Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 7, 2020, Consumers Energy Company ("Consumers") issued and sold $126,497,000 principal amount of its Floating Rate First Mortgage Bonds due 2070 (the "Bonds"), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 that Consumers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission utilizing a "shelf" registration process (No. 333-236742-01) (the "Registration Statement"), a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated September 23, 2020 to Prospectus dated February 28, 2020, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that included the final terms of the transaction, a Final Prospectus Supplement dated September 25, 2020 to Prospectus dated February 28, 2020 and an underwriting agreement among Consumers and the underwriters named in that agreement with respect to the Bonds. Consumers intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to file certain documents in connection with the offering as exhibits to the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits.



    1.1      Underwriting Agreement dated September 25, 2020 among Consumers and
           UBS Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., RBC Capital Markets,
           LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as
           underwriters.

    4.1      142nd Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 7, 2020 between
           Consumers and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.

    4.2      Form of Floating Rate First Mortgage Bonds due 2070 (included in
           Exhibit 4.1).

    5.1      Opinion of Melissa M. Gleespen, Esq., Vice President, Corporate
           Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of Consumers, dated October 7,
           2020, regarding the legality of the Bonds.

    23.1     Consent of Melissa M. Gleespen, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1).

    99.1     Information relating to Item 14 of the Registration Statement on Form
           S-3 (No. 333-236742-01).

  104.1    Included in the cover page, formatted in Inline XBRL

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