EXHIBIT 99(c)


[CMS ENERGY LOGO]                                              [News Release]

              CMS ENERGY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE TO REELECT 10 INCUMBENTS
               AND ELECT ONE NEW MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

               JACKSON, Mich., May 28, 2004 -- CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS)
shareholders reelected 10 incumbents and one new member to the Company's Board
of Directors at today's annual shareholders meeting. The incumbents reelected
are:
     o   Kenneth Whipple, chairman and chief executive officer of CMS Energy and
         its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. Whipple is a former
         executive vice president, Ford Motor Company, and former president,
         Ford Financial Services Group, Dearborn, Mich.

     o   Earl D. Holton, vice chairman of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer,
         Inc., operator of food and general merchandise centers.

     o   David W. Joos, president and chief operating officer of CMS Energy and
         Consumers Energy.

     o   Michael T. Monahan, president of Monahan Enterprises, L.L.C., a
         Michigan-based consulting firm, former chairman of Munder Capital
         Management, and former president of Comerica, Inc., and Comerica Bank.

     o   Joseph F. Paquette Jr., former chairman and chief executive officer of
         PECO Energy, formerly the Philadelphia Electric Company.

     o   William U. Parfet, chairman and chief executive officer of MPI
         Research, of Mattawan, Mich., a research laboratory conducting risk
         assessment toxicology studies.

     o   Percy A. Pierre, professor of electrical engineering, Michigan State
         University, East Lansing, Mich.

     o   S. Kinnie Smith Jr., vice chairman and general counsel of CMS Energy.

     o   Kenneth L. Way, former chairman of the board and chief executive
         officer of Lear Corporation, a Southfield, Mich.-based supplier of
         interior systems to the automotive industry.












     o   John B. Yasinsky, former chairman and chief executive officer, OMNOVA
         Solutions, Inc., of Fairlawn, Ohio, a developer, manufacturer, and
         marketer of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and building
         products.

               The new director is:

     o   Merribel S. Ayres, president of Lighthouse Energy Group, L.L.C., of
         Washington, D.C. Ayres founded the firm, which provides governmental
         affairs and communications expertise, as well as management consulting
         and business development services, to domestic and international
         clients focused on energy and environmental matters. She also has
         served as chief executive officer of the National Independent Energy
         Producers.

               The shareholders also approved the four proposals recommended by
management and described in the proxy materials. Those were:

     o   Ratifying Ernst & Young, L.L.P., as the Company's independent auditors
         for 2004

     o   Amending the Performance Incentive Stock Plan

     o   Retaining the Company's income tax deductibility for incentive
         compensation

     o   Amending CMS Energy's articles of incorporation to increase the amount
         of authorized common stock to 350 million shares.

               CMS Energy is an integrated energy company, which has as its
primary business operations an electric and natural gas utility, natural gas
pipeline systems, and independent power generation.

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