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                                         File No. 69-333

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION      
Washington, D.C. 20549      

FORM U-3A-2     

STATEMENT BY HOLDING COMPANY CLAIMING EXEMPTION UNDER     
RULE U-3A-2 FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY     
HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935     

_____________________________________     

TO BE FILED ANNUALLY PRIOR TO MARCH 1     
_____________________________________     

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION      

(Name of Company)     

hereby files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to           
Rule 2, its statement claiming exemption as a holding company from the          
provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and submits       
the following information:                                                      

February 29, 1996                                                               

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1.      Name, State of organization, location and             
nature of business of claimant and every      
subsidiary thereof, other than any exempt     
wholesale generator (EWG) or foreign          
utility company in which claimant             
directly or indirectly holds an interest.     
           _________________________________________________________

        (a)     CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS Energy") was duly
incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan in 1987.  CMS Energy       
is a $3.9 billion (sales) energy company with subsidiaries engaged in           
electric utility operations, gas utility operations, oil and gas explor-        
ation and production, the development and operation of independent power        
production facilities and the transportation, storage and marketing of          
natural gas.                                                                    

                CMS Energy has three direct subsidiaries.  The
name, state of organization and nature of business of CMS Energy's direct       
subsidiaries are described below.                                               

CMS Enterprises Company                                       

A Michigan corporation which owns subsidiaries
engaged in the development, acquisition and   
management of energy-related businesses and   
projects worldwide.                           

CMS Energy Finance Corporation                                

  A Michigan corporation originally formed to be a
   limited partner in a limited partnership that was
to purchase indebtedness issued by CMS Energy 
Corporation.                                  

Consumers Power Company                                       

   A Michigan corporation engaged in the generation,
  purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of
electricity, and in the purchase, storage,    
transmission, distribution and sale of natural
gas, in the Lower Peninsula of the State of   
  Michigan.  Consumers renders electric service to
  approximately 1.5 million customers in 62 of the
68 counties in the Lower Peninsula and gas    
   service to approximately 1.4 million customers in
45 of the 68 counties in the Lower Peninsula. 

        (b)     CMS Enterprises Company has eleven (11) direct
subsidiaries.  The name, state of organization and nature of business of        
each subsidiary are described below:                                            

CMS Capital Corp.                                             

A Michigan corporation formed to assist in    
securing financing for non-utility projects.  

CMS Generation Co.                                            

   A Michigan corporation engaged in the development
of and investment in cogeneration and other   
independent power generation projects both    
domestic and foreign and has thirty-three (33)
subsidiaries:                                 

