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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 19, 1997
Commission Registrant; State of Incorporation; IRS Employer
File Number Address; and Telephone Number Identification No
1-9513 CMS ENERGY CORPORATION 38-2726431
(A Michigan Corporation)
Fairlane Plaza South, Suite 1100
330 Town Center Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
(313) 436-9261
1-5611 CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY 38-0442310
(A Michigan Corporation)
212 West Michigan Avenue
Jackson, Michigan 49201
(517) 788-1030
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
Effective August 19, 1997, Michael G. Morris resigned as Executive Vice
President and a Director of CMS Energy Corporation as well as President,
Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Consumers Energy Company, the
principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, to accept the positions of Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and President of Northeast Utilities. David W.
Joos has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of
Consumers' Electric Business Unit and Paul A. Elbert has been appointed
President and Chief Executive Officer of Consumers' Gas Business Unit.
Messrs. Joos and Elbert remain Executive Vice Presidents of Consumers
Energy Company. Victor J. Fryling, President and Chief Operating Officer
of CMS Energy and previously Vice Chairman of the Board of Consumers
Energy Company, has been elected President of Consumers Energy Company.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
Dated: August 21, 1997 By: /s/ A. M. Wright
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Alan M. Wright
Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer
and Treasurer
CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
Dated: August 21, 1997 By: /s/ A. M. Wright
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Alan M. Wright
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
