UNION ELECTRIC CO - Quarter Report: 2005 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(X)
Quarterly
report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for
the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2005
OR
(
) Transition
report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for
the
transition period from ___ to
___ .
Commission
File
Number
|
Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter;
State
of Incorporation;
Address
and Telephone Number
|
IRS
Employer
Identification
No.
|
1-14756
|
Ameren
Corporation
|
43-1723446
|
(Missouri
Corporation)
|
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1901
Chouteau Avenue
|
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St.
Louis, Missouri 63103
|
||
(314)
621-3222
|
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1-2967
|
Union
Electric Company
|
43-0559760
|
(Missouri
Corporation)
|
||
1901
Chouteau Avenue
|
||
St.
Louis, Missouri 63103
|
||
(314)
621-3222
|
||
1-3672
|
Central
Illinois Public Service Company
|
37-0211380
|
(Illinois
Corporation)
|
||
607
East Adams Street
|
||
Springfield,
Illinois 62739
|
||
(217)
523-3600
|
||
333-56594
|
Ameren
Energy Generating Company
|
37-1395586
|
(Illinois
Corporation)
|
||
1901
Chouteau Avenue
|
||
St.
Louis, Missouri 63103
|
||
(314)
621-3222
|
||
2-95569
|
CILCORP
Inc.
|
37-1169387
|
(Illinois
Corporation)
|
||
300
Liberty Street
|
||
Peoria,
Illinois 61602
|
||
(309)
677-5271
|
||
1-2732
|
Central
Illinois Light Company
|
37-0211050
|
(Illinois
Corporation)
|
||
300
Liberty Street
|
||
Peoria,
Illinois 61602
|
||
(309)
677-5271
|
||
1-3004
|
Illinois
Power Company
|
37-0344645
|
(Illinois
Corporation)
|
||
500
S. 27th Street
|
||
Decatur,
Illinois 62521
|
||
(217)
424-6600
|
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrants: (1) have filed all reports required
to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required
to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing require-ments
for the past 90 days. Yes (X) No
(
)
Indicate
by check mark whether each Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined
in
Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
Ameren
Corporation
|
Yes
|
(X)
|
No
|
(
)
|
Union
Electric Company
|
Yes
|
(
)
|
No
|
(X)
|
Central
Illinois Public Service Company
|
Yes
|
(
)
|
No
|
(X)
|
Ameren
Energy Generating Company
|
Yes
|
(
)
|
No
|
(X)
|
CILCORP
Inc.
|
Yes
|
(
)
|
No
|
(X)
|
Central
Illinois Light Company
|
Yes
|
(
)
|
No
|
(X)
|
Illinois
Power Company
|
Yes
|
(
)
|
No
|
(X)
|
The
number of shares outstanding of each Registrant’s classes of common stock as of
August 1, 2005, was as follows:
Ameren
Corporation
|
Common
stock, $.01 par value per share - 203,766,757
|
Union
Electric Company
|
Common
stock, $5 par value per share, held by Ameren
Corporation
(parent company of the Registrant) - 102,123,834
|
Central
Illinois Public Service Company
|
Common
stock, no par value, held by Ameren
Corporation
(parent company of the Registrant) - 25,452,373
|
Ameren
Energy Generating Company
|
Common
stock, no par value, held by Ameren Energy
Development
Company (parent company of the
Registrant
and indirect subsidiary of Ameren
Corporation)
- 2,000
|
CILCORP
Inc.
|
Common
stock, no par value, held by Ameren
Corporation
(parent company of the Registrant) - 1,000
|
Central
Illinois Light Company
|
Common
stock, no par value, held by CILCORP Inc.
(parent
company of the Registrant and subsidiary of
Ameren
Corporation) - 13,563,871
|
Illinois
Power Company
|
Common
stock, no par value, held by Ameren
Corporation
(parent company of the Registrant) -
23,000,000
|
OMISSION
OF CERTAIN INFORMATION
Ameren
Energy Generating Company and CILCORP Inc. meet the conditions set forth
in
General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and are therefore filing
this
form with the reduced disclosure format allowed under that General
Instruction.
This
combined Form 10-Q is separately filed by Ameren Corporation, Union Electric
Company, Central Illinois Public Service Company, Ameren Energy Generating
Company, CILCORP Inc., Central Illinois Light Company, and Illinois Power
Company. Each Registrant hereto is filing on its own behalf all of the
information contained in this quarterly report that relates to such Registrant.
Each Registrant hereto is not filing any information that does not relate
to
such Registrant, and therefore makes no representation as to any such
information.
On
September 30, 2004, Ameren Corporation completed its acquisition of Illinois
Power Company (see Note 2 - Acquisitions to our financial statements under
Part
I, Item 1, of this report for further information). Commencing with the
Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, Illinois
Power
Company is included in the combined filings of Ameren Corporation and its
other
Registrant subsidiaries.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
|
|
Glossary
of Terms and Abbreviations
|
4
|
Forward-looking
Statements
|
6
|
PART
I Financial
Information
|
|
Item
1. Financial
Statements (Unaudited)
|
|
Ameren
Corporation
|
|
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
7
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
|
8
|
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
|
9
|
Union
Electric Company
|
|
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
10
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
|
11
|
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
|
12
|
Central
Illinois Public Service Company
|
|
Statement
of Income
|
13
|
Balance
Sheet
|
14
|
Statement
of Cash Flows
|
15
|
Ameren
Energy Generating Company
|
|
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
16
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
|
17
|
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
|
18
|
CILCORP
Inc.
|
|
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
19
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
|
20
|
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
|
21
|
Central
Illinois Light Company
|
|
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
22
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
|
23
|
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
|
24
|
Illinois
Power Company
|
|
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
25
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
|
26
|
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
|
27
|
Combined
Notes to Financial Statements
|
28
|
Item
2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
50
|
Item
3. Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
|
70
|
Item
4. Controls
and Procedures
|
73
|
PART
II Other
Information
|
|
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings
|
73
|
Item
2. Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
|
73
|
Item
4. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
74
|
Item
5. Other
Information
|
75
|
Item
6. Exhibits
|
75
|
Signatures
|
76
|
This
Form
10-Q contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements
should be read with the cautionary statements and important factors included
on
page 6 of this Form 10-Q under the heading Forward-looking Statements.
Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of
historical fact, including those statements that are identified by the
use of
the words
“anticipates,”“estimates,”“expects,”“intends,”“plans,”“predicts,”“projects” and
similar expressions.
3
GLOSSARY
OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
We
use
the words “our,”“we” or “us” with respect to certain information that relates to
all Ameren Companies, as defined below. When appropriate, subsidiaries
of Ameren
are named specifically as their various business activities are
discussed.
AERG
-
AmerenEnergy Resources Generating Company, a CILCO subsidiary that operates
a
non-rate-regulated electric generation business in Illinois.
AFS
-
Ameren
Energy Fuels and Services Company, a Resources Company subsidiary that
procures
fuel and natural gas and manages the related risks for the Ameren
Companies.
Ameren
-
Ameren
Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. In references
to
financing activities, acquisition activities, or liquidity arrangements,
Ameren
is defined as Ameren Corporation, the parent.
Ameren
Companies -
The
individual Registrants within the Ameren consolidated group.
Ameren
Energy -
Ameren
Energy, Inc., an Ameren Corporation subsidiary that serves as a power marketing
and risk management agent for UE and Genco for transactions of primarily
less
than one year.
Ameren
Services - Ameren
Services Company, an Ameren Corporation subsidiary that provides support
services to Ameren and its subsidiaries.
ARB
-
Accounting Research Bulletin.
Baseload
- The
minimum amount of electric power delivered or required over a given period
of
time at a steady rate.
Capacity
factor
- A
percentage measure that indicates how much of an electric power generating
unit’s capacity was used during a specific period.
CILCO
-
Central
Illinois Light Company, a CILCORP subsidiary that operates a rate-regulated
electric transmission and distribution business, a primarily non-rate-regulated
electric generation business through AERG, and a rate-regulated natural
gas
transmission and distribution business, all in Illinois, as AmerenCILCO.
CILCO
owns all of the common stock of AERG.
CILCORP
-
CILCORP
Inc., an Ameren Corporation subsidiary that operates as a holding company
for
CILCO and various non-rate regulated subsidiaries.
CIM
-
CILCORP Investment Management Inc.,
a
non-rate regulated subsidiary of CILCORP that holds investments in several
leasing transactions and owns interests in several leasing credit
partnerships.
CIPS
-
Central
Illinois Public Service Company, an Ameren Corporation subsidiary that
operates
a rate-regulated electric and natural gas transmission and distribution
business
in Illinois as AmerenCIPS.
CT
-
Combustion turbine electric generation equipment used primarily for peaking
capacity.
Development
Company -
Ameren
Energy Development Company, a Resources Company subsidiary and Genco parent,
which primarily develops and constructs generating facilities for
Genco.
DMG
- Dynegy
Midwest Generation, Inc., a Dynegy subsidiary.
DOE
-
Department of Energy, a U.S. government agency.
DRPlus
-
Ameren
Corporation’s dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan.
Dynegy
-
Dynegy
Inc.
DYPM
-
Dynegy
Power Marketing, Inc., a Dynegy subsidiary.
EEI
-
Electric Energy, Inc., an 80%-owned Ameren Corporation subsidiary (40%
owned by
UE and 40% owned by Resources Company) that operates electric generation
and
transmission facilities in Illinois. The remaining 20% is owned by Kentucky
Utilities Company.
EITF
-
Emerging Issues Task Force, an organization designed to assist the FASB
in
improving financial reporting through the identification, discussion and
resolution of financial issues within the framework of existing authoritative
literature.
EPA
-
Environmental Protection Agency, a U.S. government agency.
Equivalent
availability factor
- A
measure that indicates the percentage of time an electric power generating
unit
was available for service during a period.
ERISA
-
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Exchange
Act -
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FASB
-
Financial Accounting Standards Board, a rulemaking organization that establishes
financial accounting and reporting standards in the United States of
America.