CMS Centrales Termica S.A. (99%)              
       An Argentine company formed to own an
       aggregate of 412 megawatts of natural
          gas/fuel oil-fired electric power plants
near Mendoza, Argentina.      
CMS Ensenada S.A. (99%)                       
        An Argentine company formed to hold an
          interest in EDEVA, which has an interest
      in UTE.  UTE proposes to construct a
     120 MW "inside-the-fence-gas-fired"
cogeneration power facility.  
CMS Generation Altoona Company                
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
General Partner in the Altoona
           Cogeneration Partners Limited Partnership
         which was formed to develop, construct,
        own, operate and maintain a bituminous
      coal, bituminous coal waste or other
solid fuel-burning facility.  
CMS Generation Chateaugay Company             
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
          General Partner in KES Chateaugay, L.P.,
         a limited partnership which is involved
        in the ownership and operation of a 17
       megawatt (net) wood-fired power plant
near Chateaugay, New York.    
CMS Generation Filer City, Inc.               
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
          General Partner in the T.E.S. Filer City
        Station Limited Partnership, a limited
          partnership which is the owner of the 54
         megawatt (net) wood chip and coal-fired
      electric generating station in Filer
City, Michigan.               
CMS Generation Filer City Operating Company   
          A Michigan corporation formed to operate
          a coal and wood waste-fueled power plant
        near Filer City, Michigan owned by the
   T.E.S. Filer City Station Limited
Partnership.                  
CMS Generation Genesee Company                
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
      General Partner in the Genesee Power
        Station Limited Partnership which owns
        and operates a 35 megawatt (net) waste
         wood-fired electric generating facility
      located in Genesee County, Michigan.
CMS Generation GP Company                     
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
       General Partner in the development of
various cogeneration projects.
CMS Generation Grayling Company               
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
        General Partner in Grayling Generating
         Station Limited Partnership to develop,
           construct and operate a 34 megawatt (net)
  waste-wood fueled power plant in
          Grayling, Michigan.  Grayling Generating
      Station Limited Partnership owns GGS
           Holdings Company, a Michigan corporation,
        which is General Partner in AJD Forest
   Products Limited Partnership that
    operates a sawmill adjacent to the
      Grayling Generating Station and also
          supplies waste wood fuel to the project.
CMS Generation Grayling Holdings Company      
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
        Limited Partner in Grayling Generating
Station Limited Partnership.  
CMS Generation Holdings Company               
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
          Limited Partner in various partnerships.
CMS Generation Honey Lake Company             
       A Michigan corporation with a General
    Partnership interest and a Limited
           Partnership interest in HL Power Company,
        a California limited partnership which
         uses waste wood and geothermal fluid to
       generate a 30 megawatt (net) electric
      generating station in Lassan County,
       California.  Also involved as General
        Partner in Honey Lake Energy I LP, and
        Honey Lake Energy II LP, both Michigan
    limited partnerships formed to own
           limited partnership interests in HL Power
Company.                      
CMS Generation Investment Company I           
        A Cayman Islands company involved as a
    holding company for CMS Generation
         overseas investments and has ten direct
 subsidiaries that engage in the
         construction, ownership or operation of
various power projects in the 
 Philippines, India and Morocco:
     -       CMS Generation Cebu Limited
            Duration Company, a Cayman
       Islands company (99%)
       -       CMS Generation Cebu Operating
             Limited Duration Company, a
              Cayman Islands company (99%)
     -       CMS Generation Jegurupadu I
             Limited Duration Company, a
                   Cayman Islands company (99%), has
 one subsidiary,
                -       Jegurupadu O&M Company
                        Mauritius, a Mauritius
               company (50%)
      -       CMS Generation Jegurupadu II
             Limited Duration Company, a
              Cayman Islands company (99%)
      -       CMS Generation Jorf Lasfar I
             Limited Duration Company, a
              Cayman Islands company (99%)
       -       CMS Generation Jorf Lasfar II
             Limited Duration Company, a
              Cayman Islands company (99%)
          -       CMS Generation Pinamucan Limited
            Duration Company, a Cayman
       Islands company (99%)
  -       CMS Generation Pinamucan
            Operating Limited Duration
                   Company, a Cayman Islands company
(99%)         
     -       CMS Operation & Maintenance
                 Company, Mauritius, a Mauritius
company (99%) 
 -       ST-CMS Electric Company
                Mauritius, a Mauritius company
            (99%), has one subsidiary,
                  -       ST-CMS Electric Company,
                         an India company (99%).
CMS Generation Investment Company II          
       A Cayman Islands company engaged as a
  holding company for 1% ownership
      interests in the companies described
 above as direct subsidiaries of
      CMS Generation Investment Company I.
CMS Generation Investment Company III         
     A Cayman Islands company engaged to
        facilitate the construction, ownership
     and operation of the GVK Industries
        Project in Jegurupadu, Andhra Pratesh,
    India of a natural gas/liquid fuel
         combined cycle plant 235 MW ("GVK") and
      has one subsidiary with an ownership
