Document and Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information - shares	Jun. 30, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2018
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Trading Symbol	AEE
Entity Registrant Name	AMEREN CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001002910
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		244,039,980
Union Electric Company
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2018
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Entity Registrant Name	UNION ELECTRIC CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000100826
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		102,123,834
Ameren Illinois Company
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2018
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Entity Registrant Name	AMEREN ILLINOIS CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000018654
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		25,452,373

Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	$ 1,563	$ 1,537	$ 3,148	$ 3,052
Operating Expenses:
Fuel	186	189	374	395
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	142	150	305	330
Utilities Operating Expense, Gas and Petroleum Purchased	51	41	222	171
Other operations and maintenance	439	431	870	849
Depreciation and amortization	238	222	472	443
Taxes other than income taxes	122	117	247	235
Total operating expenses	1,178	1,150	2,490	2,423
Operating Income	385	387	658	629
Other Income (Expense), Net	29	20	52	38
Interest Charges	100	99	201	198
Income Before Income Taxes	314	308	509	469
Income Taxes	74	114	116	171
Net income	240	194	393	298
Less: Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	1	1	3	3
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders, Basic	239	193	390	295
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan activity, net of income taxes (benefit)	(2)	2	(1)	2
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	238	196	392	300
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	1	1	3	3
Comprehensive Income	$ 237	$ 195	$ 389	$ 297
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Abstract]
Earnings Per Share, Basic	$ 0.98	$ 0.79	$ 1.60	$ 1.21
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	0.97	0.79	1.59	1.21
Dividends per Common Share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.4575	$ 0.44	$ 0.915	$ 0.88
Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic (in shares)	243.7	242.6	243.3	242.6
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted	245.8	243.5	245.1	243.7
Electricity
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	$ 1,396	$ 1,382	$ 2,619	$ 2,589
Natural Gas
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	167	155	529	463
Union Electric Company
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	955	934	1,747	1,725
Operating Expenses:
Fuel	186	189	374	395
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	40	69	82	160
Utilities Operating Expense, Gas and Petroleum Purchased	8	5	32	25
Other operations and maintenance	241	224	473	443
Depreciation and amortization	138	132	274	265
Taxes other than income taxes	84	85	164	160
Total operating expenses	697	704	1,399	1,448
Operating Income	258	230	348	277
Other Income (Expense), Net	16	16	29	32
Interest Charges	51	53	102	107
Income Before Income Taxes	223	193	275	202
Income Taxes	54	72	67	75
Net income	169	121	208	127
Preferred Stock Dividends	1	1	2	2
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	168	120	206	125
Union Electric Company \| Electricity
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	930	912	1,671	1,659
Union Electric Company \| Natural Gas
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	25	22	76	66
Ameren Illinois Company
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	578	576	1,338	1,279
Operating Expenses:
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	105	87	229	188
Utilities Operating Expense, Gas and Petroleum Purchased	43	36	190	146
Other operations and maintenance	196	212	395	412
Depreciation and amortization	94	85	184	168
Taxes other than income taxes	35	28	76	68
Total operating expenses	473	448	1,074	982
Operating Income	105	128	264	297
Other Income (Expense), Net	13	3	19	3
Interest Charges	37	36	74	73
Income Before Income Taxes	81	95	209	227
Income Taxes	18	37	50	89
Net income	63	58	159	138
Preferred Stock Dividends	1	1	2	2
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	62	57	157	136
Ameren Illinois Company \| Electricity
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	436	442	885	881
Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas
Operating Revenues:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	$ 142	$ 134	$ 453	$ 398

Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan activity, tax expense (benefit)	$ 0	$ 1	$ 0	$ 1

Consolidated Balance Sheet - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 29	$ 10
Accounts receivable - trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts)	560	445
Unbilled revenue	371	323
Miscellaneous accounts and notes receivable	74	70
Inventories	475	522
Current regulatory assets	104	144
Other current assets	72	98
Total current assets	1,685	1,612
Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net	21,998	21,466
Investments and Other Assets:
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund	714	704
Goodwill	411	411
Regulatory assets	1,205	1,230
Other assets	626	522
Total investments and other assets	2,956	2,867
TOTAL ASSETS	26,639	25,945
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	847	841
Short-term Debt	506	484
Accounts and wages payable	565	902
Taxes accrued	139	52
Interest accrued	109	99
Customer deposits	114	108
Current regulatory liabilities	133	128
Other current liabilities	298	326
Total current liabilities	2,711	2,940
Long-term Debt, Net	7,613	7,094
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:
Accumulated deferred income taxes, net	2,584	2,506
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	46	49
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	4,540	4,387
Asset retirement obligations	641	638
Pension and other postretirement benefits	545	545
Other deferred credits and liabilities	431	460
Total deferred credits and other liabilities	8,787	8,585
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders' Equity:
Common Stock	2	2
Other paid-in capital	5,576	5,540
Retained earnings	1,827	1,660
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(19)	(18)
Stockholder's equity	7,386	7,184
Noncontrolling Interest	142	142
Total equity	7,528	7,326
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	26,639	25,945
Union Electric Company
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	17	0
Due from Related Parties, Current	66	0
Accounts receivable - trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts)	285	200
Accounts receivable - affiliates	23	11
Unbilled revenue	256	165
Miscellaneous accounts and notes receivable	55	35
Inventories	380	388
Current regulatory assets	48	56
Other current assets	42	50
Total current assets	1,172	905
Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net	11,835	11,751
Investments and Other Assets:
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund	714	704
Regulatory assets	367	395
Other assets	304	288
Total investments and other assets	1,385	1,387
TOTAL ASSETS	14,392	14,043
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	534	384
Short-term Debt	0	39
Accounts and wages payable	226	475
Accounts payable - affiliates	125	60
Taxes accrued	110	30
Interest accrued	69	54
Current regulatory liabilities	50	19
Other current liabilities	107	103
Total current liabilities	1,221	1,164
Long-term Debt, Net	3,668	3,577
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:
Accumulated deferred income taxes, net	1,614	1,650
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	45	48
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	2,754	2,664
Asset retirement obligations	637	634
Pension and other postretirement benefits	209	213
Other deferred credits and liabilities	7	12
Total deferred credits and other liabilities	5,266	5,221
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders' Equity:
Common Stock	511	511
Other paid-in capital	1,858	1,858
Preferred stock	80	80
Retained earnings	1,788	1,632
Stockholder's equity	4,237	4,081
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	14,392	14,043
Ameren Illinois Company
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Accounts receivable - trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts)	251	234
Accounts receivable - affiliates	21	9
Unbilled revenue	115	158
Miscellaneous accounts and notes receivable	29	35
Inventories	95	134
Current regulatory assets	55	87
Other current assets	10	15
Total current assets	576	672
Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net	8,716	8,293
Investments and Other Assets:
Goodwill	411	411
Regulatory assets	822	822
Other assets	246	147
Total investments and other assets	1,479	1,380
TOTAL ASSETS	10,771	10,345
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	313	457
Short-term Debt	0	62
Due to Related Parties, Current	31	0
Accounts and wages payable	291	337
Accounts payable - affiliates	44	70
Taxes accrued	15	19
Interest accrued	30	33
Customer deposits	75	69
Current environmental remediation	43	42
Current regulatory liabilities	65	92
Other current liabilities	150	177
Total current liabilities	1,057	1,358
Long-term Debt, Net	2,800	2,373
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:
Accumulated deferred income taxes, net	1,045	1,021
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	1,689	1,629
Pension and other postretirement benefits	292	285
Environmental remediation	123	134
Other deferred credits and liabilities	218	235
Total deferred credits and other liabilities	3,367	3,304
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders' Equity:
Common Stock	0	0
Other paid-in capital	2,093	2,013
Preferred stock	62	62
Retained earnings	1,392	1,235
Stockholder's equity	3,547	3,310
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 10,771	$ 10,345

Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Accounts receivable - trade allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 25	$ 19
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	400,000,000	400,000,000
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	243,600,000	242,600,000
Union Electric Company
Accounts receivable - trade allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 9	$ 7
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 5	$ 5
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	150,000,000	150,000,000
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	102,100,000	102,100,000
Ameren Illinois Company
Accounts receivable - trade allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 16	$ 12
Common stock, no par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	45,000,000	45,000,000
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	25,500,000	25,500,000

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 393	$ 298
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	463	433
Amortization of nuclear fuel	48	48
Amortization of debt issuance costs and premium/discounts	11	11
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net	81	175
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	(14)	(10)
Stock-based compensation costs	10	8
Other	11	(5)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(170)	(54)
Inventories	46	14
Accounts and wages payable	(209)	(183)
Taxes accrued	105	83
Regulatory assets and liabilities	83	(4)
Assets, other	8	22
Liabilities, other	(50)	21
Pension and other postretirement benefits	4	6
Net cash provided by operating activities	820	863
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(1,112)	(998)
Nuclear fuel expenditures	(16)	(50)
Payments to Acquire Investments to be Held in Decommissioning Trust Fund	(129)	(161)
Proceeds from Decommissioning Trust Fund Assets	122	152
Other	6	(2)
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,129)	(1,059)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Dividends on common stock	(223)	(214)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest holders	(3)	(3)
Short-term debt, net	21	334
Repayments of Long-term Debt	(323)	(425)
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt	853	549
Issuance of common stock	40	0
Repurchases of common stock for stock-based compensation	0	(24)
Employee payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation	(19)	(15)
Payment of Financing and Stock Issuance Costs	(9)	(4)
Other	0	(1)
Net cash provided by financing activities	337	197
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Excluding Exchange Rate Effect	28	1
Noncash financing activity - Issuance of common stock for stock-based compensation	35	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	96	53
Union Electric Company
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	208	127
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	265	255
Amortization of nuclear fuel	48	48
Amortization of debt issuance costs and premium/discounts	3	3
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net	(24)	13
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	(11)	(9)
Other	10	3
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(205)	(124)
Inventories	8	(7)
Accounts and wages payable	(160)	(169)
Taxes accrued	152	153
Regulatory assets and liabilities	106	57
Assets, other	(2)	19
Liabilities, other	11	24
Pension and other postretirement benefits	3	3
Net cash provided by operating activities	412	396
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(454)	(355)
Nuclear fuel expenditures	(16)	(50)
Payments to Acquire Investments to be Held in Decommissioning Trust Fund	(129)	(161)
Proceeds from Decommissioning Trust Fund Assets	122	152
Money pool advances, net	(66)	161
Net cash used in investing activities	(543)	(253)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Dividends on common stock	(50)	(172)
Dividends on preferred stock	(2)	(2)
Short-term debt, net	(39)	60
Repayments of Long-term Debt	(179)	(425)
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt	423	399
Payment of Financing and Stock Issuance Costs	(4)	(3)
Net cash provided by financing activities	149	(143)
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Excluding Exchange Rate Effect	18	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	25	5
Ameren Illinois Company
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	159	138
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	184	168
Amortization of debt issuance costs and premium/discounts	7	7
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net	13	116
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	(3)	(1)
Other	(3)	0
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Receivables	23	70
Inventories	38	20
Accounts and wages payable	(35)	(17)
Taxes accrued	(23)	(68)
Regulatory assets and liabilities	(20)	(54)
Assets, other	4	3
Liabilities, other	(58)	(10)
Pension and other postretirement benefits	(2)	2
Net cash provided by operating activities	287	375
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(602)	(484)
Other	3	4
Net cash used in investing activities	(599)	(480)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Dividends on preferred stock	(2)	(2)
Short-term debt, net	(62)	108
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Short-term Debt, Maturing in More than Three Months	31
Repayments of Long-term Debt	(144)	0
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt	430
Payment of Financing and Stock Issuance Costs	(5)
Capital contribution from parent	80
Other	0	(1)
Net cash provided by financing activities	328	105
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Excluding Exchange Rate Effect	16	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	$ 57	$ 28

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General

Ameren, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a public utility holding company whose primary assets are its equity interests in its subsidiaries. Ameren’s subsidiaries are separate, independent legal entities with separate businesses, assets, and liabilities. Dividends on Ameren’s common stock and the payment of expenses by Ameren depend on distributions made to it by its subsidiaries. Ameren’s principal subsidiaries are listed below. Ameren also has other subsidiaries that conduct other activities, such as providing shared services. Ameren evaluates competitive electric transmission investment opportunities as they arise.


•	Union Electric Company, doing business as Ameren Missouri, operates a rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution business and a rate-regulated natural gas distribution business in Missouri.


•	Ameren Illinois Company, doing business as Ameren Illinois, operates rate-regulated electric transmission, electric distribution, and natural gas distribution businesses in Illinois.


•	ATXI operates a FERC rate-regulated electric transmission business. ATXI is developing MISO-approved electric transmission projects, including the Illinois Rivers and Mark Twain projects, and placed the Spoon River project in service in February 2018.

Ameren’s financial statements are prepared on a consolidated basis and therefore include the accounts of its majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois have no subsidiaries. All tabular dollar amounts are in millions, unless otherwise indicated.

As of both June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, Ameren had unconsolidated variable interests as a limited partner in various equity method investments, totaling $17 million, included in “Other assets” on Ameren’s consolidated balance sheet. Ameren is not the primary beneficiary of these investments because it does not have the power to direct matters that most significantly affect the activities of these variable interest entities. As of June 30, 2018, the maximum exposure to loss related to these variable interests is limited to the investment in these partnerships of $17 million plus associated outstanding funding commitments of $19 million.

Our accounting policies conform to GAAP. Our financial statements reflect all adjustments (which include normal, recurring adjustments) that are necessary, in our opinion, for a fair presentation of our results. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions. Such estimates and assumptions affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The results of operations of an interim period may not give a true indication of results that may be expected for a full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Form 10-K.

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include short-term, highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents subject to legal or contractual restrictions and not readily available for use for general corporate purposes are classified as restricted cash.

In November 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that requires, including on a retrospective basis, restricted cash to be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. Our adoption of this guidance, effective January 2018, did not result in material changes to previously reported cash flows from operating, investing, or financing activities.

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the balance sheets and the statements of cash flows as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, and December 31, 2017 and 2016:



	June 30, 2018						December 31, 2017						June 30, 2017						December 31, 2016
	Ameren		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois
Cash and cash equivalents^(a)	$	29	$	17	$	—	$	10	$	—	$	—	$	10	$	—	$	—	$	9	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash included in “Other current assets”	12		4		6		21		5		6		19		4		5		20		4		6
Restricted cash included in “Other assets”	51		—		51		35		—		35		23		—		23		22		—		22
Restricted cash included in “Nuclear decommissioning trust fund”	4		4		(b)		2		2		(b)		1		1		(b)		1		1		(b)
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash^(c)	$	96	$	25	$	57	$	68	$	7	$	41	$	53	$	5	$	28	$	52	$	5	$	28


(a)	As presented on the balance sheet.


(b)	Not applicable.


(c)	As presented on the statement of cash flows.

Restricted cash included in Ameren’s other current assets primarily represents participant funds from Ameren (parent)’s DRPlus and funds held by an irrevocable Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association trust, which provides health care benefits for active employees. Restricted cash included in Ameren Missouri’s and Ameren Illinois’ other current assets primarily represents funds held by the trust.

Restricted cash included in Ameren’s and Ameren Illinois’ other assets primarily represents amounts in a trust fund restricted for the use of funding certain asbestos-related claims and amounts collected under a cost recovery rider that are restricted for use in the procurement of renewable energy credits.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table provides noncash investing activity excluded from the statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	June 30, 2018						June 30, 2017
	Ameren^(a)		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren^(a)		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois
Accrued capital expenditures	$	233	$	80	$	147	$	175	$	61	$	79
Net realized and unrealized gain – nuclear decommissioning trust fund	1		1		(b)		36		36		(b)


(a)	Includes amounts for Ameren registrant and nonregistrant subsidiaries.


(b)	Not applicable.

Accounts Receivable

"Accounts receivable – trade" on Ameren's and Ameren Illinois' balance sheets include certain receivables purchased at a discount from alternative retail electric suppliers that elect to participate in the utility consolidated billing program. At June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, "Other current liabilities" on Ameren's and Ameren Illinois' balance sheets included payables for purchased receivables of $40 million and $31 million, respectively.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Ameren Companies recorded immaterial bad debt expense.

Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending carrying amount of AROs for the six months ended June 30, 2018:



	Ameren Missouri				Ameren Illinois^(a)		Ameren
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	640		^(b)	$	4	$	644		^(b)
Liabilities settled	(2		)		(c)		(2		)
Accretion^(d)	14				(c)		14
Change in estimates^(e)	(9		)		—		(9		)
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	643		^(b)	$	4	$	647		^(b)


(a)	Included in “Other deferred credits and liabilities” on the balance sheet.


(b)	Balance included $6 million in “Other current liabilities” on the balance sheet as of both December 31, 2017, and June 30, 2018, respectively.


(c)	Less than $1 million.


(d)	Accretion expense attributable to Ameren Missouri was recorded as a decrease to regulatory liabilities.


(e)	Ameren Missouri changed its fair value estimate primarily due to a reduction in the cost estimate for closure of certain CCR storage facilities.

Company-owned Life Insurance

Ameren and Ameren Illinois have company-owned life insurance, which is recorded at the net cash surrender value. The net cash surrender value is the amount that can be realized under the insurance policies at the balance sheet date. As of June 30, 2018, the cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance at Ameren and Ameren Illinois was $249 million (December 31, 2017 – $265 million) and $117 million (December 31, 2017 – $129 million), respectively, while total borrowings against the policies were $107 million (December 31, 2017 – $120 million) at both Ameren and Ameren Illinois. Ameren and Ameren Illinois have the right to offset the borrowings against the cash surrender value of the policies and, consequently, present the net asset in “Other assets” on their respective balance sheets.

Stock-based Compensation

The following table summarizes Ameren's nonvested performance share unit and restricted stock unit activity for the six months ended June 30, 2018:



	Performance Share Units				Restricted Stock Units
	Share Units		Weighted-average Fair Value per Share Unit		Stock Units		Weighted-average Fair Value per Stock Unit
Nonvested at January 1, 2018^(a)	895,489		$	52.28	—		$	—
Granted	306,252		62.88		184,351		57.60
Forfeitures	(54,213	)	49.72		(3,560	)	58.99
Undistributed vested units^(b)	(145,169	)	53.50		(12,983	)	58.98
Vested and distributed	(176,043	)	52.88		—		—
Nonvested at June 30, 2018^(c)	826,316		$	56.03	167,808		$	57.46


(a)	Does not include 712,572 undistributed vested performance share units.


(b)	Undistributed vested units are awards that vested due to attainment of retirement eligibility by certain employees, but have not yet been distributed. For undistributed vested performance share units, the number of shares issued for retirement-eligible employees will vary depending on actual performance over the three-year performance period.


(c)	Does not include 476,361 undistributed vested performance share units and 12,983 undistributed vested restricted stock units.

Performance Share Units

A performance share unit vests and entitles an employee to receive shares of Ameren common stock (plus accumulated dividends) if, at the end of the three-year performance period, certain specified market conditions have been met and if the individual remains employed by Ameren through the required vesting period. The vesting period for share units awarded extends beyond the three-year performance period to the payout date, which is approximately 38 months after the grant date. In the event of a participant’s death or retirement at age 55 or older with five or more years of service, awards vest on a pro rata basis over the three-year performance period. The exact number of shares issued pursuant to a share unit varies from 0% to 200% of the target award, depending on actual company performance relative to the performance goals.

The fair value of each performance share unit granted in 2018 was determined to be $62.88, which was based on Ameren’s closing common share price of $58.99 at December 31, 2017, and lattice simulations. Lattice simulations are used to estimate expected share payout based on Ameren’s total shareholder return for a three-year performance period beginning January 1, 2018, relative to the designated peer group. The simulations can produce a greater fair value for the performance share unit than the December 31 applicable closing common share price because they include the weighted payout scenarios in which an increase in the share price has occurred. The significant assumptions used to calculate fair value also included a three-year risk-free rate of 1.98% and volatility of 15% to 23% for the peer group.

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock units vest and entitle an employee to receive shares of Ameren common stock (plus accumulated dividends) if the individual remains employed with Ameren through the payment date of the awards. Generally, in the event of a participant’s death or retirement at age 55 or older with five or more years of service, awards vest on a pro rata basis. The payout date of the awards is approximately 38 months after the grant date. The fair value of each restricted stock unit is determined by Ameren’s closing common share price on the grant date.

Deferred Compensation

As of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, “Other deferred credits and liabilities” on Ameren’s balance sheet included deferred compensation obligations of $85 million and $86 million, respectively, recorded at the present value of future benefits to be paid.

Operating Revenues

In the first quarter of 2018, we adopted authoritative accounting guidance related to revenue from contracts with customers using the full retrospective method, with no material changes to the amount or timing of revenue recognition. We record revenues from contracts with customers for various electric and natural gas services, which primarily consist of retail distribution, electric transmission, and off-system arrangements. When more than one performance obligation exists in a contract, the consideration under the contract is allocated to the performance obligations based on the relative standalone selling price.

Electric and natural gas retail distribution revenues are earned when the commodity is delivered to our customers. We accrue an estimate of electric and natural gas retail distribution revenues for service provided but unbilled at the end of each accounting period.

Electric transmission revenues are earned as electric transmission services are provided.

Off-system revenues are primarily comprised of MISO revenues and wholesale bilateral revenues. MISO revenues include the sale of electricity, capacity, and ancillary services. Wholesale bilateral revenues include the sale of electricity and capacity. MISO-related electricity and wholesale bilateral electricity revenues are earned as electricity is delivered. MISO-related capacity and ancillary service revenues and wholesale bilateral capacity revenues are earned as services are provided.

Retail distribution, electric transmission, and off-system revenues, including the underlying components described above, represent a series of goods or services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer over time to our customers. Revenues from contracts with customers is equal to the amounts billed and our estimate of electric and natural gas retail distribution services provided but unbilled at the end of each accounting period. Revenues are billed at least monthly, and payments are due less than one month after goods and/or services are provided. See Note 12 – Segment Information for disaggregated revenue information.

For certain regulatory recovery mechanisms that are alternative revenue programs, rather than revenues from contracts with customers, we recognize revenues that have been authorized for rate recovery, are objectively determinable and probable of recovery, and are expected to be collected from customers within two years from the end of the year. Our alternative revenue programs include revenue requirement reconciliations, MEEIA, and VBA. These revenues are subsequently recognized as revenues from contracts with customers when billed, with an offset to alternative revenue program revenues.

The Ameren Companies elected to exclude disclosure related to the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period for contracts with an initial expected term of one year or less. As of June 30, 2018 and 2017, our remaining performance obligations were immaterial.

Excise Taxes

Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois collect from their customers excise taxes, including municipal and state excise taxes and gross receipts taxes, that are levied on the sale or distribution of natural gas and electricity. Excise taxes are recorded gross in “Operating Revenues – Electric,” “Operating Revenues – Natural gas” and “Operating Expenses – Taxes other than income taxes” on the statements of income. The following table presents the excise taxes recorded in “Operating Revenues – Electric,” “Operating Revenues – Natural gas” and “Operating Expenses – Taxes other than income taxes” for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Three Months					Six Months
	2018		2017			2018		2017
Ameren Missouri	$	46	$	40		$	80	$	71
Ameren Illinois	28		23		^(a)	63		57		^(a)
Ameren	$	74	$	63	^(a)	$	143	$	128	^(a)


(a)	Amounts have been adjusted from those previously reported to reflect additional excise taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively.

Income Taxes

The following table presents a reconciliation of the federal statutory corporate income tax rate to the effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Ameren		Ameren Missouri			Ameren Illinois
Three Months	2018	2017	2018		2017	2018	2017
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate:	21%	35%	21%		35%	21%	35%
Increases (decreases) from:
Amortization of excess deferred taxes	(1)	—	—	^(a)	—	(5)	—
Other depreciation differences	—	—	—		—	(1)	(1)
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	—	—	(1)		(1)	—	—
State tax	5	4	4		3	8	5
Tax credits	(1)	—	—		—	—	—
Other permanent items	—	(1)	—		—	—	—
Effective income tax rate	24%	38%	24%		37%	23%	39%
Six Months
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate:	21%	35%	21%		35%	21%	35%
Increases (decreases) from:
Amortization of excess deferred taxes	(2)	—	—	^(a)	—	(4)	—
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	(1)	(1)	(1)		(1)	—	—
State tax	6	5	4		3	7	5
Other permanent items	(1)	(2)	—		—	—	(1)
Effective income tax rate	23%	37%	24%		37%	24%	39%


(a)	Based on an order issued by the MoPSC in July 2018, Ameren Missouri began amortizing excess deferred taxes in August 2018. See Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters for additional information.

