CMS Energy Announces Third Quarter Net Income of $134 Million, or $0.53 Per Share, and Affirms Adjusted Earnings Guidance
CMS Energy announced today reported net income of $134 million, or $0.53 per share, for the third quarter of 2010 compared to reported net income of $67 million, or $0.28 per share, in the same quarter of 2009. The company's third quarter adjusted (non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) net income, which excludes the favorable effects of legacy issues associated with previously sold assets and certain other items, was $132 million, or $0.52 per share. In the third quarter of 2009, the company had adjusted net income of $71 million, or $0.30 per share. Compared to the third quarter of 2009, about half of the $0.22 per share improvement comes from the company's continuing growth strategy from investing in its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, to improve customer value and the environment. The other half of the improvement reflects weather, primarily the absence of unseasonably cool weather in the summer of 2009. Although 2010 temperatures were warmer than normal, the 2010...