Cms Energy Corporation · NYSE:CMS

Cms Energy — Investor Presentation (July 2015)

27 slides from Cms Energy's investor presentation, Jul 29, 2015

  1. Slide 1: CMS Energy Investor Handout, July 29, 2015

    Exhibit 99.1 Hilliard Ludington Fourth Ray #1 Cross #2 LDC inCompressor renewable Winds largest Lyons in Pumped gas âEnergy in July storage sales the Station Storage 29, world in Park 2015 the Great Lakes area

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements and Non-GAAP Information

    This Securities statements Forward-looking INFORMATION” December STATEMENTS results events The comparable CMS adjusted regulatory Investors of 1 distribution. presentation presentation Energy or tobasis. circumstances differ and Exchange 31, items should GAAP provides others 2014 Management material

  3. Slide 3: CMS Energy Overview

    CMS Generating #4 Overview #383 #2 Our Electric .1.8 Headquarters 2 . .Investor Combination .million Service recently Fortune Energy service Utility electric facility in Territory named ..500 Michigan .territory utility . .company customers “top (electric Natural pick”8,900 by and gas Fortune. gas)

  4. Slide 4: Electric Utility Customers and Gross Margin

    Electric 2014 Top (2014 Hemlock Nexteer Percentage Residential 33% Commercial Auto 4% Other $2.3 8% .Industrial 3 . . .Ten Billion “autos” Electric 5% Ranked Customer Automotive Customers Semiconductor of 50% only Gross electric by Deliveries) 5% Base Margin Corporation of gross Diversified gross Ge

  5. Slide 5: EPS and Dividend Growth Track Record

    Our EPS 10-Year $ $1.89 Peers $1.77 b Int’l $0.84 $0.81 $0.90 $0.96 $1.08 $1.21 $1.02 7% 5%—7% $1.16 96¢ 6% 66¢ 14% 32% 80% 20¢ 36¢ 2003 .Dividend 4 .$1.26 1.86 . .CAGR 84¢ 50¢ Mindset Sale aprovides 27% 39% 2004 4% $1.66 $1.08 Dividend Actual Payout 2005 $1.55 . consistent . . 2006 .0% $1.36 25% 20

  6. Slide 6: Growing Dividend with Faster Growth than Peers

    Growing CMS “Average” +5 +7 12 Amount + E 0 +3 .+4 5 .PS 79.% . Dividend with +4 Energy +11 +8 Faster ten Utility years TSR thanworth Peersof. .sustainable, .. organic growth.

  7. Slide 7: Total Shareowner Return

    Total S&P -500 0 100 200 300 400 2003 .Source: 6100 . . .% CMS 500 2004 Shareowner Bloomberg Utilities outperforms 2005 2006 Return +188% 2007 peers. .S&P . 2008 . . 500 2009 +141% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 July 22, 2015

  8. Slide 8: Investment Business Model

    CMS Invest Investment 5% Results Cost Reduce Keep .Customer 7 . . .tosimple, Reductions prices Energy 7% $15.5 costs annual low, perhaps billion Business ~2%increase EPS per over unique. and year Model next satisfaction dividend ten . . . years . & reliability

  9. Slide 9: Electric Capex Opportunity Criteria

    Electric Capex Add Reduce Balance Mandated No Opportunity Organic $ $15.5 $10.7 .2005 8 .20 . “big . customer +—Criteria with Up O&M Gas bets” growth fuel 2014 more by 45%+30% regulations 2015 value opportunity .+45% . . .— 2024and Opportunity no “big bets” over ten years!

  10. Slide 10: Investment Catch-up Opportunity versus Peers

    Investment Amount One > “Catch-up” year Capex 2005—2014 CMS Peers .a2003 9 .Based $1.5 . . of creating 2004 Energy 10% 11as per first on (bils) 15 a 16% 2005 Percent December “Catch-up” with 2015—2024 an Peers $1.8 opportunity 2006 a ten of Market 31, 2007 year . . 2014 . .plan 2008 for Cap informat

  11. Slide 11: Customer-Driven Investment Opportunities

    Customer Clean $1.5 Environmental Renewable .Ludington 10 . . . remains Billion Power Driven Pumped energy $2.2 Capacity small Jackson Billion Investment Gas and Storage Reliability expansion incremental, gas $2.4 plant New .Billion . . .gas Consumers Infrastructure Gaswith capacity $4.1 storage no

  12. Slide 12: O&M Cost Reductions Offset Inflation

    O&M 2006 Down $1.1 Inflation ?2% Coal Smarter “Pole Productivity/Smart .Productivity/Attrition 11 . . . provide bil ?2% to 2014 Top” Cost 7% 10% Gas $1.0 benefit Inflation 2018 Hardening Reductions or Switching more bil 2%/yr plans $0.9 “headroom” Energy bil(Jackson) (Zeeland) .... for more capital

  13. Slide 13: Electric O&M Productivity and Savings

    Electric (2014 O&M Source: Peer Productivity Attrition Consumers—2.7% “Pole Smart Eliminate 2014 & (mils) — +50 +10 $— Net Percent -6% FAST .2% 12 . .2015 35 530 15 .Savings 35 60 +-10% Average — better 2014 Top” — over START! 50 Meters (mils) Cost $Savings 25 2018 Annual SNL, — 50 30 20 —100 Waste

