# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000201533
**File Stem:** 0002076869-25-000003
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 8400
**Document Hash:** 6e2c8e01a9e43a1b0676780a60bc325b
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0002076869-25-000003.hdr.sgml**: 20250711

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0002076869-25-000003

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250701

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250711

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250711

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Snyder Lauren Y
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002076869

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-05611
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251117606

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE ENERGY PLAZA
- **CITY:** JACKSON
- **STATE:** MI
- **ZIP:** 49201
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CONSUMERS ENERGY CO
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000201533
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 380442310
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MI
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE ENERGY PLAZA
- **CITY:** JACKSON
- **STATE:** MI
- **ZIP:** 49201
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5177880550

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE ENERGY PLAZA
- **CITY:** JACKSON
- **STATE:** MI
- **ZIP:** 49201

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CONSUMERS POWER CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Ex-24

```

POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of
Shaun M. Johnson, Melissa M. Gleespen, Georgine R. Hyden,
Rhonda M. Morris, or Lindsey L. White,
or any of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution,
the undersigneds true and lawful attorney in fact (each of such persons
and their substitutes and delegees being referred to
herein as the Attorney-in-Fact) to: 1. obtain credentials
(including codes and passwords)
enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of
reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact
to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the Exchange Act) or any rule or
regulation of the SEC, including by (i) preparing, executing,
and submitting to the SEC a Form ID,
including amendments thereto,
and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
obtain such credentials, and
(ii) enrolling the undersigned in
EDGAR Next or any successor filing system; 2. prepare, execute, submit,
and file with the SEC, and/or any national securities exchange
on which CMS Energy Corporation/Consumers Energy Company
(collectively, the Company)
securities are listed, any and all reports
(including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is
required to file with the SEC,
or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers
it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or
Section 16 of the Exchange Act
or any rule or regulation thereunder,
or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (Rule 144),
with respect to any security of the Company,
including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144;
3. submit and file SEC Filings with the
SEC utilizing the EDGAR system
or cause them to be submitted and filed by a
person appointed under Section 4 below;
4. act as an account administrator for the undersigneds
EDGAR account or if the undersigned has
another EDGAR account administrator(s), act as a delegated administrator
for the undersigneds EDGAR account;
5. cause the Company to accept a delegation of
authority from any of the undersigneds
EDGAR account administrators and,
pursuant to that delegation, authorize the Companys EDGAR account
administrators to appoint,
remove or replace users for the undersigneds EDGAR account; and
6. obtain, as the undersigneds representative and on the undersigneds behalf,
information regarding transactions in the
Companys equity securities from any third party,
including the Company and any brokers, dealers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release
any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such Attorney-in-Fact
full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such Attorney-in-Fact,
or such Attorney-in-Facts substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing Attorneys in Fact,
in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing Attorneys in Fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of June 26, 2025.

/s/ Lauren Snyder

```

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Snyder Lauren Y<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>ONE ENERGY PLAZA<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>JACKSON, MI 49201<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>CONSUMERS ENERGY CO [ CMS.B ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-07-01 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_Senior Vice President_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| $4.50 Preferred Stock | 0 | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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**Remarks:**
The Power of Attorney is attached at Exhibit 24. No securities are beneficially owned.

**Signature:** Rhonda M. Morris, Attny-in-fact  
**Date:** 2025-07-11

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**