In June 2018, legislation modifying Missouri tax law was enacted to decrease the state's corporate income tax rate from 6.25% to 4%, effective January 1, 2020. As a result, in the second quarter of 2018, Ameren’s and Ameren Missouri’s accumulated deferred tax balances were revalued, resulting in a net decrease to their accumulated deferred tax liability of $33 million, which was offset by a regulatory liability. Additionally, Ameren recorded an immaterial amount to income tax expense. As a result of its expected PISA election under Missouri Senate Bill 564, which would prohibit a change in electric base rates prior to April 2020, Ameren Missouri anticipates that the effect of this tax decrease will be reflected in customer rates upon completion of its next regulatory rate review. Ameren (parent) and nonregistrant subsidiaries do not expect this income tax decrease to have a material impact on net income prospectively.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing “Net Income Attributable to Ameren Common Shareholders” by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Earnings per diluted share is computed by dividing “Net Income Attributable to Ameren Common Shareholders” by the weighted-average number of diluted common shares outstanding during the period. Earnings per diluted share reflects the dilution that would occur if certain stock-based performance share units were assumed to be settled. The number of performance share units assumed to be settled was 2.1 million and 1.8 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, and 0.8 million and 1.1 million, respectively, in the year-ago periods. There were no potentially dilutive securities excluded from the earnings per diluted share calculations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

Accounting and Reporting Developments

In the first quarter of 2018, the Ameren Companies adopted authoritative accounting guidance on various topics. See the Operating Revenues section above for more information on our adoption of the guidance on revenue from contracts with customers. See Note 11 – Retirement Benefits for more information on our adoption of the guidance on the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit cost. See the Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash section above for more information on our adoption of the guidance on restricted cash. Our adoption of the guidance on the recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

See Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies under Part II, Item 8, of the Form 10-K for additional information about recently issued authoritative accounting standards relating to leases, the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments, and the reclassification of certain tax effects from accumulated OCI.

Rate And Regulatory Matters	6 Months Ended
Rate And Regulatory Matters	Jun. 30, 2018
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Abstract]
RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS	RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS Below is a summary of updates to significant regulatory proceedings and related lawsuits. See also Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters under Part II, Item 8, of the Form 10-K. We are unable to predict the ultimate outcome of these matters, the timing of the final decisions of the various agencies and courts, or the impact on our results of operations, financial position, or liquidity. Missouri Missouri Senate Bill 564 On June 1, 2018, Missouri Senate Bill 564 was enacted. The section of the law applicable to the TCJA became effective immediately; the remaining sections, including the ability to elect PISA, become effective August 28, 2018. The law resulted in certain changes to Missouri utility laws that affect the regulation of Ameren Missouri’s electric service business. These changes include the reduction of customer rates to pass through the effect of the reduction in the federal statutory corporate income tax rate enacted under the TCJA and, at each electric utility's election, the use of PISA. Electric utilities that do not elect to use PISA will be eligible to request permission to implement revenue decoupling of residential and other non-demand metered customer classes. The law required the MoPSC to authorize a reduction in Ameren Missouri’s rates to pass through the effect of the TCJA within 90 days of the law’s effective date. In July 2018, the MoPSC authorized Ameren Missouri to reduce its annual revenue requirement by $167 million and reflect that reduction in rates beginning August 1, 2018. The reduction included $74 million for the amortization of excess accumulated deferred income taxes. In addition, Ameren Missouri recorded a reduction to revenue and a corresponding regulatory liability of $47 million for the excess amounts collected in rates related to the TCJA from January 1, 2018, through June 30, 2018. An additional amount will be recorded for July 2018 revenues. The regulatory liability will be reflected in customer rates over a period of time to be determined by the MoPSC in the next regulatory rate review. Upon Ameren Missouri’s expected PISA election, it would be permitted to defer and recover 85% of the depreciation expense and return on rate base on certain property, plant, and equipment placed in-service after August 28, 2018, and not included in base rates. Eligible PISA deferrals would exclude amounts related to new coal-fired, nuclear, and natural gas generating units and service to new customer premises. Upon approval in a regulatory rate review, PISA deferrals would be added to rate base prospectively and earn a return based on Ameren Missouri’s weighted-average cost of capital over a recovery period of 20 years. For electric utilities electing to use PISA, additional provisions apply, including limitations on customer rate increases. Ameren Missouri’s customer rate increases would be limited to a 2.85% compound annual growth rate in the average overall customer rate per kilowatthour, applied to electric rates effective April 1, 2017, less half of the 2018 savings from the TCJA that was passed on to customers. Upon election to use PISA, Ameren Missouri’s electric base rates would be frozen until April 1, 2020. Recoveries under the MEEIA, the FAC, and the RESRAM riders would not be frozen; however, except for costs recoverable under the MEEIA rider, Ameren Missouri would be unable to recover any amounts above the 2.85% cap from customers. If rate changes from the FAC or the RESRAM riders would cause rates to temporarily exceed the 2.85% cap, the overage would be deferred for future recovery in the next regulatory rate review; however, rates established in such regulatory rate review would be subject to the rate cap. Any deferred overages approved for recovery would be subject to deferral and recovered in a manner consistent with costs recovered under PISA. Both the rate cap and PISA election would be effective through December 2023, unless Ameren Missouri requests and receives MoPSC approval of an extension through December 2028. Ameren Missouri’s expected PISA election will support Ameren Missouri's ability to invest approximately $1 billion of incremental capital over the 2019 to 2023 period to strengthen and modernize Missouri's electric grid. MoPSC Federal Income Tax Proceedings In February 2018, the MoPSC initiated proceedings to investigate how the effect of the reduction in the federal statutory corporate income tax rate enacted under the TCJA should be reflected in rates paid by customers of Missouri’s regulated utilities, including rates paid by electric and natural gas customers of Ameren Missouri. The proceeding for Ameren Missouri’s electric service business was dismissed after Missouri Senate Bill 564 was enacted on June 1, 2018, but the proceeding is still pending for Ameren Missouri’s natural gas distribution business. As of June 30, 2018, the potential reduction in natural gas customer rates is immaterial. The MoPSC is under no deadline to issue an order in the natural gas proceeding. Wind Generation Facility and RESRAM In the second quarter of 2018, Ameren Missouri entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Terra-Gen, LLC to acquire a 400-megawatt wind generation facility after construction. The facility is expected to be located in northeastern Missouri and to be completed in 2020. The acquisition is subject to certain conditions, including the issuance of a certificate of convenience and necessity by the MoPSC, obtaining a MISO transmission interconnection agreement, and approval by the FERC. Ameren Missouri has filed for the certificate of convenience and necessity with the MoPSC. This facility would help Ameren Missouri to comply with the state renewable energy standard. In addition, Ameren Missouri requested the MoPSC to authorize a proposed RESRAM that would allow Ameren Missouri to adjust customer rates, including recovery of interest at a short-term borrowing rate, on an annual basis without a traditional regulatory rate review. The RESRAM is designed to mitigate the impacts of regulatory lag for investments in wind generation and other renewables by providing more timely recovery of costs and would provide Ameren Missouri a greater opportunity to earn its allowed return on investment. Ameren Missouri anticipates a decision by January 2019 related to the certificate of convenience and necessity and proposed RESRAM. Renewable Choice Program In June 2018, the MoPSC approved Ameren Missouri’s Renewable Choice Program, which allows large commercial and industrial customers and municipalities to receive up to 100 percent of their energy from renewable resources. The tariff-based program is designed to recover the costs of the election, net of changes in the market price of such energy. Based on customer contracts, the program enables Ameren Missouri to supply up to 400 megawatts of renewable wind energy generation, up to 200 megawatts of which it could own. As applicable, the addition of generation by Ameren Missouri would be subject to the issuance of a certificate of convenience and necessity by the MoPSC, obtaining transmission interconnection agreements with the MISO or other RTOs, and approval by the FERC. This generation would be incremental to the expected renewable generation included in the 2017 IRP. Without extension, the option to elect into the program will terminate in the third quarter of 2023. MEEIA In June 2018, Ameren Missouri filed a proposed customer energy-efficiency plan with the MoPSC under the MEEIA. This filing proposed a six-year plan, which includes a portfolio of customer energy-efficiency programs, along with a cost recovery mechanism. If the plan is approved, beginning in March 2019, Ameren Missouri intends to invest an average of $92 million per program year in the proposed customer energy-efficiency programs. Ameren Missouri requested continued use of a MEEIA rider, which allows Ameren Missouri to collect from or refund to customers any difference in the actual amounts incurred and the amounts collected from customers for the MEEIA program costs and its lost revenues. In addition, Ameren Missouri requested incentives to earn additional revenues by achieving certain customer energy-efficiency goals, increasing from $10 million to $24 million annually, for a total of $115 million over the six-year period if 100% of its annual customer energy-efficiency goals are achieved. A decision by the MoPSC in this proceeding is anticipated by the first quarter of 2019. The MEEIA 2016 program provided Ameren Missouri with a performance incentive to earn additional revenues by achieving certain customer energy-efficiency goals, including $27 million if 100% of the goals were achieved during the three-year period beginning March 2016, with the potential to earn more if Ameren Missouri’s energy savings exceeded those goals. In September 2017, Ameren Missouri received an order from the MoPSC approving Ameren Missouri’s energy savings results for the first year of the MEEIA 2016 programs. As a result of this order and in accordance with revenue recognition guidance, Ameren Missouri recognized $5 million of revenues in the first quarter of 2018 relating to the MEEIA 2016 performance incentive. In July 2018, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned a 2016 decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, which had upheld a 2015 MoPSC order regarding the determination of a certain input used to calculate the MEEIA 2013 performance incentive, and remanded the matter to the MoPSC. The MoPSC is required to issue a revised order consistent with the Missouri Supreme Court’s ruling; however, there is no deadline to issue such order. Upon issuance of the order, Ameren Missouri expects to recognize an additional $9 million MEEIA 2013 performance incentive. Illinois Electric Distribution Service Rates In April 2018, Ameren Illinois filed its annual electric distribution service formula rate update to establish the revenue requirement to be used for 2019 rates with the ICC. In July 2018, the ICC staff submitted its calculation of the revenue requirement included in Ameren Illinois’ update filing, recommending an amount comparable to Ameren Illinois’ filing. Pending ICC approval, this update filing will result in a $72 million increase in Ameren Illinois’ electric distribution service rates beginning in January 2019. This update reflects an increase to the annual formula rate based on 2017 actual costs and expected net plant additions for 2018 and an increase to include the 2017 revenue requirement reconciliation adjustment. It also includes a decrease for the conclusion of the 2016 revenue requirement reconciliation adjustment, which will be fully collected from customers in 2018, consistent with the ICC’s December 2017 annual update filing order. An ICC decision in this proceeding is expected by December 2018. As of June 30, 2018, Ameren Illinois had recorded a regulatory asset of $62 million to reflect the difference between Ameren Illinois’ estimate of its 2018 revenue requirement and the revenue requirement reflected in customer rates, including interest. Electric Customer Energy-Efficiency Investments In June 2018, Ameren Illinois filed its annual electric customer energy-efficiency formula rate update to establish the revenue requirement to be used for 2019 rates with the ICC. Pending ICC approval, this update filing will result in 2019 rates for electric customer energy-efficiency investments of $34 million, which represents an increase of $20 million from the 2018 rates. An ICC decision regarding the revenue requirement to be used for customer rates in 2019 is expected by December 2018. Income Tax Regulatory Mechanisms In February 2018, the ICC granted Ameren Illinois’ request, filed in January 2018, to establish a rider to reduce Ameren Illinois’ electric distribution customer rates for the effect of the reduction in the federal statutory corporate income tax rate enacted under the TCJA and the return of excess deferred taxes, net of the increase in state income taxes enacted in July 2017. Ameren Illinois' electric distribution customer rates were reduced as a result of the rider beginning in the first quarter of 2018. The estimated reduction of $50 million per year will continue through 2019, as base rates will reflect the current income tax rates starting in 2020. In April 2018, the ICC approved a rider for the difference between revenues billed under natural gas rates established pursuant to Ameren Illinois’ most recent natural gas rate order, and the revenues that would have been billed had the state and federal tax rate changes discussed above been in effect. The rider required Ameren Illinois to record this regulatory liability beginning January 25, 2018. Ameren Illinois’ natural gas customer rates were reduced as a result of the rider beginning in May 2018, with an estimated reduction of up to $17 million, substantially over a one-year period. 2018 Natural Gas Delivery Service Regulatory Rate Review In January 2018, Ameren Illinois filed a request with the ICC seeking approval to increase its annual rates for natural gas delivery service. In July 2018, Ameren Illinois and the ICC staff filed a stipulation and agreement with the ICC that, pending ICC approval, would result in an annual natural gas rate increase of $37 million, based on the terms of the agreement and subject to adjustments for updated rate case and other postretirement benefit expenses. This increase in annual rates includes a 9.87% return on common equity, a capital structure composed of 50% common equity, and a rate base of $1.6 billion. It also reflects the reduction in the federal corporate income tax rate as a result of the TCJA, as well as the increase in the Illinois corporate income tax rate that became effective in July 2017, which decreased the annual rates by approximately $17 million. In an attempt to reduce regulatory lag, Ameren Illinois used a 2019 future test year in this proceeding. A decision by the ICC in this proceeding is required by December 2018, with new rates expected to be effective in January 2019. Ameren Illinois cannot predict the level of any delivery service rate changes the ICC may approve, nor whether any rate changes that may eventually be approved will be sufficient to enable Ameren Illinois to recover its costs and to earn a reasonable return on investments when the rate changes go into effect. Federal FERC Complaint Cases In November 2013, a customer group filed a complaint case with the FERC seeking a reduction in the allowed base return on common equity for FERC-regulated transmission rate base under the MISO tariff from 12.38% to 9.15%. In 2016, the FERC issued a final order in the November 2013 complaint case, which lowered the allowed base return on common equity to 10.32%, or a 10.82% total allowed return on common equity with the inclusion of a 50 basis point incentive adder for participation in an RTO, effective since September 2016. The 10.82% allowed return on common equity may be replaced prospectively after the FERC issues a final order in the February 2015 complaint case, discussed below. Since the maximum FERC-allowed refund period for the November 2013 complaint case ended in February 2015, another customer complaint case was filed in February 2015. MISO transmission owners subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the February 2015 complaint, as discussed below. The February 2015 complaint case seeks a further reduction in the allowed base return on common equity for FERC-regulated transmission rate base under the MISO tariff. In June 2016, an administrative law judge issued an initial decision in the February 2015 complaint case. If approved by the FERC, it would lower the allowed base return on common equity for the 15-month period of February 2015 to May 2016 to 9.70%, or a 10.20% total allowed return on equity with the inclusion of a 50 basis point incentive adder for participation in an RTO. It would also require customer refunds, with interest, for that 15-month period. A final FERC order would also establish the allowed return on common equity that will apply prospectively from the effective date of such order, replacing the current 10.82% total return on common equity. In the second quarter of 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated and remanded to the FERC an order in a separate case in which the FERC established the allowed base return on common equity methodology used in the two MISO complaint cases described above. Ameren is unable to predict the impact of the outcome of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s remand on the MISO FERC complaint cases at this time. As the FERC is under no deadline to issue a final order, the timing of the issuance of the final order in the February 2015 complaint case is uncertain. In September 2017, MISO transmission owners, including Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois, and ATXI, filed a motion to dismiss the February 2015 complaint case with the FERC. The MISO transmission owners maintain that the February 2015 complaint was predicated on the now superseded 12.38% allowed base return on common equity and is therefore inapplicable given the current 10.32% allowed base return on common equity. The MISO transmission owners further maintain that the current 10.32% allowed base return on common equity has not been proven to be unjust and unreasonable based on information provided, including the base return on common equity methodology ranges set forth in the February 2015 complaint case and in the initial decision issued by an administrative law judge in June 2016. Additionally, the MISO transmission owners maintain that the February 2015 complaint should be dismissed because the approach utilized in the case to assert that a return on common equity was unjust and unreasonable was insufficient. That same approach was rejected by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as discussed above. The FERC is under no deadline to issue an order on this motion. As of June 30, 2018, Ameren and Ameren Illinois had recorded current regulatory liabilities of $43 million and $25 million, respectively, to reflect the expected refunds, including interest, associated with the reduced allowed returns on common equity in the initial decision in the February 2015 complaint case. Ameren Missouri does not expect that a reduction in the FERC-allowed base return on common equity would be material to its results of operations, financial position, or liquidity. FERC Federal Income Tax Proceeding and Formula Rate Change In March 2018, the FERC granted a request filed in February 2018 by MISO transmission owners with forward-looking rate formulas, including Ameren Illinois and ATXI, to allow revisions to their 2018 electric transmission rates to reflect the effect of the reduction in federal income taxes enacted under the TCJA. Ameren Illinois and ATXI’s 2018 electric transmission rates have been reduced by $27 million and $23 million, respectively. In May 2018, the FERC accepted Ameren Illinois and ATXI tariff filings to change the formula rate calculation. The change allows for the recovery or refund of both excess deferred income taxes resulting from tax law or rate changes and effect of permanent income tax differences and will be reflected in Ameren Illinois and ATXI’s electric transmission rates starting in January 2019.

Short-Term Debt And Liquidity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

SHORT-TERM DEBT AND LIQUIDITY

The liquidity needs of the Ameren Companies are typically supported through the use of available cash, drawings under committed credit agreements, commercial paper issuances, or, in the case of Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois, short-term affiliate borrowings. See Note 4 – Short-term Debt and Liquidity under Part II, Item 8, in the Form 10-K for a description of our indebtedness provisions and other covenants as well as a description of money pool arrangements.

The Missouri Credit Agreement and the Illinois Credit Agreement, both of which expire in December 2021, were not utilized for direct borrowings during the six months ended June 30, 2018, but were used to support commercial paper issuances and to issue letters of credit. Based on commercial paper outstanding, letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreements, and cash on hand, the aggregate credit capacity available under the Credit Agreements to Ameren (parent), Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois, collectively, at June 30, 2018, was $1.6 billion. The Ameren Companies were in compliance with the covenants in their Credit Agreements as of June 30, 2018. As of June 30, 2018, the ratios of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated total capitalization, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreements, were 54%, 48%, and 47% for Ameren, Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois, respectively.

Commercial Paper

The following table presents commercial paper outstanding, net of issuance discounts, as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017:



	2018		2017
Ameren (parent)	$	506	$	383
Ameren Missouri	—		39
Ameren Illinois	—		62
Ameren Consolidated	$	506	$	484

The following table summarizes the borrowing activity and relevant interest rates under Ameren (parent)’s, Ameren Missouri’s, and Ameren Illinois’ commercial paper programs for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Ameren (parent)			Ameren Missouri			Ameren Illinois			Ameren Consolidated
2018
Average daily commercial paper outstanding at par value	$	397		$	123		$	174		$	693
Weighted-average interest rate	2.14		%	1.94		%	2.20		%	2.12		%
Peak commercial paper during period at par value^(a)	$	506		$	481		$	442		$	1,295
Peak interest rate	2.45		%	2.42		%	2.55		%	2.55		%
2017
Average daily commercial paper outstanding at par value	$	736		$	6		$	66		$	808
Weighted-average interest rate	1.19		%	1.10		%	1.14		%	1.19		%
Peak commercial paper during period at par value^(a)	$	841		$	60		$	163		$	948
Peak interest rate	1.50		%	1.41		%	1.50		%	1.50		%


(a)	The timing of peak outstanding commercial paper issuances varies by company. Therefore, the sum of individual company peak amounts may not equal the Ameren Consolidated peak commercial paper issuances for the period.

Money Pools

Ameren has money pool agreements with and among its subsidiaries to coordinate and provide for certain short-term cash and working capital requirements. The average interest rate for borrowings under the money pool for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, was 2.17% and 2.04%, respectively (2017 – 1.27% and 1.14%, respectively). See Note 8 – Related-party Transactions for the amount of interest income and expense from the money pool arrangements recorded by the Ameren Companies for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

Long-Term Debt And Equity Financings	6 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt And Equity Financings	Jun. 30, 2018
Long-Term Debt And Equity Financings [Abstract]
LONG-TERM DEBT AND EQUITY FINANCINGS	LONG-TERM DEBT AND EQUITY FINANCINGS Ameren For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, Ameren issued a total of 0.4 million and 0.7 million shares, respectively, of common stock under its DRPlus and 401(k) plan and received proceeds of $23 million and $40 million, respectively. In addition, in the first quarter of 2018, Ameren issued 0.7 million shares of common stock valued at $35 million upon the vesting of stock-based compensation. Ameren did not issue any common stock during the first six months of 2017. Ameren Missouri In April 2018, Ameren Missouri issued $425 million of 4.00% first mortgage bonds due April 2048, with interest payable semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning October 1, 2018. Ameren Missouri received proceeds of $419 million, which were used to repay outstanding short-term debt, including short-term debt that Ameren Missouri incurred in connection with the repayment of $179 million of its 6.00% senior secured notes that matured April 1, 2018. Ameren Illinois In May 2018, Ameren Illinois issued $430 million of 3.80% first mortgage bonds due May 2028, with interest payable semiannually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning November 15, 2018. Ameren Illinois received proceeds of $427 million, which were used to repay outstanding short-term debt, including short-term debt that Ameren Illinois incurred in connection with the repayment of $144 million of its 6.25% senior secured notes that matured April 1, 2018. Indenture Provisions and Other Covenants See Note 5 – Long-Term Debt and Equity Financings under Part II, Item 8, in the Form 10-K for a description of our indenture provisions and other covenants, as well as restrictions on the payment of dividends. At June 30, 2018, the Ameren Companies were in compliance with the provisions and covenants contained in their indentures and articles of incorporation, as applicable, and ATXI was in compliance with the provisions and covenants contained in its note purchase agreement. Off-balance-sheet Arrangements At June 30, 2018, none of the Ameren Companies had any significant off-balance-sheet financing arrangements, other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, letters of credit, and Ameren (parent) guarantee arrangements on behalf of its subsidiaries.

Other Income and Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]

OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES

OTHER INCOME, NET

The following table presents the components of “Other Income, Net” in the Ameren Companies’ statements of income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Three Months							Six Months
	2018				2017			2018				2017
Ameren:^(a)
Other Income, Net
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	$	9			$	4		$	14			$	10
Interest income on industrial development revenue bonds	7				6			13				13
Other interest income	2				3			4				5
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	19			^(b)	10			35			^(b)	22
Other income	2				2			3				2
Donations	(6		)		(2		)	(11		)		(7		)
Other expense	(4		)		(3		)	(6		)		(7		)
Total Other Income, Net	$	29			$	20		$	52			$	38
Ameren Missouri:
Other Income, Net
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	$	7			$	4		$	11			$	9
Interest income on industrial development revenue bonds	7				6			13				13
Other interest income	1				1			1				1
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	4			^(b)	6			9			^(b)	12
Other income	—				1			1				1
Donations	(2		)		(2		)	(3		)		(2		)
Other expense	(1		)		—			(3		)		(2		)
Total Other Income, Net	$	16			$	16		$	29			$	32
Ameren Illinois:
Other Income, Net
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	$	2			$	—		$	3			$	1
Interest income	1				2			3				4
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	10				1			17				4
Other income	2				2			2				2
Donations	(1		)		(1		)	(5		)		(5		)
Other expense	(1		)		(1		)	(1		)		(3		)
Total Other Income, Net	$	13			$	3		$	19			$	3


(a)	Includes amounts for Ameren registrant and nonregistrant subsidiaries and intercompany eliminations.


(b)	For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income were partially offset by a $4 million and $8 million deferral due to a regulatory tracking mechanism for the difference between the level of such costs incurred by Ameren Missouri under GAAP and the level of such costs included in rates.

Financial Instruments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

We use derivatives to manage the risk of changes in market prices for natural gas and power, as well as the risk of changes in rail transportation surcharges through fuel oil hedges. Such price fluctuations may cause the following:


•	an unrealized appreciation or depreciation of our contracted commitments to purchase or sell when purchase or sale prices under the commitments are compared with current commodity prices;


•	market values of natural gas inventories that differ from the cost of those commodities in inventory; and


•	actual cash outlays for the purchase of these commodities that differ from anticipated cash outlays.