interest in GVK.              
           -       Jegurupadu CMS Generation Company
           Ltd., a Mauritius company
CMS Generation Lyonsdale Company              
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
         General Partner in the Lyonsdale Energy
    Limited Partnership which owns and
          operates a 19 megawatt (net) waste wood-
       fired electric generating facility in
Lyonsdale, New York.          
CMS Generation Mon Valley Company             
    A Michigan corporation involved as
          General Partner in the Mon Valley Energy
        Limited Partnership formed to develop,
        construct, finance and operate the Mon
           Valley Project, an 80 megawatt (net) coal
           fired cogeneration plant in Pennsylvania.
CMS Generation Montreal Company               
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
          General Partner in Secure Wood Chips LP,
        a Canadian limited partnership, to own
   and operate a waste wood recovery
           facility in the greater Montreal, Quebec,
Canada area.                  
CMS Generation Operating Company              
        A Michigan corporation involved in the
   operation of various power plants
          including Genesee, Grayling, Modesto and
Exeter.                       
CMS Generation Recycling Company              
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
         member of Mid-Michigan Recycling, LC, a
     Michigan limited liability company,
          formed to supply waste wood fuel for the
Genesee Power Station Limited 
Partnership.                  
CMS Generation S.A. (99%)                     
          An Argentine company formed to carry out
     on its own account or that of third
       parties investments in energy-related
       businesses located primarily in South
America.                      
CMS Operating, S.A. (99%)                     
         An Argentine company formed to acquire,
         own and operate plants in Argentina and
      has one subsidiary with an ownership
interest in the plants:       
        -       Cuyana S.A. de Inversiones, an
          Argentine company (99%).
CMS Resource Development Company              
         A Michigan corporation that employs ex-
          patriot U.S. citizens working on various
       CMS Generation Co. overseas projects.
Exeter Management Company                     
         A Connecticut corporation involved as a
      General Partner in the Exeter Energy
    Limited Partnership which owns and
           operates a 26 megawatt (net) tire-burning
    facility in Sterling, Connecticut.
HYDRA-CO Enterprises, Inc.                    
       A New York corporation engaged in the
          ownership and/or operation, by itself or
           with others, of one or more cogeneration,
 small hydro or alternate energy
           production facilities through partnership
     interests and ownership of domestic
           corporations.  HYDRA-CO Enterprises, Inc.
    directly owns twelve (12) domestic
       corporations that are involved in the
       development, ownership, management or
         operation of independent power projects
     located in 7 states and in Jamaica:
          -       CMS Generation Operating Company
                   II, Inc., a New York corporation,
     has one subsidiary:
                  -       HCE-Jamaica, Inc., a New
                   York corporation,
          -       HCE Appomattox, Inc., a New York
corporation,  
        -       HCE Biopower, Inc., a New York
corporation,  
        -       HCE Hazelton, Inc., a New York
corporation,  
      -       HCE Hudson, Inc., a New York
corporation,  
          -       HCE Imperial Valley, Inc., a New
   York corporation,
          -       HCE Jamaica Development, Inc., a
       New York corporation,
        -       HCE Lakewood, Inc., a New York
corporation,  
          -       HCE Rockfort Diesel, Inc., a New
   York corporation,
         -       HYDRA-CO Generation Inc., a New
   York corporation,
      -       Lakewood Project Management,
               Inc., a New York corporation,
           -       New Bern Energy Recovery, Inc., a
       Delaware corporation.
  McCook Cogeneration Station, L.L.C. (50% member)
      A Michigan limited liability company
         formed to develop and own a 40 megawatt
  (net) waste wood fueled electric
     generating facility located in Cook
County, Illinois.             
  McCook Waste Wood Recovery Facility, L.L.C. (50%
member)                                       
      A Michigan limited liability company
        formed to develop and own a waste wood
         recycling and processing facility where
           waste wood will be received, manually and
          mechanically separated and then recycled
or processed for use at McCook
Cogeneration Station, L.L.C.  
Metro East, L.L.C. (50% member)               
      A Michigan limited liability company
         formed to develop and own a 60 megawatt
        (net) waste wood and waste coal fueled
         electric generating facility located in
the City of Madison, Illinois.
New Castle Power, L.L.C. (50% member)         
      A Michigan limited liability company
          formed to develop and own a 100 megawatt
      (net) petroleum coke fueled electric
         generating facility located at the Port
     of Wilmington in New Castle County,
Delaware.                     
Oxford Tire Recycling, Inc.                   
        A Delaware corporation engaged in tire
           shredding, tire collection, tire disposal
  and related business activities.
Oxford Tire Recycling of Massachusetts, Inc.  
         A Delaware corporation engaged in waste
         tire collection, shredding and storage,
          the sale of used and shredded tires, and
related business activities.  
Oxford Tire Supply, Inc.                      
   A Delaware corporation engaged in
           trucking and hauling used scrap tires and
       sorting and grading tires for resale.
Texas City Generation, L.L.C. (80% member)    
      A Michigan limited liability company
          formed to develop and own a 400 megawatt
      (net) petroleum coke fueled electric
      generating facility located in Texas
City, Texas.                  

