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Consumers Energy officials demonstrated their commitment to their hometown and Michigan today by celebrating their new Innovation Center, a downtown hub to promote leading-edge ideas within the company, the community and across Michigan.

Michigan homes and businesses have saved over $1 billion since 2009 through Consumers Energy’s energy efficiency programs. The news comes as the company this month receives an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for its work to reduce Michigan residents’ energy use

Improvements to the city of Grand Rapids’ wastewater treatment facility have earned the city a $214,434 incentive payment from Consumers Energy. Dan Malone, the company’s senior vice president of energy resources, presented the $214,434 incentive check to Mayor Rosalynn Bliss and city commissioners this morning at Grand Rapids City Hall. The city has received nearly $740,000 in incentive payments since 2009.

You have to go back 18 years to find the last time Consumers Energy charged as little for natural gas, a success story that continues to put money into the pockets of Michigan business owners and residents

Consumers Energy has named Shaun Johnson as vice president and deputy general counsel, reporting to Catherine Reynolds, senior vice president and general counsel, effective April 18, 2016. Johnson's primary responsibilities will be overseeing the litigation, general practice and federal energy regulatory practice groups and providing legal oversight for business development activities.

Civil rights attorneys from the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, National Lawyers Guild, Sanders Law Firm, the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed an appeal in Phillips v. Snyder, a 2013 federal lawsuit challenging Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law, Public Act 436.

The Consumers Energy Foundation announced today it has recently awarded grants worth $122,500 to nonprofit organizations across Michigan to recognize outstanding volunteerism by Consumers Energy employees and retirees

Consumers Energy crews put 2015 into the company’s record books, setting new standards for performance in returning electricity to homes and businesses that lost power. “Our employees are proud of their effort to keep communities connected, working hard and working smart when power goes out,” said Mary Palkovich, Consumers Energy’s vice president of energy delivery.

Places of worship, homeless shelters and food banks are among 410 Michigan nonprofit organizations that Consumers Energy has helped this year with over $700,000 in energy efficiency upgrades and rebates – the energy provider’s largest outreach yet to help community organizations to reduce their costs.