FERC
-
Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, a U.S. government agency.
FIN
-
A FASB
Interpretation intended to clarify accounting pronouncements previously
issued
by the FASB.
Fitch
-
Fitch
Ratings, a credit rating agency.
FSP
-
FASB
Staff Position, which provides application guidance on FASB
literature.
FTRs
-
Financial Transmission Rights, financial instruments that entitle the holder
to
pay or receive compensation for certain congestion-related transmission
charges
between two designated points.
GAAP
-
Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
Genco
-
Ameren
Energy Generating Company, a Development Company subsidiary that operates
a
non-rate-regulated electric generation business in Illinois and
Missouri.
Gigawatthour
-
One
thousand megawatthours.
Heating
degree-days -
The
summation of negative differences between the mean daily temperature and
a 65-
degree Fahrenheit base. This statistic is useful as an indicator of demand
for
electricity and natural gas for winter space heating for residential and
commercial customers.
4
ICC
-
Illinois Commerce Commission, a state agency that regulates the Illinois
utility
businesses and operations of CIPS, CILCO, IP and prior to May 2, 2005,
UE.
Illinois
Customer Choice Law -
Illinois Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997,
which
provides for electric utility restructuring and introduces competition
into the
retail supply of electric energy in Illinois.
Illinova
- Illinova
Corporation, the former parent company of IP.
IP
- Illinois
Power Company, which was acquired from Dynegy by, and became a subsidiary
of,
Ameren Corporation on September 30, 2004. IP operates a rate-regulated
electric
and natural gas transmission and distribution business in Illinois as
AmerenIP.
IP
LLC
-
Illinois Power Securitization Limited Liability Company, which is a
special-purpose Delaware limited liability company. Under FIN No. 46R,
“Consolidation of Variable-interest Entities,” IP LLC was no longer consolidated
within IP’s financial statements as of December 31, 2003.
IP
SPT
-
Illinois Power Special Purpose Trust, which was created as a subsidiary
of IP
LLC to issue TFNs as allowed under Illinois’ deregulation legislation. Pursuant
to FIN No. 46R, IP SPT is a variable-interest entity, as the equity investment
is not sufficient to permit IP SPT to finance its activities without additional
subordinated debt. As of December 31, 2003, under FIN No. 46R, IP SPT was
no
longer consolidated within IP’s financial statements.
IRS
-
Internal Revenue Service.
Jobs
Creation Act - The
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.
Kilowatthour
- A
measure
of electricity consumption equivalent to the use of 1,000 watts of power
over a
period of one hour.
Marketing
Company - Ameren
Energy Marketing Company, a Resources Company subsidiary that markets power,
primarily for periods over one year.
Medina
Valley
-
AmerenEnergy Medina
Valley Cogen (No. 4) LLC and its subsidiaries, which are all Resources
Company
subsidiaries, which indirectly own a 40-megawatt gas-fired electric generation
plant.
Megawatthour
-
One
thousand kilowatthours.
MGP
- Manufactured
gas plant.
MISO
- Midwest
Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
MISO
Day Two Market - A
market
that began operating on April 1, 2005, and uses market-based pricing to
compensate market participants for power, incorporating transmission congestion
and line losses. The previous system required generators to make advance
reservations for transmission service.
Money
pool - Borrowing
agreements among Ameren and its subsidiaries to coordinate and provide
for
certain short-term cash and working capital requirements. Separate money
pools
are maintained between rate-regulated and non-rate-regulated businesses.
These
are referred to as the utility money pool and the non-state-regulated subsidiary
money pool, respectively.
Moody’s
- Moody’s
Investors Service Inc., a credit rating agency.
MoPSC
-
Missouri Public Service Commission, a state agency that regulates the Missouri
utility business and operations of UE.
NOx - Nitrogen
oxide.
NRC
-
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, a U.S. government agency.
NYMEX
-
New
York Mercantile Exchange.
OCI
- Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss) as defined by GAAP.
PGA
-
Purchased Gas Adjustment tariffs, which allow the passing through of the
actual
cost of natural gas to utility customers.
PUHCA
-
Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
Resources
Company -
Ameren
Energy Resources Company, an Ameren Corporation subsidiary that consists
of
non-rate-regulated operations, including Development Company, Genco, Marketing
Company, AFS, and Medina Valley.
RTO
-
Regional Transmission Organization.
S&P
-
Standard and Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., a credit
rating agency.
SEC
-
Securities and Exchange Commission, a U.S. government agency.
SFAS
- Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards, the accounting and financial reporting
rules
issued by the FASB.
SO2
- Sulfur
dioxide.
TFN
-
Transitional Funding Trust Notes issued by IP SPT as allowed under Illinois’
deregulation legislation. IP must designate a portion of cash received
from
customer billings to fund payment of the TFNs. The proceeds received by
IP are
remitted to IP SPT and are restricted for the sole purpose of making payments
of
principal and interest on, and paying other fees and expenses related to,
the
TFNs. Since the application of FIN No. 46R, IP does not consolidate IP
SPT and
therefore the obligation to IP SPT appears on IP’s balance sheet.
UE
- Union
Electric Company, an Ameren Corporation subsidiary that operates a
rate-regulated electric generation, transmission and distribution business,
and
a rate-regulated natural gas transmission and distribution business in
Missouri
and prior to May 2, 2005, in Illinois, as AmerenUE.
5
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Statements
in this report not based on historical facts are considered “forward-looking”
and, accordingly, involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those discussed. Although such forward-looking
statements have been made in good faith and are based on reasonable assumptions,
there is no assurance that the expected results will be achieved. These
statements include (without limitation) statements as to future expectations,
beliefs, plans, strategies, objectives, events, conditions, and financial
performance. In connection with the “safe harbor” provi-sions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we are providing this cautionary
statement to identify important factors that could cause actual results
to
differ materially from those anticipated. The following factors, in addition
to
those discussed elsewhere in this report and in our other filings with
the SEC,
could cause actual results to differ materially from management expectations
as
suggested by such forward-looking statements:
· |
regulatory
actions, including changes in regulatory policies and ratemaking
determinations;
|
· |
changes
in laws and other governmental actions, including monetary and
fiscal
policies;
|
· |
the
effects of increased competition in the future due to, among
other things,
deregulation of certain aspects of our business at both the state
and
federal levels, and the implementation of deregulation, such
as when the
current electric rate freeze and current power supply contracts
expire in
Illinois in 2006;
|
· |
the
effects of participation in the
MISO;
|
· |
the
availability of fuel for the production of electricity, such
as coal and
natural gas, and purchased power and natural gas for distribution,
and the
level and volatility of future market prices for such commodities,
including the ability to recover any increased
costs;
|
· |
the
effectiveness of our risk management strategies and the use of
financial
and derivative instruments;
|
· |
prices
for power in the Midwest;
|
· |
business
and economic conditions, including their impact on interest rates;
|
· |
disruptions
of the capital markets or other events that make the Ameren companies’
access to necessary capital more difficult or
costly;
|
· |
the
impact of the adoption of new accounting standards and the application
of
appropriate technical accounting rules and guidance;
|
· |
actions
of credit ratings agencies and the effects of such actions;
|
· |
weather
conditions and other natural phenomena;
|
· |
generation
plant construction, installation and performance;
|
· |
operation
of UE’s nuclear power facility, including planned and unplanned
outages,
and decommissioning costs;
|
· |
the
effects of strategic initiatives, including acquisitions
and divestitures;
|
· |
the
impact of current environmental regulations on utilities
and power
generating companies and the expectation that more stringent
requirements
will be introduced over time, which could have a negative
financial
effect;
|
· |
labor
disputes, future wages and employee benefits costs, including
changes in
returns on benefit plan assets;
|
· |
difficulties
in integrating IP with Ameren’s other
businesses;
|
· |
changes
in the energy markets, environmental laws or regulations,
interest rates,
or other factors that could adversely affect assumptions
in connection
with the CILCORP and IP
acquisitions;
|
· |
the
impact of conditions imposed by regulators in connection
with their
approval of Ameren’s acquisition of
IP;
|
· |
the
inability of our counterparties to meet their obligations
with respect to
our contracts and financial instruments;
|
· |
the
cost and availability of transmission capacity;
|
· |
legal
and administrative proceedings; and
|
· |
acts
of sabotage, war or terrorist activities.
|
Given
these uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on these
forward-looking statements. Except to the extent required by the federal
securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise
any
forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events,
or
otherwise.