CMS Land Company                                              

A Michigan corporation formed to act as a     
  repository for any unused real property formerly
owned by Consumers Power and hold the same for
possible non-utility development and has one  
subsidiary:                                   

        Bay Harbor Company, L.L.C., a Michigan
        limited liability company which is the
           owner and developer of Bay Harbor, a real
estate development. (50%)     

CMS Utility Services, Inc.                                    

A Michigan corporation engaged in providing   
utility-related products and credit management
services.  CMS Utility Services, Inc. has one 
subsidiary:                                   

    CMS A/R Services, Inc., a Michigan
     corporation engaged in utility debt
     collections and accounts receivable
management services.          

KJL Limited, Inc.                                             

A Delaware corporation that was formed to hold
  the equity ownership of aircraft formerly leased
by Consumers.                                 

CMS NOMECO Oil & Gas Co.                                      

A Michigan corporation engaged in the         
exploration, development, acquisition and     
   production of oil and natural gas in the U.S. and
seven (7) other countries through partnership 
  interests and ownership of domestic corporations
  and foreign companies.  CMS NOMECO Oil & Gas Co.
  directly owns sixteen (16) subsidiaries that are
either domestic corporations or foreign       
companies:                                    

CMS NOMECO China Oil Company                  
         A Michigan corporation formed to pursue
     oil and natural gas exploration and
    production opportunities in China.
CMS NOMECO Colombia Oil Company               
       A Michigan corporation engaged in the
       exploration and production of oil and
natural gas in Colombia.      
CMS NOMECO Equatorial Guinea Oil & Gas Co.    
       A Michigan corporation engaged in the
       exploration and production of oil and
   natural gas in Equatorial Guinea.
CMS NOMECO Holdings Ltd.                      
       A Cayman Islands company engaged as a
  holding company for 1% ownership
        interests in the Cayman Island limited
       duration companies described below as
           subsidiaries of CMS NOMECO International,
Ltd.                          
CMS NOMECO International, Ltd.                
       A Cayman Islands company engaged as a
          holding company for six (6) subsidiaries
         that are Cayman Island limited duration
          companies that principally engage in the
       exploration and production of oil and
       natural gas in South America and West
Africa:                       
   -       CMS NOMECO Alba LDC (99%)
        -       CMS NOMECO Argentina LDC (99%)
   -       CMS NOMECO E.G. LDC (99%)
      -       CMS NOMECO Ecuador LDC (99%)
                -       CMS NOMECO International Services, LDC
(99%)         
        -       CMS NOMECO Venezuela LDC (99%)
CMS NOMECO International, Inc.                
          A Texas corporation engaged as a holding
        company for five (5) subsidiaries that
          engage in the exploration and production
          of oil and natural gas in Africa and the
Middle East:                  
  -       CMS NOMECO International
                  Equatorial Guinea, Inc., a Texas
corporation   
  -       CMS NOMECO International
          Venezuela, Inc., a Texas
corporation   
        -       Walter Congo Holdings, Inc., a
            Texas corporation, has one
subsidiary,   
              -       Walter International
                         Congo, Inc., a Delaware
             corporation
-       Walter International  
               Transportation, Inc., a Texas
corporation   
       -       Walter International Tunisia,
           Inc., a Texas corporation
CMS NOMECO Peru Company                       
         A Michigan corporation formed to pursue
     oil and natural gas exploration and
   production opportunities in Peru.
CMS NOMECO Pipeline Company                   
       A Michigan corporation formed to hold
        ownership interests in various natural
    gas pipelines located in Michigan.
CMS NOMECO Services Company                   
       A Michigan corporation formed for the
   purpose of pursuing oil marketing
opportunities.                
Comeco Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (50%)         
       A Delaware corporation engaged in the
       exploration and production of oil and
natural gas in Yemen.         
Explotaciones CMS NOMECO, Inc.                
       A Delaware corporation engaged in the
       exploration and production of oil and
natural gas in Colombia.      
NOMECO Australia Pty. Limited                 
        An Australian company formed to pursue
  oil and natural gas exploration,
          production and refining opportunities in
Australia.                    
NOMECO Ecuador Oil Company                    
       A Michigan corporation engaged in the
       exploration and production of oil and
natural gas in Ecuador.       
NOMECO Exploration (Thailand) Limited         
         A Thailand company formed to pursue oil
 and natural gas exploration and
       production opportunities in Thailand.
NOMECO Thailand Oil Company                   
         A Michigan corporation formed to pursue
     oil and natural gas exploration and
       production opportunities in Thailand.
Terra Energy, Ltd.                            
       A Michigan corporation engaged in the
           exploration and production of natural gas
          in Michigan.  Terra Energy Ltd. has five
subsidiaries:                 
      -       Energy Acquisition Operating
         Corporation, a Michigan
               corporation formed to provide
            natural gas transportation
services      
         -       Kristen Corporation, a Michigan
               corporation formed to provide
           natural gas marketing and
         transportation services
   -       Terra Pipeline Company, a
                 Michigan corporation engaged in
                 the collection and distribution
                of certain revenues related to
               the production of oil and gas
       -       Thunder Bay Pipeline Company,
                 L.L.C. (50% member), a Michigan
                  limited liability company formed
                   to construct, own and operate the
                 Thunder Bay Pipeline located in
Michigan      
          -       Wellcorps L.L.C. (55% member), a
            Michigan limited liability
              company engaged in providing
                  workover rig services to oil and
                  gas producers with operations in
Michigan      

CMS Comercializadora de Energia S.A. (70%)                    

  An Argentine company engaged in gas and electric
marketing operations in Argentina.            

CMS Electric Marketing Company                                

  A Michigan corporation formed for the purpose of
brokering or marketing electric power and     
   generating capacity to utilities, municipalities,
commercial and industrial end-users throughout
the United States.                            

CMS Gas Marketing Company                                     

 A Michigan corporation engaged in the marketing
   of gas to eligible customers throughout 18 states
  of the United States.  CMS Gas Marketing Company
does not own or operate any gas facilities.   

CMS Gas Transmission and Storage Company                      

   A Michigan corporation organized to engage in the
 transmission, storage and processing of natural
gas.  CMS Gas Transmission and Storage Company
has eight (8) subsidiaries:                   

CMS Antrim Gas Company                        
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
       General Partner in the Antrim Limited
 Partnership, a Michigan limited
          partnership, which was formed to design,
          construct and operate the Central Carbon
         Dioxide Removal Plant in Otsego County,
Michigan.                     
CMS Gas Argentina Company                     
     An Argentine company with an equity
           interest in Transportado de Gas del Norte
       S.A., an Argentine corporation, which
   provides natural gas transmission
      services to the northern and central
parts of Argentina.           
CMS Grands Lacs Holding Company               
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
    General Partner in the Grands Lacs
         Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited
partnership.                  
CMS Gulf Coast Storage Company                
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
       General Partner in the Moss Bluff Gas
        Storage Systems General Partnership, a
Texas general partnership.    
CMS Jackson Pipeline Company                  
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
     General Partner in Jackson Pipeline
          Company, a Michigan general partnership.
CMS Saginaw Bay Company                       
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
         Limited Partner in the Saginaw Bay Area
         Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited
partnership.                  
CMS Saginaw Bay Lateral Company               
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
    Limited Partner in the Saginaw Bay
         Lateral Limited Partnership, a Michigan
limited partnership.          
CMS Specialty Gas Processors Company          
      A Michigan corporation involved as a
  General Partner in Specialty Gas
   Processors Limited Partnership, a
Michigan limited partnership. 

