CMS Energy (CMS – Free Report) recently announced that the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has given the final go-ahead for its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, to provide 100% coal-free electricity to its customers by 2025. This reflects an upgrade to the company’s Clean Energy Plan, which is a 20-year strategy to offer environment-friendly energy to its customers.Impressively, this would make Consumers Energy one of the first U.S. utility providers to go coal-free, with the latest commitment to go coal-free coming 15 years faster than previously planned.