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Consumers Energy delivers electricity to homes and business throughout Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. To meet our customers’ needs, we generate power from fossil fuel generating plants, hydroelectric plants, a pumped storage generating plant and several combustion-turbine plants that generate electricity during peak demand periods. We also purchase power from a number of sources.
Total Electric Customers Excluding Retail Open Access (12 Month Average) | 1.8 Million |
Residential (# of Homes) | 1,600,000 |
Commercial | 215,000 |
Industrial | 1,500 |
Total Electric ROA Customers (12 Month Average) | 1,000 |
Counties Served | 62 |
Population Served at December 31, 2015 (Electric) | 4.0 millon |
Annual Electric Sales (2015) | 33 billion kWh |
Annual Coal Use | 9 million tons |
Average Amount of Coal Used to Generate 1 kWh | 1.15 pounds |
Distribution Structure and Subsurface Miles | 71,109 miles of lines |
Number of Electric Meters in Use | 1,945,606 |
Number of Transformers in Use | 564,598 |
Number of Smart Meters | 823,000 |
Steam-electric Plants (Coal or Natural Gas/Oil) |
Net Demonstrated Summer Capability (Megawatts) |
Karn | 1,702 |
Campbell | 1,365 |
Zeeland | 527 |
Jackson | 542 |
Total Steam-electric | 4,136 |
Turbine Units (Natural Gas/Oil) | 362 |
Total Hydroelectric | 76 |
Wind/Solar | 41 |
Ludington Pumped Storage (Consumers Energy Share) | 1035 |
Total System Generating Capacity | 5,650 |
Our Service Territory
We provide natural gas service to homes and businesses in 45 counties in the Lower Peninsula.
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