The derivatives that we use to hedge these risks are governed by our risk management policies for forward contracts, futures, options, and swaps. Our net positions are continually assessed within our structured hedging programs to determine whether new or offsetting transactions are required. The goal of the hedging program is generally to mitigate financial risks while ensuring that sufficient volumes are available to meet our requirements. Contracts we enter into as part of our risk management program may be settled financially, settled by physical delivery, or net settled with the counterparty.

The following table presents open gross commodity contract volumes by commodity type for derivative assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017. As of June 30, 2018, these contracts extended through October 2021, March 2023, and May 2032 for fuel oils, natural gas, and power, respectively.



	Quantity (in millions, except as indicated)
	2018			2017
Commodity	Ameren Missouri	Ameren Illinois	Ameren	Ameren Missouri	Ameren Illinois	Ameren
Fuel oils (in gallons)^(a)	40	(b)	40	28	(b)	28
Natural gas (in mmbtu)	23	149	172	24	139	163
Power (in megawatthours)	2	8	10	3	9	12


(a)	Consists of ultra-low-sulfur diesel products.


(b)	Not applicable.

All contracts considered to be derivative instruments are required to be recorded on the balance sheet at their fair values, unless the NPNS exception applies. See Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements for a discussion of our methods of assessing the fair value of derivative instruments. Many of our physical contracts, such as our purchased power contracts, qualify for the NPNS exception to derivative accounting rules. The revenue or expense on NPNS contracts is recognized at the contract price upon physical delivery.

If we determine that a contract meets the definition of a derivative and is not eligible for the NPNS exception, we review the contract to determine whether the resulting gains or losses qualify for regulatory deferral. Derivative contracts that qualify for regulatory deferral are recorded at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded as regulatory assets or liabilities in the period in which the change occurs. We believe derivative losses and gains deferred as regulatory assets and liabilities are probable of recovery, or refund, through future rates charged to customers. Regulatory assets and liabilities are amortized to operating income as related losses and gains are reflected in rates charged to customers. Therefore, gains and losses on these derivatives have no effect on operating income. As of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, all contracts that met the definition of a derivative and were not eligible for the NPNS exception received regulatory deferral.

The following table presents the carrying value and balance sheet location of all derivative commodity contracts, none of which were designated as hedging instruments, as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017:



	Balance Sheet Location	Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren
2018
Fuel oils	Other current assets	$	8	$	—	$	8
	Other assets	5		—		5
Natural gas	Other current assets	—		1		1
	Other assets	—		1		1
Power	Other current assets	7		—		7
	Total assets ^(a)	$	20	$	2	$	22
Fuel oils	Other deferred credits and liabilities	$	1	$	—	$	1
Natural gas	Other current liabilities	4		12		16
	Other deferred credits and liabilities	3		13		16
Power	Other current liabilities	2		13		15
	Other deferred credits and liabilities	—		177		177
	Total liabilities ^(b)	$	10	$	215	$	225
2017
Fuel oils	Other current assets	$	5	$	—	$	5
	Other assets	2		—		2
Natural gas	Other assets	1		—		1
Power	Other current assets	9		—		9
	Total assets ^(a)	$	17	$	—	$	17
Natural gas	Other current liabilities	$	5	$	12	$	17
	Other deferred credits and liabilities	3		10		13
Power	Other current liabilities	1		13		14
	Other deferred credits and liabilities	—		182		182
	Total liabilities ^(b)	$	9	$	217	$	226


(a)	The cumulative amount of pretax net gains on all derivative instruments is deferred as a regulatory liability.


(b)	The cumulative amount of pretax net losses on all derivative instruments is deferred as a regulatory asset.

Derivative instruments are subject to various credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to the transaction. Exchange-traded contracts are supported by the financial and credit quality of the clearing members of the respective exchanges; these contracts have nominal credit risk. In all other transactions, we are exposed to credit risk. Our credit risk management program involves establishing credit limits and collateral requirements for counterparties, using master netting arrangements or similar agreements, and reporting daily exposure to senior management.

We believe that entering into master netting arrangements or similar agreements mitigates the level of financial loss that could result from default by allowing net settlement of derivative assets and liabilities. These master netting arrangements allow the counterparties to net settle sale and purchase transactions. Further, collateral requirements are calculated at the master netting arrangement or similar agreement level by counterparty.

The Ameren Companies elect to present the fair value amounts of derivative assets and derivative liabilities subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement gross on the balance sheet. However, if the gross amounts recognized on the balance sheet were netted with derivative instruments and cash collateral received or posted, the net amounts would not be materially different from the gross amounts at June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

In determining our concentrations of credit risk related to derivative instruments, we review our individual counterparties and categorize each counterparty into groupings according to the primary business in which each engages. We calculate maximum exposures based on the gross fair value of financial instruments, including NPNS and other accrual contracts. These exposures are calculated on a gross basis, which include affiliate exposure not eliminated at the consolidated Ameren level. As of June 30, 2018, if all counterparties were to fail to perform on contracts, the Ameren Companies’ maximum exposure would have been immaterial with or without consideration of the application of master netting arrangements or similar agreements and collateral held.

Derivative Instruments with Credit Risk-related Contingent Features

Our commodity contracts contain collateral provisions tied to the Ameren Companies’ credit ratings. If our credit ratings were downgraded, or if a counterparty with reasonable grounds for uncertainty regarding our ability to satisfy an obligation requested adequate assurance of performance, additional collateral postings might be required. The following table presents, as of June 30, 2018, the aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit risk-related contingent features in a gross liability position, the cash collateral posted, and the aggregate amount of additional collateral that counterparties could require. The additional collateral required is the net liability position allowed under the master netting arrangements or similar agreements, assuming (1) the credit risk-related contingent features underlying these arrangements were triggered on June 30, 2018, and (2) those counterparties with rights to do so requested collateral.



	Aggregate Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities^(a)		Cash Collateral Posted		Potential Aggregate Amount of Additional Collateral Required^(b)
Ameren Missouri	$	63	$	4	$	52
Ameren Illinois	52		—		47
Ameren	$	115	$	4	$	99


(a)	Before consideration of master netting arrangements or similar agreements and including NPNS and other accrual contract exposures.


(b)	As collateral requirements with certain counterparties are based on master netting arrangements or similar agreements, the aggregate amount of additional collateral required to be posted is determined after consideration of the effects of such arrangements.

Fair Value Measurements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. We use various methods to determine fair value, including market, income, and cost approaches. With these approaches, we adopt certain assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about market risk or the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation. Inputs to valuation can be readily observable, market-corroborated, or unobservable. We use valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Authoritative accounting guidance established a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value.

All financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of three hierarchy levels. See Note 8 – Fair Value Measurements under Part II, Item 8, of the Form 10-K for information related to hierarchy levels. We perform an analysis each quarter to determine the appropriate hierarchy level of the assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements. Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety according to the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

We consider nonperformance risk in our valuation of derivative instruments by analyzing the credit standing of our counterparties and considering any counterparty credit enhancements (e.g., collateral). We have also factored the impact of our credit standing, as well as any potential credit enhancements, into the fair value measurement of both derivative assets and derivative liabilities. Included in our valuation, and based on current market conditions, is a valuation adjustment for counterparty default derived from market data such as the price of credit default swaps, bond yields, and credit ratings. No gains or losses related to valuation adjustments for counterparty default risk were recorded at Ameren, Ameren Missouri, or Ameren Illinois in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 or 2017. At June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, the counterparty default risk valuation adjustment related to derivative contracts was immaterial for Ameren, Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois.

The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2018:



		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Ameren	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	8	$	—	$	5	$	13
	Natural gas	—		1		1		2
	Power	—		—		7		7
	Total derivative assets – commodity contracts	$	8	$	1	$	13	$	22
	Nuclear decommissioning trust fund:
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large capitalization	$	481	$	—	$	—	$	481
	Debt securities:
	U.S. Treasury and agency securities	—		118		—		118
	Corporate bonds	—		78		—		78
	Other	—		31		—		31
	Total nuclear decommissioning trust fund	$	481	$	227	$	—	$	708	^(b)
	Total Ameren	$	489	$	228	$	13	$	730
Ameren Missouri	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	8	$	—	$	5	$	13
	Power	—		—		7		7
	Total derivative assets – commodity contracts	$	8	$	—	$	12	$	20
	Nuclear decommissioning trust fund:
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large capitalization	$	481	$	—	$	—	$	481
	Debt securities:
	U.S. Treasury and agency securities	—		118		—		118
	Corporate bonds	—		78		—		78
	Other	—		31		—		31
	Total nuclear decommissioning trust fund	$	481	$	227	$	—	$	708	^(b)
	Total Ameren Missouri	$	489	$	227	$	12	$	728
Ameren Illinois	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	2
Liabilities:
Ameren	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	1
	Natural gas	1		26		5		32
	Power	—		—		192		192
	Total Ameren	$	1	$	26	$	198	$	225
Ameren Missouri	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	1
	Natural gas			7		—		7
	Power	—		—		2		2
	Total Ameren Missouri	$	—	$	7	$	3	$	10
Ameren Illinois	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	1	$	19	$	5	$	25
	Power	—		—		190		190
	Total Ameren Illinois	$	1	$	19	$	195	$	215


(a)	The derivative asset and liability balances are presented net of counterparty credit considerations.


(b)	Balance excludes $6 million of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, payables, and accrued income, net.

The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017:



		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Ameren	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	4	$	—	$	3	$	7
	Natural gas	—		—		1		1
	Power	—		1		8		9
	Total derivative assets – commodity contracts	$	4	$	1	$	12	$	17
	Nuclear decommissioning trust fund:
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large capitalization	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468
	Debt securities:
	U.S. Treasury and agency securities	—		125		—		125
	Corporate bonds	—		82		—		82
	Other	—		25		—		25
	Total nuclear decommissioning trust fund	$	468	$	232	$	—	$	700	^(b)
	Total Ameren	$	472	$	233	$	12	$	717
Ameren Missouri	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	4	$	—	$	3	$	7
	Natural gas	—		—		1		1
	Power	—		1		8		9
	Total derivative assets – commodity contracts	$	4	$	1	$	12	$	17
	Nuclear decommissioning trust fund:
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large capitalization	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468
	Debt securities:
	U.S. Treasury and agency securities	—		125		—		125
	Corporate bonds	—		82		—		82
	Other	—		25		—		25
	Total nuclear decommissioning trust fund	$	468	$	232	$	—	$	700	^(b)
	Total Ameren Missouri	$	472	$	233	$	12	$	717
Liabilities:
Ameren	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	1	$	25	$	4	$	30
	Power	—		—		196		196
	Total Ameren	$	1	$	25	$	200	$	226
Ameren Missouri	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	—	$	7	$	1	$	8
	Power	—		—		1		1
	Total Ameren Missouri	$	—	$	7	$	2	$	9
Ameren Illinois	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	1	$	18	$	3	$	22
	Power	—		—		195		195
	Total Ameren Illinois	$	1	$	18	$	198	$	217


(a)	The derivative asset and liability balances are presented net of counterparty credit considerations.


(b)	Balance excludes $4 million of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, payables, and accrued income, net.

All costs related to financial assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy are expected to be recoverable through customer rates; therefore, there is no impact to net income resulting from changes in the fair value of these instruments. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the balances and changes in the fair value of Level 3 financial assets and liabilities associated with fuel oils and natural gas were immaterial.

The following table summarizes the changes in the fair value of power financial assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:



		Net derivative commodity contracts
		Ameren Missouri			Ameren Illinois			Ameren
For the three months ended June 30, 2018
Beginning balance at April 1, 2018	$	4		$	(191	)	$	(187	)
Realized and unrealized losses included in regulatory assets/liabilities		(1	)		(2	)		(3	)
Purchases		4			—			4
Settlements		(2	)		3			1
Ending balance at June 30, 2018	$	5		$	(190	)	$	(185	)
Change in unrealized losses related to assets/liabilities held at June 30, 2018	$	—		$	(3	)	$	(3	)
For the three months ended June 30, 2017
Beginning balance at April 1, 2017	$	4		$	(194	)	$	(190	)
Realized and unrealized losses included in regulatory assets/liabilities		(1	)		(1	)		(2	)
Purchases		15			—			15
Settlements		(4	)		3			(1	)
Ending balance at June 30, 2017	$	14		$	(192	)	$	(178	)
Change in unrealized losses related to assets/liabilities held at June 30, 2017	$	—		$	(2	)	$	(2	)
For the six months ended June 30, 2018
Beginning balance at January 1, 2018	$	7		$	(195	)	$	(188	)
Realized and unrealized losses included in regulatory assets/liabilities		(3	)		(1	)		(4	)
Purchases		4			—			4
Settlements		(3	)		6			3
Ending balance at June 30, 2018	$	5		$	(190	)	$	(185	)
Change in unrealized losses related to assets/liabilities held at June 30, 2018	$	(1	)	$	(2	)	$	(3	)
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
Beginning balance at January 1, 2017	$	7		$	(185	)	$	(178	)
Realized and unrealized losses included in regulatory assets/liabilities		(1	)		(11	)		(12	)
Purchases		15			—			15
Settlements		(7	)		4			(3	)
Ending balance at June 30, 2017	$	14		$	(192	)	$	(178	)
Change in unrealized losses related to assets/liabilities held at June 30, 2017	$	—		$	(13	)	$	(13	)

Transfers into or out of Level 3 represent either (1) existing assets and liabilities that were previously categorized as a higher level, but were recategorized to Level 3 because the inputs to the model became unobservable during the period or (2) existing assets and liabilities that were previously classified as Level 3, but were recategorized to a higher level because the lowest significant input became observable during the period. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, there were no material transfers between Level 1 and Level 2, Level 1 and Level 3, or Level 2 and Level 3 related to derivative commodity contracts.

The following table describes the valuation techniques and unobservable inputs utilized by the Ameren Companies for the fair value of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the periods ended June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017:



		Fair Value								Weighted Average
		Assets		Liabilities			Valuation Technique(s)	Unobservable Input	Range	Weighted Average
Level 3 Derivative asset and liability – commodity contracts^(a):
2018
	Fuel oils	$	5	$	(1	)	Option model	Volatilities(%)^(b)	20 – 34	25
							Discounted cash flow	Counterparty credit risk(%)^(c)(d)	0.12 – 0.85	0.38
								Ameren Missouri credit risk(%)^(c)(d)	0.35	(e)
	Natural gas	1		(5		)	Discounted cash flow	Nodal basis ($/mmbtu)^(b)	(1.30) – 0.30	(0.90)
								Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.23 – 1	0.81
								Ameren Illinois credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.35	(e)
	Power^(f)	7		(192		)	Discounted cash flow	Average forward peak and off-peak pricing – forwards/swaps ($/MWh)^(g)	24 – 39	27
								Estimated auction price for FTRs ($/MW)^(b)	(898) – 1,180	57
								Nodal basis ($/MWh)^(g)	(10) – 0	(2)
								Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.91	(e)
								Ameren Illinois credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.35	(e)
							Fundamental energy production model	Estimated future natural gas prices ($/mmbtu)^(b)	3	(e)
								Escalation rate (%)^(b)(h)	4	(e)
							Contract price allocation	Estimated renewable energy credit costs ($/credit)^(b)	5 – 7	6
2017
	Fuel oils	$	3	$	—		Option model	Volatilities (%)^(b)	20 – 26	22
							Discounted cash flow	Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.12 – 0.72	0.41
								Ameren Missouri credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.37	(e)
	Natural gas	1		(4		)	Option model	Volatilities (%)^(b)	26 – 46	37
								Nodal basis ($/mmbtu)^(c)	(0.50) – (0.30)	(0.40)
							Discounted cash flow	Nodal basis ($/mmbtu)^(b)	(1.20) – 0.10	(1)
								Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.37 – 0.92	0.53
								Ameren credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.37	(e)
	Power^(f)	8		(196		)	Discounted cash flow	Average forward peak and off-peak pricing – forwards/swaps ($/MWh)^(g)	24 – 46	28
								Estimated auction price for FTRs ($/MW)^(b)	(65) – 1,823	251
								Nodal basis ($/MWh)^(g)	(10) – 0	(2)
								Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.28	(e)
								Ameren Illinois credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.37	(e)
							Fundamental energy production model	Estimated future natural gas prices ($/mmbtu)^(b)	3 – 4	3
								Escalation rate (%)^(b)(h)	5	(e)
							Contract price allocation	Estimated renewable energy credit costs ($/credit)^(b)	5 – 7	6


(a)	The derivative asset and liability balances are presented net of counterparty credit considerations.


(b)	Generally, significant increases (decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.


(c)	Generally, significant increases (decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.


(d)	Counterparty credit risk is applied only to counterparties with derivative asset balances. Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois credit risk is applied only to counterparties with derivative liability balances.


(e)	Not applicable.


(f)	Power valuations use visible third-party pricing evaluated by month for peak and off-peak demand through 2022 for June 30, 2018, and through 2021 for December 31, 2017. Valuations beyond 2022 for June 30, 2018, and 2021 for December 31, 2017, use fundamentally modeled pricing by month for peak and off-peak demand.


(g)	The balance at Ameren is comprised of Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois power contracts, which respond differently to unobservable input changes due to their opposing positions.


(h)	Escalation rate applies to power prices in 2031 and beyond.

The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the carrying amount and fair value of financial assets and liabilities disclosed, but not carried, at fair value as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017:



	June 30, 2018
	Carrying Amount			Fair Value
	Carrying Amount			Level 1		Level 2		Level 3			Total
Ameren:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	96		$	96	$	—	$	—		$	96
Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities^(a)	276			—		276		—			276
Short-term debt	506			—		506		—			506
Long-term debt (including current portion)^(a)	8,460		^(b)	—		8,411		438		^(c)	8,849
Preferred stock^(d)	142			—		140		—			140
Ameren Missouri:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	25		$	25	$	—	$	—		$	25
Advances to money pool	66			—		66		—			66
Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities^(a)	276			—		276		—			276
Long-term debt (including current portion)^(a)	4,202		^(b)	—		4,544		—			4,544
Preferred stock	80			—		79		—			79
Ameren Illinois:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	57		$	57	$	—	$	—		$	57
Borrowings from money pool	31			—		31		—			31
Long-term debt (including current portion)	3,113		^(b)	—		3,187		—			3,187
Preferred stock	62			—		61		—			61
	December 31, 2017
Ameren:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	68		$	68	$	—	$	—		$	68
Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities^(a)	276			—		276		—			276
Short-term debt	484			—		484		—			484
Long-term debt (including current portion)^(a)	7,935		^(b)	—		8,531		—			8,531
Preferred stock^(c)	142			—		131		—			131
Ameren Missouri:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	7		$	7	$	—	$	—		$	7
Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities^(a)	276			—		276		—			276
Short-term debt	39			—		39		—			39
Long-term debt (including current portion)^(a)	3,961		^(b)	—		4,348		—			4,348
Preferred stock	80			—		80		—			80
Ameren Illinois:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	41		$	41	$	—	$	—		$	41
Short-term debt	62			—		62		—			62
Long-term debt (including current portion)	2,830		^(b)	—		3,028		—			3,028
Preferred stock	62			—		51		—			51

(a)

Ameren and Ameren Missouri have investments in industrial revenue bonds, classified as held-to-maturity and recorded in “Other Assets,” that are equal to the capital lease obligation for CTs leased from the city of Bowling Green and Audrain County. As of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, the carrying amount of both the investments in industrial revenue bonds and the capital lease obligations approximated fair value.

(b)

Included unamortized debt issuance costs, which were excluded from the fair value measurement, of $56 million, $23 million, and $27 million for Ameren, Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois, respectively, as of June 30, 2018. Included unamortized debt issuance costs, which were excluded from the fair value measurement, of $50 million, $20 million, and $24 million for Ameren, Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois, respectively, as of December 31, 2017.


(c)	The Level 3 fair value amount consists of ATXI’s senior unsecured notes. In the first quarter of 2018, the amount was transferred to Level 3 because inputs to the valuation model became unobservable during the period.


(d)	Preferred stock is recorded in “Noncontrolling Interests” on the consolidated balance sheet.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In the normal course of business, the Ameren Companies engage in affiliate transactions. These transactions primarily consist of natural gas and power purchases and sales, services received or rendered, and borrowings and lendings. Transactions between Ameren’s subsidiaries are reported as affiliate transactions on their individual financial statements, but those transactions are eliminated in consolidation for Ameren’s consolidated financial statements. For a discussion of our material related-party agreements and money pool arrangements, see Note 13 – Related-party Transactions and Note 4 – Short-term Debt and Liquidity under Part II, Item 8, of the Form 10-K.

Electric Power Supply Agreement

In April 2018, Ameren Illinois conducted a procurement event, administered by the IPA, to purchase energy products. Ameren Missouri was among the winning suppliers in this event. As a result, in April 2018, Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois entered into an energy product agreement by which Ameren Missouri agreed to sell, and Ameren Illinois agreed to purchase, 110,000 megawatthours at an average price of $32 per megawatthour during the period of June 2019 through September 2020.

The following table presents the impact on Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois of related-party transactions for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



				Three Months				Six Months
Agreement	Income Statement Line Item			Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois
Ameren Missouri power supply	Operating Revenues	2018	$	3	$	(a)	$	6	$	(a)
agreements with Ameren Illinois		2017		6		(a)		17		(a)
Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois	Operating Revenues	2018		6		1		11		2
rent and facility services		2017		6		1		13		2
Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois	Operating Revenues	2018		(b)		(b)		(b)		(b)
miscellaneous support services		2017		(b)		1		(b)		1
Total Operating Revenues		2018	$	9	$	1	$	17	$	2
		2017		12		2		30		3
Ameren Illinois power supply	Purchased Power	2018	$	(a)	$	3	$	(a)	$	6
agreements with Ameren Missouri		2017		(a)		6		(a)		17
Ameren Illinois transmission	Purchased Power	2018		(a)		1		(a)		1
services with ATXI		2017		(a)		1		(a)		1
Total Purchased Power		2018	$	(a)	$	4	$	(a)	$	7
		2017		(a)		7		(a)		18
Ameren Services support services	Other Operations and Maintenance	2018	$	32	$	30	$	65	$	60
agreement		2017		34		34		69		66
Money pool borrowings (advances)	Interest Charges/ Other Income, Net	2018	$	(b)	$	(b)	$	(b)	$	(b)
		2017		(b)		(b)		(b)		(b)


(a)	Not applicable.


(b)	Amount less than $1 million.

Commitments And Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

We are involved in legal, tax, and regulatory proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, authorities, and governmental agencies with respect to matters that arise in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve substantial amounts of money. We believe that the final disposition of these proceedings, except as otherwise disclosed in the notes to our financial statements in this report and in the Form 10-K, will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position, or liquidity.

Reference is made to Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters, Note 13 – Related-party Transactions, and Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies under Part II, Item 8, of the Form 10-K. See also Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters, Note 8 – Related-party Transactions, and Note 10 – Callaway Energy Center of this report.

Other Obligations

To supply a portion of the fuel requirements of Ameren Missouri’s energy centers, Ameren Missouri has entered into various long-term commitments for the procurement of coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, and methane gas. Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois also have entered into various long-term commitments for purchased power and natural gas for distribution. The table below presents our estimated minimum fuel, purchased power, and other commitments for fuel at June 30, 2018. Ameren’s and Ameren Illinois’ purchased power commitments include the Ameren Illinois agreements entered into as part of the IPA-administered power procurement process. Included in the Other column are minimum purchase commitments under contracts for equipment, design and construction, and meter reading services, among other agreements, at June 30, 2018.



	Coal		Natural Gas^(a)		Nuclear Fuel		Purchased Power^(b)(c)		Methane Gas		Other		Total
Ameren:^(d)
2018	$	181	$	148	$	51	$	130	$	2	$	56	$	568
2019	246		210		27		122		4		47		656
2020	85		125		38		30		4		62		344
2021	27		61		57		5		5		28		183
2022	—		12		12		—		5		26		55
Thereafter	—		39		62		—		58		93		252
Total	$	539	$	595	$	247	$	287	$	78	$	312	$	2,058
Ameren Missouri:
2018	$	181	$	22	$	51	$	—	$	2	$	39	$	295
2019	246		38		27		—		4		29		344
2020	85		30		38		—		4		44		201
2021	27		14		57		—		5		25		128
2022	—		5		12		—		5		26		48
Thereafter	—		17		62		—		58		74		211
Total	$	539	$	126	$	247	$	—	$	78	$	237	$	1,227
Ameren Illinois:
2018	$	—	$	126	$	—	$	130	$	—	$	5	$	261
2019	—		172		—		122		—		9		303
2020	—		95		—		30		—		9		134
2021	—		47		—		5		—		—		52
2022	—		7		—		—		—		—		7
Thereafter	—		22		—		—		—		—		22
Total	$	—	$	469	$	—	$	287	$	—	$	23	$	779


(a)	Includes amounts for generation and for distribution.


