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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) August 2, 1999

                              MCN ENERGY GROUP INC
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         MICHIGAN                   1-10070           38-2820658
(State of Incorporation)       (Commission File    (I.R.S. Employer
                                    Number)        Identification No.)

500 GRISWOLD STREET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN                  48226
(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)

              Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
                                 (313) 256-5500
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

On August 2, 1999 MCN Energy Group Inc. issued the following press releases:

                       MCN ENERGY OUTLINES NEW DIRECTION:
                 REGIONAL FOCUS, INTEGRATED OPERATIONS STRATEGY
                Ewing Named MCN President, COO to Lead Operations

Detroit, Aug. 2, 1999 - MCN Energy Group Inc. (NYSE:MCN) today announced a
significantly revised strategic direction. Key aspects of the new corporate
strategy include a regional rather than North American focus, and an emphasis on
achieving operational efficiencies and growth through integration of existing
businesses rather than building a portfolio of diverse, non-operated energy
investments. Consistent with the new strategy, MCN will retain its natural gas
producing properties in Michigan, which at year-end were classified as
discontinued operations in preparation for the sale of the company's entire
exploration and production (E&P) business.
         "Our new strategic direction is designed to help MCN Energy Group best
meet the challenges and opportunities presented by an evolving energy industry,"
MCN Chairman and CEO Alfred R. Glancy III said. "We have adopted an integrated
approach that we believe will result in significant operational efficiencies and
synergies across our businesses. Our target market region spans the
Midwest-to-Northeast corridor, an area in which we have a strong existing and
developing infrastructure, where energy needs are growing at rates far above the
national average, and where regulatory reform of the natural gas and electricity
sectors is advancing relatively quickly. Our decision to retain the Michigan gas
production properties was based on two factors: first, their obvious fit within
our new strategy; and second, a very recent lowering of the bid for the
properties, which changed what would have been a good deal for shareholders into
an unacceptable price."
         Glancy said the company will continue pursuing new pipeline, electric
power and energy marketing ventures, with an emphasis on operating projects that
enhance other MCN businesses within the Midwest-to-Northeast corridor.
         "Our focus is to build upon our infrastructure, maximizing utilization
of our expertise and physical assets across the organization to provide
customers top-quality, cost-effective services and products," Glancy said. "Our
ability to integrate, aggressively manage, operate and grow a well-established
base of related businesses will provide us the competitive edge and the internal
flexibility to capture opportunities as the industry continues to evolve."


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         Execution of the new strategic direction is expected to improve MCN's
earnings and reduce its need for external capital, Glancy said.
         "We believe earnings growth is achievable with much lower capital
requirements and more predictability, since we will have an operational focus
rather than a transactional investment focus," he said. "Additionally, this new
strategy is expected to improve both the quality of earnings and the strength of
our balance sheet. That all translates into a further reduction in the company's
risk profile."
         Glancy said capital expenditures, previously expected to range from
$600 million to $750 million per year, now are expected to approximate $500
million in 1999 and about $300 million in each 2000 and 2001.
         To achieve efficiencies expected from the new strategic direction, MCN
has reorganized into four primary business segments and an investment arm:

o    Gas Distribution is responsible for MCN's regulated utility operations.
o    Midstream & Supply develops and manages MCN's gas producing, gathering,
     processing, storage and transmission facilities within the target region.
     It also integrates all of the company's gas-supply functions, including
     purchasing the commodity itself and aggregating the transportation and
     storage capacity required to deliver the gas to the Gas Distribution,
     Energy Marketing and Power segments and other, non-affiliated wholesale
     customers.
o    Energy Marketing consists of MCN's non-regulated marketing activities to
     industrial, commercial and residential customers, both inside and outside
     the Gas Distribution segment's service areas. Energy Marketing also will
     provide full-service energy solutions to business customers.
o    Power develops and manages independent electric power projects.
o    Energy Holdings manages and seeks to maximize the value of existing
     ventures outside MCN's target region. It primarily consists of gas
     gathering and processing investments in major U.S. producing basins.

         "Our new organizational structure is critical to the integration of
company-wide activities," Glancy said. "For example, our former business groups
independently purchased gas supply and pipeline services to meet their marketing
requirements. Now, Midstream & Supply manages these functions for the entire
company, providing significant operational flexibility and efficiencies.
Similarly, we have placed all administrative support functions at the corporate
level."


