FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Brossoit Jean-Francois	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
4/1/2017 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

CMS ENERGY CORP [CMS]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

ONE ENERGY PLAZA	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President /	
(Street)

JACKSON, MI 49201       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
Common Stock  	32393  	D  	 	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	

Remarks:
The Power of Attorney is attached as Exhibit 24.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Brossoit Jean-Francois
ONE ENERGY PLAZA
JACKSON, MI 49201			Senior Vice President		

Signatures		
Ashley L. Bancroft, Attny-in-fact		4/4/2017	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Catherine M.
Reynolds, Melissa M. Gleespen, Ashley L. Bancroft or Rhonda M. Morris or any of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney in fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigneds name and on the undersigneds behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords and passphrases enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as a director and/or officer of CMS Energy Corporation and/or Consumers Energy Company (collectively, the Company),Form 144 in accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder and any other forms or reports;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 144, Form 3, 4, or 5 or other form or report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any securities exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in facts discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of December, 2016.

/s/ Jean-Francois Brossoit
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