6
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
|
||||||||||||
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
|
||||||||||||
AMEREN
CORPORATION
|
||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF INCOME
|
||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||||||
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Six
Months Ended
|
||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Electric
|
$
|
1,413
|
$
|
1,029
|
$
|
2,542
|
$
|
1,945
|
||||
Gas
|
174
|
119
|
670
|
420
|
||||||||
Other
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
1,590
|
1,149
|
3,216
|
2,368
|
||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Fuel
and purchased power
|
491
|
279
|
907
|
553
|
||||||||
Gas
purchased for resale
|
106
|
75
|
460
|
288
|
||||||||
Other
operations and maintenance
|
373
|
343
|
718
|
649
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
157
|
132
|
314
|
262
|
||||||||
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
95
|
74
|
186
|
154
|
||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
1,222
|
903
|
2,585
|
1,906
|
||||||||
Operating
Income
|
368
|
246
|
631
|
462
|
||||||||
Other
Income and (Deductions):
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income
|
6
|
4
|
13
|
12
|
||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense
|
(9
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(10
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
||||
Total
other income and (deductions)
|
(3
|
)
|
-
|
3
|
7
|
|||||||
Interest
Charges and Preferred Dividends:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
77
|
66
|
151
|
130
|
||||||||
Preferred
dividends of subsidiaries
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
||||||||
Net
interest charges and preferred dividends
|
80
|
68
|
157
|
135
|
||||||||
Income
Before Income Taxes
|
285
|
178
|
477
|
334
|
||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
100
|
60
|
171
|
119
|
||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
185
|
$
|
118
|
$
|
306
|
$
|
215
|
||||
Earnings
per Common Share – Basic and Diluted
|
$
|
0.93
|
$
|
0.65
|
$
|
1.55
|
$
|
1.20
|
||||
Dividends
per Common Share
|
$
|
0.635
|
$
|
0.635
|
$
|
1.27
|
$
|
1.27
|
||||
Average
Common Shares Outstanding
|
199.7
|
182.7
|
197.5
|
178.5
|
||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
7
AMEREN
CORPORATION
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share amounts)
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
Assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
27
|
$
|
69
|
|||
Accounts
receivables – trade (less allowance for doubtful
|
|||||||
accounts
of $18 and $14, respectively)
|
424
|
442
|
|||||
Unbilled
revenue
|
378
|
336
|
|||||
Miscellaneous
accounts and notes receivable
|
17
|
38
|
|||||
Materials
and supplies
|
649
|
623
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
70
|
74
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
1,565
|
1,582
|
|||||
Property
and Plant, Net
|
13,397
|
13,297
|
|||||
Investments
and Other Noncurrent Assets:
|
|||||||
Investments
in leveraged leases
|
135
|
140
|
|||||
Nuclear
decommissioning trust fund
|
238
|
235
|
|||||
Goodwill
and other intangibles, net
|
934
|
940
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
411
|
411
|
|||||
Total
investments and other noncurrent assets
|
1,718
|
1,726
|
|||||
Regulatory
Assets
|
811
|
829
|
|||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
17,491
|
$
|
17,434
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$
|
350
|
$
|
423
|
|||
Short-term
debt
|
161
|
417
|
|||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
370
|
567
|
|||||
Taxes
accrued
|
136
|
26
|
|||||
Other
current liabilities
|
363
|
374
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
1,380
|
1,807
|
|||||
Long-term
Debt, Net
|
4,929
|
5,021
|
|||||
Preferred
Stock of Subsidiary Subject to Mandatory
Redemption
|
20
|
20
|
|||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accumulated
deferred income taxes, net
|
1,935
|
1,886
|
|||||
Accumulated
deferred investment tax credits
|
134
|
139
|
|||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
1,067
|
1,042
|
|||||
Asset
retirement obligations
|
452
|
439
|
|||||
Accrued
pension and other postretirement benefits
|
810
|
756
|
|||||
Other
deferred credits and liabilities
|
290
|
315
|
|||||
Total
deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities
|
4,688
|
4,577
|
|||||
Preferred
Stock of Subsidiaries Not Subject to Mandatory
Redemption
|
195
|
195
|
|||||
Minority
Interest in Consolidated Subsidiaries
|
15
|
14
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (Notes 3, 9 and 10)
|
|||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|||||||
Common
stock, $.01 par value, 400.0 shares authorized –
|
|||||||
shares
outstanding of 203.8 and 195.2, respectively
|
2
|
2
|
|||||
Other
paid-in capital, principally premium on common stock
|
4,347
|
3,949
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
1,959
|
1,904
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(30
|
)
|
(45
|
)
|
|||
Other
|
(14
|
)
|
(10
|
)
|
|||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
6,264
|
5,800
|
|||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
17,491
|
$
|
17,434
|
|||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
8
AMEREN
CORPORATION
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
|||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
|||||||
|
June
30,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
306
|
$
|
215
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
|||||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
272
|
262
|
|||||
Amortization
of nuclear fuel
|
17
|
13
|
|||||
Amortization
of debt issuance costs and premium/discounts
|
7
|
5
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes and investment tax credits, net
|
66
|
(11
|
)
|
||||
Coal
contract settlement
|
-
|
18
|
|||||
Pension
and postretirement benefit contributions
|
(35
|
)
|
(32
|
)
|
|||
Other
|
94
|
78
|
|||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities, excluding the effects of the
acquisitions:
|
|||||||
Receivables,
net
|
(8
|
)
|
(23
|
)
|
|||
Materials
and supplies
|
(26
|
)
|
29
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
(163
|
)
|
(162
|
)
|
|||
Taxes
accrued
|
112
|
117
|
|||||
Assets,
other
|
18
|
(57
|
)
|
||||
Liabilities,
other
|
1
|
(16
|
) | ||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
661
|
436
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
|||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(442
|
)
|
(379
|
)
|
|||
Nuclear
fuel expenditures
|
(13
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
|||
Other
|
12
|
17
|
|||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(443
|
)
|
(367
|
)
|
|||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
|||||||
Dividends
on common stock
|
(253
|
)
|
(232
|
)
|
|||
Capital
issuance costs
|
(1
|
)
|
(23
|
)
|
|||
Redemptions,
repurchases, and maturities:
|
|||||||
Nuclear
fuel lease
|
-
|
(67
|
)
|
||||
Short-term
debt
|
(256
|
)
|
(126
|
)
|
|||
Long-term
debt
|
(237
|
)
|
(260
|
)
|
|||
Issuances:
|
|||||||
Common
stock
|
402
|
935
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
85
|
104
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(260
|
)
|
331
|
||||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(42
|
)
|
400
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
69
|
111
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
27
|
$
|
511
|
|||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
9
UNION
ELECTRIC COMPANY
|
||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF INCOME
|
||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended,
|
Six
Months Ended,
|
|||||||||||
|
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Electric
|
$
|
726
|
$
|
658
|
$
|
1,259
|
$
|
1,206
|
||||
Gas
|
26
|
25
|
101
|
97
|
||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
752
|
683
|
1,360
|
1,303
|
||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Fuel
and purchased power
|
182
|
142
|
326
|
288
|
||||||||
Gas
purchased for resale
|
13
|
14
|
58
|
58
|
||||||||
Other
operations and maintenance
|
193
|
204
|
374
|
394
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
76
|
74
|
152
|
146
|
||||||||
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
59
|
56
|
114
|
111
|
||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
523
|
490
|
1,024
|
997
|
||||||||
Operating
Income
|
229
|
193
|
336
|
306
|
||||||||
Other
Income and (Deductions):
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income
|
3
|
4
|
11
|
9
|
||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense
|
(2
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
||||
Total
other income and (deductions)
|
1
|
-
|
7
|
4
|
||||||||
Interest
Charges
|
27
|
26
|
52
|
51
|
||||||||
Income
Before Income Taxes
|
203
|
167
|
291
|
259
|
||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
71
|
58
|
102
|
92
|
||||||||
Net
Income
|
132
|
109
|
189
|
167
|
||||||||
Preferred
Stock Dividends
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
||||||||
Net
Income Available to Common Stockholder
|
$
|
130
|
$
|
107
|
$
|
186
|
$
|
164
|
||||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to UE are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
10
UNION
ELECTRIC COMPANY
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share amounts)
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
Assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
48
|
|||
Accounts
receivable – trade (less allowance for doubtful
|
|||||||
accounts
of $5 and $3, respectively)
|
186
|
175
|
|||||
Unbilled
revenue
|
196
|
118
|
|||||
Miscellaneous
accounts and notes receivable
|
1
|
13
|
|||||
Accounts
receivable – affiliates
|
19
|
8
|
|||||
Current
portion of intercompany note receivable - CIPS
|
6
|
-
|
|||||
Materials
and supplies
|
194
|
199
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
11
|
18
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
614
|
579
|
|||||
Property
and Plant, Net
|
7,265
|
7,075
|
|||||
Investments
and Other Noncurrent Assets:
|
|||||||
Nuclear
decommissioning trust fund
|
238
|
235
|
|||||
Intercompany
note receivable - CIPS
|
61
|
-
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
266
|
263
|
|||||
Total
investments and other noncurrent assets
|
565
|
498
|
|||||
Regulatory
Assets
|
575
|
585
|
|||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
9,019
|
$
|
8,737
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
3
|
|||
Short-term
debt
|
138
|
375
|
|||||
Borrowings
from money pool
|
382
|
2
|
|||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
101
|
252
|
|||||
Accounts
and wages payable - affiliates
|
150
|
60
|
|||||
Taxes
accrued
|
162
|
51
|
|||||
Other
current liabilities
|
103
|
108
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
1,039
|
851
|
|||||
Long-term
Debt, Net
|
2,143
|
2,059
|
|||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accumulated
deferred income taxes, net
|
1,251
|
1,217
|
|||||
Accumulated
deferred investment tax credits
|
99
|
108
|
|||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
740
|
776
|
|||||
Asset
retirement obligations
|
444
|
431
|
|||||
Accrued
pension and other postretirement benefits
|
240
|
219
|
|||||
Other
deferred credits and liabilities
|
77
|
80
|
|||||
Total
deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities
|
2,851
|
2,831
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (Notes 3, 9 and 10)
|
|||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|||||||
Common
stock, $5 par value, 150.0 shares authorized – 102.1 shares
outstanding
|
511
|
511
|
|||||
Preferred
stock not subject to mandatory redemption
|
113
|
113
|
|||||
Other
paid-in capital, principally premium on common stock
|
720
|
718
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
1,674
|
1,688
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(32
|
)
|
(34
|
)
|
|||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
2,986
|
2,996
|
|||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
9,019
|
$
|
8,737
|
|||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to UE are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
11
UNION
ELECTRIC COMPANY
|
||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
||||||
|
June
30,
|
|||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
189
|
$
|
167
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
||||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
152
|
146
|
||||
Amortization
of nuclear fuel
|
17
|
13
|
||||
Amortization
of debt issuance costs and premium/discounts
|
3
|
2
|
||||
Deferred
income taxes and investment tax credits, net
|
30
|
(11
|
)
|
|||
Coal
contract settlement
|
-
|
18
|
||||
Pension
and other postretirement contributions
|
(18
|
)
|
(18
|
)
|
||
Other
|
33
|
17
|
||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||
Receivables,
net
|
(114
|
)
|
(58
|
)
|
||
Materials
and supplies
|
5
|
(7
|
)
|
|||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
(61
|
)
|
(125
|
)
|
||
Taxes
accrued
|
111
|
115
|
||||
Assets,
other
|
(3
|
)
|
8
|
|||
Liabilities,
other
|
11
|
7
|
||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
355
|
274
|
||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(489
|
)
|
(253
|
)
|
||
Nuclear
fuel expenditures
|
(13
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
||
Other
|
8
|
4
|
||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(494
|
)
|
(254
|
)
|
||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
||||||
Dividends
on common stock
|
(135
|
)
|
(145
|
)
|
||
Dividends
on preferred stock
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||
Capital
issuance costs
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
Changes
in money pool borrowings
|
380
|
342
|
||||
Redemptions,
repurchases, and maturities:
|
||||||
Nuclear
fuel lease
|
-
|
(67
|
)
|
|||
Short-term
debt
|
(237
|
)
|
(150
|
)
|
||
Long-term
debt
|
-
|
(100
|
)
|
|||
Issuances:
|
||||||
Long
term debt
|
85
|
104
|
||||
Capital
contribution from parent
|
2
|
-
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
92
|
(20
|
)
|
|||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(47
|
)
|
-
|
|||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
48
|
15
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
15
|
||
Non-cash
Investing Activities:
In
May
2005, UE sold an interest in assets to CIPS
in
exchange for a subordinated promissory note from CIPS, and UE
contributed
an interest in assets to Ameren Corporation. See Note 3 for further
details.