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         Leading the company's newly restructured operations is Stephen E.
Ewing, who has been named MCN's president and chief operating officer (COO). He
continues as president and CEO of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon),
where he has served in positions of increasing responsibility since 1971. Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer Lee Dow becomes an executive vice president and
assumes responsibility for human resources, information technology, corporate
resources and public affairs in addition to his current finance-related duties.
         "We now have a team of experienced leaders ready to implement our new
strategy," Glancy said. "I am particularly pleased to have Steve Ewing in a post
where we can better utilize, on a companywide basis, the capabilities he has
demonstrated in such a stellar manner with MichCon."
         Glancy summarized the new strategy as a multi-pronged approach to value
creation, seeking both cost savings and revenue growth through business and
support-service integration, new investments and a commitment to operational
excellence.
         "This is the right strategy to carry MCN through the industry's
evolution," he said. "We have the organizational flexibility to respond to the
changing marketplace and capture emerging opportunities, while remaining highly
focused geographically and operationally. I look forward to reporting the
results of these efforts."

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MCN Energy Group Inc. is an integrated energy company with more than $4 billion
of assets and approximately $2 billion of annual revenues. The company primarily
is involved in natural gas gathering, processing, transmission, storage and
distribution, electric power generation and energy marketing. Its largest
subsidiary is Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon), a natural gas utility
serving 1.2 million customers in more than 500 communities throughout Michigan.
Information about MCN Energy Group is available on the World Wide Web at
www.mcnenergy.com.

Statements included in this news release that are not historical in nature are
forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that may
cause actual future results to differ materially from those contemplated,
projected, estimated or budgeted in such forward-looking statements. A
discussion of these risks and uncertainties is included in the company's
periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

MCN invites the public to participate in its Second Quarter conference call over
the Internet at 1:00 p.m. EDT today, Monday, Aug. 2. Listen on-line, live or via
replay, by logging on at http://www.videonewswire.com/MCN/080299 (Case
sensitive) or http://www.mcnenergy.com (click on Investor Information,
Conference Calls).

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                     MCN ENERGY GROUP NAMES LEADERSHIP TEAM
                       TO IMPLEMENT NEW REGIONAL STRATEGY

Detroit, Aug. 2, 1999 - MCN Energy Group Inc. (NYSE:MCN) Chairman and CEO Alfred
R. Glancy III today announced changes in the company's executive ranks designed
to align management expertise with MCN's new strategy, which emphasizes an
integrated operations focus in the Midwest-to-Northeast corridor.
         Key aspects of the new strategy include reorganizing the MCN family of
businesses to include four primary operating segments (Gas Distribution,
Midstream & Supply, Energy Marketing and Power) and an investment arm (Energy
Holdings). Changes to the leadership team include:

Stephen E. Ewing           President & Chief Operating Officer (COO),
                           MCN Energy Group

Anne Cooke                 President & CEO, MCN Energy Marketing

Steve Kurmas               President & CEO, MCN Midstream & Supply

Joseph Roberts             President & CEO, MCN Power
                           President & CEO, MCN Energy Holdings

         Functionally: Steve Ewing has overall responsibility for MCN's regional
operations, as well as for Gas Distribution (the regulated gas utilities); Anne
Cooke will lead Energy Marketing; Midstream & Supply will be the responsibility
of Steve Kurmas; and Joe Roberts will lead the Power and Energy Holdings
segments.
         Additionally, Lee Dow has been named executive vice president and chief
financial officer of MCN Energy Group and its principle subsidiaries, assuming
responsibilities for all corporate-wide support services, except legal, under a
consolidated structure. He retains his existing financial-related
responsibilities.
         "I have complete confidence in this team's ability to implement MCN's
new strategic direction," Glancy said. "These leaders all have demonstrated
superior expertise during their years of service to the company. Our new
structure gives MCN Energy Group the organizational flexibility to better
utilize our in-house talent to respond to the changing marketplace and capture
emerging opportunities, while achieving greater cost efficiencies."


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         Reporting directly to Glancy in the new organization, in addition to
Dow, Ewing and Roberts, are: Daniel Schiffer, senior vice president, general
counsel and secretary, who has responsibility for the legal affairs of MCN and
all of its subsidiaries; and Thomas Connelly, general auditor.

