Exhibit 12.1
CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends
(Millions of Dollars)
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends
(Millions of Dollars)
Three Months Ended | Year Ended December 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 20072 | 20063 | |||||||||||||||||||
Earnings as defined1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pretax income from continuing operations | $ | 210 | $ | 590 | $ | 335 | $ | 440 | $ | (317 | ) | $ | (434 | ) | ||||||||||
Exclude equity basis subsidiaries | (2 | ) | (2 | ) | 2 | (1 | ) | (22 | ) | (14 | ) | |||||||||||||
Fixed charges as defined4 | 110 | 449 | 456 | 429 | 489 | 535 | ||||||||||||||||||
Earnings as defined4 | $ | 318 | $ | 1,037 | $ | 793 | $ | 868 | $ | 150 | $ | 87 | ||||||||||||
Fixed charges as defined1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest on long-term debt | $ | 100 | $ | 394 | $ | 383 | $ | 371 | $ | 415 | $ | 492 | ||||||||||||
Estimated interest portion of lease rental | 4 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other interest charges | 6 | 42 | 58 | 35 | 53 | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fixed charges as defined4 | $ | 110 | $ | 452 | $ | 458 | $ | 431 | $ | 491 | $ | 537 | ||||||||||||
Preferred dividends | — | 13 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Combined fixed charges and preferred dividends | $ | 110 | $ | 465 | $ | 475 | $ | 448 | $ | 503 | $ | 548 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | 2.89 | 2.29 | 1.73 | 2.01 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends | 2.89 | 2.23 | 1.67 | 1.94 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
NOTES:
1 | Earnings and fixed charges as defined in instructions for Item 503 of Regulation S-K. | |
2 | For the year ended December 31, 2007, fixed charges exceeded earnings by $341 million and combined fixed charges and preferred dividends exceeded earnings by $353 million. Earnings as defined include $204 million in asset impairment charges and a $279 million charge for an electric sales contract termination. | |
3 | For the year ended December 31, 2006, fixed charges exceeded earnings by $450 million and combined fixed charges and preferred dividends exceeded earnings by $461 million. Earnings as defined include $459 million of asset impairment charges. | |
4 | Preferred dividends of a consolidated subsidiary are included in fixed charges, but excluded from earnings as defined because the amount was not deducted in arriving at pretax income from continuing operations. |