Monarch Management Company                                    

A Michigan corporation which houses several   
investments whose principal business is the   
provision of services to energy and other     
 regulated entities.  Monarch Management Company
has one subsidiary:                           

          CMS ENCOM, Inc., a Michigan corporation,
     formed for the purpose of providing
    accounts receivable and consulting
        services to entities in the energy and
communication industries.     

        (c)     The consolidated operations of Consumers Power
Company ("Consumers") account for the major share of CMS Energy's total         
assets, revenues and income.  Consumers has seven subsidiaries.  The name,      
state of organization and nature of business of Consumers' subsidiaries         
are described below:                                                            

CMS Engineering Co.                                           

A Michigan corporation engaged in offering    
design, engineering, project management and   
related construction services to natural gas  
   utilities, natural gas exploration and production
companies, and other energy businesses.       

CMS Midland Holdings Company                                  

A Michigan corporation involved as a Limited  
   Partner in the First Midland Limited Partnership,
a Delaware limited partnership, a partnership 
that leases assets to the Midland Cogeneration
 Venture Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited
partnership.                                  

CMS Midland, Inc.                                             

A Michigan corporation engaged as a General   
Partner in the Midland Cogeneration Venture   
Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited       
partnership.                                  

ES Services Company                                           

  A Michigan corporation formed for the purpose of
  offering design, engineering, project management
and related services primarily to electric    
utilities and generation facilities.          

Huron Hydrocarbons, Inc.                                      

A Michigan corporation involved with others to
use the expanded capacity of the underground  
caverns at the Marysville Gas Reforming Plant 
located in Marysville, Michigan for commercial
   storage of liquid hydrocarbons and to use certain
hydrocarbon fractionation facilities at the   
plant.                                        

MEC Development Corp.                                         

A Michigan corporation which previously held  
   assets transferred to and holder of certain bonds
issued by the Midland Cogeneration Venture    
Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited       
partnership.                                  

Michigan Gas Storage Company                                  

  A Michigan corporation and a natural gas company
within the meaning of the National Gas Act    
engaged in the interstate transportation and  
storage of gas for a number of customers      
including Consumers.                          

    2.      A brief description of the properties of claimant and each
         of its subsidiary public utility companies used for the
       generation, transmission and distribution of electric
          energy for sale, or for the production, transmission and
         distribution of natural or manufactured gas, indicating
           the location of principal generating plants, transmission
        lines, producing fields, gas manufacturing plants, and
         electric and gas distribution facilities, including all
      such properties which are outside the State in which
     claimant and its subsidiaries are organized and all
    transmission or pipelines which deliver or receive
      electric energy or gas at the borders of such State.
           _________________________________________________________

  (a)     Claimant has no properties used for such
purposes.                                                                       

      (b)     Consumers is the only subsidiary of Claimant
which is a public utility.  Its property and facilities used for the            
above-described purposes are located within the State of Michigan and are       
described below.                                                                

(1)     Electric Properties   

                   Consumers' electric generation is
   supplied by the following plants:

                            1995 Summer Net         1995 Net
                              Demonstrated          Generation
Name and Location                 Capability         (Thousands of  
    (Michigan)                    (Kilowatts)        Kilowatt-hours)
-------------------------------       ----------------     --------------       

Coal Generation                                                                 
J H Campbell - West Olive             1,346,100(A)         6,888,444        
D E Karn - Essexville                   515,000            3,100,008        
B C Cobb - Muskegon                     296,000            1,984,753        
J R Whiting - Erie                      310,000            2,004,675        
J C Weadock - Essexville                310,000            1,978,526        
                            -----------          -----------
Total                              2,777,100           15,956,406     
                            -----------          -----------

Oil/Gas Generation                                                              
D E Karn - Essexville                 1,276,000              534,004        
                            -----------          -----------

Ludington Pumped Storage                  954,700(B)          (373,229)(C)      
                             -----------          ------------

Nuclear Generation                                                              
Palisades - South Haven                 762,000            4,837,252        
Big Rock Point - Charlevoix              67,000              515,652        
                            -----------          -----------
Total                                829,000            5,352,904     
                            -----------          -----------

Gas/Oil Combustion Turbine                                                      
Generation                              345,000               21,978        
                            -----------          -----------

Hydro Generation                           73,800              419,845          
                            -----------          -----------

Total Owned Generation                  6,255,600           21,911,908          
                            ===========          ===========

(A)    Represents Consumers' share of the capacity of the Campbell Plant        
Unit 3 net of 6.69% (ownership interests of the Michigan Public   
Power Agency and Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc.).       

(B)    Represents Consumers' share of the capacity of the Ludington Pumped      
Storage Plant.  Consumers and The Detroit Edison Company ("Detroit
 Edison") have 51% and 49% undivided ownership, respectively, in the
plant, and the capacity of the plant is shared accordingly.       

(C)    Represents Consumers' share of net pumped storage generation.  This      
 facility electrically pumps water during off-peak hours for storage
to later generate electricity during peak-demand hours.           

