Consumers Energy Company: Notice of Staff Protest to Compliance Filing
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff has formally protested Consumers Energy Company's compliance filing submitted on February 2, 2026. The original application sought a limited jurisdiction blanket certificate under Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to transport and sell natural gas interstate using its state-approved Transmission Only Transportation (TOT) service rate. In a December 18, 2025 order, the Commission required Consumers Energy to either revise its TOT rate to comply with federal rate design policies or justify an exemption. Staff determined that the company's February compliance filing failed to provide sufficient evidence supporting its claims that the rate excludes variable costs and that most compression infrastructure serves only storage activities.
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Key Changes
- FERC staff protest filed March 20, 2026 against February 2, 2026 compliance filing in Docket No. PR25-52-003
- Consumers Energy must provide evidence that majority of compression infrastructure supports only storage activities
- Company required to submit breakdown of Operation and Maintenance expenses for TOT service
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Obligations
What this law requires
Consumers Energy Company must revise its Transmission Only Transportation (TOT) service rate to comply with the Commission's rate design policies or provide reasonable justification for an exemption, as directed in the December 18, 2025 Commission order.
Consumers Energy Company must provide supporting evidence substantiating its claim that the majority of its compression infrastructure supports only storage activities and does not serve Commission-jurisdictional TOT service.
Consumers Energy Company must provide a detailed breakdown of Operation and Maintenance expenses demonstrating how costs are allocated between compression facilities supporting storage activity versus those supporting Commission-jurisdictional TOT service.
Consumers Energy Company must provide projected cost of service data to demonstrate that the TOT service rate complies with the December 18 Order and Commission policy.
Consumers Energy Company must provide adequate evidence demonstrating whether variable costs are excluded from the proposed TOT service rate, contrary to the staff's finding of insufficient substantiation.