The
accompanying notes as they relate to UE are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
12
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
|
|||||||||||||
STATEMENT
OF INCOME
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
|||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended
|
Six
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
|||||||||||||
Electric
|
$
|
171
|
$
|
139
|
$
|
299
|
$
|
266
|
|||||
Gas
|
27
|
28
|
111
|
113
|
|||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
198
|
167
|
410
|
379
|
|||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Purchased
power
|
105
|
79
|
191
|
159
|
|||||||||
Gas
purchased for resale
|
15
|
16
|
74
|
72
|
|||||||||
Other
operations and maintenance
|
34
|
35
|
67
|
72
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
18
|
13
|
31
|
26
|
|||||||||
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
7
|
5
|
15
|
14
|
|||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
179
|
148
|
378
|
343
|
|||||||||
Operating
Income
|
19
|
19
|
32
|
36
|
|||||||||
Other
Income and (Deductions):
|
|||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income
|
4
|
6
|
9
|
13
|
|||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense
|
(4
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||
Total
other income and (deductions)
|
-
|
5
|
5
|
12
|
|||||||||
Interest
Charges
|
8
|
8
|
15
|
16
|
|||||||||
Income
Before Income Taxes
|
11
|
16
|
22
|
32
|
|||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
4
|
8
|
7
|
14
|
|||||||||
Net
Income
|
7
|
8
|
15
|
18
|
|||||||||
Preferred
Stock Dividends
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||||
Net
Income Available to Common Stockholder
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
14
|
$
|
17
|
|||||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to CIPS are an integral part of
these financial statements.
13
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
|
|||||||
BALANCE
SHEET
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
Assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
2
|
|||
Accounts
receivable – trade (less allowance for doubtful
|
|||||||
accounts
of $3 and $1, respectively)
|
62
|
48
|
|||||
Unbilled
revenue
|
72
|
71
|
|||||
Accounts
receivable – affiliates
|
9
|
12
|
|||||
Current
portion of intercompany note receivable – Genco
|
34
|
249
|
|||||
Current
portion of intercompany tax receivable – Genco
|
11
|
11
|
|||||
Advances
to money pool
|
28
|
-
|
|||||
Materials
and supplies
|
49
|
56
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
11
|
19
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
277
|
468
|
|||||
Property
and Plant, Net
|
1,118
|
953
|
|||||
Investments
and Other Noncurrent Assets:
|
|||||||
Intercompany
note receivable – Genco
|
163
|
-
|
|||||
Intercompany
tax receivable – Genco
|
133
|
138
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
32
|
23
|
|||||
Total
investments and other noncurrent assets
|
328
|
161
|
|||||
Regulatory
Assets
|
34
|
33
|
|||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
1,757
|
$
|
1,615
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$
|
20
|
$
|
20
|
|||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
28
|
27
|
|||||
Accounts
and wages payable - affiliates
|
65
|
49
|
|||||
Borrowings
from money pool
|
-
|
68
|
|||||
Current
portion of intercompany note payable - UE
|
6
|
-
|
|||||
Taxes
accrued
|
11
|
-
|
|||||
Other
current liabilities
|
36
|
32
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
166
|
196
|
|||||
Long-term
Debt, Net
|
410
|
430
|
|||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accumulated
deferred income taxes, net
|
292
|
298
|
|||||
Accumulated
deferred investment tax credits
|
15
|
10
|
|||||
Intercompany
note payable - UE
|
61
|
-
|
|||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
203
|
151
|
|||||
Other
deferred credits and liabilities
|
44
|
40
|
|||||
Total
deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities
|
615
|
499
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (Notes 3 and 9)
|
|||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|||||||
Common
stock, no par value, 45.0 shares authorized – 25.5 shares
outstanding
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Other
paid-in capital
|
189
|
121
|
|||||
Preferred
stock not subject to mandatory redemption
|
50
|
50
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
328
|
323
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(1
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
|||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
566
|
490
|
|||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
1,757
|
$
|
1,615
|
|||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to CIPS are an integral part of
these financial statements.
14
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
|||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
18
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
|||||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
31
|
26
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes and investment tax credits, net
|
(7
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
|||
Pension
and other postretirement contributions
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
|||
Other
|
3
|
6
|
|||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||
Receivables,
net
|
10
|
-
|
|||||
Materials
and supplies
|
7
|
9
|
|||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
17
|
3
|
|||||
Taxes
accrued
|
11
|
12
|
|||||
Assets,
other
|
7
|
(7
|
)
|
||||
Liabilities,
other
|
5
|
10
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
96
|
62
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
|||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(24
|
)
|
(21
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from intercompany note receivable - Genco
|
52
|
49
|
|||||
Changes
in money pool advances
|
(28
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Net
cash provided by investing activities
|
-
|
28
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
|||||||
Dividends
on common stock
|
(9
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
|||
Dividends
on preferred stock
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
Changes
in money pool borrowings
|
(68
|
)
|
(74
|
)
|
|||
Redemptions,
repurchases, and maturities:
|
|||||||
Long-term
debt
|
(20
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Capital
contribution from parent
|
1
|
-
|
|||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(97
|
)
|
(103
|
)
|
|||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(1
|
)
|
(13
|
)
|
|||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
2
|
16
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
3
|
|||
Non-cash
Investing Activities:
In
May
2005, CIPS purchased an interest in assets from UE
in
exchange for a subordinated promissory note to UE, and CIPS
received
a contribution of assets from Ameren Corporation. See Note 3 for
further
details.
The
accompanying notes as they relate to CIPS are an integral part of these
financial statements.
15
AMEREN
ENERGY GENERATING COMPANY
|
||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF INCOME
|
||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||||||||
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Six
Months Ended
|
||||||||||
|
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Operating
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Electric
|
$
|
266
|
$
|
208
|
$
|
491
|
$
|
424
|
||||
Total
operating revenues
|
266
|
208
|
491
|
424
|
||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Fuel
and purchased power
|
138
|
91
|
237
|
185
|
||||||||
Other
operations and maintenance
|
38
|
43
|
76
|
71
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
18
|
19
|
37
|
38
|
||||||||
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
11
|
||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
199
|
159
|
353
|
305
|
||||||||
Operating
Income
|
67
|
49
|
138
|
119
|
||||||||
Other
Income and (Deductions):
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||||
Total
other income and (deductions)
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||||
Interest
Charges
|
19
|
24
|
40
|
47
|
||||||||
Income
Before Income Taxes
|
49
|
25
|
99
|
71
|
||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
18
|
8
|
37
|
25
|
||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
31
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
62
|
$
|
46
|
||||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to Genco are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
16
AMEREN
ENERGY GENERATING COMPANY
|
||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except shares)
|
||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
||||||
Current
Assets:
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1
|
||
Accounts
receivable - affiliates
|
89
|
86
|
||||
Accounts
receivable
|
17
|
4
|
||||
Advances
to money pool
|
26
|
-
|
||||
Materials
and supplies
|
156
|
89
|
||||
Other
current assets
|
2
|
2
|
||||
Total
current assets
|
290
|
182
|
||||
Property
and Plant, Net
|
1,507
|
1,749
|
||||
Other
Noncurrent Assets
|
12
|
18
|
||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
1,809
|
$
|
1,949
|
||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
|
||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$
|
225
|
$
|
225
|
||
Current
portion of intercompany notes payable – CIPS
|
34
|
283
|
||||
Borrowings
from money pool
|
-
|
116
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
23
|
26
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable - affiliates
|
59
|
22
|
||||
Current
portion of intercompany tax payable – CIPS
|
11
|
11
|
||||
Taxes
accrued
|
23
|
35
|
||||
Other
current liabilities
|
18
|
22
|
||||
Total
current liabilities
|
393
|
740
|
||||
Long-term
Debt, Net
|
474
|
473
|
||||
Intercompany
Notes Payable – CIPS
|
163
|
-
|
||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities:
|
||||||
Accumulated
deferred income taxes, net
|
161
|
144
|
||||
Accumulated
deferred investment tax credits
|
11
|
12
|
||||
Intercompany
tax payable – CIPS
|
133
|
138
|
||||
Accrued
pension and other postretirement benefits
|
9
|
5
|
||||
Other
deferred credits and liabilities
|
2
|
2
|
||||
Total
deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities
|
316
|
301
|
||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (Notes 3 and 9)
|
||||||
Stockholder's
Equity:
|
||||||
Common
stock, no par value, 10,000 shares authorized – 2,000 shares
outstanding
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Other
paid-in capital
|
226
|
225
|
||||
Retained
earnings
|
239
|
211
|
||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(2
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||
Total
stockholder's equity
|
463
|
435
|
||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
|
$
|
1,809
|
$
|
1,949
|
||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to Genco are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
17
AMEREN
ENERGY GENERATING COMPANY
|
||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||
|
||||||
Six
Months Ended
June
30,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
62
|
$
|
46
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
||||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
||||||
Amortization
of debt issuance costs and discounts
|
1
|
-
|
||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
37
|
38
|
||||
Deferred
income taxes and investment tax credits, net
|
16
|
18
|
||||
Pensions
and other postretirement contributions
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||
Other
|
5
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(16
|
)
|
9
|
|||
Materials
and supplies
|
(67
|
)
|
1
|
|||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
40
|
(10
|
)
|
|||
Taxes
accrued, net
|
(12
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||
Assets,
other
|
6
|
2
|
||||
Liabilities,
other
|
(9
|
)
|
(17
|
)
|
||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
62
|
82
|
||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(43
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
||
Proceeds
from asset sale to UE
|
241
|
-
|
||||
Changes
in money pool advances
|
(26
|
)
|
-
|
|||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
172
|
(28
|
)
|
|||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
||||||
Dividends
on common stock
|
(34
|
)
|
(35
|
)
|
||
Changes
in money pool borrowings
|
(116
|
)
|
32
|
|||
Redemptions,
repurchases, and maturities:
|
||||||
Intercompany
notes payable – CIPS and Ameren
|
(86
|
)
|
(53
|
)
|
||
Capital
contribution from parent
|
1
|
-
|
||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(235
|
)
|
(56
|
)
|
||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
1
|
2
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to Genco are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
18
CILCORP
INC.