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MCN Energy Group Inc. is an integrated energy company with more than $4 billion
of assets and approximately $2 billion of annual revenues. The company primarily
is involved in natural gas gathering, processing, transmission, storage and
distribution, electric power generation and energy marketing. Its largest
subsidiary is Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon), a natural gas utility
serving 1.2 million customers in more than 500 communities throughout Michigan.
Information about MCN Energy Group is available on the World Wide Web at
www.mcnenergy.com.

Statements included in this news release that are not historical in nature are
forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that may
cause actual future results to differ materially from those contemplated,
projected, estimated or budgeted in such forward-looking statements. A
discussion of these risks and uncertainties is included in the company's
periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.




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                   MCN ENERGY REPORTS SECOND-QUARTER RESULTS,
                 PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON 1999 AND 2000 EXPECTATIONS

       DETROIT, Aug. 2, 1999 -- MCN Energy Group Inc. (NYSE:MCN) today reported
       that, as a result of its recent decision to retain its natural gas
       producing properties in Michigan, it had a second-quarter 1999 net loss
       of $86.2 million or $1.03 per share, versus a net loss of $212.6 million
       or $2.70 per share in the 1998 second quarter. Reported results are not
       comparable for a number of reasons. Most notable are unusual charges in
       both periods, and effects of MCN's reclassification of the gas and oil
       exploration and production (E&P) business as a continuing operation. Had
       the E&P business remained a discontinued operation, MCN would have
       reported income from continuing operations, excluding unusual charges, of
       $4.8 million or $.06 per share, essentially flat with comparable 1998
       second-quarter results.
              Unusual charges in the 1999 second quarter were related to the E&P
       reclassification and totaled $83.4 million or $1.00 per share. In the
       1998 second quarter, E&P charges totaled $220.5 million or $2.80 per
       share. Excluding these charges, the company reported a second-quarter
       1999 net loss of $2.9 million or $.03 per share, versus income of $7.8
       million or $.10 per share for the 1998 second quarter. However, the
       reported 1999 second-quarter results include the recognition of six
       months of net losses - totaling $7.6 million or $.09 per share - that
       previously were deferred due to E&P's discontinuance. Furthermore, the
       reported 1998 second-quarter results include the recognition of $3.3
       million or $.04 per share of net income previously classified as results
       from discontinued operations.
              MCN Chairman and CEO Alfred R. Glancy III said the decision to
       retain the Michigan properties was based on two factors.
              "The first factor was their obvious fit within our new strategy,
       and the second was a very recent lowering of the bid for the properties,
       which changed what would have been a good deal for shareholders into an
       unacceptable price," Glancy said. "Our newly announced strategy revolves
       around our ability to integrate all of MCN's operations within the
       Midwest-to-Northeast corridor. Gas production from our Michigan
       properties is the first link of the value chain, since most of it is
       gathered, processed, transported, stored, marketed and/or distributed by
       our own affiliates."
              Glancy added that keeping the Michigan properties is expected to
       enhance earnings and cash flow in subsequent years.


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              MCN now expects to report 1999 earnings of between $1.10 and $1.15
       per diluted share, excluding unusual items. Significant assumptions
       inherent to these estimates include normal weather through the second
       half of 1999, the expected benefits of tax reform to the Gas Distribution
       segment, and no substantial changes from the first half in terms of
       margins achieved by the company's non-regulated businesses.
              Glancy noted that the company's earnings estimate includes E&P as
       a continuing operation and is equivalent to approximately $1.30 per share
       had the E&P business remained a discontinued operation. Glancy said the
       shortfall between the company's current expectations and analysts'
       estimates can primarily be attributed to MCN's reduced expectations for
       Energy Marketing results.
              "Historically low regional gas price differentials are adversely
       affecting Energy Marketing's results, particularly due to its high-cost
       contracted pipeline capacity," Glancy said. "One benefit of our
       integrated strategy will be to optimize utilization of our contracted and
       owned capacity, which is expected to put the Energy Marketing business
       back on the road to profitability."
              For 2000, Glancy said analysts' consensus forecast of $1.66 per
       share remains achievable. "The consensus number is at the very high end
       of our current expectations, but isn't entirely unreasonable," he said.
       "We expect to achieve significant cost savings through our integrated
       strategy, sufficient to replace earnings previously expected from new
       investments and other sources." Glancy said that, in addition to cost
       savings, other significant assumptions built into MCN's earnings
       expectations include: normal weather; the expected benefits of tax reform
       to the Gas Distribution segment; increased contributions from new or
       expanded pipeline, processing and electric power ventures; and modestly
       improved marketing and processing margins.