            Electric transmission, subtransmission and distri-
 bution lines are located on or under public highways,
      streets, alleys or lands, except where they are located on
        or under easements or other rights.  The transmission system
      consists of 4,422 structural miles of overhead lines and 4
     subsurface miles.  The subtransmission system consists of
4,125 structural miles and 16 subsurface miles of   
   underground lines.  The distribution system consists of
51,341 structural miles of overhead lines and 5,276 
subsurface miles of underground lines.              

        Consumers owns substations having an aggregate
transformer capacity of 37,766,530 kilovolt amperes.

               Consumers is interconnected with certain Michigan and
     neighboring utilities.  Consumers and Detroit Edison have
        formed the Michigan Electric Coordinated Systems ("MECS") to
      facilitate the coordinated planning and operation of their
   electric systems.  MECS is interconnected with electric
systems in Indiana, Ohio and Ontario, Canada.(*)    

               Consumers owns or connects with electric transmission
       lines which deliver electric energy at or near the Michigan
state border to:                                    

                   (i)  Indiana & Michigan Electric Company at
              the following interconnection points: Palisades-Cook
            No. 1, Palisades-Cook No. 2, Argenta-Robinson Park
and Argenta-Twin Branch; and          

                     (ii)  Northern Indiana Public Service Company
              at the following interconnection point: Barton Lake-
Batavia.                              

(2)    Gas Properties                 

               As of December 31, 1995, Consumers' gas
             properties, all located in Michigan, included a gas
              distribution and transmission system, six compressor
           stations located at Consumers' storage fields and
              along the gas transmission lines, 11 storage fields,
and the                               

____________________                                                            
(*)MECS interconnects with electric systems in Ohio and Ontario, Canada         
through Detroit Edison.  Detroit Edison interconnects with The Toledo           
Edison Company at Majestic-Lemoyne, Monroe-Bayshore and Allen Junction-         
Majestic-Monroe.  Detroit Edison also interconnects with Ontario Hydro at       
Waterman-Keith, Bunce Creek-Scott and two points at St. Clair-Lambton.          

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             Marysville Gas Reforming Plant.  The Marysville Gas
              Reforming Plant, located in Marysville, Michigan, is
    a fractionation facility and stores liquid
           hydrocarbons for third parties in its underground
caverns.                              

                    Consumers' gas distribution and transmission
               systems consist of 21,870 miles of distribution mains
               and 1,078 miles of transmission lines, throughout the
          Lower Peninsula of Michigan.  Consumers owns and
          operates six compressor stations with a total of
123,470 installed horsepower.         

                      Michigan Gas Storage Company ("MGSC") owns and
            operates a gas transmission system, two compressor
            stations, and three storage fields, all located in
Michigan.                             

                    Consumers receives natural gas for its local
     distribution system through interconnection
            facilities located in Michigan and at the Michigan
              State border.  Consumers received natural gas at the
            Michigan State border pursuant to a sales contract
        with Trunkline Gas Company ("Trunkline").  The
          terminus of Trunkline's pipeline at the Michigan
               State border is near Elkhart, Indiana at Township 38,
            Range 7, Section 11, Elkhart County, Indiana.  The
               terminus of Consumers' pipeline at the Michigan State
             border is near White Pigeon, Michigan at Township 8
              South, Range 12 West, Section 23, St. Joseph County,
Michigan.                             

3.     The following information for the last calendar year with  
 respect to claimant and each of its subsidiary public
utility companies:                                  
     _________________________________________________________

      (a)    Number of kWh of electric energy sold (at retail or
wholesale), and Mcf of natural or manufactured gas distributed at retail.       

              Consumers sold 35,506,299,277 kWh of electric energy
for the year ended December 31, 1995 and sold 253,617,847 Mcf of natural        
gas at retail during the same period.  Claimant did not sell electric           
energy or natural or manufactured gas distributed at retail.                    

      (b)    Number of kWh of electric energy and Mcf of natural
or manufactured gas distributed at retail outside the State of Michigan.        

None.                                 

      (c)    Number of kWh of electric energy and Mcf of natural
or manufactured gas sold at wholesale outside the State of Michigan or at       
the State line of Michigan.                                                     

               Consumers delivered 85,782,610 kWh of electric energy
across state lines under interchange power agreements for the year ended        
December 31, 1995.  Neither Claimant nor Consumers sold any natural gas at      
wholesale outside the State of Michigan during the same period.                 

      (d)    Number of kWh of electric energy and Mcf of natural
or manufactured gas purchased outside the State of Michigan or at the           
State line of Michigan.                                                         

         For the year ended December 31, 1995, Consumers
purchased 3,689,743,000 kWh of electric energy outside the State of             
Michigan or at the State line of Michigan and Consumers purchased               
185,972,000 Mcf of natural gas from outside the State of Michigan.              

          Claimant did not purchase any electric energy or
natural or manufactured gas outside the State of Michigan or at the State       
line of Michigan.                                                               

4.     The following information for the reporting                
period with respect to claimant and each            
interest it holds directly or indirectly in an      
EWG or a foreign utility company, stating           
monetary amounts in United States dollars:          
     _________________________________________________________

      (a)    Name, location, business address and description of
the facilities used by the EWG or foreign utility company for the               
generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy for sale or        
for the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas.                  