|
||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF INCOME
|
||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||||||||
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Six
Months Ended
|
||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Electric
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
89
|
$
|
193
|
$
|
187
|
||||
Gas
|
46
|
50
|
174
|
191
|
||||||||
Other
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
147
|
140
|
369
|
380
|
||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Fuel
and purchased power
|
39
|
33
|
72
|
78
|
||||||||
Gas
purchased for resale
|
29
|
31
|
123
|
138
|
||||||||
Other
operations and maintenance
|
39
|
47
|
81
|
90
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
18
|
17
|
36
|
33
|
||||||||
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
4
|
5
|
11
|
14
|
||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
129
|
133
|
323
|
353
|
||||||||
Operating
Income
|
18
|
7
|
46
|
27
|
||||||||
Other
Income and (Deductions):
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense
|
(3
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||||
Total
other income and (deductions)
|
(3
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||||
Interest
Charges and Preferred Dividends:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
13
|
14
|
25
|
26
|
||||||||
Preferred
dividends of subsidiaries
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||
Net
interest charges and preferred dividends
|
13
|
15
|
26
|
27
|
||||||||
Income
(Loss) Before Income Taxes
|
2
|
(9
|
)
|
15
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||
Income
Tax Expense (Benefit)
|
-
|
(5
|
)
|
4
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
-
|
|||
The
acompanying notes as they relate to CILCORP are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
19
CILCORP
INC.
|
||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except shares)
|
||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
||||||
Current
Assets:
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
7
|
||
Accounts
receivables – trade (less allowance for doubtful
|
||||||
accounts
of $3 and $3, respectively)
|
45
|
46
|
||||
Unbilled
revenue
|
30
|
46
|
||||
Accounts
receivables – affiliates
|
3
|
9
|
||||
Materials
and supplies
|
124
|
134
|
||||
Other
current assets
|
22
|
19
|
||||
Total
current assets
|
227
|
261
|
||||
Property
and Plant, Net
|
1,188
|
1,179
|
||||
Investments
and Other Noncurrent Assets:
|
||||||
Investments
in leveraged leases
|
110
|
113
|
||||
Goodwill
and other intangibles, net
|
559
|
559
|
||||
Other
assets
|
51
|
33
|
||||
Total
investments and other noncurrent assets
|
720
|
705
|
||||
Regulatory
Assets
|
10
|
11
|
||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
2,145
|
$
|
2,156
|
||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
|
||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
16
|
||
Borrowings
from money pool, net
|
84
|
166
|
||||
Intercompany
note payable – Ameren
|
94
|
72
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
39
|
57
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable - affiliates
|
21
|
42
|
||||
Other
current liabilities
|
63
|
58
|
||||
Total
current liabilities
|
317
|
411
|
||||
Long-term
Debt, Net
|
614
|
623
|
||||
Preferred
Stock of Subsidiary Subject to Mandatory
Redemption
|
20
|
20
|
||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities:
|
||||||
Accumulated
deferred income taxes, net
|
204
|
214
|
||||
Accumulated
deferred investment tax credits
|
9
|
10
|
||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
50
|
46
|
||||
Accrued
pension and other postretirement benefits
|
249
|
242
|
||||
Other
deferred credits and liabilities
|
20
|
23
|
||||
Total
deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities
|
532
|
535
|
||||
Preferred
Stock of Subsidiary Not Subject to Mandatory
Redemption
|
19
|
19
|
||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (Notes 3 and 9)
|
||||||
Stockholder's
Equity:
|
||||||
Common
stock, no par value, 10,000 shares authorized – 1,000 shares
outstanding
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Other
paid-in capital
|
666
|
565
|
||||
Retained
earnings (deficit)
|
(40
|
)
|
(21
|
)
|
||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
17
|
4
|
||||
Total
stockholder's equity
|
643
|
548
|
||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
|
$
|
2,145
|
$
|
2,156
|
||
The
acompanying notes as they relate to CILCORP
are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
20
CILCORP
INC.
|
||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||
|
Six
Months Ended
|
|||||
|
June
30,
|
|||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
-
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
||||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
36
|
33
|
||||
Deferred
income taxes and investment tax credits, net
|
(13
|
)
|
3
|
|||
Pension
and other postretirement benefit contributions
|
(2
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||
Other
|
7
|
3
|
||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||
Receivables,
net
|
23
|
66
|
||||
Materials
and supplies
|
10
|
25
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
(35
|
)
|
(26
|
)
|
||
Taxes
accrued
|
(4
|
)
|
2
|
|||
Assets,
other
|
(1
|
)
|
4
|
|||
Liabilities,
other
|
3
|
(4
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
35
|
103
|
||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(47
|
)
|
(73
|
)
|
||
Other
|
3
|
4
|
||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(44
|
)
|
(69
|
)
|
||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
||||||
Dividends
on common stock
|
(30
|
)
|
(18
|
)
|
||
Changes
in money pool borrowings
|
(82
|
)
|
87
|
|||
Proceeds
from intercompany notes payable - Ameren
|
22
|
11
|
||||
Redemptions,
repurchases, and maturities:
|
||||||
Long-term
debt
|
(6
|
)
|
(120
|
)
|
||
Capital
contribution from parent
|
101
|
-
|
||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
5
|
(40
|
)
|
|||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(4
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
7
|
11
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
5
|
||
The
acompanying notes as they relate to CILCORP
are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
21
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS LIGHT COMPANY
|
||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF INCOME
|
||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||||||||
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Six
Months Ended
|
||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Electric
|
$
|
99
|
$
|
89
|
$
|
192
|
$
|
187
|
||||
Gas
|
46
|
45
|
171
|
172
|
||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
145
|
134
|
363
|
359
|
||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Fuel
and purchased power
|
37
|
31
|
68
|
76
|
||||||||
Gas
purchased for resale
|
28
|
25
|
119
|
119
|
||||||||
Other
operations and maintenance
|
40
|
48
|
84
|
95
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
16
|
16
|
33
|
32
|
||||||||
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
4
|
6
|
10
|
14
|
||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
125
|
126
|
314
|
336
|
||||||||
Operating
Income
|
20
|
8
|
49
|
23
|
||||||||
Other
Income and (Deductions):
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense
|
(2
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
Total
other income and (deductions)
|
(2
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
Interest
Charges
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
||||||||
Income
Before Income Taxes
|
15
|
2
|
39
|
13
|
||||||||
Income
Tax Expense (Benefit)
|
5
|
(1
|
)
|
13
|
4
|
|||||||
Net
Income
|
10
|
3
|
26
|
9
|
||||||||
Preferred
Stock Dividends
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||
Net
Income Available to Common Stockholder
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
25
|
$
|
8
|
||||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to CILCO are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
22
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS LIGHT COMPANY
|
||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
||||||
Current
Assets:
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
2
|
||
Accounts
receivable - trade (less allowance for doubtful
|
||||||
accounts
of $3 and $3, respectively)
|
44
|
46
|
||||
Unbilled
revenue
|
30
|
43
|
||||
Accounts
receivable - affiliates
|
4
|
11
|
||||
Materials
and supplies
|
63
|
68
|
||||
Other
current assets
|
8
|
6
|
||||
Total
current assets
|
150
|
176
|
||||
Property
and Plant, Net
|
1,180
|
1,165
|
||||
Other
Noncurrent Assets
|
48
|
29
|
||||
Regulatory
Assets
|
10
|
11
|
||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
1,388
|
$
|
1,381
|
||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
16
|
||
Borrowings
from money pool
|
78
|
169
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
38
|
53
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable - affiliates
|
21
|
42
|
||||
Other
current liabilities
|
53
|
49
|
||||
Total
current liabilities
|
206
|
329
|
||||
Long-term
Debt, Net
|
122
|
122
|
||||
Preferred
Stock Subject to Mandatory Redemption
|
20
|
20
|
||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities:
|
||||||
Accumulated
deferred income taxes, net
|
125
|
130
|
||||
Accumulated
deferred investment tax credits
|
9
|
10
|
||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
190
|
184
|
||||
Accrued
pension and other postretirement benefits
|
144
|
131
|
||||
Other
deferred credits and liabilities
|
17
|
18
|
||||
Total
deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities
|
485
|
473
|
||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (Notes 3 and 9)
|
||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
||||||
Common
stock, no par value, 20.0 shares authorized – 13.6 shares
outstanding
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Preferred
stock not subject to mandatory redemption
|
19
|
19
|
||||
Other
paid-in capital
|
414
|
313
|
||||
Retained
earnings
|
120
|
115
|
||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss)
|
2
|
(10
|
)
|
|||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
555
|
437
|
||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
1,388
|
$
|
1,381
|
||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to CILCO are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
23
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS LIGHT COMPANY
|
||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
Six
Months Ended
June
30,
|
|||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
26
|
$
|
9
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
||||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
33
|
32
|
||||
Deferred
income taxes and investment tax credits, net
|
(8
|
)
|
4
|
|||
Pension
and other postretirement benefit contributions
|
(2
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||
Other
|
19
|
19
|
||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||