(b)	The purchased power amounts for Ameren and Ameren Illinois exclude agreements for renewable energy credits through 2032 with various renewable energy suppliers due to the contingent nature of the payment amounts.


(c)	The purchased power amounts for Ameren and Ameren Missouri exclude a 102-megawatt power purchase agreement with a wind farm operator, which expires in 2024, due to the contingent nature of the payment amounts.


(d)	Includes amounts for Ameren registrant and nonregistrant subsidiaries.

In January 2018, as required by the FEJA, Ameren Illinois entered into 10-year agreements to acquire zero emission credits. Annual zero emission credit commitment amounts will be published by the IPA each May prior to the start of the subsequent planning year. The amounts above reflect Ameren Illinois’ commitment to acquire zero emission credits of approximately $57 million through May 2019.

In April 2018, Ameren Illinois conducted procurement events, administered by the IPA, to purchase energy products through May 2021. In the April 2018 procurement event, Ameren Illinois contracted to purchase 3,956,200 megawatthours of energy products for $112 million from June 2018 through May 2021, which is reflected in the amounts above. See Note 8 – Related-party Transactions for additional information regarding energy product agreements between Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois as a result of the April procurement event.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to various environmental laws and regulations enforced by federal, state, and local authorities. The development and operation of electric generation, transmission, and distribution facilities and natural gas storage, transmission, and distribution facilities can trigger compliance obligations with respect to environmental laws and regulations. These laws and regulations address emissions, discharges to water, water usage, impacts to air, land, and water, and chemical and waste handling. Complex and lengthy processes are required to obtain and renew approvals, permits, and licenses for new, existing or modified facilities. Additionally, the use and handling of various chemicals or hazardous materials require release prevention plans and emergency response procedures.

The EPA has promulgated environmental regulations that have a significant impact on the electric utility industry. Over time, compliance with these regulations could be costly for Ameren Missouri, which operates coal-fired power plants. As of December 31, 2017, Ameren Missouri’s fossil fuel-fired energy centers represented 17% and 33% of Ameren’s and Ameren Missouri’s rate base, respectively. Regulations that apply to air emissions from the electric utility industry include the NSPS, the CSAPR, the MATS, and the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, which are subject to periodic review for certain pollutants. Collectively, these regulations cover a variety of pollutants, such as SO₂, particulate matter, NO_x,mercury, toxic metals, and acid gases, and CO₂ emissions from new power plants. Water intake and discharges from power plants are regulated under the Clean Water Act. Such regulation could require modifications to water intake structures or more stringent limitations on wastewater discharges at Ameren Missouri’s energy centers, either of which could result in significant capital expenditures. The management and disposal of coal ash is regulated under the CCR Rule, which will require the closure of surface impoundments and the installations of dry ash handling systems at several of Ameren Missouri’s energy centers. The individual or combined effects of existing environmental regulations could result in significant capital expenditures, increased operating costs, or the closure or alteration of operations at some of Ameren Missouri’s energy centers. Ameren and Ameren Missouri expect that such compliance costs would be recoverable through rates, subject to MoPSC prudence review, but the timing of costs and their recovery could be subject to regulatory lag.

Ameren Missouri’s current plan for compliance with existing air emission regulations includes burning ultra-low-sulfur coal and installing new or optimizing existing pollution control equipment. Ameren and Ameren Missouri estimate that they will need to make capital expenditures of $325 million to $425 million from 2018 through 2022 in order to comply with existing environmental regulations. Additional environmental controls beyond 2022 could be required. This estimate of capital expenditures includes expenditures required by the CCR regulations, by the Clean Water Act rule applicable to cooling water intake structures at existing power plants, and by effluent limitation guidelines applicable to steam electric generating units, all of which are discussed below. The actual amount of capital expenditures required to comply with existing environmental regulations may vary substantially from the above estimate because of uncertainty as to whether the EPA will substantially revise regulatory obligations, exactly which compliance strategies will be used and their ultimate cost, among other things.

The following sections describe the more significant environmental laws and rules and environmental enforcement and remediation matters that affect or could affect our operations. The EPA has initiated an administrative review of several regulations and proposed regulation amendments, including to the effluent limitation guidelines and the CCR Rule, which could ultimately result in the revision of all or part of such rules.

Clean Air Act

Federal and state laws, including CSAPR, regulate emissions of SO₂and NO_x through emission source reductions and the use and retirement of emission allowances. The first phase of the CSAPR emission reduction requirements became effective in 2015. The second phase of emission reduction requirements, which were revised by the EPA in 2016, became effective in 2017; additional emission reduction requirements may apply in subsequent years. To achieve compliance with the CSAPR, Ameren Missouri burns ultra-low-sulfur coal, operates two scrubbers at its Sioux energy center, and optimizes other existing pollution control equipment. Ameren Missouri expects to incur additional costs to lower its emissions at one or more of its energy centers to comply with the CSAPR in future years. These higher costs are expected to be recovered from customers through the FAC or higher base rates.

CO₂ Emissions Standards

In 2015, the EPA issued the Clean Power Plan, which would have established CO₂ emissions standards applicable to existing power plants. The United States Supreme Court stayed the rule in February 2016, pending various legal challenges. In July 2018, the Office of Management and Budget received the EPA’s proposal to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan. We expect that the EPA's Clean Power Plan replacement rule, including anticipated future emissions regulation, will be released and made publicly available later this year following the Office of Management and Budget’s review. We cannot predict the outcome of EPA’s rulemaking or the outcome of legal challenges related to such future rulemakings.

NSR and Clean Air Litigation

In January 2011, the Department of Justice, on behalf of the EPA, filed a complaint against Ameren Missouri in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The complaint, as amended in October 2013, alleged that in performing projects at its Rush Island coal-fired energy center in 2007 and 2010, Ameren Missouri violated provisions of the Clean Air Act and Missouri law. The litigation has been divided into two phases: liability and remedy. In January 2017, the district court issued a liability ruling that the projects violated provisions of the Clean Air Act and Missouri law. The case then proceeded to the second phase to determine the actions required to remedy the violations found in the liability phase. The EPA previously withdrew all claims for penalties and fines. No date has been set by the district court for a trial on the remedy phase of the litigation. At the conclusion of both phases of the litigation, Ameren Missouri intends to appeal the liability ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

The ultimate resolution of this matter could have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial position, and liquidity of Ameren and Ameren Missouri. Among other things and subject to economic and regulatory considerations, resolution of this matter could result in increased capital expenditures for the installation of pollution control equipment, as well as increased operations and maintenance expenses. We are unable to predict the ultimate resolution of this matter or the costs that might be incurred.

Clean Water Act

In July 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the EPA’s Section 316(b) Rule applicable to cooling water intake structures at existing power plants. The rule requires a case-by-case evaluation and plan for reducing aquatic organisms impinged on the facility’s intake screens or entrained through the plant’s cooling water system. All of Ameren Missouri’s coal-fired and nuclear energy centers are subject to the cooling water intake structures rule. The rule will be implemented between 2018 and 2023, during the permit renewal process of each energy center’s water discharge permit.

Additionally, in 2015, the EPA issued a rule to revise the effluent limitation guidelines applicable to steam electric generating units. These guidelines established national standards for water discharges that are based on the effectiveness of available control technology. The EPA’s 2015 rule prohibits effluent discharges of certain waste streams and imposes more stringent limitations on certain water discharges from power plants. In September 2017, the EPA published a rule that postponed the compliance dates by two years for the limitations applicable to two specific waste streams so that it could potentially revise those standards. Ameren Missouri is in the process of constructing wastewater treatment facilities at three of its energy centers. The cost to complete these facilities is included in the capital expenditures, discussed above, that Ameren and Ameren Missouri estimate they will need to make in order to comply with existing environmental regulations.

CCR Management

In 2015, the EPA issued the CCR Rule, which established regulations regarding the management and disposal of CCR from coal-fired energy centers. These regulations affect CCR disposal and handling costs at Ameren Missouri’s energy centers. They require closure of impoundments if performance criteria relating to groundwater impacts and location restrictions are not achieved. In July 2018, the EPA issued revisions to the CCR Rule that extended certain compliance deadlines and indicated that additional revisions to the CCR Rule are likely. Ameren and Ameren Missouri have AROs of $141 million recorded on their respective balance sheets as of June 30, 2018, associated with CCR storage facilities that reflect the regulations issued in 2015. Ameren plans to close these CCR storage facilities between 2018 and 2023. The recent EPA revisions do not affect Ameren Missouri’s plan. Ameren Missouri estimates it will need to make capital expenditures of $300 million to $350 million from 2018 through 2022 to implement its CCR management compliance plan, which includes installation of dry ash handling systems, waste water treatment facilities, and groundwater monitoring equipment.

Remediation

The Ameren Companies are involved in a number of remediation actions to clean up sites impacted by the use or disposal of materials containing hazardous substances. Federal and state laws can require responsible parties to fund remediation regardless of their degree of fault, the legality of original disposal, or the ownership of a disposal site. Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois have each been identified by federal or state governments as a potentially responsible party at several contaminated sites.

As of June 30, 2018, Ameren Illinois owned or was otherwise responsible for 44 former MGP sites in Illinois, the majority of which have been investigated, remediated, and closed. Ameren Illinois estimates it could substantially conclude remediation efforts by 2023. The ICC allows Ameren Illinois to recover such remediation and related litigation costs from its electric and natural gas utility customers through environmental cost riders. Costs are subject to annual prudence review by the ICC. As of June 30, 2018, Ameren Illinois estimated the obligation related to these former MGP sites at $165 million to $236 million. Ameren and Ameren Illinois recorded a liability of $165 million to represent the estimated minimum obligation for these sites, as no other amount within the range was a better estimate.

The scope of the remediation activities at these former MGP sites may increase as remediation efforts continue. Considerable uncertainty remains in these estimates because many site-specific factors can influence the ultimate actual costs, including unanticipated underground structures, technical feasibility of certain remediation measures, regulatory changes, disposal costs, and site accessibility. The actual costs and timing of completion may vary substantially from these estimates.

Ameren Missouri participated in the investigation of various sites known as Sauget Area 2, located in Sauget, Illinois. In 2000, the EPA notified Ameren Missouri and numerous other companies that former landfills and lagoons at those sites may contain soil and groundwater contamination. In 2013, the EPA issued its record of decision for Sauget Area 2 approving the investigation and the remediation actions recommended by the potentially responsible parties. Ameren Missouri is the owner of one of the sites and in July 2018 reached an agreement with the EPA and Solutia, Inc., the primary potentially responsible party for Sauget Area 2, which limits Ameren Missouri’s cleanup obligation to the site it owns. Remediation efforts at the site are expected to occur in 2019. As of June 30, 2018, Ameren Missouri estimated its obligation related to Sauget Area 2 at $1 million to $2.5 million. Ameren Missouri recorded a liability of $1 million to represent its estimated minimum obligation for this site, as no other amount within the range was a better estimate.

Our operations or those of our predecessor companies involve the use of, disposal of, and, in appropriate circumstances, the cleanup of substances regulated under environmental laws. We are unable to determine whether such practices will result in future environmental commitments or will affect our results of operations, financial position, or liquidity.

Callaway Energy Center

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Nuclear Waste Matters [Abstract]

CALLAWAY ENERGY CENTER

Spent Nuclear Fuel

Under the NWPA, the DOE is responsible for disposing of spent nuclear fuel from the Callaway energy center and other commercial nuclear energy centers. The NWPA established the fee paid by Ameren Missouri and other utilities that own and operate those energy centers to the federal government for disposing of the spent nuclear fuel at one mill, or one-tenth of one cent, for each kilowatthour generated and sold by those plants. The NWPA also requires the DOE to review the nuclear waste fee annually against the cost of the nuclear waste disposal program and to propose to the United States Congress any fee adjustment necessary to offset the costs of the program. As required by the NWPA, Ameren Missouri and other utilities have entered into standard contracts with the DOE. Consistent with the NWPA and its standard contract, which stated that the DOE would begin to dispose of spent nuclear fuel by 1998, Ameren Missouri had historically collected one mill from its electric customers for each kilowatthour of electricity that it generated and sold from its Callaway energy center. Because the federal government is not meeting its disposal obligation, the collection of this fee was suspended in 2014.

As a result of the DOE's failure to fulfill its contractual obligations, Ameren Missouri and other nuclear energy center owners sued the DOE to recover costs incurred for ongoing storage of their spent fuel. Ameren Missouri’s lawsuit against the DOE resulted in a settlement agreement that provides for annual reimbursement of additional spent fuel storage and related costs. For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, Ameren Missouri did not receive any such reimbursements. Ameren Missouri will continue to apply for reimbursement from the DOE for allowable costs associated with the ongoing storage of spent fuel. The DOE’s delay in carrying out its obligation to dispose of spent nuclear fuel from the Callaway energy center is not expected to adversely affect the continued operations of the energy center.

Supplier of Fuel Assemblies

The Callaway energy center uses nuclear fuel assemblies fabricated by Westinghouse, which is the only NRC-licensed supplier authorized to provide fuel assemblies to the Callaway energy center. During the first quarter of 2017, Westinghouse filed voluntary petitions for a court-supervised restructuring process under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. As part of its bankruptcy plan, Westinghouse filed a schedule of assumed contracts, which includes all current contracts between Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri, including the contract for fabrication of fuel assemblies for the Callaway energy center. In April 2018, the bankruptcy court approved Westinghouse’s bankruptcy plan, which included the assumption of its contracts with Ameren Missouri. The plan is expected to become effective in the third quarter of 2018. At this time, Ameren and Ameren Missouri believe the remainder of the restructuring proceeding will not affect Westinghouse’s performance under the terms of its existing contracts with Ameren Missouri, and therefore do not expect any material impact to Ameren Missouri’s operations. A change of fuel suppliers or a change in the type of fuel assembly design that is currently licensed for use at the Callaway energy center could take an estimated three years of analysis and NRC licensing efforts to implement.

Decommissioning

Electric rates charged to customers provide for the recovery of the Callaway energy center’s decommissioning costs, which include decontamination, dismantling, and site restoration costs, over the expected life of the nuclear energy center. Amounts collected from customers are deposited into the external nuclear decommissioning trust fund to provide for the Callaway energy center’s decommissioning. It is assumed that the Callaway energy center site will be decommissioned through the immediate dismantlement method and removed from service. Ameren and Ameren Missouri have recorded an ARO for the Callaway energy center decommissioning costs at fair value, which represents the present value of estimated future cash outflows. Annual decommissioning costs of $7 million are included in the costs used to establish electric rates for Ameren Missouri’s customers. Every three years, the MoPSC requires Ameren Missouri to file an updated cost study and funding analysis for decommissioning its Callaway energy center. An updated cost study and funding analysis was filed with the MoPSC in September 2017 and reflected within the ARO. In January 2018, the MoPSC approved no change in electric rates for decommissioning costs based on Ameren Missouri’s updated cost study and funding analysis.

The fair value of the trust fund for Ameren Missouri’s Callaway energy center is reported as “Nuclear decommissioning trust fund” in Ameren’s and Ameren Missouri’s balance sheets. This amount is legally restricted and may be used only to fund the costs of nuclear decommissioning. Changes in the fair value of the trust fund are recorded as an increase or decrease to the nuclear decommissioning trust fund, with an offsetting adjustment to the related regulatory liability. If the assumed return on trust assets is not earned, Ameren Missouri believes that it is probable that any such earnings deficiency will be recovered in rates.

Insurance

The following table presents insurance coverage at Ameren Missouri’s Callaway energy center as of June 30, 2018. The property coverage and the nuclear liability coverage renewal dates are April 1 and January 1, respectively, of each year. Both coverages were renewed in 2018.



Type and Source of Coverage	Maximum Coverages			Maximum Assessments for Single Incidents
Public liability and nuclear worker liability:
American Nuclear Insurers	$	450		$	—
Pool participation	12,604		^(a)	127		^(b)
	$	13,054	^(c)	$	127
Property damage:
NEIL and EMANI	$	3,200	^(d)	$	27	^(e)
Replacement power:
NEIL	$	490	^(f)	$	7	^(e)


(a)	Provided through mandatory participation in an industrywide retrospective premium assessment program. The maximum coverage available is dependent on the number of United States commercial reactors participating in the program.


(b)	Retrospective premium under the Price-Anderson Act. This is subject to retrospective assessment with respect to a covered loss in excess of $450 million in the event of an incident at any licensed United States commercial reactor, payable at $19 million per year.


(c)	Limit of liability for each incident under the Price-Anderson liability provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. This limit is subject to change to account for the effects of inflation and changes in the number of licensed reactors.


(d)	NEIL provides $2.7 billion in property damage, stabilization, decontamination, and premature decommissioning insurance for radiation events and $2.3 billion in property damage insurance for nonradiation events. EMANI provides $490 million in property damage insurance for both radiation and nonradiation events.


(e)	All NEIL insured plants could be subject to assessments should losses exceed the accumulated funds from NEIL.


(f)	Provides replacement power cost insurance in the event of a prolonged accidental outage. Weekly indemnity up to $4.5 million for 52 weeks, which commences after the first twelve weeks of an outage, plus up to $3.6 million per week for a minimum of 71 weeks thereafter for a total not exceeding the policy limit of $490 million. Nonradiation events are limited to $328 million.

The Price-Anderson Act is a federal law that limits the liability for claims from an incident involving any licensed United States commercial nuclear energy center. The limit is based on the number of licensed reactors. The limit of liability and the maximum potential annual payments are adjusted at least every five years for inflation to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. The most recent five-year inflationary adjustment became effective in September 2013. Owners of a nuclear reactor cover this exposure through a combination of private insurance and mandatory participation in a financial protection pool, as established by the Price-Anderson Act.

Losses resulting from terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities are subject to industrywide aggregates, such that terrorist acts against one or more commercial nuclear power plants insured by NEIL or EMANI within a stated time period would be treated as a single event, and the owners of the nuclear power plants would share one full limit of liability. NEIL policies have an aggregate limit of $3.2 billion within a 12-month period for radiation events, or $1.8 billion for events not involving radiation contamination. The EMANI policies have an aggregate limit of €600 million for radiation and nonradiation events within a period of 72 hours.

If losses from a nuclear incident at the Callaway energy center exceed the limits of, or are not covered by insurance, or if coverage is unavailable, Ameren Missouri is at risk for any uninsured losses. If a serious nuclear incident were to occur, it could have a material adverse effect on Ameren’s and Ameren Missouri’s results of operations, financial position, or liquidity.

Retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Defined Benefit Plan [Abstract]

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

In March 2017, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that requires an entity to report, including on a retrospective basis, the non-service cost or income components of net periodic benefit cost separately from the service cost component and outside of operating income. The Ameren Companies adopted this guidance, effective January 1, 2018, and as a result, $22 million, $12 million, and $4 million of net benefit income has been retrospectively reclassified from "Operating Expenses – Other operations and maintenance" to “Other Income, Net” on Ameren's, Ameren Missouri's, and Ameren Illinois' respective statements of income for the six months ended June 30, 2017. Net benefit income of $10 million, $6 million, and $1 million has been similarly retrospectively reclassified on Ameren's, Ameren Missouri's, and Ameren Illinois' respective statements of income for the three months ended June 30, 2017.

The guidance also requires an entity to capitalize only the service cost component as part of an asset, such as inventory or property, plant, and equipment, on a prospective basis. Previously all of the net benefit cost components were eligible for capitalization. This change in the capitalization of net benefit costs is not expected to affect our ability to recover total net benefit cost through customer rates.

The following table presents the components of the net periodic benefit cost (income), prior to capitalization, incurred for Ameren’s pension and postretirement benefit plans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Pension Benefits												Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months						Six Months						Three Months						Six Months
	2018			2017			2018			2017			2018			2017			2018			2017
Service cost^(a)	$	25		$	23		$	50		$	46		$	5		$	5		$	10		$	10
Non-service cost components:
Interest cost	42			45			84			90			9			11			20			23
Expected return on plan assets	(69		)	(65		)	(138		)	(131		)	(19		)	(18		)	(38		)	(37		)
Amortization of:
Prior service benefit	—			—			—			—			(1		)	(1		)	(2		)	(2		)
Actuarial loss (gain)	18			13			34			27			(3		)	(1		)	(3		)	(3		)
Total non-service cost components^(b)	(9		)	(7		)	(20		)	(14		)	(14		)	(9		)	(23		)	(19		)
Net periodic benefit cost (income)	$	16		$	16		$	30		$	32		$	(9	)	$	(4	)	$	(13	)	$	(9	)


(a)	Service cost, net of capitalization, is reflected in “Operating Expenses – Other operations and maintenance” on Ameren’s statement of income.


(b)	2018 amounts and the non-capitalized portion of 2017’s non-service cost components, as discussed above, are reflected in “Other Income, Net” on Ameren’s statement of income. See Note 5 – Other Income, Net for additional information.

Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois are responsible for their respective shares of Ameren’s pension and postretirement costs. The following table presents the respective share of net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs (income) incurred for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Pension Benefits								Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months				Six Months				Three Months						Six Months
	2018		2017		2018		2017		2018			2017			2018			2017
Ameren Missouri^(a)	$	6	$	6	$	11	$	12	$	—		$	(1	)	$	—		$	(2	)
Ameren Illinois	10		10		19		20		(9		)	(3		)	(13		)	(7		)
Ameren^(a)	$	16	$	16	$	30	$	32	$	(9	)	$	(4	)	$	(13	)	$	(9	)


(a)	Does not include the impact of the regulatory tracking mechanism for the difference between the level of pension and postretirement benefit costs incurred by Ameren Missouri under GAAP and the level of such costs included in rates.

Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

Ameren has four segments: Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution, Ameren Illinois Natural Gas, and Ameren Transmission. The Ameren Missouri segment includes all of the operations of Ameren Missouri. Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution consists of the electric distribution business of Ameren Illinois. Ameren Illinois Natural Gas consists of the natural gas business of Ameren Illinois. Ameren Transmission primarily comprises the aggregated electric transmission businesses of Ameren Illinois and ATXI. The category called Other primarily includes Ameren (parent) activities and Ameren Services.

Ameren Missouri has one segment. Ameren Illinois has three segments: Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution, Ameren Illinois Natural Gas, and Ameren Illinois Transmission. See Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional information regarding the operations of Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois, and ATXI.

Segment operating revenues and a majority of operating expenses are directly recognized and incurred by Ameren Illinois at each Ameren Illinois segment. Common operating expenses, miscellaneous income and expenses, interest charges, and income tax expense are allocated by Ameren Illinois to each Ameren Illinois segment based on certain factors, which primarily relate to the nature of the cost. Additionally, Ameren Illinois Transmission earns revenue from transmission service provided to Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution, other retail electric suppliers, and wholesale customers. The transmission expense for Illinois customers who have elected to purchase their power from Ameren Illinois is recovered through a cost recovery mechanism with no net effect on Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution earnings, as costs are offset by corresponding revenues. Transmission revenues from these transactions are reflected in Ameren Transmission’s and Ameren Illinois Transmission’s operating revenues. An intersegment elimination at Ameren and Ameren Illinois occurs to eliminate these transmission revenues and expenses.

The following tables present revenues, net income attributable to common shareholders, and capital expenditures by segment at Ameren and Ameren Illinois for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. Ameren, Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois management review segment capital expenditure information rather than any individual or total asset amount.

Ameren



Three Months	Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas		Ameren Transmission			Other			Intersegment Eliminations			Consolidated
2018
External revenues	$	946	$	386	$	142	$	89		$	—		$	—		$	1,563
Intersegment revenues	9		1		—		14			—			(24		)	—
Net income attributable to Ameren common shareholders	168		33		7		36		^(a)	(5		)	—			239
Capital expenditures	205		132		66		130			(2		)	2			533
2017
External revenues	$	922	$	387	$	134	$	92		$	2		$	—		$	1,537
Intersegment revenues	12		2		—		13			—			(27		)	—
Net income attributable to Ameren common shareholders	120		33		5		34		^(a)	1			—			193
Capital expenditures	159		122		58		156			1			(2		)	494
Six Months
2018
External revenues	$	1,730	$	785	$	453	$	180		$	—		$	—		$	3,148
Intersegment revenues	17		2		—		27			—			(46		)	—
Net income attributable to Ameren common shareholders	206		66		49		73		^(a)	(4		)	—			390
Capital expenditures	454		254		126		275			5			(2		)	1,112
2017
External revenues	$	1,695	$	771	$	398	$	188		$	—		$	—		$	3,052
Intersegment revenues	30		3		—		19			—			(52		)	—
Net income attributable to Ameren common shareholders	125		63		38		68		^(a)	1			—			295
Capital expenditures	355		242		109		290			5			(3		)	998


(a)	Ameren Transmission earnings include an allocation of financing costs from Ameren (parent).

