Case: 13730

Summary: In the matter of the application of Consumers Energy Company for authority to increase its rates for the distribution of natural gas and for other relief.

Industry: Gas

Company(s): Consumers Energy Company

Open Date: 03/14/2003

Order Dates: 12/18/2003, 10/14/2004, 12/2/2004

Document No.	File Date	Filed by	On Behalf of	Type	Description	Pgs
0128	12/2/2004			Proof of Service	For order issued 12-2-04	3
0127	12/2/2004			Order	Grants clarification and rehearing and revises 10-14-04 order	8
0126	11/15/2004	Bowers	MPSC Staff	Memorandum	Transmittal to RAD for draft order	1
0125	11/9/2004	Erickson	Attorney General of Michigan	Answer	CECo Rehearing Petition	7
0124	11/3/2004	Strong	ABATE	Answer	CECo's Petition for Clarificaiton and Rehearing	6
0123	11/2/2004	Smith	MPSC Staff	Response	Petition for Clarification and Rehearing	3
0122	10/19/2004	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Petition	For clarification and rehearing	11
0121	10/18/2004	Whipple	Consumers Energy Company	Letter	Response to Commission order of 10-14-04	3
0120	10/14/2004			Press Release		2
0119	10/14/2004			Order	Rescinds interim order and grants increase in annual gas revenues by ,124,000	47
0118 N				Entry Removed	Entry Error
0117 N				Entry Removed	Entry Error
0116	4/6/2004	Bowers		Memorandum	Transmittal to RAD for draft order	1
0115	3/29/2004	Erickson	Attorney General of Michigan	Reply to Exceptions		16
0114	3/29/2004	Smith	MPSC Staff	Reply to Exceptions		22
0113	3/29/2004	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Reply to Exceptions		14
0112	3/29/2004	Strong	ABATE	Reply to Exceptions		13
0111	3/19/2004	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Exceptions	Proposal For Decision	114
0110	3/19/2004	Strong	ABATE	Exceptions	Proposal for Decision	7
0109	3/19/2004	Erickson	Attorney General of Michigan	Exceptions	Proposal for decision	7
0108	3/19/2004	Smith	MPSC Staff	Exceptions	Exceptions to the PFD	3
0107	3/9/2004	Fronta	MPSC	Proof of Service	Notice of PFD	2
0106	3/5/2004	Rigas	MPSC	PFD	Notice of, PFD and Proof of Service	54
0105	02/04/2004	Shea	Consumers Energy Company	Letter	Transmitting Bond	3
0104	12/18/2003			Press Release		2
0103	12/18/2003			Order	Approving ,340,000 in interim rate relief	23
0102	12/18/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Other	Agreement to Voluntary Dividend Restriction	3
0101	12/17/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Reply Brief		56
0100	12/17/2003	Smith	MPSC Staff	Reply Brief		22
0099	12/17/2003	Erickson	Attorney General of Michigan	Reply Brief	Regarding Final Rate Relief	9
0098	12/17/2003	Strong	ABATE	Reply Brief		13
0097	12/15/2003	Erickson	Attorney General of Michigan	Answer	Consumers Energy's Interim Statement	4
0096	12/15/2003	Smith	MPSC Staff	Response	Statement of Voluntary Reduction in Request for Interim Rate Relief	3
0095	12/11/2003	Strong	ABATE	Answer	Statement of Voluntary Reduction in Request for Interim Rate Relief	7
0094	12/8/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Other	Statement of Voluntary Reduction in Request for Interim Rate Relief	10
0093	12/5/2003	Binke	Midland Cogeneration Venture Limited Partnership	Response	Letter regarding Initial Brief	1
0092	12/4/2003	Ericskon	Attorney General of Michigan	Errata	Errata Correction to AG's Initial Final Brief	3
0091	12/4/2003	Erickson	Attorney General of Michigan	Brief	Initial Brief Regarding Final Rate Relief	20
0090	12/3/2003	Smith	MPSC Staff	Brief		48
0089	12/3/2003	Strong	ABATE	Brief	Initial Brief	20
0088	12/3/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Brief		81
0087	11/13/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Letter	Correction to transcript - Vol. 4	3
0086	11/6/2003	FLYNN	Merrill & Associates, Inc.	Transcript	VOLUME 4	406
0085	11/5/2003			Exhibits	Official hearing held 11-5-03	168
0084	11/3/2003	Strong	ABATE	Answer	Motions to Strike Testimony of Nicholas Phillips	12
0083	11/4/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery responses 13730-AB-CE-94 through 106	5
0082	10/31/2003	Rigas	MPSC	Scheduling Memo	Cancellation of hearing for 11-4-03	1