Receivables,
net
|
22
|
52
|
||||
Materials
and supplies
|
5
|
17
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
(32
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
||
Taxes
accrued
|
-
|
(9
|
)
|
|||
Assets,
other
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
|||
Liabilities,
other
|
(5
|
)
|
1
|
|||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
57
|
94
|
||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(47
|
)
|
(73
|
)
|
||
Other
|
-
|
1
|
||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(47
|
)
|
(72
|
)
|
||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
||||||
Dividends
on common stock
|
(20
|
)
|
(10
|
)
|
||
Dividends
on preferred stock
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||
Changes
in money pool borrowings
|
(91
|
)
|
84
|
|||
Redemptions,
repurchases, and maturities:
|
||||||
Long-term
debt
|
-
|
(100
|
)
|
|||
Capital
contribution from parent
|
101
|
-
|
||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(11
|
)
|
(27
|
)
|
||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(1
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
2
|
8
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
3
|
||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to CILCO are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
24
ILLINOIS
POWER COMPANY
|
||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF INCOME
|
||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||||||||
--Successor--
|
--Predecessor--
|
--Successor--
|
--Predecessor--
|
|||||||||
Three
|
Three
|
Six
|
Six
|
|||||||||
Months
|
Months
|
Months
|
Months
|
|||||||||
Ended
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
|||||||||
|
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Electric
|
$
|
268
|
$
|
258
|
$
|
503
|
$
|
505
|
||||
Gas
|
73
|
66
|
270
|
276
|
||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
341
|
324
|
773
|
781
|
||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Purchased
power
|
165
|
154
|
322
|
305
|
||||||||
Gas
purchased for resale
|
|
44
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
190
|
|
|
193
|
|
Other
operations and maintenance
|
60
|
52
|
102
|
99
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
19
|
20
|
40
|
40
|
||||||||
Amortization
of regulatory assets
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
21
|
||||||||
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
18
|
16
|
40
|
37
|
||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
306
|
291
|
694
|
695
|
||||||||
Operating
Income
|
35
|
33
|
79
|
86
|
||||||||
Other
Income and (Deductions):
|
||||||||||||
Interest
income from former affiliate
|
-
|
42
|
-
|
85
|
||||||||
Miscellaneous
income
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
12
|
||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||||
Total
other income and (deductions)
|
1
|
48
|
3
|
96
|
||||||||
Interest
Charges
|
11
|
40
|
21
|
79
|
||||||||
Income
Before Income Taxes
|
25
|
41
|
61
|
103
|
||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
10
|
17
|
24
|
42
|
||||||||
Net
Income
|
15
|
24
|
37
|
61
|
||||||||
Preferred
Stock Dividends
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||
Net
Income Available to Common Stockholder
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
24
|
$
|
36
|
$
|
60
|
||||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to IP are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
25
ILLINOIS
POWER COMPANY
|
||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
||||||
Current
Assets:
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
5
|
$
|
5
|
||
Account
receivables (less allowance for doubtful
|
||||||
accounts
of $6 and $6, respectively)
|
90
|
101
|
||||
Unbilled
revenue
|
80
|
98
|
||||
Miscellaneous
accounts and notes receivable
|
1
|
8
|
||||
Advances
to money pool
|
71
|
140
|
||||
Materials
and supplies
|
65
|
85
|
||||
Other
current assets
|
58
|
69
|
||||
Total
current assets
|
370
|
506
|
||||
Property
and Plant, Net
|
2,015
|
1,984
|
||||
Investments
and Other Noncurrent Assets:
|
||||||
Investment
in IP SPT
|
7
|
7
|
||||
Goodwill
|
303
|
320
|
||||
Other
assets
|
47
|
37
|
||||
Accumulated
deferred income taxes
|
43
|
65
|
||||
Total
investments and other noncurrent assets
|
400
|
429
|
||||
Regulatory
Assets
|
190
|
198
|
||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
2,975
|
$
|
3,117
|
||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
70
|
||
Current
maturities of long-term debt to IP SPT
|
71
|
74
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
97
|
118
|
||||
Accounts
and wages payable - affiliates
|
26
|
4
|
||||
Taxes
accrued
|
6
|
5
|
||||
Other
current liabilities
|
90
|
102
|
||||
Total
current liabilities
|
290
|
373
|
||||
Long-term
Debt, Net
|
708
|
713
|
||||
Long-term
Debt to IP SPT
|
230
|
278
|
||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities:
|
||||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
82
|
76
|
||||
Accrued
pension and other postretirement liabilities
|
252
|
248
|
||||
Other
deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities
|
137
|
149
|
||||
Total
deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities
|
471
|
473
|
||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (Notes 3 and 9)
|
||||||
Stockholders’
Equity:
|
||||||
Common
stock, no par value, 100.0 shares authorized – 23.0 shares outstanding
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Other
paid-in-capital
|
1,206
|
1,207
|
||||
Preferred
stock not subject to mandatory redemption
|
46
|
46
|
||||
Retained
earnings
|
24
|
27
|
||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
1,276
|
1,280
|
||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
$
|
2,975
|
$
|
3,117
|
||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to IP are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
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ILLINOIS
POWER COMPANY
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
|
|||||||
|
---Successor---
|
---Predecessor---
|
|||||
|
Six
Months
Ended
June
30,
|
Six
Months
Ended
June
30,
|
|||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
61
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
|||||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
9
|
61
|
|||||
Amortization
of debt issuance costs and premium/discounts
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes and investment tax credits, net
|
39
|
(10
|
)
|
||||
Pension
and other postretirement benefit contributions
|
(3
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Other
|
7
|
|
14
|
||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||
Receivables,
net
|
40
|
34
|
|||||
Materials
and supplies
|
20
|
19
|
|||||
Accounts
and wages payable
|
1
|
1
|
|||||
Assets,
other
|
(19
|
)
|
24
|
||||
Liabilities,
other
|
16
|
(30
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
149
|
177
|
|||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
|||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(61
|
)
|
(63
|
)
|
|||
Changes
in money pool advances
|
69
|
-
|
|||||
Other
|
-
|
1
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
8
|
(62
|
)
|
||||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
|||||||
Dividends
on common stock
|
(40
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Dividends
on preferred stock
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
Prepaid
interest on note receivable from former affiliate
|
-
|
(43
|
)
|
||||
Redemptions,
repurchases, and maturities:
|
|||||||
Long-term
debt
|
(113
|
)
|
(43
|
)
|
|||
TFN
over funding
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(157
|
)
|
(90
|
)
|
|||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
-
|
25
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
5
|
17
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
5
|
$
|
42
|
|||
The
accompanying notes as they relate to IP are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
27
AMEREN
CORPORATION (Consolidated)
UNION
ELECTRIC COMPANY (Consolidated)
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
AMEREN
ENERGY GENERATING COMPANY (Consolidated)
CILCORP
INC. (Consolidated)
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS LIGHT COMPANY (Consolidated)
ILLINOIS
POWER COMPANY (Consolidated)
COMBINED
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
June
30, 2005
NOTE
1 - SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
General
Ameren,
headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a public utility holding company
registered with the SEC under the PUHCA. Ameren’s primary asset is the common
stock of its subsidiaries. Ameren’s subsidiaries operate rate-regulated electric
generation, transmission and distribution businesses, rate-regulated natural
gas
transmission and distribution businesses and non-rate-regulated electric
generation businesses in Missouri and Illinois. Dividends on Ameren’s common
stock are dependent on distributions made to it by its subsidiaries. Ameren’s
principal subsidiaries are listed below.
· |
UE,
or Union Electric Company, also known as AmerenUE, operates a
rate-regulated electric generation, transmission and distribution
business, and a rate-regulated natural gas transmission and distribution
business in Missouri and prior to May 2, 2005, in Illinois. See
Note 3 -
Rate and Regulatory Matters for information regarding the May 2005
transfer of UE’s Illinois electric and natural gas transmission and
distribution businesses to CIPS and the addition of a large new
electric
customer in June 2005.
|
· |
CIPS,
or Central Illinois Public Service Company, also known as AmerenCIPS,
operates a rate-regulated electric and natural gas transmission
and
distribution business in Illinois.
|
· |
Genco,
or Ameren Energy Generating Company, operates a non-rate-regulated
electric generation business in Illinois and Missouri. See Note
3 - Rate
and Regulatory Matters for information regarding the May 2005 transfer
of
Genco’s 10 CTs located in Pinckneyville and Kinmundy, Illinois to
UE.
|
· |
CILCO,
or Central Illinois Light Company, also known as AmerenCILCO, is
a
subsidiary of CILCORP (a holding company) and operates a rate-regulated
electric transmission and distribution business, a primarily
non-rate-regulated electric generation business, and a rate-regulated
natural gas transmission and distribution business in Illinois.
|
· |
IP,
or Illinois Power Company, also known as AmerenIP, operates a
rate-regulated electric and natural gas transmission and distribution
business in Illinois. Ameren acquired IP on September 30, 2004,
from
Dynegy. See Note 2 - Acquisitions and Note 8 - Related Party Transactions
for further information.
|
Ameren
has various other subsidiaries responsible for the short- and long-term
marketing of power, procurement of fuel, management of commodity risks and
provision of other shared services. Ameren has an 80% ownership interest
in EEI
through UE and Resources Company, which each own 40% of EEI. Ameren consolidates
EEI for financial reporting purposes, while UE reports EEI under the equity
method.