Ameren Illinois



Three Months	Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas		Ameren Illinois Transmission		Intersegment Eliminations			Total Ameren Illinois
2018
External revenues	$	387	$	142	$	49	$	—		$	578
Intersegment revenues	—		—		13		(13		)	—
Net income available to common shareholder	33		7		22		—			62
Capital expenditures	132		66		104		—			302
2017
External revenues	$	389	$	134	$	53	$	—		$	576
Intersegment revenues	—		—		12		(12		)	—
Net income available to common shareholder	33		5		19		—			57
Capital expenditures	122		58		77		—			257
Six Months
2018
External revenues	$	787	$	453	$	98	$	—		$	1,338
Intersegment revenues	—		—		26		(26		)	—
Net income available to common shareholder	66		49		42		—			157
Capital expenditures	254		126		222		—			602
2017
External revenues	$	774	$	398	$	107	$	—		$	1,279
Intersegment revenues	—		—		18		(18		)	—
Net income available to common shareholder	63		38		35		—			136
Capital expenditures	242		109		133		—			484

The following tables present disaggregated revenues by segment at Ameren and Ameren Illinois for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. Economic factors affect the nature, timing, amount, and uncertainty of revenues and cash flows in a similar manner across customer classes. Revenues from alternative revenue programs have a similar distribution among customer classes as revenues from contracts with customers. Other revenues not associated with contracts with customers are presented in the Other customer classification, along with electric transmission and off-system revenues.

Ameren



Three Months	Ameren Missouri				Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas		Ameren Transmission		Other		Intersegment Eliminations			Consolidated
2018
Residential	$	432			$	221	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	653
Commercial	364				126		—		—		—		—			490
Industrial	87				33		—		—		—		—			120
Other	47			^(a)	7		—		103		—		(24		)	133		^(a)
Total electric revenues	$	930			$	387	$	—	$	103	$	—	$	(24	)	$	1,396
Residential	$	13			$	—	$	97	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	110
Commercial	6				—		26		—		—		—			32
Industrial	—				—		5		—		—		—			5
Other	6				—		14		—		—		—			20
Total gas revenues	25				—		142		—		—		—			167
Total revenues^(b)	$	955			$	387	$	142	$	103	$	—	$	(24	)	$	1,563
2017
Residential	$	358			$	208	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	566
Commercial	332				129		—		—		—		—			461
Industrial	84				28		—		—		—		—			112
Other	138				24		—		105		2		(26		)	243
Total electric revenues	$	912			$	389	$	—	$	105	$	2	$	(26	)	$	1,382
Residential	$	10			$	—	$	84	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	94
Commercial	4				—		24		—		—		—			28
Industrial	1				—		2		—		—		—			3
Other	7				—		24		—		—		(1		)	30
Total gas revenues	$	22			$	—	$	134	$	—	$	—	$	(1	)	$	155
Total revenues^(b)	$	934			$	389	$	134	$	105	$	2	$	(27	)	$	1,537
Six Months
2018
Residential	$	764			$	440	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	1,204
Commercial	616				250		—		—		—		—			866
Industrial	148				68		—		—		—		—			216
Other	143			^(a)	29		—		207		—		(46		)	333		^(a)
Total electric revenues	$	1,671			$	787	$	—	$	207	$	—	$	(46	)	$	2,619
Residential	$	54			$	—	$	340	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	394
Commercial	22				—		93		—		—		—			115
Industrial	2				—		11		—		—		—			13
Other	(2		)		—		9		—		—		—			7
Total gas revenues	$	76			$	—	$	453	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	529
Total revenues^(b)	$	1,747			$	787	$	453	$	207	$	—	$	(46	)	$	3,148
2017
Residential	$	644			$	427	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	1,071
Commercial	562				262		—		—		—		—			824
Industrial	142				56		—		—		—		—			198
Other	311				29		—		207		—		(51		)	496
Total electric revenues	$	1,659			$	774	$	—	$	207	$	—	$	(51	)	$	2,589
Residential	$	40			$	—	$	287	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	327
Commercial	16				—		79		—		—		—			95
Industrial	2				—		5		—		—		—			7
Other	8				—		27		—		—		(1		)	34
Total gas revenues	$	66			$	—	$	398	$	—	$	—	$	(1	)	$	463
Total revenues^(b)	$	1,725			$	774	$	398	$	207	$	—	$	(52	)	$	3,052


(a)	Includes $37 million and $47 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, for the reduction to revenue for the excess amounts collected in rates related to the TCJA from January 1, 2018, through June 30, 2018. See Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters for additional information.


(b)	The following table presents revenues from alternative revenue programs and other revenues not from contracts with customers for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



Three Months	Ameren Missouri			Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas			Ameren Transmission			Consolidated
2018
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	(5	)	$	15	$	(5	)	$	(5	)	$	—
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	5			3		—			—			8
2017
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	(7	)	$	16	$	1		$	2		$	12
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3			1		1			—			5
Six Months
2018
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	(9	)	$	46	$	(8	)	$	(9	)	$	20
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	19			13		1			—			33
2017
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	(14	)	$	49	$	12		$	7		$	54
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	7			3		2			—			12

Ameren Illinois



Three Months	Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas		Ameren Illinois Transmission		Intersegment Eliminations			Total Ameren Illinois
2018
Residential	$	221	$	97	$	—	$	—		$	318
Commercial	126		26		—		—			152
Industrial	33		5		—		—			38
Other	7		14		62		(13		)	70
Total revenues^(a)	$	387	$	142	$	62	$	(13	)	$	578
2017
Residential	$	208	$	84	$	—	$	—		$	292
Commercial	129		24		—		—			153
Industrial	28		2		—		—			30
Other	24		24		65		(12		)	101
Total revenues^(a)	$	389	$	134	$	65	$	(12	)	$	576
Six Months
2018
Residential	$	440	$	340	$	—	$	—		$	780
Commercial	250		93		—		—			343
Industrial	68		11		—		—			79
Other	29		9		124		(26		)	136
Total revenues^(a)	$	787	$	453	$	124	$	(26	)	$	1,338
2017
Residential	$	427	$	287	$	—	$	—		$	714
Commercial	262		79		—		—			341
Industrial	56		5		—		—			61
Other	29		27		125		(18		)	163
Total revenues^(a)	$	774	$	398	$	125	$	(18	)	$	1,279


(a)	The following table presents revenues from alternative revenue programs and other revenues not from contracts with customers for the Ameren Illinois segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



Three Months	Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas			Ameren Illinois Transmission			Consolidated
2018
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	15	$	(5	)	$	(5	)	$	5
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3		—			—			3
2017
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	16	$	1		$	2		$	19
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	1		1			—			2
Six Months
2018
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	46	$	(8	)	$	(9	)	$	29
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	13		1			—			14
2017
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	49	$	12		$	5		$	66
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3		2			—			5

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Nature of Operations

Ameren, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a public utility holding company whose primary assets are its equity interests in its subsidiaries. Ameren’s subsidiaries are separate, independent legal entities with separate businesses, assets, and liabilities. Dividends on Ameren’s common stock and the payment of expenses by Ameren depend on distributions made to it by its subsidiaries. Ameren’s principal subsidiaries are listed below. Ameren also has other subsidiaries that conduct other activities, such as providing shared services. Ameren evaluates competitive electric transmission investment opportunities as they arise.


•	Union Electric Company, doing business as Ameren Missouri, operates a rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution business and a rate-regulated natural gas distribution business in Missouri.


•	Ameren Illinois Company, doing business as Ameren Illinois, operates rate-regulated electric transmission, electric distribution, and natural gas distribution businesses in Illinois.


•	ATXI operates a FERC rate-regulated electric transmission business. ATXI is developing MISO-approved electric transmission projects, including the Illinois Rivers and Mark Twain projects, and placed the Spoon River project in service in February 2018.

Consolidation

Ameren’s financial statements are prepared on a consolidated basis and therefore include the accounts of its majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois have no subsidiaries. All tabular dollar amounts are in millions, unless otherwise indicated.

As of both June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, Ameren had unconsolidated variable interests as a limited partner in various equity method investments, totaling $17 million, included in “Other assets” on Ameren’s consolidated balance sheet. Ameren is not the primary beneficiary of these investments because it does not have the power to direct matters that most significantly affect the activities of these variable interest entities. As of June 30, 2018, the maximum exposure to loss related to these variable interests is limited to the investment in these partnerships of $17 million plus associated outstanding funding commitments of $19 million.

Our accounting policies conform to GAAP. Our financial statements reflect all adjustments (which include normal, recurring adjustments) that are necessary, in our opinion, for a fair presentation of our results. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions. Such estimates and assumptions affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The results of operations of an interim period may not give a true indication of results that may be expected for a full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Form 10-K.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include short-term, highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents subject to legal or contractual restrictions and not readily available for use for general corporate purposes are classified as restricted cash.

In November 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that requires, including on a retrospective basis, restricted cash to be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. Our adoption of this guidance, effective January 2018, did not result in material changes to previously reported cash flows from operating, investing, or financing activities.

Life Insurance, Corporate or Bank Owned

Company-owned Life Insurance

Ameren and Ameren Illinois have company-owned life insurance, which is recorded at the net cash surrender value. The net cash surrender value is the amount that can be realized under the insurance policies at the balance sheet date. As of June 30, 2018, the cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance at Ameren and Ameren Illinois was $249 million (December 31, 2017 – $265 million) and $117 million (December 31, 2017 – $129 million), respectively, while total borrowings against the policies were $107 million (December 31, 2017 – $120 million) at both Ameren and Ameren Illinois. Ameren and Ameren Illinois have the right to offset the borrowings against the cash surrender value of the policies and, consequently, present the net asset in “Other assets” on their respective balance sheets.

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments

Performance Share Units

A performance share unit vests and entitles an employee to receive shares of Ameren common stock (plus accumulated dividends) if, at the end of the three-year performance period, certain specified market conditions have been met and if the individual remains employed by Ameren through the required vesting period. The vesting period for share units awarded extends beyond the three-year performance period to the payout date, which is approximately 38 months after the grant date. In the event of a participant’s death or retirement at age 55 or older with five or more years of service, awards vest on a pro rata basis over the three-year performance period. The exact number of shares issued pursuant to a share unit varies from 0% to 200% of the target award, depending on actual company performance relative to the performance goals.

The fair value of each performance share unit granted in 2018 was determined to be $62.88, which was based on Ameren’s closing common share price of $58.99 at December 31, 2017, and lattice simulations. Lattice simulations are used to estimate expected share payout based on Ameren’s total shareholder return for a three-year performance period beginning January 1, 2018, relative to the designated peer group. The simulations can produce a greater fair value for the performance share unit than the December 31 applicable closing common share price because they include the weighted payout scenarios in which an increase in the share price has occurred. The significant assumptions used to calculate fair value also included a three-year risk-free rate of 1.98% and volatility of 15% to 23% for the peer group.

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock units vest and entitle an employee to receive shares of Ameren common stock (plus accumulated dividends) if the individual remains employed with Ameren through the payment date of the awards. Generally, in the event of a participant’s death or retirement at age 55 or older with five or more years of service, awards vest on a pro rata basis. The payout date of the awards is approximately 38 months after the grant date. The fair value of each restricted stock unit is determined by Ameren’s closing common

Revenue Recognition

In the first quarter of 2018, we adopted authoritative accounting guidance related to revenue from contracts with customers using the full retrospective method, with no material changes to the amount or timing of revenue recognition. We record revenues from contracts with customers for various electric and natural gas services, which primarily consist of retail distribution, electric transmission, and off-system arrangements. When more than one performance obligation exists in a contract, the consideration under the contract is allocated to the performance obligations based on the relative standalone selling price.

Electric and natural gas retail distribution revenues are earned when the commodity is delivered to our customers. We accrue an estimate of electric and natural gas retail distribution revenues for service provided but unbilled at the end of each accounting period.

Electric transmission revenues are earned as electric transmission services are provided.

Off-system revenues are primarily comprised of MISO revenues and wholesale bilateral revenues. MISO revenues include the sale of electricity, capacity, and ancillary services. Wholesale bilateral revenues include the sale of electricity and capacity. MISO-related electricity and wholesale bilateral electricity revenues are earned as electricity is delivered. MISO-related capacity and ancillary service revenues and wholesale bilateral capacity revenues are earned as services are provided.

Retail distribution, electric transmission, and off-system revenues, including the underlying components described above, represent a series of goods or services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer over time to our customers. Revenues from contracts with customers is equal to the amounts billed and our estimate of electric and natural gas retail distribution services provided but unbilled at the end of each accounting period. Revenues are billed at least monthly, and payments are due less than one month after goods and/or services are provided. See Note 12 – Segment Information for disaggregated revenue information.

For certain regulatory recovery mechanisms that are alternative revenue programs, rather than revenues from contracts with customers, we recognize revenues that have been authorized for rate recovery, are objectively determinable and probable of recovery, and are expected to be collected from customers within two years from the end of the year. Our alternative revenue programs include revenue requirement reconciliations, MEEIA, and VBA. These revenues are subsequently recognized as revenues from contracts with customers when billed, with an offset to alternative revenue program revenues.

The Ameren Companies elected to exclude disclosure related to the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period for contracts with an initial expected term of one year or less. As of June 30, 2018 and 2017, our remaining performance obligations were immaterial.

Excise Taxes

Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois collect from their customers excise taxes, including municipal and state excise taxes and gross receipts taxes, that are levied on the sale or distribution of natural gas and electricity. Excise taxes are recorded gross in “Operating Revenues – Electric,” “Operating Revenues – Natural gas” and “Operating Expenses – Taxes other than income taxes” on the statements of income.

Accounting and Reporting Developments

In the first quarter of 2018, the Ameren Companies adopted authoritative accounting guidance on various topics. See the Operating Revenues section above for more information on our adoption of the guidance on revenue from contracts with customers. See Note 11 – Retirement Benefits for more information on our adoption of the guidance on the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit cost. See the Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash section above for more information on our adoption of the guidance on restricted cash. Our adoption of the guidance on the recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

See Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies under Part II, Item 8, of the Form 10-K for additional information about recently issued authoritative accounting standards relating to leases, the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments, and the reclassification of certain tax effects from accumulated OCI.

Financial Instruments Financial Instruments (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives

We use derivatives to manage the risk of changes in market prices for natural gas and power, as well as the risk of changes in rail transportation surcharges through fuel oil hedges. Such price fluctuations may cause the following:


•	an unrealized appreciation or depreciation of our contracted commitments to purchase or sell when purchase or sale prices under the commitments are compared with current commodity prices;


•	market values of natural gas inventories that differ from the cost of those commodities in inventory; and


•	actual cash outlays for the purchase of these commodities that differ from anticipated cash outlays.

The derivatives that we use to hedge these risks are governed by our risk management policies for forward contracts, futures, options, and swaps. Our net positions are continually assessed within our structured hedging programs to determine whether new or offsetting transactions are required. The goal of the hedging program is generally to mitigate financial risks while ensuring that sufficient volumes are available to meet our requirements. Contracts we enter into as part of our risk management program may be settled financially, settled by physical delivery, or net settled with the counterparty.

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents Including Restricted Cash

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the balance sheets and the statements of cash flows as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, and December 31, 2017 and 2016:



	June 30, 2018						December 31, 2017						June 30, 2017						December 31, 2016
	Ameren		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois
Cash and cash equivalents^(a)	$	29	$	17	$	—	$	10	$	—	$	—	$	10	$	—	$	—	$	9	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash included in “Other current assets”	12		4		6		21		5		6		19		4		5		20		4		6
Restricted cash included in “Other assets”	51		—		51		35		—		35		23		—		23		22		—		22
Restricted cash included in “Nuclear decommissioning trust fund”	4		4		(b)		2		2		(b)		1		1		(b)		1		1		(b)
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash^(c)	$	96	$	25	$	57	$	68	$	7	$	41	$	53	$	5	$	28	$	52	$	5	$	28


(a)	As presented on the balance sheet.


(b)	Not applicable.


(c)	As presented on the statement of cash flows.

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures

The following table provides noncash investing activity excluded from the statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	June 30, 2018						June 30, 2017
	Ameren^(a)		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren^(a)		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois
Accrued capital expenditures	$	233	$	80	$	147	$	175	$	61	$	79
Net realized and unrealized gain – nuclear decommissioning trust fund	1		1		(b)		36		36		(b)


(a)	Includes amounts for Ameren registrant and nonregistrant subsidiaries.


(b)	Not applicable.

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending carrying amount of AROs for the six months ended June 30, 2018:



	Ameren Missouri				Ameren Illinois^(a)		Ameren
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	640		^(b)	$	4	$	644		^(b)
Liabilities settled	(2		)		(c)		(2		)
Accretion^(d)	14				(c)		14
Change in estimates^(e)	(9		)		—		(9		)
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	643		^(b)	$	4	$	647		^(b)


(a)	Included in “Other deferred credits and liabilities” on the balance sheet.


(b)	Balance included $6 million in “Other current liabilities” on the balance sheet as of both December 31, 2017, and June 30, 2018, respectively.


(c)	Less than $1 million.


(d)	Accretion expense attributable to Ameren Missouri was recorded as a decrease to regulatory liabilities.


(e)	Ameren Missouri changed its fair value estimate primarily due to a reduction in the cost estimate for closure of certain CCR storage facilities

Summary Of Nonvested Shares Related To Long-Term Incentive Plan

six months ended June 30, 2018:



	Performance Share Units				Restricted Stock Units
	Share Units		Weighted-average Fair Value per Share Unit		Stock Units		Weighted-average Fair Value per Stock Unit
Nonvested at January 1, 2018^(a)	895,489		$	52.28	—		$	—
Granted	306,252		62.88		184,351		57.60
Forfeitures	(54,213	)	49.72		(3,560	)	58.99
Undistributed vested units^(b)	(145,169	)	53.50		(12,983	)	58.98
Vested and distributed	(176,043	)	52.88		—		—
Nonvested at June 30, 2018^(c)	826,316		$	56.03	167,808		$	57.46


(a)	Does not include 712,572 undistributed vested performance share units.


(b)	Undistributed vested units are awards that vested due to attainment of retirement eligibility by certain employees, but have not yet been distributed. For undistributed vested performance share units, the number of shares issued for retirement-eligible employees will vary depending on actual performance over the three-year performance period.


(c)	Does not include 476,361 undistributed vested performance share units and 12,983 undistributed vested restricted stock units.

Schedule of Excise Taxes

The following table presents the excise taxes recorded in “Operating Revenues – Electric,” “Operating Revenues – Natural gas” and “Operating Expenses – Taxes other than income taxes” for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Three Months					Six Months
	2018		2017			2018		2017
Ameren Missouri	$	46	$	40		$	80	$	71
Ameren Illinois	28		23		^(a)	63		57		^(a)
Ameren	$	74	$	63	^(a)	$	143	$	128	^(a)


(a)	Amounts have been adjusted from those previously reported to reflect additional excise taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively.

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The following table presents a reconciliation of the federal statutory corporate income tax rate to the effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Ameren		Ameren Missouri			Ameren Illinois
Three Months	2018	2017	2018		2017	2018	2017
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate:	21%	35%	21%		35%	21%	35%
Increases (decreases) from:
Amortization of excess deferred taxes	(1)	—	—	^(a)	—	(5)	—
Other depreciation differences	—	—	—		—	(1)	(1)
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	—	—	(1)		(1)	—	—
State tax	5	4	4		3	8	5
Tax credits	(1)	—	—		—	—	—
Other permanent items	—	(1)	—		—	—	—
Effective income tax rate	24%	38%	24%		37%	23%	39%
Six Months
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate:	21%	35%	21%		35%	21%	35%
Increases (decreases) from:
Amortization of excess deferred taxes	(2)	—	—	^(a)	—	(4)	—
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	(1)	(1)	(1)		(1)	—	—
State tax	6	5	4		3	7	5
Other permanent items	(1)	(2)	—		—	—	(1)
Effective income tax rate	23%	37%	24%		37%	24%	39%


(a)	Based on an order issued by the MoPSC in July 2018, Ameren Missouri began amortizing excess deferred taxes in August 2018. See Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters for additional information.

Short-Term Debt And Liquidity Short-Term Debt and Liquidity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Short-term Debt

The following table presents commercial paper outstanding, net of issuance discounts, as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017:



	2018		2017
Ameren (parent)	$	506	$	383
Ameren Missouri	—		39
Ameren Illinois	—		62
Ameren Consolidated	$	506	$	484

The following table summarizes the borrowing activity and relevant interest rates under Ameren (parent)’s, Ameren Missouri’s, and Ameren Illinois’ commercial paper programs for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Ameren (parent)			Ameren Missouri			Ameren Illinois			Ameren Consolidated
2018
Average daily commercial paper outstanding at par value	$	397		$	123		$	174		$	693
Weighted-average interest rate	2.14		%	1.94		%	2.20		%	2.12		%
Peak commercial paper during period at par value^(a)	$	506		$	481		$	442		$	1,295
Peak interest rate	2.45		%	2.42		%	2.55		%	2.55		%
2017
Average daily commercial paper outstanding at par value	$	736		$	6		$	66		$	808
Weighted-average interest rate	1.19		%	1.10		%	1.14		%	1.19		%
Peak commercial paper during period at par value^(a)	$	841		$	60		$	163		$	948
Peak interest rate	1.50		%	1.41		%	1.50		%	1.50		%


(a)	The timing of peak outstanding commercial paper issuances varies by company. Therefore, the sum of individual company peak amounts may not equal the Ameren Consolidated peak commercial paper issuances for the period.

Other Income and Expenses (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]

Other Income And Expenses

The following table presents the components of “Other Income, Net” in the Ameren Companies’ statements of income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Three Months							Six Months
	2018				2017			2018				2017
Ameren:^(a)
Other Income, Net
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	$	9			$	4		$	14			$	10
Interest income on industrial development revenue bonds	7				6			13				13
Other interest income	2				3			4				5
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	19			^(b)	10			35			^(b)	22
Other income	2				2			3				2
Donations	(6		)		(2		)	(11		)		(7		)
Other expense	(4		)		(3		)	(6		)		(7		)
Total Other Income, Net	$	29			$	20		$	52			$	38
Ameren Missouri:
Other Income, Net
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	$	7			$	4		$	11			$	9
Interest income on industrial development revenue bonds	7				6			13				13
Other interest income	1				1			1				1
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	4			^(b)	6			9			^(b)	12
Other income	—				1			1				1
Donations	(2		)		(2		)	(3		)		(2		)
Other expense	(1		)		—			(3		)		(2		)
Total Other Income, Net	$	16			$	16		$	29			$	32
Ameren Illinois:
Other Income, Net
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	$	2			$	—		$	3			$	1
Interest income	1				2			3				4
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	10				1			17				4
Other income	2				2			2				2
Donations	(1		)		(1		)	(5		)		(5		)
Other expense	(1		)		(1		)	(1		)		(3		)
Total Other Income, Net	$	13			$	3		$	19			$	3


(a)	Includes amounts for Ameren registrant and nonregistrant subsidiaries and intercompany eliminations.


(b)	For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income were partially offset by a $4 million and $8 million deferral due to a regulatory tracking mechanism for the difference between the level of such costs incurred by Ameren Missouri under GAAP and the level of such costs included in rates.

Financial Instruments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Open Gross Derivative Volumes By Commodity Type

The following table presents open gross commodity contract volumes by commodity type for derivative assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017. As of June 30, 2018, these contracts extended through October 2021, March 2023, and May 2032 for fuel oils, natural gas, and power, respectively.



	Quantity (in millions, except as indicated)
	2018			2017
Commodity	Ameren Missouri	Ameren Illinois	Ameren	Ameren Missouri	Ameren Illinois	Ameren
Fuel oils (in gallons)^(a)	40	(b)	40	28	(b)	28
Natural gas (in mmbtu)	23	149	172	24	139	163
Power (in megawatthours)	2	8	10	3	9	12


(a)	Consists of ultra-low-sulfur diesel products.


(b)	Not applicable.

