Consumers Energy Conducting Information Session for Residential Customers Interested in Solar Energy Applications

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Nov 17, 2011, 06:00 ET

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy will be conducting an information session on Dec. 8 in Grand Rapids for residential electric customers interested in learning about customer-installed solar energy systems.

The session will be held at Grand Valley State University's downtown Pew Campus. The session is free of charge, open to the public and will take place from 5:30 PM until 8:30 PM.

Speakers during the session will provide information on how residential customers can install their own solar energy systems as part of Consumers Energy's Experimental Advanced Renewable Program (EARP). Reservations for this session and information about the program are available at www.consumersenergy.com/EARP

About 85 Michigan residents have installed their own solar energy systems during previous phases of this program.

Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), provides natural gas and electricity to 6.8 million of Michigan's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.

For more information about Consumers Energy, visit our Website at www.consumersenergy.com

SOURCE Consumers Energy