The
financial statements of Ameren are prepared on a consolidated basis and
therefore include the accounts of its majority-owned subsidiaries. As the
acquisition of IP occurred on September 30, 2004, Ameren’s Consolidated
Statements of Income and Cash Flows for the period ended June 30, 2004, do
not
reflect IP’s results of operations or financial position. See Note 2 -
Acquisitions for further information on the accounting for the IP acquisition.
All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated. All tabular
dollar amounts are in millions, unless otherwise indicated.
In
addition to presenting results of operations and earnings amounts in total,
certain information in this report is expressed in cents per share. These
amounts reflect factors that directly impact Ameren’s earnings. We believe this
per share information is useful because it better enables readers to understand
the impact of these factors on Ameren’s earnings per share. All references in
this report to earnings per share are based on diluted shares.
Our
accounting policies conform to GAAP. Our financial statements reflect all
adjustments (which include normal, recurring adjustments) 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 for a full year. Certain
reclassifications have been made to prior year’s financial statements to conform
to 2005 reporting. These statements should be read in conjunction with the
financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Ameren Companies’
combined 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
As
part
of the acquisition of IP on September 30, 2004, Ameren “pushed down” the effects
of purchase accounting to
28
the
financial statements of IP. Accordingly, IP’s postacquistion financial
statements reflect a new basis of accounting, and separate financial statement
amounts are presented for preacquisition (predecessor) and postacquisition
(successor) periods, separated by a bold black line. As a result of the
acquisition of IP, certain reclassifications have been made to make IP
prior-year financial statements conform to our current presentation.
Earnings
Per Share
There
were no material differences between Ameren’s basic and diluted earnings per
share for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, due
to
an immaterial number of stock options outstanding.
Asset
Retirement Obligations
Asset
retirement obligations at Ameren and UE increased by $6 million for the quarter
ended June 30, 2005, to reflect the accretion of obligations to their present
value. Additionally, Ameren and Genco’s asset retirement obligations increased
by $1.5 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2005, due to revisions
in
estimated future cash flows to retire a Genco ash pond. Increases to CILCORP’s
and CILCO’s asset retirement obligations due to accretion were immaterial during
this period. Substantially all of this accretion was recorded as an increase
to
regulatory assets.
Accounting
Changes and Other Matters
FIN
No. 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement
Obligations"
In
February 2005, the FASB issued FIN No. 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset
Retirement Obligations,” which clarifies that a legal obligation
to perform an asset retirement activity that is conditional on a future event
is
within the scope of
SFAS
No. 143.
Accordingly, an entity would be required to recognize a liability for the
fair
value of an asset retirement obligation that is conditional on a future event
if
the liability's fair value can be estimated reasonably. An exhibit to the
interpretation provides examples of when to recognize conditional asset
retirement obligations, including asbestos removal and chemically-treated
utility poles. We are in the process of evaluating the impact of this new
interpretation. It could require accrual of additional liabilities by the
Ameren
Companies and their subsidiaries and could result in increased expense, which,
while not yet quantified, could be material. This interpretation is effective
for us no later than December 31, 2005.
FSP
SFAS No. 106-2 - “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003”
In
May
2004, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 106-2, which provides guidance on accounting
for
the effects of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization
Act
of 2003 for employers whose prescription drug benefits are actuarially
equivalent to the drug benefit under Medicare Part D. Ameren, UE, CIPS, Genco,
CILCORP and CILCO elected to adopt FSP SFAS 106-2 during the second quarter
ended June 30, 2004, retroactive to January 1, 2004. The effect of the federal
subsidy provided by this Medicare Prescription Drug Act was a reduction of
various components of Ameren’s and principally UE’s net periodic postretirement
benefit costs.
Predecessor
IP’s adoption of FSP SFAS 106-2 on July 1, 2004, had no impact on IP’s results
of operations, financial position, or liquidity because its drug benefit
was not
actuarially equivalent to the drug benefit under Medicare Part D.
Interchange
Revenues
The
following table presents the interchange revenues included in Operating Revenues
- Electric for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004:
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Ameren(a)
|
$
|
154
|
$
|
87
|
$
|
267
|
$
|
187
|
||||
UE
|
129
|
71
|
226
|
155
|
||||||||
CIPS
|
8
|
10
|
17
|
19
|
||||||||
Genco
|
67
|
36
|
109
|
75
|
||||||||
CILCORP
|
11
|
9
|
26
|
20
|
||||||||
CILCO
|
11
|
9
|
26
|
20
|
||||||||
IP(b)
|
(c
|
)
|
(c
|
)
|
(c
|
)
|
(c
|
)
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations, but excludes 2004 amounts for IP. Includes
interchange revenues for EEI of $8 million and $15 million for
the three
months and six months ended June 30, 2005, respectively (2004 -
$16
million and $30 million, respectively).
|
(b) |
2004
amount represents predecessor
information.
|
(c) |
Less
than $1 million.
|
Purchased
Power
The
following table presents the purchased power expenses included in Operating
Expenses - Fuel and Purchased Power for the three months and six months ended
June 30, 2005 and 2004. See Note 8 - Related Party Transactions for further
information on affiliate purchased power transactions.
29
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Ameren(a)
|
$
|
250
|
$
|
77
|
$
|
455
|
$
|
152
|
||||
UE
|
66
|
49
|
104
|
102
|
||||||||
CIPS
|
105
|
79
|
191
|
159
|
||||||||
Genco
|
68
|
34
|
117
|
74
|
||||||||
CILCORP
|
12
|
8
|
22
|
30
|
||||||||
CILCO
|
12
|
8
|
22
|
30
|
||||||||
IP(b)
|
165
|
154
|
322
|
305
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations, but excludes 2004 amounts for
IP.
|
(b) |
2004
amount represents predecessor information.
|
Excise
Taxes
Excise
taxes reflected on Missouri electric, Missouri gas, and Illinois gas customer
bills are imposed on us. They are recorded
gross in Operating Revenues and Taxes Other than Income Taxes on each company’s
statements of income. Excise taxes reflected on Illinois electric customer
bills
are imposed on the consumer. They are recorded as tax collections payable
and
included in Taxes Accrued. The following table presents excise taxes recorded
in
Operating Revenues and Taxes Other than Income Taxes for the three months
and
six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004:
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Ameren(a)
|
$
|
41
|
$
|
31
|
$
|
81
|
$
|
65
|
||||
UE
|
28
|
27
|
50
|
51
|
||||||||
CIPS
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
||||||||
CILCORP
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
||||||||
CILCO
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
||||||||
IP(b)
|
8
|
5
|
19
|
17
|
(a) |
Excludes
2004 amounts for IP.
|
(b) |
2004
amount represents predecessor
information.
|
NOTE
2 - ACQUISITIONS
IP
and EEI
On
September 30, 2004, Ameren completed the acquisition of all the common stock
and
662,924 shares of preferred stock of IP and an additional 20% ownership interest
in EEI from subsidiaries of Dynegy. Ameren acquired IP to complement its
existing Illinois gas and electric operations. The purchase included IP’s
rate-regulated electric and natural gas transmission and distribution business
serving 600,000 electric and 415,000 gas customers in areas contiguous to
our
existing Illinois utility service territories. With the acquisition, IP became
an Ameren subsidiary operating as AmerenIP.
The
total
transaction value was $2.3 billion, including the assumption of $1.8 billion
of
IP debt and preferred stock and consideration, including transaction costs,
of
$440 million in cash, net of $51 million cash acquired and a working capital
adjustment of $5 million received from Dynegy in February 2005 pursuant to
the
terms of the stock purchase agreement. Ameren placed $100 million of the
cash
portion of the purchase price in a six-year escrow account pending resolution
of
certain contingent environmental obligations of IP and other Dynegy affiliates
for which Ameren was provided indemnification by Dynegy. On July 27, 2005,
the
conditions for release of the escrow account were satisfied and Dynegy was
remitted the $100 million. In addition, this transaction included a fixed-price
capacity power supply agreement for IP’s annual purchase in 2005 and 2006 of
2,800 megawatts of electricity from DYPM. This agreement is expected to supply
about 70% of IP’s electric customer requirements during those two years. The
remaining 30% of IP’s power needs in 2005 and 2006 will be supplied by other
companies through contracts and open market purchases. In the event that
suppliers are unable to supply the electricity required by existing agreements,
IP would be forced to find alternative suppliers to meet its load requirements,
thus exposing itself to market price risk, which could have a material impact
on
Ameren’s and IP’s results of operations, financial position, or liquidity.
Ameren
funded this acquisition with the issuance of new Ameren common stock. Ameren
issued an aggregate of 30 million common shares in February 2004 and July
2004,
which generated net proceeds of $1.3 billion. Proceeds from these issuances
were
used to finance the cash portion of the purchase price and to reduce IP debt
assumed as part of this transaction and to pay related premiums.
In
December 2004, 230 IP employees accepted a voluntary separation opportunity,
which
provides
an enhanced separation benefit and extended medical and dental benefits.
Employees who accepted the voluntary separation opportunity will leave IP
throughout 2005 as business needs warrant. These voluntary separations are
consistent with Ameren’s plan for the integration of IP and conditions in the
ICC order approving the acquisition, which relate to the realization of
administrative synergies from the acquisition. As of June 30, 2005, estimated
separation costs of $25 million were deferred as a regulatory asset for future
recovery from customers, which is also consistent with the ICC
order.
Ameren
is
completing its valuations of the acquired net assets and liabilities of IP
and
EEI, including third-party valuations of property and plant, intangible assets,
pension and other postretirement benefit obligations, and contingent
obligations. As a result, the allocation of the purchase price is subject
to
further adjustment.