Derivative Instruments Carrying Value

The following table presents the carrying value and balance sheet location of all derivative commodity contracts, none of which were designated as hedging instruments, as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017:



	Balance Sheet Location	Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren
2018
Fuel oils	Other current assets	$	8	$	—	$	8
	Other assets	5		—		5
Natural gas	Other current assets	—		1		1
	Other assets	—		1		1
Power	Other current assets	7		—		7
	Total assets ^(a)	$	20	$	2	$	22
Fuel oils	Other deferred credits and liabilities	$	1	$	—	$	1
Natural gas	Other current liabilities	4		12		16
	Other deferred credits and liabilities	3		13		16
Power	Other current liabilities	2		13		15
	Other deferred credits and liabilities	—		177		177
	Total liabilities ^(b)	$	10	$	215	$	225
2017
Fuel oils	Other current assets	$	5	$	—	$	5
	Other assets	2		—		2
Natural gas	Other assets	1		—		1
Power	Other current assets	9		—		9
	Total assets ^(a)	$	17	$	—	$	17
Natural gas	Other current liabilities	$	5	$	12	$	17
	Other deferred credits and liabilities	3		10		13
Power	Other current liabilities	1		13		14
	Other deferred credits and liabilities	—		182		182
	Total liabilities ^(b)	$	9	$	217	$	226


(a)	The cumulative amount of pretax net gains on all derivative instruments is deferred as a regulatory liability.


(b)	The cumulative amount of pretax net losses on all derivative instruments is deferred as a regulatory asset.

Derivative Instruments With Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

The following table presents, as of June 30, 2018, the aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit risk-related contingent features in a gross liability position, the cash collateral posted, and the aggregate amount of additional collateral that counterparties could require. The additional collateral required is the net liability position allowed under the master netting arrangements or similar agreements, assuming (1) the credit risk-related contingent features underlying these arrangements were triggered on June 30, 2018, and (2) those counterparties with rights to do so requested collateral.



	Aggregate Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities^(a)		Cash Collateral Posted		Potential Aggregate Amount of Additional Collateral Required^(b)
Ameren Missouri	$	63	$	4	$	52
Ameren Illinois	52		—		47
Ameren	$	115	$	4	$	99


(a)	Before consideration of master netting arrangements or similar agreements and including NPNS and other accrual contract exposures.


(b)	As collateral requirements with certain counterparties are based on master netting arrangements or similar agreements, the aggregate amount of additional collateral required to be posted is determined after consideration of the effects of such arrangements.

Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques

The following table describes the valuation techniques and unobservable inputs utilized by the Ameren Companies for the fair value of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the periods ended June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017:



		Fair Value								Weighted Average
		Assets		Liabilities			Valuation Technique(s)	Unobservable Input	Range	Weighted Average
Level 3 Derivative asset and liability – commodity contracts^(a):
2018
	Fuel oils	$	5	$	(1	)	Option model	Volatilities(%)^(b)	20 – 34	25
							Discounted cash flow	Counterparty credit risk(%)^(c)(d)	0.12 – 0.85	0.38
								Ameren Missouri credit risk(%)^(c)(d)	0.35	(e)
	Natural gas	1		(5		)	Discounted cash flow	Nodal basis ($/mmbtu)^(b)	(1.30) – 0.30	(0.90)
								Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.23 – 1	0.81
								Ameren Illinois credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.35	(e)
	Power^(f)	7		(192		)	Discounted cash flow	Average forward peak and off-peak pricing – forwards/swaps ($/MWh)^(g)	24 – 39	27
								Estimated auction price for FTRs ($/MW)^(b)	(898) – 1,180	57
								Nodal basis ($/MWh)^(g)	(10) – 0	(2)
								Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.91	(e)
								Ameren Illinois credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.35	(e)
							Fundamental energy production model	Estimated future natural gas prices ($/mmbtu)^(b)	3	(e)
								Escalation rate (%)^(b)(h)	4	(e)
							Contract price allocation	Estimated renewable energy credit costs ($/credit)^(b)	5 – 7	6
2017
	Fuel oils	$	3	$	—		Option model	Volatilities (%)^(b)	20 – 26	22
							Discounted cash flow	Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.12 – 0.72	0.41
								Ameren Missouri credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.37	(e)
	Natural gas	1		(4		)	Option model	Volatilities (%)^(b)	26 – 46	37
								Nodal basis ($/mmbtu)^(c)	(0.50) – (0.30)	(0.40)
							Discounted cash flow	Nodal basis ($/mmbtu)^(b)	(1.20) – 0.10	(1)
								Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.37 – 0.92	0.53
								Ameren credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.37	(e)
	Power^(f)	8		(196		)	Discounted cash flow	Average forward peak and off-peak pricing – forwards/swaps ($/MWh)^(g)	24 – 46	28
								Estimated auction price for FTRs ($/MW)^(b)	(65) – 1,823	251
								Nodal basis ($/MWh)^(g)	(10) – 0	(2)
								Counterparty credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.28	(e)
								Ameren Illinois credit risk (%)^(c)(d)	0.37	(e)
							Fundamental energy production model	Estimated future natural gas prices ($/mmbtu)^(b)	3 – 4	3
								Escalation rate (%)^(b)(h)	5	(e)
							Contract price allocation	Estimated renewable energy credit costs ($/credit)^(b)	5 – 7	6


(a)	The derivative asset and liability balances are presented net of counterparty credit considerations.


(b)	Generally, significant increases (decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.


(c)	Generally, significant increases (decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.


(d)	Counterparty credit risk is applied only to counterparties with derivative asset balances. Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois credit risk is applied only to counterparties with derivative liability balances.


(e)	Not applicable.


(f)	Power valuations use visible third-party pricing evaluated by month for peak and off-peak demand through 2022 for June 30, 2018, and through 2021 for December 31, 2017. Valuations beyond 2022 for June 30, 2018, and 2021 for December 31, 2017, use fundamentally modeled pricing by month for peak and off-peak demand.


(g)	The balance at Ameren is comprised of Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois power contracts, which respond differently to unobservable input changes due to their opposing positions.


(h)	Escalation rate applies to power prices in 2031 and beyond.

Schedule Of Fair Value Hierarchy Of Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On Recurring Basis

The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2018:



		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Ameren	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	8	$	—	$	5	$	13
	Natural gas	—		1		1		2
	Power	—		—		7		7
	Total derivative assets – commodity contracts	$	8	$	1	$	13	$	22
	Nuclear decommissioning trust fund:
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large capitalization	$	481	$	—	$	—	$	481
	Debt securities:
	U.S. Treasury and agency securities	—		118		—		118
	Corporate bonds	—		78		—		78
	Other	—		31		—		31
	Total nuclear decommissioning trust fund	$	481	$	227	$	—	$	708	^(b)
	Total Ameren	$	489	$	228	$	13	$	730
Ameren Missouri	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	8	$	—	$	5	$	13
	Power	—		—		7		7
	Total derivative assets – commodity contracts	$	8	$	—	$	12	$	20
	Nuclear decommissioning trust fund:
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large capitalization	$	481	$	—	$	—	$	481
	Debt securities:
	U.S. Treasury and agency securities	—		118		—		118
	Corporate bonds	—		78		—		78
	Other	—		31		—		31
	Total nuclear decommissioning trust fund	$	481	$	227	$	—	$	708	^(b)
	Total Ameren Missouri	$	489	$	227	$	12	$	728
Ameren Illinois	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	2
Liabilities:
Ameren	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	1
	Natural gas	1		26		5		32
	Power	—		—		192		192
	Total Ameren	$	1	$	26	$	198	$	225
Ameren Missouri	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	1
	Natural gas			7		—		7
	Power	—		—		2		2
	Total Ameren Missouri	$	—	$	7	$	3	$	10
Ameren Illinois	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	1	$	19	$	5	$	25
	Power	—		—		190		190
	Total Ameren Illinois	$	1	$	19	$	195	$	215


(a)	The derivative asset and liability balances are presented net of counterparty credit considerations.


(b)	Balance excludes $6 million of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, payables, and accrued income, net.

The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017:



		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Ameren	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	4	$	—	$	3	$	7
	Natural gas	—		—		1		1
	Power	—		1		8		9
	Total derivative assets – commodity contracts	$	4	$	1	$	12	$	17
	Nuclear decommissioning trust fund:
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large capitalization	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468
	Debt securities:
	U.S. Treasury and agency securities	—		125		—		125
	Corporate bonds	—		82		—		82
	Other	—		25		—		25
	Total nuclear decommissioning trust fund	$	468	$	232	$	—	$	700	^(b)
	Total Ameren	$	472	$	233	$	12	$	717
Ameren Missouri	Derivative assets – commodity contracts^(a):
	Fuel oils	$	4	$	—	$	3	$	7
	Natural gas	—		—		1		1
	Power	—		1		8		9
	Total derivative assets – commodity contracts	$	4	$	1	$	12	$	17
	Nuclear decommissioning trust fund:
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large capitalization	$	468	$	—	$	—	$	468
	Debt securities:
	U.S. Treasury and agency securities	—		125		—		125
	Corporate bonds	—		82		—		82
	Other	—		25		—		25
	Total nuclear decommissioning trust fund	$	468	$	232	$	—	$	700	^(b)
	Total Ameren Missouri	$	472	$	233	$	12	$	717
Liabilities:
Ameren	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	1	$	25	$	4	$	30
	Power	—		—		196		196
	Total Ameren	$	1	$	25	$	200	$	226
Ameren Missouri	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	—	$	7	$	1	$	8
	Power	—		—		1		1
	Total Ameren Missouri	$	—	$	7	$	2	$	9
Ameren Illinois	Derivative liabilities – commodity contracts^(a):
	Natural gas	$	1	$	18	$	3	$	22
	Power	—		—		195		195
	Total Ameren Illinois	$	1	$	18	$	198	$	217


(a)	The derivative asset and liability balances are presented net of counterparty credit considerations.


(b)	Balance excludes $4 million of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, payables, and accrued income, net.

Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Financial Assets And Liabilities Classified As Level Three In The Fair Value Hierarchy

The following table summarizes the changes in the fair value of power financial assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:



		Net derivative commodity contracts
		Ameren Missouri			Ameren Illinois			Ameren
For the three months ended June 30, 2018
Beginning balance at April 1, 2018	$	4		$	(191	)	$	(187	)
Realized and unrealized losses included in regulatory assets/liabilities		(1	)		(2	)		(3	)
Purchases		4			—			4
Settlements		(2	)		3			1
Ending balance at June 30, 2018	$	5		$	(190	)	$	(185	)
Change in unrealized losses related to assets/liabilities held at June 30, 2018	$	—		$	(3	)	$	(3	)
For the three months ended June 30, 2017
Beginning balance at April 1, 2017	$	4		$	(194	)	$	(190	)
Realized and unrealized losses included in regulatory assets/liabilities		(1	)		(1	)		(2	)
Purchases		15			—			15
Settlements		(4	)		3			(1	)
Ending balance at June 30, 2017	$	14		$	(192	)	$	(178	)
Change in unrealized losses related to assets/liabilities held at June 30, 2017	$	—		$	(2	)	$	(2	)
For the six months ended June 30, 2018
Beginning balance at January 1, 2018	$	7		$	(195	)	$	(188	)
Realized and unrealized losses included in regulatory assets/liabilities		(3	)		(1	)		(4	)
Purchases		4			—			4
Settlements		(3	)		6			3
Ending balance at June 30, 2018	$	5		$	(190	)	$	(185	)
Change in unrealized losses related to assets/liabilities held at June 30, 2018	$	(1	)	$	(2	)	$	(3	)
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
Beginning balance at January 1, 2017	$	7		$	(185	)	$	(178	)
Realized and unrealized losses included in regulatory assets/liabilities		(1	)		(11	)		(12	)
Purchases		15			—			15
Settlements		(7	)		4			(3	)
Ending balance at June 30, 2017	$	14		$	(192	)	$	(178	)
Change in unrealized losses related to assets/liabilities held at June 30, 2017	$	—		$	(13	)	$	(13	)

Schedule Of Carrying Amounts And Estimated Fair Values Of Long-Term Debt, Capital Lease Obligations And Preferred Stock

The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the carrying amount and fair value of financial assets and liabilities disclosed, but not carried, at fair value as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017:



	June 30, 2018
	Carrying Amount			Fair Value
	Carrying Amount			Level 1		Level 2		Level 3			Total
Ameren:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	96		$	96	$	—	$	—		$	96
Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities^(a)	276			—		276		—			276
Short-term debt	506			—		506		—			506
Long-term debt (including current portion)^(a)	8,460		^(b)	—		8,411		438		^(c)	8,849
Preferred stock^(d)	142			—		140		—			140
Ameren Missouri:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	25		$	25	$	—	$	—		$	25
Advances to money pool	66			—		66		—			66
Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities^(a)	276			—		276		—			276
Long-term debt (including current portion)^(a)	4,202		^(b)	—		4,544		—			4,544
Preferred stock	80			—		79		—			79
Ameren Illinois:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	57		$	57	$	—	$	—		$	57
Borrowings from money pool	31			—		31		—			31
Long-term debt (including current portion)	3,113		^(b)	—		3,187		—			3,187
Preferred stock	62			—		61		—			61
	December 31, 2017
Ameren:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	68		$	68	$	—	$	—		$	68
Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities^(a)	276			—		276		—			276
Short-term debt	484			—		484		—			484
Long-term debt (including current portion)^(a)	7,935		^(b)	—		8,531		—			8,531
Preferred stock^(c)	142			—		131		—			131
Ameren Missouri:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	7		$	7	$	—	$	—		$	7
Investments in held-to-maturity debt securities^(a)	276			—		276		—			276
Short-term debt	39			—		39		—			39
Long-term debt (including current portion)^(a)	3,961		^(b)	—		4,348		—			4,348
Preferred stock	80			—		80		—			80
Ameren Illinois:
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	41		$	41	$	—	$	—		$	41
Short-term debt	62			—		62		—			62
Long-term debt (including current portion)	2,830		^(b)	—		3,028		—			3,028
Preferred stock	62			—		51		—			51

(a)

Ameren and Ameren Missouri have investments in industrial revenue bonds, classified as held-to-maturity and recorded in “Other Assets,” that are equal to the capital lease obligation for CTs leased from the city of Bowling Green and Audrain County. As of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, the carrying amount of both the investments in industrial revenue bonds and the capital lease obligations approximated fair value.

(b)

Included unamortized debt issuance costs, which were excluded from the fair value measurement, of $56 million, $23 million, and $27 million for Ameren, Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois, respectively, as of June 30, 2018. Included unamortized debt issuance costs, which were excluded from the fair value measurement, of $50 million, $20 million, and $24 million for Ameren, Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois, respectively, as of December 31, 2017.


(c)	The Level 3 fair value amount consists of ATXI’s senior unsecured notes. In the first quarter of 2018, the amount was transferred to Level 3 because inputs to the valuation model became unobservable during the period.


(d)	Preferred stock is recorded in “Noncontrolling Interests” on the consolidated balance sheet.

Related Party Transactions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Schedule of Related Party Transactions

The following table presents the impact on Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois of related-party transactions for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



				Three Months				Six Months
Agreement	Income Statement Line Item			Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois		Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois
Ameren Missouri power supply	Operating Revenues	2018	$	3	$	(a)	$	6	$	(a)
agreements with Ameren Illinois		2017		6		(a)		17		(a)
Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois	Operating Revenues	2018		6		1		11		2
rent and facility services		2017		6		1		13		2
Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois	Operating Revenues	2018		(b)		(b)		(b)		(b)
miscellaneous support services		2017		(b)		1		(b)		1
Total Operating Revenues		2018	$	9	$	1	$	17	$	2
		2017		12		2		30		3
Ameren Illinois power supply	Purchased Power	2018	$	(a)	$	3	$	(a)	$	6
agreements with Ameren Missouri		2017		(a)		6		(a)		17
Ameren Illinois transmission	Purchased Power	2018		(a)		1		(a)		1
services with ATXI		2017		(a)		1		(a)		1
Total Purchased Power		2018	$	(a)	$	4	$	(a)	$	7
		2017		(a)		7		(a)		18
Ameren Services support services	Other Operations and Maintenance	2018	$	32	$	30	$	65	$	60
agreement		2017		34		34		69		66
Money pool borrowings (advances)	Interest Charges/ Other Income, Net	2018	$	(b)	$	(b)	$	(b)	$	(b)
		2017		(b)		(b)		(b)		(b)


(a)	Not applicable.


(b)	Amount less than $1 million.

Commitments And Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term Purchase Commitment [Table Text Block]

The table below presents our estimated minimum fuel, purchased power, and other commitments for fuel at June 30, 2018. Ameren’s and Ameren Illinois’ purchased power commitments include the Ameren Illinois agreements entered into as part of the IPA-administered power procurement process. Included in the Other column are minimum purchase commitments under contracts for equipment, design and construction, and meter reading services, among other agreements, at June 30, 2018.



	Coal		Natural Gas^(a)		Nuclear Fuel		Purchased Power^(b)(c)		Methane Gas		Other		Total
Ameren:^(d)
2018	$	181	$	148	$	51	$	130	$	2	$	56	$	568
2019	246		210		27		122		4		47		656
2020	85		125		38		30		4		62		344
2021	27		61		57		5		5		28		183
2022	—		12		12		—		5		26		55
Thereafter	—		39		62		—		58		93		252
Total	$	539	$	595	$	247	$	287	$	78	$	312	$	2,058
Ameren Missouri:
2018	$	181	$	22	$	51	$	—	$	2	$	39	$	295
2019	246		38		27		—		4		29		344
2020	85		30		38		—		4		44		201
2021	27		14		57		—		5		25		128
2022	—		5		12		—		5		26		48
Thereafter	—		17		62		—		58		74		211
Total	$	539	$	126	$	247	$	—	$	78	$	237	$	1,227
Ameren Illinois:
2018	$	—	$	126	$	—	$	130	$	—	$	5	$	261
2019	—		172		—		122		—		9		303
2020	—		95		—		30		—		9		134
2021	—		47		—		5		—		—		52
2022	—		7		—		—		—		—		7
Thereafter	—		22		—		—		—		—		22
Total	$	—	$	469	$	—	$	287	$	—	$	23	$	779


(a)	Includes amounts for generation and for distribution.


(b)	The purchased power amounts for Ameren and Ameren Illinois exclude agreements for renewable energy credits through 2032 with various renewable energy suppliers due to the contingent nature of the payment amounts.


(c)	The purchased power amounts for Ameren and Ameren Missouri exclude a 102-megawatt power purchase agreement with a wind farm operator, which expires in 2024, due to the contingent nature of the payment amounts.


(d)	Includes amounts for Ameren registrant and nonregistrant subsidiaries.

Callaway Energy Center (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Nuclear Waste Matters [Abstract]

Schedule of Insurance Coverage at Callaway Energy Center

The following table presents insurance coverage at Ameren Missouri’s Callaway energy center as of June 30, 2018. The property coverage and the nuclear liability coverage renewal dates are April 1 and January 1, respectively, of each year. Both coverages were renewed in 2018.



Type and Source of Coverage	Maximum Coverages			Maximum Assessments for Single Incidents
Public liability and nuclear worker liability:
American Nuclear Insurers	$	450		$	—
Pool participation	12,604		^(a)	127		^(b)
	$	13,054	^(c)	$	127
Property damage:
NEIL and EMANI	$	3,200	^(d)	$	27	^(e)
Replacement power:
NEIL	$	490	^(f)	$	7	^(e)


(a)	Provided through mandatory participation in an industrywide retrospective premium assessment program. The maximum coverage available is dependent on the number of United States commercial reactors participating in the program.


(b)	Retrospective premium under the Price-Anderson Act. This is subject to retrospective assessment with respect to a covered loss in excess of $450 million in the event of an incident at any licensed United States commercial reactor, payable at $19 million per year.


(c)	Limit of liability for each incident under the Price-Anderson liability provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. This limit is subject to change to account for the effects of inflation and changes in the number of licensed reactors.


(d)	NEIL provides $2.7 billion in property damage, stabilization, decontamination, and premature decommissioning insurance for radiation events and $2.3 billion in property damage insurance for nonradiation events. EMANI provides $490 million in property damage insurance for both radiation and nonradiation events.


(e)	All NEIL insured plants could be subject to assessments should losses exceed the accumulated funds from NEIL.


(f)	Provides replacement power cost insurance in the event of a prolonged accidental outage. Weekly indemnity up to $4.5 million for 52 weeks, which commences after the first twelve weeks of an outage, plus up to $3.6 million per week for a minimum of 71 weeks thereafter for a total not exceeding the policy limit of $490 million. Nonradiation events are limited to $328 million.

Retirement Benefits (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Defined Benefit Plan [Abstract]

Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The following table presents the components of the net periodic benefit cost (income), prior to capitalization, incurred for Ameren’s pension and postretirement benefit plans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Pension Benefits												Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months						Six Months						Three Months						Six Months
	2018			2017			2018			2017			2018			2017			2018			2017
Service cost^(a)	$	25		$	23		$	50		$	46		$	5		$	5		$	10		$	10
Non-service cost components:
Interest cost	42			45			84			90			9			11			20			23
Expected return on plan assets	(69		)	(65		)	(138		)	(131		)	(19		)	(18		)	(38		)	(37		)
Amortization of:
Prior service benefit	—			—			—			—			(1		)	(1		)	(2		)	(2		)
Actuarial loss (gain)	18			13			34			27			(3		)	(1		)	(3		)	(3		)
Total non-service cost components^(b)	(9		)	(7		)	(20		)	(14		)	(14		)	(9		)	(23		)	(19		)
Net periodic benefit cost (income)	$	16		$	16		$	30		$	32		$	(9	)	$	(4	)	$	(13	)	$	(9	)


(a)	Service cost, net of capitalization, is reflected in “Operating Expenses – Other operations and maintenance” on Ameren’s statement of income.


(b)	2018 amounts and the non-capitalized portion of 2017’s non-service cost components, as discussed above, are reflected in “Other Income, Net” on Ameren’s statement of income. See Note 5 – Other Income, Net for additional information.

Summary Of Benefit Plan Costs Incurred

Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois are responsible for their respective shares of Ameren’s pension and postretirement costs. The following table presents the respective share of net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs (income) incurred for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



	Pension Benefits								Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months				Six Months				Three Months						Six Months
	2018		2017		2018		2017		2018			2017			2018			2017
Ameren Missouri^(a)	$	6	$	6	$	11	$	12	$	—		$	(1	)	$	—		$	(2	)
Ameren Illinois	10		10		19		20		(9		)	(3		)	(13		)	(7		)
Ameren^(a)	$	16	$	16	$	30	$	32	$	(9	)	$	(4	)	$	(13	)	$	(9	)


(a)	Does not include the impact of the regulatory tracking mechanism for the difference between the level of pension and postretirement benefit costs incurred by Ameren Missouri under GAAP and the level of such costs included in rates.

Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment

The following tables present revenues, net income attributable to common shareholders, and capital expenditures by segment at Ameren and Ameren Illinois for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. Ameren, Ameren Missouri, and Ameren Illinois management review segment capital expenditure information rather than any individual or total asset amount.

Ameren



Three Months	Ameren Missouri		Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas		Ameren Transmission			Other			Intersegment Eliminations			Consolidated
2018
External revenues	$	946	$	386	$	142	$	89		$	—		$	—		$	1,563
Intersegment revenues	9		1		—		14			—			(24		)	—
Net income attributable to Ameren common shareholders	168		33		7		36		^(a)	(5		)	—			239
Capital expenditures	205		132		66		130			(2		)	2			533
2017
External revenues	$	922	$	387	$	134	$	92		$	2		$	—		$	1,537
Intersegment revenues	12		2		—		13			—			(27		)	—
Net income attributable to Ameren common shareholders	120		33		5		34		^(a)	1			—			193
Capital expenditures	159		122		58		156			1			(2		)	494
Six Months
2018
External revenues	$	1,730	$	785	$	453	$	180		$	—		$	—		$	3,148
Intersegment revenues	17		2		—		27			—			(46		)	—
Net income attributable to Ameren common shareholders	206		66		49		73		^(a)	(4		)	—			390
Capital expenditures	454		254		126		275			5			(2		)	1,112
2017
External revenues	$	1,695	$	771	$	398	$	188		$	—		$	—		$	3,052
Intersegment revenues	30		3		—		19			—			(52		)	—
Net income attributable to Ameren common shareholders	125		63		38		68		^(a)	1			—			295
Capital expenditures	355		242		109		290			5			(3		)	998


(a)	Ameren Transmission earnings include an allocation of financing costs from Ameren (parent).

