In connection with the commencement of an equity offering program under which shares (the "Shares") of the common stock of CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS Energy") having an aggregate sales price of up to $3,000,000,000 may be offered and sold from time to time (the "Offering"), CMS Energy filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a prospectus supplement dated May 13, 2026 (the "Prospectus Supplement"). The Shares may be offered and sold in amounts and at times to be determined by CMS Energy from time to time, but CMS Energy has no obligation to offer and sell any of the Shares in the Offering. Actual sales will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by CMS Energy from time to time, including (among others) market conditions, the trading price of CMS Energy's common stock and determinations by CMS Energy of the appropriate sources of funding for CMS Energy.