              As of December 31, 1995, CMS Energy had interests in
five EWGs:                                                                      

    Central Termica San Nicolas, S.A. ("CTSN")
Rivadavia S/N                         
2900 San Nicolas                      
      Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America

              CTSN, an Argentine company, is owner and operator of
a 650 MW power plant located in San Nicolas, Argentina, north of Buenos         
Aires, Argentina.  The five-unit plant can be fueled by coal, petroleum         
coke, oil or natural gas.                                                       

           Hidroelectrica El Chocon, S.A. ("Hidroelectrica")
8311 Neuquen                          
Argentina, South America              

               Hidroelectrica, an Argentine company, holds a thirty-
year concession to operate two hydroelectric power plants located 26            
kilometers apart on the Limay River in western Argentina.  These plants         
have a total generating capacity of 1,320 MW.                                   

  Lakewood Cogeneration, L.P. ("Lakewood")
150 Airport Road                      
Lakewood, New Jersey 08701            

            Lakewood, a Delaware limited partnership, is owner
and operator of a 237 MW Cogeneration facility located in Lakewood, New         
Jersey.  The two-unit plant can be fueled by natural gas or household           
heating oil.                                                                    

Toledo Power Company ("Toledo Power") 
2/F Phelps Dodge Annex Building       
2 Pioneer St., Mandaluyong            
Metro Manila, Philippines             

              Toledo Power, a Philippine partnership, is owner and
operator of two power plants totaling 134.5 MW generating capacity located      
in Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines, in the central island group of the           
Republic of the Philippines.  The plants can be fueled by coal, oil or          
diesel fuel.                                                                    

  Centrales Termicas Mendoza, S.A. ("CTM")
Parque Industrial Provincial          
5507 Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza           
Argentina, South America              

          CTM, an Argentine company, is owner of two power
plants located in Mendoza, Argentina.  These plants have a nameplate            
generating capacity of 411 MW.  These plants can be fueled by natural gas,      
oil or diesel fuel.                                                             

(b)    Name of each system company that holds an interest in such 
EWG or foreign utility company; and description of the interest held.           

CTSN                                                              

               In May 1993, Inversora San Nicolas S.A. purchased 88%
share in CTSN.  The remaining 12% interest was held by the Argentine            
government on behalf of the facility's employees.  On July 7, 1995, AES         
Argentina, Inc. purchased a 99.9% ownership interest in CMS Generation San      
Nicolas Company, represented by 9,990 newly-issued shares, leaving              
CMS Generation Co. with a 0.016% indirect ownership interest in CTSN.  See      
Exhibit C.                                                                      

Hidroelectrica                                                    

             CMS Generation Co. owns a 2.48% direct ownership in
Hidroelectrica.  Hidroinvest, S.A. owns a 59% ownership interest in             
Hidroelectrica.  CMS Generation, S.A. has a 25% ownership interest in           
Hidroinvest, S.A.  See Exhibit C.                                               

Lakewood                                                          

          HCE-Lakewood, Inc. owns 1% interest as a limited
partner in Lakewood Cogeneration, L.P. HYDRA-CO Enterprises, Inc. owns 44%      
ownership interest as a general partner in Lakewood Cogeneration, L.P.          
See Exhibit C.                                                                  

Toledo Power                                                      

             CMS Generation Cebu Limited Duration Company owns a
32.5% direct interest in Toledo Power.  See Exhibit C.                          

CTM                                                               

       Cuyana de Inversiones owns a 80.55% ownership
interest in CTM.  Cuyana de Inversiones is owned 99% by CMS Operating,          
S.A. and 1% by CMS Ensenada, S.A.  See Exhibit C.                               

   (c)    Type and amount of capital invested, directly or
indirectly, by the holding company claiming exemption; any direct or            
indirect guarantee of the security of the EWG or foreign utility company        
by the holding company claiming exemption; and any debt or other financial      
obligation for which there is recourse, directly or indirectly, to the          
holding company claiming exemption or another system company, other than        
the EWG or foreign utility company.                                             

CTSN                                                              
             As of December 31, 1995, CMS Generation San Nicolas
Company had invested approximately $13 million of equity in CTSN.               
CMS Energy has been released from all guarantees related to CTSN.               

Hidroelectrica                                                    

           As of December 31, 1995, CMS Generation, S.A. had
invested approximately $51 million of equity in, and advanced                   
approximately $18 million of loans to, Hidroelectrica.  CMS Generation,         
S.A. was a co-applicant for certain letters of credit required in               
connection with the acquisition of the concession, and CMS Energy has           
guaranteed up to approximately $15 million of reimbursement obligations         
relating to these letters of credit.  CMS Energy has also guaranteed on         
behalf of Hidroelectrica approximately $14 million in connection with the       
Guaranteed Indebtedness Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 1993          
between Hidroelectrica and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National                   
Association).                                                                   

Lakewood                                                          

         As of December 31, 1995, HCE-Lakewood, Inc. had
invested $488,000 of equity in Lakewood.  HYDRA-CO Enterprises, Inc. had        
invested $21,444,000 of equity in Lakewood.                                     