Ameren Illinois



Three Months	Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas		Ameren Illinois Transmission		Intersegment Eliminations			Total Ameren Illinois
2018
External revenues	$	387	$	142	$	49	$	—		$	578
Intersegment revenues	—		—		13		(13		)	—
Net income available to common shareholder	33		7		22		—			62
Capital expenditures	132		66		104		—			302
2017
External revenues	$	389	$	134	$	53	$	—		$	576
Intersegment revenues	—		—		12		(12		)	—
Net income available to common shareholder	33		5		19		—			57
Capital expenditures	122		58		77		—			257
Six Months
2018
External revenues	$	787	$	453	$	98	$	—		$	1,338
Intersegment revenues	—		—		26		(26		)	—
Net income available to common shareholder	66		49		42		—			157
Capital expenditures	254		126		222		—			602
2017
External revenues	$	774	$	398	$	107	$	—		$	1,279
Intersegment revenues	—		—		18		(18		)	—
Net income available to common shareholder	63		38		35		—			136
Capital expenditures	242		109		133		—			484

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following tables present disaggregated revenues by segment at Ameren and Ameren Illinois for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. Economic factors affect the nature, timing, amount, and uncertainty of revenues and cash flows in a similar manner across customer classes. Revenues from alternative revenue programs have a similar distribution among customer classes as revenues from contracts with customers. Other revenues not associated with contracts with customers are presented in the Other customer classification, along with electric transmission and off-system revenues.

Ameren



Three Months	Ameren Missouri				Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas		Ameren Transmission		Other		Intersegment Eliminations			Consolidated
2018
Residential	$	432			$	221	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	653
Commercial	364				126		—		—		—		—			490
Industrial	87				33		—		—		—		—			120
Other	47			^(a)	7		—		103		—		(24		)	133		^(a)
Total electric revenues	$	930			$	387	$	—	$	103	$	—	$	(24	)	$	1,396
Residential	$	13			$	—	$	97	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	110
Commercial	6				—		26		—		—		—			32
Industrial	—				—		5		—		—		—			5
Other	6				—		14		—		—		—			20
Total gas revenues	25				—		142		—		—		—			167
Total revenues^(b)	$	955			$	387	$	142	$	103	$	—	$	(24	)	$	1,563
2017
Residential	$	358			$	208	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	566
Commercial	332				129		—		—		—		—			461
Industrial	84				28		—		—		—		—			112
Other	138				24		—		105		2		(26		)	243
Total electric revenues	$	912			$	389	$	—	$	105	$	2	$	(26	)	$	1,382
Residential	$	10			$	—	$	84	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	94
Commercial	4				—		24		—		—		—			28
Industrial	1				—		2		—		—		—			3
Other	7				—		24		—		—		(1		)	30
Total gas revenues	$	22			$	—	$	134	$	—	$	—	$	(1	)	$	155
Total revenues^(b)	$	934			$	389	$	134	$	105	$	2	$	(27	)	$	1,537
Six Months
2018
Residential	$	764			$	440	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	1,204
Commercial	616				250		—		—		—		—			866
Industrial	148				68		—		—		—		—			216
Other	143			^(a)	29		—		207		—		(46		)	333		^(a)
Total electric revenues	$	1,671			$	787	$	—	$	207	$	—	$	(46	)	$	2,619
Residential	$	54			$	—	$	340	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	394
Commercial	22				—		93		—		—		—			115
Industrial	2				—		11		—		—		—			13
Other	(2		)		—		9		—		—		—			7
Total gas revenues	$	76			$	—	$	453	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	529
Total revenues^(b)	$	1,747			$	787	$	453	$	207	$	—	$	(46	)	$	3,148
2017
Residential	$	644			$	427	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	1,071
Commercial	562				262		—		—		—		—			824
Industrial	142				56		—		—		—		—			198
Other	311				29		—		207		—		(51		)	496
Total electric revenues	$	1,659			$	774	$	—	$	207	$	—	$	(51	)	$	2,589
Residential	$	40			$	—	$	287	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	327
Commercial	16				—		79		—		—		—			95
Industrial	2				—		5		—		—		—			7
Other	8				—		27		—		—		(1		)	34
Total gas revenues	$	66			$	—	$	398	$	—	$	—	$	(1	)	$	463
Total revenues^(b)	$	1,725			$	774	$	398	$	207	$	—	$	(52	)	$	3,052


(a)	Includes $37 million and $47 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, for the reduction to revenue for the excess amounts collected in rates related to the TCJA from January 1, 2018, through June 30, 2018. See Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters for additional information.


(b)	The following table presents revenues from alternative revenue programs and other revenues not from contracts with customers for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



Three Months	Ameren Missouri			Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas			Ameren Transmission			Consolidated
2018
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	(5	)	$	15	$	(5	)	$	(5	)	$	—
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	5			3		—			—			8
2017
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	(7	)	$	16	$	1		$	2		$	12
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3			1		1			—			5
Six Months
2018
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	(9	)	$	46	$	(8	)	$	(9	)	$	20
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	19			13		1			—			33
2017
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	(14	)	$	49	$	12		$	7		$	54
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	7			3		2			—			12

Ameren Illinois



Three Months	Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas		Ameren Illinois Transmission		Intersegment Eliminations			Total Ameren Illinois
2018
Residential	$	221	$	97	$	—	$	—		$	318
Commercial	126		26		—		—			152
Industrial	33		5		—		—			38
Other	7		14		62		(13		)	70
Total revenues^(a)	$	387	$	142	$	62	$	(13	)	$	578
2017
Residential	$	208	$	84	$	—	$	—		$	292
Commercial	129		24		—		—			153
Industrial	28		2		—		—			30
Other	24		24		65		(12		)	101
Total revenues^(a)	$	389	$	134	$	65	$	(12	)	$	576
Six Months
2018
Residential	$	440	$	340	$	—	$	—		$	780
Commercial	250		93		—		—			343
Industrial	68		11		—		—			79
Other	29		9		124		(26		)	136
Total revenues^(a)	$	787	$	453	$	124	$	(26	)	$	1,338
2017
Residential	$	427	$	287	$	—	$	—		$	714
Commercial	262		79		—		—			341
Industrial	56		5		—		—			61
Other	29		27		125		(18		)	163
Total revenues^(a)	$	774	$	398	$	125	$	(18	)	$	1,279


(a)	The following table presents revenues from alternative revenue programs and other revenues not from contracts with customers for the Ameren Illinois segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:



Three Months	Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution		Ameren Illinois Natural Gas			Ameren Illinois Transmission			Consolidated
2018
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	15	$	(5	)	$	(5	)	$	5
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3		—			—			3
2017
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	16	$	1		$	2		$	19
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	1		1			—			2
Six Months
2018
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	46	$	(8	)	$	(9	)	$	29
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	13		1			—			14
2017
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	$	49	$	12		$	5		$	66
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3		2			—			5

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Payables for purchased receivables	$ 40		$ 40		$ 31
Deferred Compensation Liability, Classified, Noncurrent	85		85		86
Variable Interest Entity, Nonconsolidated, Carrying Amount, Assets and Liabilities, Net	17		17		17
Variable Interest Entity, Reporting Entity Involvement, Maximum Loss Exposure, Amount	19		19
Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance	249		249		265
Corporate owned life insurance, borrowings	$ 107		$ 107		120
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect of Share-based Payment Arrangements	2.0	0.8	1.8	1.1
Ameren Illinois Company
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Payables for purchased receivables	$ 40		$ 40		31
Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance	117		117		129
Corporate owned life insurance, borrowings	111		$ 111		$ 120
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
State Income Tax Statutory Rate			4.00%
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net	33		$ 33
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Union Electric Company
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
State Income Tax Statutory Rate			4.00%
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net	$ 33		$ 33
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Maximum
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
State Income Tax Statutory Rate			6.25%
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Maximum \| Union Electric Company
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
State Income Tax Statutory Rate			6.25%

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Cash and Cash Equivalents) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents Including Restricted Cash [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 29	$ 10	$ 10	$ 9
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	12	21	19	20
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent	51	35	23	22
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	4	2	1	1
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	96	68	53	52
Union Electric Company
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents Including Restricted Cash [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	17	0	0	0
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	4	5	4	4
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent	0	0	0	0
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	4	2	1	1
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	25	7	5	5
Ameren Illinois Company
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents Including Restricted Cash [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	6	6	5	6
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent	51	35	23	22
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	$ 57	$ 41	$ 28	$ 28

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Account Policies (Supplemental Cash Flow Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	$ 233	$ 175
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Trading Securities	1	36
Union Electric Company
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	80	61
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Trading Securities	1	$ 36
Ameren Illinois Company
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	$ 147		$ 79

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule of Asset Retirement Obligations) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]
Asset Retirement Obligation	$ 647	$ 644
Liabilities settled	(2)
Accretion	14
Change of estimates	(9)
Other current liabilities	298	326
Union Electric Company
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]
Asset Retirement Obligation	643	640
Liabilities settled	(2)
Accretion	14
Change of estimates	(9)
Other current liabilities	107	103
Ameren Illinois Company
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]
Asset Retirement Obligation	4	4
Liabilities settled	(1)
Accretion	1
Change of estimates	0
Other current liabilities	150	177
Asset Retirement Obligation Balance
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]
Other current liabilities	6	6
Asset Retirement Obligation Balance \| Union Electric Company
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]
Other current liabilities	$ 6	$ 6

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Summary of Nonvested Shares Related To Long-Term Incentive Plan) (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit at Grant Date
Closing common share price (in dollars per share)			$ 58.99
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Fully Vested Undistributed to Retirement-eligible employees.	476,361	476,361	712,572
Share Units
Share Units, Nonvested as of beginning of year		895,489
Share Units, Granted		306,252
Share Units, Forfeitures		(54,213)
Share Units, Undistributed Vested		(145,169)
Share Units, Vested		(176,043)
Share Units, Nonvested as of Current period end	826,316	826,316
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit at Grant Date
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Nonvested as of Beginning of year		$ 52.28
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Granted		62.88
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Forfeitures		49.72
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Undistributed Vested Units		53.50
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Vested		52.88
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Nonvested as of Current period end	$ 56.03	$ 56.03
Performance period		3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period		38 months
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Requisite Service Period		5 years
Risk free interest rate period		3 years
Three-year risk-free rate		1.98%
Volatility rate, minimum		15.00%
Volatility rate, maximum		23.00%
Stock Issued During Period Percentage Conversion Of Units, Low End	0.00%
Stock Issued During Period Percentage Conversion Of Units, High End	200.00%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Fully Vested Undistributed to Retirement-eligible employees.	12,983	12,983
Share Units
Share Units, Nonvested as of beginning of year		0
Share Units, Granted		184,351
Share Units, Forfeitures		(3,560)
Share Units, Undistributed Vested		(12,983)
Share Units, Vested		0
Share Units, Nonvested as of Current period end	167,808	167,808
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit at Grant Date
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Nonvested as of Beginning of year		$ 0.00
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Granted		57.60
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Forfeitures		58.99
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Undistributed Vested Units		58.98
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Vested		0.00
Weighted-average Fair Value per Unit, Nonvested as of Current period end	$ 57.46	$ 57.46
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period		38 months
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Requisite Service Period		5 years

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule Of Excise Taxes) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Excise tax expense	$ 74	$ 63	$ 143	$ 128
Union Electric Company
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Excise tax expense	46	40	80	71
Ameren Illinois Company
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Excise tax expense	$ 28	$ 23	$ 63	$ 57

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Income Taxes) (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 Rate	Jun. 30, 2017 Rate	Jun. 30, 2018 Rate	Jun. 30, 2017 Rate
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate:	21.00%	35.00%	21.00%	35.00%
Amortization of excess deferred taxes	(1.00%)	0.00%	(2.00%)	0.00%
Other depreciation differences	0.00%	0.00%
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	(0.00%)	(0.00%)	(1.00%)	(1.00%)
State tax	5.00%	4.00%	6.00%	5.00%
Tax credits	(1.00%)	(0.00%)
Other permanent items	0.00%	(1.00%)	(1.00%)	(2.00%)
Effective income tax rate	24.00%	38.00%	23.00%	37.00%
Union Electric Company
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate:	21.00%	35.00%	21.00%	35.00%
Amortization of excess deferred taxes	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Other depreciation differences	0.00%	0.00%
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	(1.00%)	(1.00%)	(1.00%)	(1.00%)
State tax	4.00%	3.00%	4.00%	3.00%
Tax credits	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
Other permanent items	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Effective income tax rate	24.00%	37.00%	24.00%	37.00%
Ameren Illinois Company
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate:	21.00%	35.00%	21.00%	35.00%
Amortization of excess deferred taxes	(5.00%)	0.00%	(4.00%)	0.00%
Other depreciation differences	(1.00%)	(1.00%)
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	(0.00%)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
State tax	8.00%	5.00%	7.00%	5.00%
Tax credits	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
Other permanent items	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	(1.00%)
Effective income tax rate	23.00%	39.00%	24.00%	39.00%

Rate And Regulatory Matters (Narrative-Missouri) (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) MWh	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	$ 4,540		$ 4,540		$ 4,387
Total operating revenues	1,563	$ 1,537	3,148	$ 3,052
Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	$ 2,754		$ 2,754		$ 2,664
PISA Deferral Percentage			85.00%
Recovery period for plant in service accounting deferrals			20 years
MEEIAEnergyEfficiencyInvestments			$ 92
Electricity \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			167
Estimated incremental capital Investment			1,000
Incentive Award if Energy Efficiency Goals Are Achieved			$ 115
Achieved Percentage of Energy Efficiency Earnings For Incentive Award	100.00%		100.00%
TCJA - Excess Amounts Collected in Rates
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	$ 47		$ 47
TCJA - Excess Accumulated Deferred Income Tax Amortization \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			$ 74
Wind Generation Facility \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Amount of Megawatts \| MWh			400
Renewable Choice Program \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Amount of Megawatts \| MWh			400
Renewable Choice Program \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Percentage of Energy Received From Renewable Resources	100.00%
Renewable Choice Program - Megawatts Owned [Member] \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Amount of Megawatts \| MWh			200
MEEIA 2016 \| Final Rate Order \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Total operating revenues			$ 5
MEEIA 2016 \| Final Rate Order \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Incentive Award if Energy Efficiency Goals Are Achieved			$ 27
Achieved Percentage of Energy Efficiency Earnings For Incentive Award	100.00%		100.00%
MEEIA 2013 \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Incentive Award if Energy Efficiency Goals Are Achieved			$ 9
Minimum \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Annual Incentive Award if Energy Efficiency Goals Are Achieved			$ 10
Maximum
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Percentage			2.85%
Maximum \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Annual Incentive Award if Energy Efficiency Goals Are Achieved			$ 24

Rate And Regulatory Matters (Narrative-Illinois) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Regulatory assets		$ 1,205	$ 1,205		$ 1,230
Ameren Illinois Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Regulatory assets		822	822		$ 822
Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			17
Ameren Illinois Company \| Electric Distribution
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			50
2018 IEIMA Revenue Requirement Reconciliation \| IEIMA \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electric Distribution
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Regulatory assets		62	$ 62
Pending Rate Case \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electric Distribution
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Electric Energy-Efficiency Revenue Requirement		34
Pending Rate Case \| FEJA energy-efficiency rider [Domain] \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electric Distribution
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount		$ 20
Subsequent Event \| Pending Rate Case \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount				$ 37
Public Utilities, Requested Return on Equity, Percentage	9.87%
Public Utilities, Requested Equity Capital Structure, Percentage				50.00%
Rate Base				$ 1,600
Subsequent Event \| Pending Rate Case \| IEIMA \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electric Distribution
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount	$ 72
Subsequent Event \| TCJA - Reduction in Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount				$ 17

Rate And Regulatory Matters (Narrative-Federal) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Current regulatory liabilities	$ 133	$ 128
Ameren Illinois Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Current regulatory liabilities	$ 65	$ 92
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage	12.38%
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc \| Ameren Illinois Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount	$ 27
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc \| Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount	$ 23
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc \| Final Rate Order
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage	10.32%
Customer Requested Rate on Equity	9.15%
Incentive adder to FERC allowed base return on common equity	0.50%
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc \| Administrative Law Judge
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage	9.70%
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc \| Pending Ferc Case
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Current regulatory liabilities	$ 43
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc \| Pending Ferc Case \| Ameren Illinois Company
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Current regulatory liabilities	$ 25
Maximum \| Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc \| Final Rate Order
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage	10.82%
Maximum \| Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc \| Administrative Law Judge
Rate And Regulatory Matters [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage	10.20%

Short-Term Debt And Liquidity (Narrative) (Detail)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Short-Term Debt And Liquidity (Narrative) (Detail)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017
Credit Agreements
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Actual debt-to-capital ratio	0.54		0.54
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,600,000,000.0		$ 1,600,000,000.0
Utilities [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate, over Time	2.17%	1.27%	2.04%	1.14%
Union Electric Company \| Missouri Credit Agreement
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Actual debt-to-capital ratio	0.48		0.48
Ameren Illinois Company \| Illinois Credit Agreement
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Actual debt-to-capital ratio	0.47		0.47

Short-Term Debt And Liquidity Short-Term Debt and Liquidity (Commercial Paper outstanding) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Commercial paper outstanding	$ 506	$ 484
Ameren (parent)
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Commercial paper outstanding	506	383
Union Electric Company
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Commercial paper outstanding	0	39
Ameren Illinois Company
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Commercial paper outstanding	$ 0	$ 62

Short-Term Debt And Liquidity Short-Term Debt and Liquidity (Commercial Paper) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Average Outstanding Amount	$ 693	$ 808
Weighted-average interest rate	2.12%	1.19%
Short-term Debt, Maximum Amount Outstanding During Period	$ 1,295	$ 948
Peak interest rate	2.55%	1.50%
Ameren (parent)
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Average Outstanding Amount	$ 397	$ 736
Weighted-average interest rate	2.14%	1.19%
Short-term Debt, Maximum Amount Outstanding During Period	$ 506	$ 841
Peak interest rate	2.45%	1.50%
Union Electric Company
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Average Outstanding Amount	$ 123	$ 6
Weighted-average interest rate	1.94%	1.10%
Short-term Debt, Maximum Amount Outstanding During Period	$ 481	$ 60
Peak interest rate	2.42%	1.41%
Ameren Illinois Company
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Average Outstanding Amount	$ 174	$ 66
Weighted-average interest rate	2.20%	1.14%
Short-term Debt, Maximum Amount Outstanding During Period	$ 442	$ 163
Peak interest rate	2.55%	1.50%

Long-Term debt and Equity Financings (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Long-Term Debt And Equity Financings [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues	0.4	0.7	0.7
Noncash financing activity - Issuance of common stock for stock-based compensation		$ 35,000,000	$ 35,000,000	$ 0
Issuance of common stock	$ 23,000,000		40,000,000	$ 0
Union Electric Company \| First Mortgage Bonds, 4.00%, Due 2048 - $425 Issuance [Member] \| Secured Debt
Long-Term Debt And Equity Financings [Line Items]
Total principal amount of notes	$ 425,000,000		$ 425,000,000
State interest rate	4.00%		4.00%
Proceeds from Issuance of Secured Debt			$ 419,000,000
Union Electric Company \| Senior Secured Notes 6 Point 00 Due 2018 [Member] \| Secured Debt
Long-Term Debt And Equity Financings [Line Items]
State interest rate	6.00%		6.00%
Repayments of other long-term debt			$ 179,000,000
Ameren Illinois Company \| First Mortgage Bonds, 3.80%, Due 2028 [Member] \| Secured Debt
Long-Term Debt And Equity Financings [Line Items]
Total principal amount of notes	$ 430,000,000		$ 430,000,000
State interest rate	3.80%		3.80%
Proceeds from Issuance of Secured Debt	$ 427,000,000
Ameren Illinois Company \| Senior Secured Notes6250 Due2018 [Member] \| Secured Debt
Long-Term Debt And Equity Financings [Line Items]
State interest rate	6.25%		6.25%
Repayments of other long-term debt			$ 144,000,000

Other Income, Net (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Other Income, Net (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Line Items]
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	$ 9	$ 4	$ 14	$ 10
Interest income on industrial development revenue bonds	7	6	13	13
Interest income	2	3	4	5
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	19	10	35	22
Other income	2	2	3	2
Donations	(6)	(2)	(11)	(7)
Other expense	(4)	(3)	(6)	(7)
Other Income (Expense), Net	29	20	52	38
Union Electric Company
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Line Items]
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	7	4	11	9
Interest income on industrial development revenue bonds	7	6	13	13
Interest income	1	1	1	1
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	4	6	9	12
Other income	0	1	1	1
Donations	(2)	(2)	(3)	2
Other expense	(1)	0	(3)	(2)
Other Income (Expense), Net	16	16	29	32
Defined Benefit Plan, Non-service Cost or Income Components - Tracker	4		8
Ameren Illinois Company
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Line Items]
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	2	0	3	1
Interest income	1	2	3	4
Non-service cost components of net periodic benefit income	10	1	17	4
Other income	2	2	2	2
Donations	(1)	(1)	(5)	(5)
Other expense	(1)	(1)	(1)	(3)
Other Income (Expense), Net	$ 13	$ 3	$ 19	$ 3

Financial Instruments (Open Gross Derivative Volumes By Commodity Type) (Detail) gal in Millions, MWh in Millions, MMBTU in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018 MWh gal MMBTU	Dec. 31, 2017 MWh gal MMBTU
Fuel Oils
Derivative [Line Items]
Quantity \| gal	40	28
Natural Gas
Derivative [Line Items]
Quantity \| MMBTU	172	163
Power
Derivative [Line Items]
Quantity \| MWh	10	12
Union Electric Company \| Fuel Oils
Derivative [Line Items]
Quantity \| gal	40	28
Union Electric Company \| Natural Gas
Derivative [Line Items]
Quantity \| MMBTU	23	24
Union Electric Company \| Power
Derivative [Line Items]
Quantity \| MWh	2	3
Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas
Derivative [Line Items]
Quantity \| MMBTU	149	139
Ameren Illinois Company \| Power
Derivative [Line Items]
Quantity \| MWh	8	9

Financial Instruments (Derivative Instruments Carrying Value) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	$ 1
Derivative liabilities	225
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	22	$ 17
Derivative liabilities		226
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	8	5
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	5	2
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	1
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1	1
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Current Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	16	17
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	16	13
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	7	9
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Current Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	15	14
Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	177	182
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	20	17
Derivative liabilities	10	9
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	8	5
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	5	2
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	1
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	1
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Current Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	4	5
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	3	3
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	7	9
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Current Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	2	1
Union Electric Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	2	0
Derivative liabilities	215	217
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Fuel Oils \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Current Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	12	12
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	13	10
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Current Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	13	13
Ameren Illinois Company \| Not Designated As Hedging Instrument \| Power \| Other Deferred Credits And Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	$ 177	$ 182

Financial Instruments (Derivative Instruments With Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features) (Detail) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities	$ 115
Cash Collateral Posted	4
Potential Aggregate Amount of Additional Collateral Required	99
Union Electric Company
Derivative [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities	63
Cash Collateral Posted	4
Potential Aggregate Amount of Additional Collateral Required	52
Ameren Illinois Company
Derivative [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities	52
Cash Collateral Posted	0
Potential Aggregate Amount of Additional Collateral Required	$ 47

Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Fair Value Hierarchy Of Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On Recurring Basis) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	$ 1
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	708	$ 700
Assets fair value	730	717
Derivative liabilities	225
Excluded receivables, payables, and accrued income, net	6	4
Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	708	700
Assets fair value	728	717
Excluded receivables, payables, and accrued income, net	6	4
Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	22	17
Derivative liabilities	225	226
Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	20	17
Derivative liabilities	10	9
Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	215	217
Equity Securities \| U.S. large capitalization
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	481	468
Equity Securities \| U.S. large capitalization \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	481	468
Debt Securities \| Corporate bonds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	78	82
Debt Securities \| Corporate bonds \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	78	82
Debt Securities \| US treasury and government securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	118	125
Debt Securities \| US treasury and government securities \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	118	125
Debt Securities \| Other Debt Securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	31	25
Debt Securities \| Other Debt Securities \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	31	25
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	481	468
Assets fair value	489	472
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	481	468
Assets fair value	489	472
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	8	4
Derivative liabilities	1	1
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	8	4
Derivative liabilities	0	0
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	1	1
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Equity Securities \| U.S. large capitalization
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	481	468
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Equity Securities \| U.S. large capitalization \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	481	468
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Debt Securities \| Corporate bonds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Debt Securities \| Corporate bonds \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Debt Securities \| US treasury and government securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Debt Securities \| US treasury and government securities \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Debt Securities \| Other Debt Securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Debt Securities \| Other Debt Securities \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	227	232
Assets fair value	228	233
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	227	232
Assets fair value	227	233
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1	1
Derivative liabilities	26	25
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	1
Derivative liabilities	7	7
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	19	18
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Equity Securities \| U.S. large capitalization
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Equity Securities \| U.S. large capitalization \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Debt Securities \| Corporate bonds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	78	82
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Debt Securities \| Corporate bonds \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	78	82
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Debt Securities \| US treasury and government securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	118	125
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Debt Securities \| US treasury and government securities \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	118	125
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Debt Securities \| Other Debt Securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	31	25
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Debt Securities \| Other Debt Securities \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	31	25
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Assets fair value	13	12
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Assets fair value	12	12
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	13	12
Derivative liabilities	198	200
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	12	12
Derivative liabilities	3	2
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	195	198
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Equity Securities \| U.S. large capitalization
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Equity Securities \| U.S. large capitalization \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Debt Securities \| Corporate bonds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Debt Securities \| Corporate bonds \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Debt Securities \| US treasury and government securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Debt Securities \| US treasury and government securities \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Debt Securities \| Other Debt Securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Debt Securities \| Other Debt Securities \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund	0	0
Fuel Oils \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	13	7
Derivative liabilities	1
Fuel Oils \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	13	7
Derivative liabilities	1
Fuel Oils \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	8	4
Derivative liabilities	0
Fuel Oils \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	8	4
Derivative liabilities	0
Fuel Oils \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities	0
Fuel Oils \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities	0
Fuel Oils \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	5	3
Derivative liabilities	1
Fuel Oils \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	5	3
Derivative liabilities	1
Power \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	7	9
Derivative liabilities	192	196
Power \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	7	9
Derivative liabilities	2	1
Power \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	190	195
Power \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities	0	0
Power \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities	0	0
Power \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0	0
Power \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	1
Derivative liabilities	0	0
Power \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	1
Derivative liabilities	0	0
Power \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0	0
Power \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	7	8
Derivative liabilities	192	196
Power \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	7	8
Derivative liabilities	2	1
Power \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	190	195
Natural Gas \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	2	1
Derivative liabilities	32	30
Natural Gas \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets		1
Derivative liabilities	7	8
Natural Gas \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	2
Derivative liabilities	25	22
Natural Gas \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities	1	1
Natural Gas \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets		0
Derivative liabilities		0
Natural Gas \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0
Derivative liabilities	1	1
Natural Gas \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1	0
Derivative liabilities	26	25
Natural Gas \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets		0
Derivative liabilities	7	7
Natural Gas \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1
Derivative liabilities	19	18
Natural Gas \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets		1
Derivative liabilities	5	4
Natural Gas \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets		1
Derivative liabilities	0	1
Natural Gas \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Commodity Contract \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1
Derivative liabilities	$ 5	$ 3

Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Financial Assets And Liabilities Classified As Level Three In The Fair Value Hierarchy) (Detail) - Power - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis with Unobservable Inputs	$ (185)	$ (178)	$ (185)	$ (178)	$ (187)	$ (188)	$ (190)	$ (178)
Included in regulatory assets/liabilities	(3)	(2)	(4)	(12)
Purchases	4	15	4	15
Settlements	1	(1)	3	(3)
Change in unrealized gains (losses) related to assets/liabilities held at period end	(3)	(2)	(3)	(13)
Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis with Unobservable Inputs	5	14	5	14	4	7	4	7
Included in regulatory assets/liabilities	(1)	(1)	(3)	(1)
Purchases	4	15	4	15
Settlements	(2)	(4)	(3)	(7)
Change in unrealized gains (losses) related to assets/liabilities held at period end	0	0	(1)	0
Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis with Unobservable Inputs	(190)	(192)	(190)	(192)	$ (191)	$ (195)	$ (194)	$ (185)
Included in regulatory assets/liabilities	(2)	(1)	(1)	(11)
Purchases	0	0	0	0
Settlements	3	3	6	4
Change in unrealized gains (losses) related to assets/liabilities held at period end	$ (3)	$ (2)	$ (2)	$ (13)

Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Valuation Process And Unobservable Inputs) (Detail) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / MW $ / MMBTU $ / MWh $ / credit	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 $ / MW $ / MMBTU $ / MWh $ / credit
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative assets \| $	$ 1
Derivative liabilities \| $	(225)
Natural Gas \| Derivative Assets
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative assets \| $	1	$ 1
Natural Gas \| Derivative Liabilities
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities \| $	5	(4)
Fuel Oils \| Derivative Assets
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative assets \| $	5	3
Fuel Oils \| Derivative Liabilities
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities \| $	(1)	0
Power \| Derivative Assets
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative assets \| $	7	8
Power \| Derivative Liabilities
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities \| $	$ 192	$ (196)
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input			0.0037
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input			0.0092
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input			0.0053
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0012		0.0012
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0085		0.0072
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0038		0.0041
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0091		0.0028
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0091		0.0028
Measurement Input, Counterparty Credit Risk [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0091		0.0028
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.35		0.0037
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.35		0.0037
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.35		0.0037
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.35		0.0037
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.35		0.0037
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.35		0.0037
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0035		0.0037
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0035		0.0037
Measurement Input, Entity Credit Risk [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0035		0.0037
Measurement Input, Commodity Forward Price [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh			24
Measurement Input, Commodity Forward Price [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh			46
Measurement Input, Commodity Forward Price [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh			28
Measurement Input, Price Volatility [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Option Model \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input			0.26
Measurement Input, Price Volatility [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Option Model \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input			0.46
Measurement Input, Price Volatility [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Option Model \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input			0.37
Measurement Input, Price Volatility [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Option Model \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.20		0.20
Measurement Input, Price Volatility [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Option Model \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.34		0.26
Measurement Input, Price Volatility [Member] \| Fuel Oils \| Option Model \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.25		0.22
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU	(1.3)		(1.20)
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU	0.3		0.10
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU	(0.9)		(1.00)
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Option Model \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU			(0.50)
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Option Model \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU			(0.30)
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Natural Gas \| Option Model \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU			(0.40)
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh	(10)		(10)
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh	0		0
Measurement Input, Nodal Basis [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh	(2)		(2)
Measurement Input, Quoted Price [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh	24
Measurement Input, Quoted Price [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh	39
Measurement Input, Quoted Price [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MWh	27
Measurement Input, Auction Pricing [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MW	(898)		(65)
Measurement Input, Auction Pricing [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MW	1,180		1,823
Measurement Input, Auction Pricing [Member] \| Power \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MW	57		251
Measurement Input, Commodity Future Price [Member] \| Power \| Fundamental Energy Production Model \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU	3		3
Measurement Input, Commodity Future Price [Member] \| Power \| Fundamental Energy Production Model \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU	3		4
Measurement Input, Commodity Future Price [Member] \| Power \| Fundamental Energy Production Model \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / MMBTU	3		3
Measurement Input, Escalation Rate [Member] \| Power \| Fundamental Energy Production Model \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.04		0.05
Measurement Input, Escalation Rate [Member] \| Power \| Fundamental Energy Production Model \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.04		0.05
Measurement Input, Escalation Rate [Member] \| Power \| Fundamental Energy Production Model \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.04		0.05
Measurement Input, Estimated Renewable Energy Credit Costs [Member] \| Power \| Contract Price Allocation \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / credit	5		5
Measurement Input, Estimated Renewable Energy Credit Costs [Member] \| Power \| Contract Price Allocation \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / credit	7		7
Measurement Input, Estimated Renewable Energy Credit Costs [Member] \| Power \| Contract Price Allocation \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Measurement input \| $ / credit	6		6

Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Carrying Amounts And Estimated Fair Values Of Financial Assets and Liabilities) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt	$ 506	$ 484
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	96	68	$ 53	$ 52
Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt	0	39
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	25	7	5	5
Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt	0	62
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	57	41	$ 28	$ 28
Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt	506	484
Long-term debt (including current portion)	8,460	7,935
Preferred stock	142	142
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	96	68
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	56	50
Carrying Amount \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	66
Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-maturity Securities	276	276
Short-term Debt		39
Long-term debt (including current portion)	4,202	3,961
Preferred stock	80	80
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	25	7
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	23	20
Carrying Amount \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Borrowings from Money Pool	31
Short-term Debt		62
Long-term debt (including current portion)	3,113	2,830
Preferred stock	62	62
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Cash and Cash Equivalents	57
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents		41
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	27	24
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	506	484
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	276	276
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	8,849	8,531
Preferred stock	140	131
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	96	68
Fair Value \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	96	68
Fair Value \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	506	484
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	276	276
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	8,411	8,531
Preferred stock	140	131
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	438	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	66
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		39
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	276	276
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	4,544	4,348
Preferred stock	79	80
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	25	7
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	25	7
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	66
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		39
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	276	276
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	4,544	4,348
Preferred stock	79	80
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		62
Borrowings from Money Pool	31
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	3,187	3,028
Preferred stock	61	51
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	57	41
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		0
Borrowings from Money Pool	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	57	41
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		62
Borrowings from Money Pool	31
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	3,187	3,028
Preferred stock	61	51
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		0
Borrowings from Money Pool	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	$ 0	$ 0

Related Party Transactions (Schedule of Related Party Transactions) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	0	0	0	0
Ameren Missouri Power Supply Agreements with Ameren Illinois \| Union Electric Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	3	6	6	17
Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois Rent and Facility Services \| Union Electric Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	6	6	11	13
Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois Rent and Facility Services \| Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	1	1	2	2
Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois miscellaneous support services \| Union Electric Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	1	1	1	1
Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois miscellaneous support services \| Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	1	1	1	1
Total Related Party Operating Revenues [Member] \| Union Electric Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	9	12	17	30
Total Related Party Operating Revenues [Member] \| Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	1	2	2	3
Ameren Illinois Power Supply Agreements with Ameren Missouri \| Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Expenses	3	6	6	17
Ameren Illinois Transmission Agreements with ATXI \| Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Expenses	1	1	1	1
Purchased Power \| Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Expenses	4	7	7	18
Ameren Services Support Services Agreement \| Union Electric Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Expenses	32	34	65	69
Ameren Services Support Services Agreement \| Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Expenses	30	34	60	66
Related Party Money Pool Interest \| Union Electric Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest Charges	1	1	1	1
Related Party Money Pool Interest \| Ameren Illinois Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest Charges	$ 1	$ 1	$ 1	$ 1

Related Party Transactions Narrative (Details) - April 2018 Procurement [Member] - Ameren Illinois Company - Ameren Illinois Power Supply Agreements with Ameren Missouri	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 $ / MWh	Jun. 30, 2018 MWh
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Long-term Contract for Purchase of Electric Power, Related Party Contract, Fixed Power \| MWh		110,000
Long-term Contract for Purchase of Electric Power, Related Party Contract, Fixed Power, Rate \| $ / MWh	32

Commitments And Contingencies (Other Obligations) (Detail) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) MWh
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	$ 568
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	656
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	344
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	183
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	55
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	252
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	2,058
Coal [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	181
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	246
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	85
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	27
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	539
Natural Gas
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	148
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	210
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	125
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	61
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	12
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	39
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	595
Nuclear Fuel
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	51
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	27
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	38
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	57
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	12
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	62
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	247
Purchased Power
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	130
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	122
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	30
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	5
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	287
Methane Gas [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	2
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	4
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	4
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	5
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	5
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	58
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	78
Other Purchased Fuel [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	56
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	47
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	62
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	28
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	26
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	93
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	312
Union Electric Company
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	295
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	344
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	201
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	128
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	48
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	211
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	1,227
Union Electric Company \| Coal [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	181
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	246
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	85
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	27
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	539
Union Electric Company \| Natural Gas
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	22
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	38
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	30
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	14
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	5
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	17
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	126
Union Electric Company \| Nuclear Fuel
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	51
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	27
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	38
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	57
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	12
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	62
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	247
Union Electric Company \| Purchased Power
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	$ 0
Amount of Megawatts \| MWh	102
Union Electric Company \| Methane Gas [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	$ 2
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	4
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	4
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	5
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	5
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	58
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	78
Union Electric Company \| Other Purchased Fuel [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	39
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	29
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	44
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	25
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	26
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	74
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	237
Ameren Illinois Company
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	261
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	303
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	134
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	52
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	7
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	22
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	779
Ameren Illinois Company \| Coal [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	126
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	172
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	95
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	47
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	7
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	22
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	469
Ameren Illinois Company \| Nuclear Fuel
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Purchased Power
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	130
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	122
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	30
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	5
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	287
Ameren Illinois Company \| Methane Gas [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Other Purchased Fuel [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	5
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Two Years	9
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Three Years	9
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Four Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due within Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Due after Five Years	0
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	23
Ameren Illinois Company \| April 2018 Procurement [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Amount	$ 112
Amount of Megawatthours \| MWh	3,956,200
Ameren Illinois Company \| Zero Emission Credits [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation	$ 57

Commitments And Contingencies (Environmental Matters) (Detail) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) scrubber site	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of Rate Base Related to Carbon Dioxide Energy Centers		17.00%
Asset Retirement Obligation	$ 647.0	$ 644.0
Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated capital costs to comply with existing and known federal and state air emissions regulations	325.0
Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated capital costs to comply with existing and known federal and state air emissions regulations	425.0
Union Electric Company
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of Rate Base Related to Carbon Dioxide Energy Centers		33.00%
Asset Retirement Obligation	$ 643.0	$ 640.0
Number of Energy Center Scrubbers \| scrubber	2
Union Electric Company \| Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated capital costs to comply with existing and known federal and state air emissions regulations	$ 325.0
Union Electric Company \| Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated capital costs to comply with existing and known federal and state air emissions regulations	425.0
Ameren Illinois Company
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Asset Retirement Obligation	4.0	$ 4.0
Coal Combustion Residuals Estimate [Member] \| Union Electric Company \| Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated capital costs to comply with existing and known federal and state air emissions regulations	300.0
Coal Combustion Residuals Estimate [Member] \| Union Electric Company \| Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated capital costs to comply with existing and known federal and state air emissions regulations	350.0
Manufactured Gas Plant
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for environmental loss contingencies	$ 165.0
Manufactured Gas Plant \| Ameren Illinois Company
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of remediation sites \| site	44
Accrual for environmental loss contingencies	$ 165.0
Manufactured Gas Plant \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss	165.0
Manufactured Gas Plant \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss	236.0
Sauget Area Two \| Union Electric Company
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for environmental loss contingencies	1.0
Sauget Area Two \| Union Electric Company \| Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss	1.0
Sauget Area Two \| Union Electric Company \| Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss	2.5
New CCR Rules Estimate
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Asset Retirement Obligation	141.0
New CCR Rules Estimate \| Union Electric Company
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Asset Retirement Obligation	$ 141.0

Callaway Energy Center (Narrative) (Detail) - Nuclear Plant $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) mill
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Number of mills charged for NWF fee \| mill	1
Annual decommissioning costs included in costs of service \| $	$ 7

Callaway Energy Center (Insurance Disclosure) (Detail) € in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 EUR (€)
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Number of weeks of coverage after the first eight weeks of an outage	1 year	1 year
Threshold for which a retrospective assessment for a covered loss is necessary	$ 450,000,000
Annual payment in the event of an incident at any licensed commercial reactor	19,000,000
Amount of weekly indemnity coverage commencing eight weeks after power outage	4,500,000
Amount of additional weekly indemnity coverage commencing after initial indemnity coverage	$ 3,600,000
Inflationary adjustment prescribed by most recent Price-Anderson Act renewal, in years	5 years	5 years
Aggregate nuclear power industry insurance policy limit for losses from terrorist attacks within twelve month period	$ 3,200,000,000	€ 600
Number Of Additional Weeks After Initial Indemnity Coverage For Power Outage	1 year 4 months 10 days	1 year 4 months 10 days
Public Liability And Nuclear Worker Liability - American Nuclear Insurers
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	$ 450,000,000
Maximum Assessments for Single Incidents	0
Public Liability And Nuclear Worker Liability - Pool Participation
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	12,604,000,000
Maximum Assessments for Single Incidents	127,000,000
Public Liability
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	13,054,000,000
Maximum Assessments for Single Incidents	127,000,000
Property Damage - Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	3,200,000,000
Maximum Assessments for Single Incidents	27,000,000
Replacement Power - Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	490,000,000
Maximum Assessments for Single Incidents	7,000,000
Amount of weekly indemnity coverage thereafter not exceeding policy limit	490,000,000
Sub-limit of for non-nuclear events	328,000,000
Property Damage European Mutual Association for Nuclear Insurance
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	490,000,000
Radiation Event
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	2,700,000,000
Non-radiation event
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items]
Maximum Coverages	2,300,000,000
Aggregate nuclear power industry insurance policy limit for losses from terrorist attacks within twelve month period	$ 1,800,000,000

Retirement Benefits Retirement Benefits (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total non-service cost components	$ 19	$ 10	$ 35	$ 22
Union Electric Company
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total non-service cost components	4	6	9	12
Ameren Illinois Company
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total non-service cost components	$ 10	$ 1	$ 17	$ 4

Retirement Benefits (Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total non-service cost components	$ (19)	$ (10)	$ (35)	$ (22)
Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Service cost	25	23	50	46
Interest cost	42	45	84	90
Expected return on plan assets	(69)	(65)	(138)	(131)
Prior service cost (benefit)	0	0	0	0
Actuarial loss	18	13	34	27
Total non-service cost components	(9)	(7)	(20)	(14)
Net periodic benefit cost	16	16	30	32
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Service cost	5	5	10	10
Interest cost	9	11	20	23
Expected return on plan assets	(19)	(18)	(38)	(37)
Prior service cost (benefit)	(1)	(1)	(2)	(2)
Actuarial loss	(3)	(1)	(3)	(3)
Total non-service cost components	(14)	(9)	(23)	(19)
Net periodic benefit cost	(9)	(4)	(13)	(9)
Union Electric Company
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total non-service cost components	(4)	(6)	(9)	(12)
Union Electric Company \| Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Net periodic benefit cost	6	6	11	12
Union Electric Company \| Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Net periodic benefit cost		(1)	0	(2)
Ameren Illinois Company
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total non-service cost components	(10)	(1)	(17)	(4)
Ameren Illinois Company \| Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Net periodic benefit cost	10	10	19	20
Ameren Illinois Company \| Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Net periodic benefit cost	$ (9)	$ (3)	$ (13)	$ (7)

Retirement Benefits (Summary Of Benefit Plan Costs Incurred) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)	$ 16	$ 16	$ 30	$ 32
Pension Plan \| Union Electric Company
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)	6	6	11	12
Pension Plan \| Ameren Illinois Company
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)	10	10	19	20
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)	(9)	(4)	(13)	(9)
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit \| Union Electric Company
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		(1)	0	(2)
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit \| Ameren Illinois Company
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)	$ (9)	$ (3)	$ (13)	$ (7)

Segment Information (Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment) (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment			4
External revenues	$ 1,563	$ 1,537	$ 3,148	$ 3,052
Intersegment revenues	0	0	0	0
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders, Basic	239	193	390	295
Capital expenditures	533	494	$ 1,112	998
Union Electric Company
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment			1
Ameren Illinois Company
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment			3
Ameren Illinois Company
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	578	576	$ 1,338	1,279
Intersegment revenues	0	0	0	0
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	62	57	157	136
Capital expenditures	302	257	602	484
Operating Segments \| Union Electric Company
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	946	922	1,730	1,695
Intersegment revenues	9	12	17	30
Capital expenditures	205	159	454	355
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	386	387	785	771
Intersegment revenues	1	2	2	3
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	33	33	66	63
Capital expenditures	132	122	254	242
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Gas
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	142	134	453	398
Intersegment revenues	0	0	0	0
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	7	5	49	38
Capital expenditures	66	58	126	109
Operating Segments \| Ameren Transmission
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	89	92	180	188
Intersegment revenues	14	13	27	19
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	36	34	73	68
Capital expenditures	130	156	275	290
Operating Segments \| Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	0	2	0	0
Intersegment revenues	0	0	0	0
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	(5)	1	(4)	1
Capital expenditures	(2)	1	5	5
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	387	389	787	774
Intersegment revenues	0	0	0	0
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	33	33	66	63
Capital expenditures	132	122	254	242
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Gas
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	142	134	453	398
Intersegment revenues	0	0	0	0
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	7	5	49	38
Capital expenditures	66	58	126	109
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Transmission
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	49	53	98	107
Intersegment revenues	13	12	26	18
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	22	19	42	35
Capital expenditures	104	77	222	133
Intersegment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	0	0	0	0
Intersegment revenues	(24)	(27)	(46)	(52)
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	0	0	0	0
Capital expenditures	2	(2)	(2)	(3)
Intersegment Eliminations \| Ameren Illinois Company
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	0	0	0	0
Intersegment revenues	(13)	(12)	(26)	(18)
Net Income Available to Common Shareholder	0	0	0	0
Capital expenditures	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

Segment Information Segment Information (Disaggregation of Revenue) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	$ 1,563	$ 1,537	$ 3,148	$ 3,052
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	0	12	20	54
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	8	5	33	12
TCJA - Excess Amounts Collected in Rates
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
TCJA Revenue Reduction	37		47
Intersegment Eliminations
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	(24)	(27)	(46)	(52)
Electricity
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	1,396	1,382	2,619	2,589
Electricity \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	653	566	1,204	1,071
Electricity \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	490	461	866	824
Electricity \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	120	112	216	198
Electricity \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	133	243	333	496
Electricity \| Intersegment Eliminations
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	(24)	(26)	(46)	(51)
Electricity \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Electricity \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Electricity \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Electricity \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	(24)	(26)	(46)	(51)
Natural Gas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	167	155	529	463
Natural Gas \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	110	94	394	327
Natural Gas \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	32	28	115	95
Natural Gas \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	5	3	13	7
Natural Gas \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	20	30	7	34
Natural Gas \| Intersegment Eliminations
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	(1)	0	(1)
Natural Gas \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	(1)	0	(1)
Ameren Illinois Company
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	578	576	1,338	1,279
Ameren Illinois Company \| Intersegment Eliminations
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	(13)	(12)	(26)	(18)
Ameren Illinois Company \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Ameren Illinois Company \| Intersegment Eliminations \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	(13)	(12)	(26)	(18)
Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Company
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	578	576	1,338	1,279
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	5	19	29	66
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3	2	14	5
Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	318	292	780	714
Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	152	153	343	341
Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	38	30	79	61
Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	70	101	136	163
Ameren Illinois Company \| Electricity
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	436	442	885	881
Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	142	134	453	398
Operating Segments \| Union Electric Company
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	955	934	1,747	1,725
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	(5)	(7)	(9)	(14)
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	5	3	19	7
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	387	389	787	774
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	15	16	46	49
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3	1	13	3
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Gas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	142	134	453	398
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	(5)	1	(8)	12
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	0	1	1	2
Operating Segments \| Ameren Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	103	105	207	207
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	(5)	2	(9)	7
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	2	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	930	912	1,671	1,659
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	432	358	764	644
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	364	332	616	562
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	87	84	148	142
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Union Electric Company \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	47	138	143	311
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	387	389	787	774
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	221	208	440	427
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	126	129	250	262
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	33	28	68	56
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	7	24	29	29
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Gas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	103	105	207	207
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Transmission \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Transmission \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Transmission \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Ameren Transmission \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	103	105	207	207
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	2	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Other \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Other \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Other \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Electricity \| Other \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	2	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Union Electric Company
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	25	22	76	66
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Union Electric Company \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	13	10	54	40
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Union Electric Company \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	6	4	22	16
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Union Electric Company \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	1	2	2
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Union Electric Company \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	6	7	(2)	8
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	142	134	453	398
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	97	84	340	287
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	26	24	93	79
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	5	2	11	5
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	14	24	9	27
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Transmission \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Transmission \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Transmission \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Transmission \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Other \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Other \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Other \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Natural Gas \| Other \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	15	16	46	49
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	3	1	13	3
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Gas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	(5)	1	(8)	12
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	0	1	1	2
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	62	65	124	125
Revenues from alternative revenue programs	(5)	2	(9)	5
Other revenues not from contracts with customers	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Transmission \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Transmission \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Transmission \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Ameren Illinois Transmission \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	62	65	124	125
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	387	389	787	774
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	221	208	440	427
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	126	129	250	262
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	33	28	68	56
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Electricity \| Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	7	24	29	29
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	142	134	453	398
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	97	84	340	287
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Commercial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	26	24	93	79
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	5	2	11	5
Operating Segments \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Natural Gas \| Ameren Illinois Gas \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	$ 14	$ 24	$ 9	$ 27