  14. Slide 14: Electric Rates Compared to National and Midwest

    Electric 20 Worse National 4% Residential Flat could Better eliminate Fuel -20 2013 Rates .Industrial 13 . .% .-30 affordable (17)% 2014 30 (8)% & Rates (13)% Worse Customer Act % Avg gap Rates rates 2015 26% Bills bills & 169 (13)% Midwest Fuel improving for well 2016 Prices residential Rates Bette

  15. Slide 15: Customer Satisfaction Rankings

    Customer 1st #3 Gas Electric 2nd 3rd #6 #9 4th Present 2010 .Residential 14 . . Quartile .Quartile Quartile continues 2012 Present Satisfaction 2014 Business #4 4th 3rd 2nd to 1st Quartile Quartile Rank Quartile improve Quartile Residential .2016 . . .rapidly. 2010Business 2012 2014 Rank 2016

  16. Slide 16: Electric and Gas Business Growth Examples

    Our Examples Electric Bayer Announcement One Durolast Dicastal Continental GM Plasan Magna-Cosma Post WKW Grand .Annualized 15 . . . Service Assembly of MSU Grand CropScience Rapids MACI Enbridge the Denso Gas Roofing of FRIB world’s Rapids numbers Dairy Territory Combination New Brembo DartBusiness

  17. Slide 17: Constructive Regulation and Commission

    Constructive Commission John Sally Norm Term Newly 1 .Barclays 16 .2. .3is Quackenbush 4Talberg Ends: Saari appointed! supported 5 Research, 6 8July (R) 20 Tier Regulation (I)9Term 2,by 16 2021 (R), 2015 State Michigal a quality Ends: Chairman .state Ranking . . .July ranked Commission rankings 2,Te

  18. Slide 18: Michigan Energy Law

    Michigan Sen. Gov. Rep. Renewables Efficiency Access” Open “Retail 3-year 1%/yr Keep 5-year End Repeal .IRP 17 . . .process “ROA” Nofs builds Nesbitt Snyder “cap” waste capacity present Energy off Fully reduction the program requirement Law regu;ated 2008.through .law, . . “Fair “one adding 2018 way

  19. Slide 19: CMS Energy Helps Through Recession and Weather

    CMS 7% +5% Help Recession We 2003 Cold winter Governor .Commission 18 . . .work CAGR consistent to Hurt Mild 2004 Energy summer +7% with (D) Hot 2005 (D) /year ..Governor anyone Warm .growth summer .2006 Commission . Mild 2007 and through winter (R)in Cold 2008 any New summer recession, Summer- cond

  20. Slide 20: Analyst Ratings and Top Utility Pick

    Analyst Top CMS Ratings Buy Hold Sell Total Fortune top 500 June “Analyst for management growth years, .average -Fortune 19 . . example, .utility stock Pick — 9by 26, 716 Energy Peers a56% 44 — of nine ‘higher Percent utility.’” Magazine Recommendations 100% 2015 David to 5% and 81557 7buy. analysts

  21. Slide 21: Wrap-up

    Wrap-up Sustainable Opportunities Improves Top-tier Supporting .Ludington 20 . . . more regulation: .customer ..than Pumped economic business . .toa invest: decade satisfaction Storage model: growth of consistent Gas Predictable &Infrastructure reliability; growth futuregrows and Investing growth fu

  22. Slide 22: Appendix

    Appendix

  23. Slide 23: Generation Capacity Mix Diversity

    Capacity 9% 6% 34% Nuclear 11% Oil Renewables 3% 24% Storage Gas Pumped 2005 .31% 22 . . .6% 8% Coal 3% Storage evolving 12%8% Coal 11% Gas Storage Coal Diversity 37% 32% Purchases Gas Nuclear 41% Renewables to Oil cleaner 2014 10% . .8% . .6% 2017 generation while becoming more cost competitive.

  24. Slide 24: Operating Cash Flow Growth

    Operating Amount (bils) Billion up $ $1.8 2.1 1.6 0.6 1.1 Cash 0.1 (0.9) (0.4) 2014 Interest, $2.6 $2.3 $2.1 .NOLs 23 .2.6 .$0.1 $1.55 .Investment $1.9 up a2015 $2.5 flow Gross &Non-GAAP billion $0.6 working Up Credits Cash before 2016 operating $0.6 billion per Flow 2017 $0.7 capital dividend year

  25. Slide 25: GAAP Reconciliation

    GAAP Reconciliation

  26. Slide 26: CMS Energy Earnings Reconciliation by Year

    CMS Earnings 2003 Reported After-tax Electric Enterprises Corporate Discontinued Asset Cumulative Mark-to-market Adjusted * (a) 25Less $1.25 2004 ENERGY impairment than and Per excluding earnings items: interest 2005 0.74 $500 accounting gas Share operations CORPORATION utility impacts 0.62 2006 tho

  27. Slide 27: CMS Cash Flow Reconciliation

    CMScash Reconciliation 2014 (mils) (unaudited) Consumers Enterprises Gross Other working Net 26 2015 Energy operating Operating capital provided 2016 Project Operating of(386) activities 2017 Cash Gross by Cash operating (390) Income 2018 Flow Operating Flows including 2019 (567) $ 1,833 +20 activit

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