Toledo Power                                                      

              As of December 31, 1995, CMS Generation Cebu Limited
Duration Company and CMS Generation Cebu Operating Limited Duration             
Company had invested approximately $9 million of equity in Toledo Power.        

CTM                                                               

          As of December 31, 1995, CMS Operating, S.A. has
invested approximately $10 million of equity and $2 million of loans to         
CTM.  CMS Generation Co. has loaned approximately $22 million to CTM.           

    (d)    Capitalization and earnings of the EWG or foreign
utility company during the reporting period.                                    

*CTSN:                                                            
                                                          (000s)
                                                         ---------
Capitalization at 12/31/95                          

      Bank Loans                                 $
      Long Term Debt (Partners Loans)            $
Shareholders' Equity                  
                                                         ---------
Total Capitalization                              $ 
                                                         =========
Net Income (Loss) for the                           
 period ended 12/31/95                           $
                                                         =========
 *      Due to the nominal interest (.016%) of CTSN indirectly owned
by CMS Generation Co., capitalization and earnings  
information of CTSN is unavailable.                 

Hidroelectrica:                                                   
                                                          (000s)
                                                         ---------
Capitalization at 12/31/95                          

             Bank Loans                                 $182,003
             Shareholders' Equity                        400,812
                                                         ---------

      Total Capitalization                              $582,815
                                                         =========
Net Income (Loss) for the                           
        period ended 12/31/95                           $ 14,852
                                                         =========

Lakewood                                                          
                                                          (000s)
                                                         ---------
Capitalization at 12/31/95                          

             Bank Loans                                 $207,225
             Shareholders' Equity                         41,579
                                                         ---------
      Total Capitalization                              $248,804
                                                         =========
Net Income (Loss) for the                           
        period ended 12/31/95                           $  5,163
                                                         =========

Toledo Power                                                      
                                                          000s
                                                         ---------
Capitalization at 12/31/95                          

             Shareholders' Equity                       $ 53,819
                                                         =========
Net Income (Loss) for the                           
         period ended 12/31/95                           $ (1,007)
                                                         =========

CTM                                                               
                                                          (000s)
                                                         ---------
Capitalization at 12/31/95                          

             CMS Loans                                  $ 23,635
             Long Term Debt (YPF)                       $ 23,049
             Shareholders Equity                        $ 17,578
                                                         ---------
                                                        $ 64,262
                                                         =========
Net Income (Loss) for the                           
         period ended Dec.31,1995                        $ (1,617)
                                                         =========

(e)    Identify any service, sales or construction  
contracts(s) between the EWG or foreign utility company and a system            
company, and describe the services to be rendered or goods sold and fees        
or revenues under such agreement(s).                                            

  As of December 31, 1995, Toledo Power had an unwritten
operating agreement with CMS Generation Cebu Operating Limited Duration         
Company.  As of December 31, 1995, operator fees for 1995 were being            
negotiated but none had been paid.                                              

 As of December 31, 1995, Lakewood maintains a 21 year
Operating and Maintenance Agreement with HYDRA-CO Enterprises, Inc. to          
operate and maintain the EWG.  There is an Administrative and General           
Agreement between Lakewood Cogeneration, L.P. and HYDRA-CO Enterprises          
which expires November 2012 to maintain the business administration of the      
EWG.  Lakewood also maintains a construction contract with Lakewood             
Project Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of HYDRA-CO                 
Enterprises, Inc., which expires at the end of the warranty phase.  Total       
fees earned in 1995 were:                                                       

                                          (000s)
                                         -------
Operator Fees                                     $  397          
Administrative Fees                                  309          
Project Management Fees                              627          
                                        ------

Total Fees                                        $1,333          
                                        ======

   As of December 31, 1995, CTM maintains an Operating and
Maintenance Agreement with CMS Operating S.A., which expires November           
1999, to operate and maintain the EWG.  Total fees earned in 1995 were:         

                                          (000s)
                                         -------

Total Fees                                        $  353          
                                        ======

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               The above-named Claimant has caused this statement to
be duly executed on its behalf by its authorized officer on this 29th day       
of February, 1996.                                                              

                       CMS ENERGY CORPORATION, a
                                  Michigan corporation

[CORPORATE SEAL]                       By /s/ Rodger A. Kershner                
                                ----------------------------
                            Rodger A. Kershner
                                   Senior Vice President and
                             General Counsel

ATTEST:                                                                         

/s/ Thomas A. McNish                                                            
-----------------------------                                                   
Thomas A. McNish                                                                
Vice President and Secretary                                                    

Name, title, and address of officer to whom notices and correspondence          
concerning this Statement should be addressed:                                  

Rodger A. Kershner      
 Senior Vice President and
General Counsel     
CMS Energy Corporation  
Fairlane Plaza South    
Suite 1100              
330 Town Center Drive   
 Dearborn, Michigan  48126

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