NAES Corporation

Kinder Morgan is one of North America's largest energy infrastructure companies, operating approximately 79,000 miles of pipelines and 139 terminals that transport and handle a variety of products, including natural gas, crude oil, and renewable fuels. The company prides itself on delivering energy transportation and storage services in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner, serving the needs of communities and businesses across the region. Committed to corporate citizenship and ethical practices, Kinder Morgan emphasizes public safety, environmental protection, and compliance with industry regulations. With a workforce of around 11,000 employees, the company is focused on evolving its energy infrastructure while investing in the transition to sustainable energy sources over time. Generated from the website

Consumers Energy Company is Michigan s second-largest electric and natural gas utility, providing service to more than six million of the state s 10 million residents in all 68 counties in the Lower Peninsula. Principal cities served are Battle Creek, Bay City, Cadillac, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Midland, Muskegon and Saginaw. The company operates 12 coal-fired and two oil-fired generating plants, 13 hydroelectric plants, a pumped storage generating plant and several combustion-turbine plants that produce electricity when needed during peak demand periods. The company owns the Palisades nuclear plant. The utility also purchases power from several sources, such as the gas-fired Midland Cogeneration Venture, the nation s first conversion of an idled nuclear plant. Natural gas sources used by Consumers Energy include major pipeline companies and producers in Michigan, Gulf Coast states and Canada. Fifteen natural storage fields in Michigan allow the company to economically purchase and store gas during warm months, for eventual use in the winter heating season. Consumers Energy is the principal subsidiary of Jackson, Mich.-based CMS Energy Corporation. The company s name was changed from Consumers Power to Consumers Energy in 1997.

CMS Energy Corporation is an integrated energy firm that provides electric and gas services. The company s two principal subsidiaries are Consumers Energy and CMS Enterprises. Consumers Energy is a public utility that provides natural gas and electricity throughout southern Michigan. CMS Enterprises primary businesses are independent power production and natural gas transmission. CMS Gas Transmission, formed in 1988, owns, develops and manages domestic and international natural gas facilities. CMS Generation, formed in 1986, acquires, develops, builds and operates non-utility power generation plants in the United States and abroad. It has ownership interests in power plants that total more than 8,000 gross megawatts. He is a past chairman of the board of the Michigan Manufacturing Association. CMS Energy Corporation is headquartered in Jackson. Mich.