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EX-21 - EX-21 - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv21.htm |
EX-23.B - EX-23.B - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv23wb.htm |
EX-31.A - EX-31.A - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv31wa.htm |
EX-12.B - EX-12.B - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv12wb.htm |
EX-24.B - EX-24.B - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv24wb.htm |
EX-31.D - EX-31.D - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv31wd.htm |
EX-32.B - EX-32.B - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv32wb.htm |
EX-24.A - EX-24.A - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv24wa.htm |
EX-32.A - EX-32.A - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv32wa.htm |
EX-31.C - EX-31.C - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv31wc.htm |
EX-31.B - EX-31.B - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv31wb.htm |
EX-10.S.S - EX-10.S.S - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv10wsws.htm |
EX-10.R.R - EX-10.R.R - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv10wrwr.htm |
EX-10.P.P - EX-10.P.P - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv10wpwp.htm |
EX-23.A - EX-23.A - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861exv23wa.htm |
10-K - FORM 10-K - CONSUMERS ENERGY CO | k48861e10vk.htm |
CMS
ENERGY CORPORATION
Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges and Combined Fixed Charges and
Preferred Dividends
(Millions
of Dollars)
Year Ended December 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(b) | (c) | (d) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings as defined(a)
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Pretax income from continuing operations
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$ | 335 | $ | 440 | $ | (317 | ) | $ | (434 | ) | $ | (773 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Exclude equity basis subsidiaries
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2 | (1 | ) | (22 | ) | (14 | ) | (17 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed charges as defined(e)
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456 | 429 | 489 | 535 | 539 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings as defined(e)
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$ | 793 | $ | 868 | $ | 150 | $ | 87 | $ | (251 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed charges as defined(a)
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Interest on long-term debt
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$ | 383 | $ | 371 | $ | 415 | $ | 492 | $ | 514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Estimated interest portion of lease rental
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17 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other interest charges
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58 | 35 | 53 | 37 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed charges as defined(e)
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$ | 458 | $ | 431 | $ | 491 | $ | 537 | $ | 541 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred dividends
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17 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Combined fixed charges and preferred dividends
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$ | 475 | $ | 448 | $ | 503 | $ | 548 | $ | 551 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
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1.73 | 2.01 | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed
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charges and preferred dividends
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1.67 | 1.94 | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTES:
(a) Earnings and fixed charges as defined in instructions
for Item 503 of
Regulation S-K.
(b) For the year ended December 31, 2007, fixed
charges exceeded earnings by $341 million and combined
fixed charges and preferred dividends exceeded earnings by
$353 million. Earnings as defined include $204 million
in asset impairment charges and a $279 million charge for
an electric sales contract termination.
(c) For the year ended December 31, 2006, fixed
charges exceeded earnings by $450 million and combined
fixed charges and preferred dividends exceeded earnings by
$461 million. Earnings as defined include $459 million
of asset impairment charges.
(d) For the year ended December 31, 2005, fixed
charges exceeded earnings by $792 million and combined
fixed charges and preferred dividends exceeded earnings by
$802 million. Earnings as defined include
$1.184 billion of asset impairment charges.
(e) Preferred dividends of a consolidated subsidiary are
included in fixed charges, but excluded from earnings as defined
because the amount was not deducted in arriving at pretax income
from continuing operations.