0081	10/31/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Exhibits	Corrected exhibits of Stadnikia and Bearman	24
0080	10/31/2003	Smith	Staff	Proof of Service	Response to 3rd Discovery Request of ABATE	1
0079	10/28/2003	Strong	ABATE	Proof of Service	Fifth Discovery Request to Consumers	3
0078	10/28/2003	Morris	Consumers Energy Company	Motion	Strike portions of prefiled testimony & exhibits & rebuttal testimony & exhibits	67
0077	10/28/2003	Strong	ABATE	Proof of Service	Third discovery request to MPSC Staff	3
0076	10/23/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Testimony & Exhibits	J F Bearman, S B Brockett, L M Collins, M K Johnson, G L Kelterborn, J J Kolewski, R J Rasmussen, B C Sosinski and P A Stadnikia	93
0075	10/23/2003	Orris	MPSC Staff	Appearance	Substitution of Counsel	2
0074	10/23/2003	Strong	ABATE	Testimony	Rebuttal Testimony of Nicholas Phillips, Jr.	12
0073	10/9/2003	Strong	ABATE	Testimony & Exhibits	Direct Testimony and Exhibits of Nick Phillips	43
0072	10/9/2003	William J. Celio	MPSC	Testimony & Exhibits	Celio; Aldrich; Collins; Pettiford; Ballinger; POS	103
0071	9/25/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Testimony & Exhibits	Supplemental of Glenn P. Barba, James F. Bearman, Laura M. Collins, Herbert B. Kops, Michael J. Shore, and Benedict C. Sosinski and the updated Direct testimony and Exhibits of Paul A. Stadnikia	156
0070	9/22/2003	Rigas	Michigan Public Service Commission	Memorandum	Briefing schedule	1
0069	9/16/2003	Erickson	Attorney General of Michigan	Brief	Partial and Immediate Relief	17
0068	9/16/2003	Smith	Staff	Brief		18
0067	9/16/2003	Strong	ABATE	Brief	Partial and Immediate Rate Relief	16
0066	9/16/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Brief	In Support Of Motion For Interim Rate Relief	42
0065	9/2/2003	H. Richard Chambers	Consumers Energy	Response	Corrections noted in Volume 2 of transcript	2
0064	8/27/2003			Transcript	VOL. 3, 8-27-03	64
0063	8/27/2003			Exhibits	Official Exhibits: A-64 through A-70; S-71 & S-72	33
0062	8/26/2003			Transcript	Vol. 2 - Part 3	119
0061	8/26/2003			Transcript	Vol. 2 - Part 2	120
0060	8/26/2003			Transcript	Vol. 2 - Part 1	239
0059	8/26/2003			Exhibits	Official Exhibits A-12 through A-63	136
0058	8/26/2003			Exhibits	Official Exhibits A-1 through A-9; A-11	155
0057	8/27/2003	Rigas	Michigan Public Service Commission	Scheduling Memo		1
0056	8/19/2003	Strong	ABATE	Proof of Service	Second Discovery Request to MPSC Staff	3
0055	8/13/2003	Derengoski	Staff	Proof of Service	MPSC Staff's Revised Response to Abate's 2nd Disc Request	1
0054	8/13/2003	Derengoski	Staff	Proof of Service	MPSC Staff's Responses to 2nd Discovery R esponse of ABATE	1
0053	8/12/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Supplemental response to discovery question 13730-ST-CE-84	4
0052	8/8/2003	Derengoski	Staff	Testimony	Direct Testimony of W. Celio on behalf of MPSC	13
0051	8/8/2003	Strong	ABATE	Testimony	Direct Testimony of Nicholas Phillips, Jr. Regarding Partial and Immediate Rate Relief on behalf of ABATE	18
0050	8/1/2003	Shea	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery responses 13730-AB-CE-85, 8-89 & 91-93	5
0049	7/31/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery responses 13730-ST-CE-62 and 73	4
0048	7/21/2003	Walters	MPSC Staff	Proof of Service	Responses to first discovery request of ABATE	1
0047	7/23/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery Questions 13730-ST-CE-55, 56, 58 thru 61, 63 thru 72 and 74 thru 84	4
0046	7/22/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery Questions 13730-AB-CE-86 and 90	5
0045	7/18/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery response 13730-ST-CE-57	4
0044	7/16/2003	Strong	ABATE	Proof of Service	Fourth Discovery Request to Consumers	3
0043	7/10/2003	Strong	ABATE	Proof of Service	ABATE's First Discovery Request to MPSC Staff	3
0042	7/8/2003	Walters	MPSC Staff	Proof of Service	Staff's Second Discovery Request to Consumers Energy	1
0041	7/7/2003	Shea	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery responses 13730-AB-CE-50 and 51	5
