind and battery storage will achieve the targets set in the 2023 energy law. Combined with our award-winning customer programs, which have saved customers $8.5 billion since 2009 and are projected to save $18 billion by 2050, the plan keeps energy affordable by rewarding energy savings and using the lowest cost resources available.
Energy Saving Programs at Home
Take control of your energy use in your home with efficiency programs and rebates.
Energy Saving Programs at Work
Leap ahead of the competition by making small changes to manage your business’s energy use for improved profitability, safety and results.
Local Energy Supply Plan Events
Questions About the Energy Supply Plan? We’re Here to Help.
This form is intended only for inquiries related to Consumers Energy’s Energy Supply Plan. If your question is about billing, service, outages, or other topics, please use one of the contact options below to ensure a faster response:
- Residential Customer Support Call 800-477-5050 (Mon–Fri, 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.)
- Business Customer Support Call 800-805-0490 (Mon–Fri, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
- Emergency Situations For gas leaks or downed wires, call 9-1-1 immediately, then contact us at 800-477-5050
- Property Restoration Click here to reach our Property Restoration Team
- Billing & Payment Help Visit our Billing and Payment page
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