Consumers Energy Conducting Information Session for Residential and Business Customers Interested in Solar Energy SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy will be conducting an information session on March 5 in Saginaw for residential and business electric customers interested in learning about customer-installed solar energy systems. The session will be held at Saginaw Valley State University. 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 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 100 customers 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