0040	7/7/2003	Shea	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Response to Discovery Questions 13730-AB-CE-36 thru 49 and 52 thru 54	5
0039	7/7/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery Response to MPSC Staff, Questions 13730-ST-CE-34 and 35	4
0038	6/24/2003	Strong	ABATE	Proof of Service	Proof of Service on ABATEs Third Set of Discovery	3
0037	6/19/2003	Smith	Staff	Proof of Service	MPSC Staff's 1st Discovery Request to CEC	1
0036	6/6/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Responses to discovery questions AB-CE-28 through 33	5
0035	5/29/2003	Strong	ABATE	Proof of Service	Second Discovery Request	3
0034	5/19/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Responses to discovery questions 13730-AB-CE-1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15, 19, 20, 22, 25 and 27	5
0033	5/16/2003	Shea	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Discovery responses 13730-AB-CE-7, 11 (two partial respones), 14 (partial response), 16, 23, 24 and 26	4
0032	5/20/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Responses to discovery questions 13730-AB-CE-10, 11 (Partial Response), 12 and 13	5
0031	5/20/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Responses to discovery questions 13730-AB-CE-3e, 14, 18 and 21	5
0030	5/20/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Responses to discovery questions 13730-AB-CE-3 (partial response) and 17	5
0029	5/9/2003	Strong	ABATE	Proof of Service	First Discovery Request to Consumers Energy Company	3
0028	5/12/2003	Restum		Comments		1
0027	4/29/2003	FLYNN	Merrill & Associates, Inc.	Transcript	PREHEARING, VOLUME 1	10
0026	4/24/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Testimony & Exhibits	Revised Exhibit A-___(GPB-1R), Revised Exhibit A-5 (RJH-3R), Schedule E-3, Revised pages 20R, 21R and 22R of Scott B. Brokett's testimony, Revised Page 11 of 16 to Exhibit A-___ (ADN-2), Sheet No. F-800 and Revised Page 8 of 22 of Exhibit A-___ (SBB-8), Schedule F-4	11
0025	4/15/2003	Annen		Comments		1
0024	4/21/2003	Rigas	Michigan Public Service Commission	Scheduling Memo		1
0023	4/21/2003	Day		Comments		1
0022	4/9/2003	Wood		Comments		1
0021	4/8/2003	Annen, Sr.		Comments		1
0020	4/17/2003	Binke	Midland Cogeneration Venture	Appearance	Intervention - granted	1
0019	4/17/2003	Smith	Staff	Appearance		1
0018	4/17/2003	Morris	Consumer Energy Company	Appearance		1
0017	4/17/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Appearance		1
0016	4/17/2003	Erickson	Attorney General	Appearance	Intervention - granted	1
0015	4/17/2003	Strong	ABATE	Appearance	Intervention - granted	1
0014	4/15/2003	Polack	Consumers Energy Company	Affidavit	Newspaper publications of Notice of Hearing	23
0013	4/9/2003	Mueller		Letter		1
0012	4/4/2003	Brown	MCV	Intervention	Petition with proof of service	3
0011	4/3/2003	Erickson	Attorney General of Michigan	Intervention		9
0010	4/3/2003	Polack	Consumers Energy Company	Proof of Service	Notice of Hearing mailing	26
0009	4/2/2003	Strong	ABATE	Intervention	ABATE's Petition to Intervene	5
0008	4/2/2003	Derengoski	Staff	Appearance	Derengoski and Smith	2
0007	3/25/2003			Notice of Hearing	Letter & Proof of Service attached	11
0006 N				Entry Removed	Duplicate Entry
0005	3/18/2003	Prawdzik	Michigan Public Service Commission	Scheduling Memo		1
0004	3/14/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Exhibits	Book 2 - RJRasmussen, MJShore, BCSosinski, PAStadnikia & NAVlisides	91
0003	3/14/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Exhibits	Book 2 - PDHopper, MKJohnson, GLKelterborn, HBKops, ADNoakes & PNPreketes	88
0002	3/14/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Exhibits	Book 2 - DSAlfred, GPBarba, JFBearman, SBBrockett, LMCollins, CLEnglish, REFrounfelker, RDGladney & RJHaller	127
0001	3/14/2003	Chambers	Consumers Energy Company	Application	With motion for interim rate relief & testimony of Alfred; Barba; Bearman; Brockett; Collins; English; Frounfelker; Gladney; Haller; Hopper; Johnson; Kelterborn; Kops; Noakes; Preketes; Rasmussen; Shore; Sosinksi; Stadnikia; Vlisides	468