       SEGMENT RESULTS

              GAS DISTRIBUTION reported second-quarter operating and joint
       venture income of $21.8 million, up 37 percent from the $15.9 million
       posted in the second quarter of 1998. The increase is primarily
       attributable to contributions from the gas sales program implemented in
       January by Michigan Consolidated Gas Company. Weather, which was 21
       percent warmer than normal, had approximately the same impact on results
       for the 1999 and 1998 quarters.

              PIPELINES & PROCESSING had operating and joint venture income of
       $4.7 million, compared with $6.1 million in the second quarter of 1998.
       Contributions from new gas gathering ventures and expansions of existing
       projects were more than offset by higher depreciation and other costs.


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              ELECTRIC POWER'S operating and joint venture income was $3.9
       million, down from $6.9 million in the 1998 second quarter. Higher
       contributions were made by each of the company's existing domestic power
       facilities, but were more than offset by increased project development
       costs and a one-time, $1.6 million charge due to the default of a major
       customer, as well as the exclusion of earnings from MCN's primary
       international power venture due to its planned sale, which is expected to
       close in the third quarter.

              ENERGY MARKETING reported an operating and joint venture loss of
       $2.3 million, compared with the prior-year period's loss of $.2 million.
       The increased loss is primarily attributable to higher transportation and
       storage capacity expenses and costs associated with the dissolution of
       the DTE-CoEnergy joint venture. Natural gas sales and exchange deliveries
       rose 40 percent to 144.6 billion cubic feet.

              EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION had operating and joint venture income of
       $.2 million, down from $8.2 million in the 1998 second quarter, excluding
       unusual charges in both periods. The decrease is attributable to lower
       oil and gas production, which fell 30 percent to 17.6 billion cubic feet
       equivalent primarily due to property sales.



       CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
       Capital investments of about $275 million in the first six months of 1999
       were made approximately 80 percent within the Diversified Energy group
       and the balance within the Gas Distribution group. MCN now expects to
       invest approximately $500 million in 1999 and about $300 million in each
       2000 and 2001.

              "Our newly announced strategic direction envisions significantly
       lower capital investments than in recent periods, with a greater emphasis
       on deriving earnings growth by integrating our existing assets to achieve
       efficiencies and operating synergies," Glancy said. "Our ability to
       integrate, aggressively manage, operate and grow our well-established
       base of related businesses will provide us the competitive edge and the
       internal flexibility to capture opportunities as the energy industry
       continues to evolve."

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       MCN Energy Group Inc. is an integrated energy company with more than $4
       billion of assets and approximately $2 billion of annual revenues. The
       company primarily is involved in natural gas gathering, processing,
       transmission, storage and distribution, electric power generation and
       energy marketing. Its largest subsidiary is Michigan Consolidated Gas
       Company (MichCon), a natural gas utility serving 1.2 million customers in
       more than 500 communities throughout Michigan. Information about MCN
       Energy Group is available on the World Wide Web at
       http://www.mcnenergy.com.


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       Statements included in this news release that are not historical in
       nature are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities
       Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve certain risks and
       uncertainties that may cause actual future results to differ materially
       from those contemplated, projected, estimated or budgeted in such
       forward-looking statements. A discussion of these risks and uncertainties
       is included in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities
       and Exchange Commission.

       MCN invites the public to participate in its Second Quarter conference
       call over the Internet at 1:00 p.m. EDT today, Monday, Aug. 28. Listen
       on-line, live or via replay, by logging on at
       http://www.videonewswire.com/MCN/080299 (Case sensitive) or
       http://www.mcnenergy.com (click on Investor Information, Conference
       Calls).


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                                   SIGNATURE



     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                          MCN ENERGY GROUP INC.

Date:  August 2, 1999                                By:  /s/ Richard G. Kennedy
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                                                              Richard G. Kennedy
                                                              Vice President