The fair
value of IP’s power supply agreements, including the fixed-price capacity power
supply agreement with DYPM, recorded at the acquisition date resulted in
a net
liability of $109 million (June 30, 2005 - $67 million). This amount is being
amortized through December 31, 2006. In addition, IP recorded a fair value
adjustment, resulting in a net asset of $20 million (June 30, 2005 - $12
million), for IP’s power supply agreement with EEI that expires at the end of
2005. The
excess
of the purchase price for IP’s common stock and preferred stock over net
30
assets
acquired was allocated preliminarily to goodwill in the amount of $303 million,
net of future tax benefits. No specifically identifiable intangible assets
have
been identified. For income tax purposes, we expect that a portion of the
purchase price will be allocated to goodwill and that such portion will be
deducted ratably over a 15-year period. Goodwill decreased by $17 million
since
December 31, 2004, primarily because of adjustments to property and plant,
income tax accounts and accrued severance and relocation expenses, partially
offset by adjustments to regulatory assets and net assets for IP’s power supply
agreement with EEI. The following table presents the estimated fair values
of
the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of Ameren’s acquisition
of IP.
Current
assets
|
$
|
370
|
|
Property
and plant
|
1,974
|
||
Investments
and other noncurrent assets
|
394
|
||
Goodwill
|
303
|
||
Total
assets acquired
|
3,041
|
||
Current
liabilities
|
228
|
||
Long-term
debt, including current maturities
|
1,982
|
||
Accrued
pension and other postretirement liabilities
|
244
|
||
Other
non-current liabilities
|
208
|
||
Total
liabilities assumed
|
2,662
|
||
Preferred
stock assumed
|
13
|
||
Net
assets acquired
|
$
|
366
|
The
following unaudited pro forma financial information presents a summary of
Ameren’s consolidated results of operations for the three months and six months
ended June 30, 2004, as if the acquisition of IP had been completed at the
beginning of 2004, including pro forma adjustments, which are based upon
preliminary estimates, to reflect the allocation of the purchase price to
the
acquired net assets. The pro forma financial information does not include
cost
savings that may result from the combination of Ameren with IP.
2004
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
||||
Operating
revenues
|
$
|
1,473
|
$
|
3,149
|
||
Net
income
|
149
|
290
|
||||
Earnings
per share - basic
|
0.77
|
1.50
|
||||
-
diluted
|
0.77
|
1.50
|
This
pro
forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations
as
they would have been had the transaction been effected on the assumed date,
nor
is it an indication of trends for future results.
IP’s
Note
Receivable from Former Affiliate of $2.3 billion was eliminated as of September
30, 2004, and prior to Ameren’s acquisition of IP to meet the conditions of the
closing.
The
portion of the total transaction value attributable to Ameren’s acquisition of
Dynegy’s 20% ownership interest in EEI now held by Resources Company was $125
million. This transaction was accounted for as a step acquisition. The
excess
of the purchase price for this ownership interest over 20% of the fair value
of
EEI’s net assets acquired has been preliminarily allocated to property and plant
($55 million) and emission allowances ($48 million), partially offset by
a net
liability for power supply agreements ($25 million) and a reduction to net
deferred tax assets ($31 million). The remaining excess was allocated to
goodwill in the amount of $65 million, subject to change based on our final
valuation. Goodwill increased by $11 million since December 31, 2004, due
to
adjustments to property and plant and the net liability for power supply
agreements, partially offset by adjustments to both emission allowances and
income tax accounts, resulting from the refinement of the third-party valuation
of EEI’s net assets, which is in the process of being finalized.
NOTE
3 - RATE
AND REGULATORY MATTERS
Below
is
a summary of significant regulatory proceedings. With respect to pending
matters, we are unable to predict the ultimate outcome of these regulatory
proceedings, the timing of the final decisions of the various agencies or
the
impact on our results of operations, financial position, or
liquidity.
Intercompany
Transfer of Illinois Service Territory and Electric Generating
Facilities
Illinois
Service Territory Transfer
On
May 2,
2005, following the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, UE completed
the transfer of its Illinois-based electric and natural gas utility businesses,
including its Illinois-based distribution assets and certain of its transmission
assets, at a net book value of $133 million to CIPS. UE’s electric generating
facilities and a certain insignificant amount of its electric transmission
and
communication facilities in Illinois were not part of the transfer. Pursuant
to
the asset transfer agreement, UE transferred 50 percent of the assets directly
to CIPS in consideration for a CIPS subordinated promissory note in the
principal amount of approximately $67 million and 50 percent of the assets
by
means of a dividend in kind to Ameren, followed by a capital contribution
by
Ameren to CIPS. With the completion of this transfer, UE no longer operates
as a
public utility subject to ICC regulation.
In
February 2005, the MoPSC issued an order approving the transfer and clarified
its order in March 2005. The MoPSC’s order, as clarified, included the following
principal conditions:
· |
The
order allows UE to recover in rates up to 6% of unknown UE
generation-related liabilities associated with the generation
that was
formerly allocated to UE’s Illinois service territory if UE can show that
the benefits of the transfer of the Illinois service territory
outweigh
these costs in future rate cases.
|
· |
The
order requires an amendment to the joint dispatch agreement among
UE,
Genco and CIPS to declare that margins on short-term power sales
will be
divided based
|
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on generation output as opposed to load. In testimony filed by UE with the MoPSC to support the transfer, UE indicated this amendment would have provided UE with additional annual margins and Genco with reduced annual margins of $7 million to $24 million based on certain assumptions and historical results. The ultimate impact of any modifications to the joint dispatch agreement will be determined by future native load demand, the availability of electric generation from UE and Genco and market prices, among other things, but such impact could be material. This reduction to Genco’s margins is expected to be mitigated by margins received from additional power sales by Genco (through Marketing Company) to CIPS to serve the transferred UE Illinois-based electric utility business through the end of 2006 under the current power supply contracts. The increased allocation of short-term power sales margins to UE would have the effect of lowering the revenue required to be collected through rates the next time electric rates are adjusted. |
· |
The
MoPSC also ordered that UE may complete the transfer prior to
receipt of
all regulatory approvals necessary to effectuate the required
amendment
to the joint dispatch agreement based on UE’s commitment that for
ratemaking purposes the joint dispatch agreement amendment should
be
deemed to be made by UE as of the date the transfer is closed.
In
the event that the regulatory approvals for the amendment are
not
obtained, this commitment would result in just the allocation
of these
additional margins to UE for determining the revenue requirements
in the
ratemaking process, with no impact on Genco’s
margins.
|
· |
The
order requires that, in a future rate case, revenues UE could
have
received for incremental energy transfers under the joint dispatch
agreement resulting from the service territory transfer be imputed
based
on market prices unless UE can show the benefits of the transfer
of the
Illinois service territory outweigh the difference between the
market
prices and the actual cost-based charges for such incremental
energy
transfers.
|
On
May 2,
2005, following the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, Genco
completed the transfer to UE of its 550 megawatts of CTs at Pinckneyville
and
Kinmundy, Illinois, at a net book value of $241 million. This transfer completed
the remainder of UE’s commitment under the 2002 Missouri electric rate case
settlement, which required the addition of 700 megawatts of generation capacity
by June 30, 2006.
The
Illinois service territory transfer and the electric generating facilities
transfer, discussed above, were accounted for at book value with no gain
or loss
recognition. Genco
used the proceeds from the transfer to reduce borrowings.
Missouri
Noranda
Aluminum, Inc. (Noranda)
Following
the receipt of all regulatory approvals and satisfaction of all regulatory
and
other conditions, the tariff by which UE serves Noranda became effective
June 1,
2005. UE will serve Noranda under a 15-year agreement to supply approximately
470 megawatts (peak load) electric service (or approximately 5% of UE’s
generating capability, including currently committed purchases) to Noranda’s
primary aluminum smelter in southeast Missouri.
Illinois
Electric
By
2002,
all of the Illinois residential, commercial and industrial customers of UE,
CIPS, CILCO and IP had a choice in electric suppliers under the provisions
of
the Illinois Customer Choice Law. Under
the
Illinois Customer Choice Law, UE, CIPS, CILCO and IP rates initially were
frozen
through January 1, 2005. Due
to an
amendment to the Illinois Customer Choice Law, the rate freeze was extended
through January 1, 2007. As a result of this extension, and pursuant to orders
of the ICC, CIPS and Marketing Company, and CILCO and AERG, extended their
respective power supply agreements through December 31, 2006.
See Note
8 - Related Party Transactions for a discussion of these affiliate power
supply
agreements.
During
2004, the ICC conducted workshops to seek input from interested parties on
the
framework for retail electric rate determination and generation procurement
after the current Illinois electric rate freeze expires on January 1, 2007,
and
supply contracts expire on December 31, 2006. A report issued by the ICC
in late
2004, which outlined a process, among others, that would have CIPS, CILCO
and IP
procure power through an auction monitored by the ICC, received strong support
in the ICC workshops. The form of power supply would meet the full requirements
of the utility and the risk of fluctuations in power requirements would be
borne
by the supplier. In addition, the report noted that many stakeholders, including
Ameren, supported a process whereby the price of power resulting from the
auction would be the price used to determine the generation component of
customer rates. This purchased power would be charged to customers through
a
direct pass-through mechanism. With regard to the delivery service component
of
customer rates, it is expected that all Illinois delivery service companies
will
file rate cases, at which time the delivery service component of customer
rates
will be updated. Genco and AERG would probably participate in the auction
through Marketing
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Company,
but there is expected to be a limit imposed by the ICC on the maximum amount
of
power they could supply CIPS, CILCO and IP.
In
February 2005, CIPS, CILCO and IP filed with the ICC a proposed process for
the
generation procurement auction and a rate mechanism to pass generation costs
through to customers, among other things, which was consistent with the auction
process described above. These proposals are subject to review and approval
by
the ICC by January 2006. In May 2005, the Illinois Attorney General, the
Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and the Environmental Law and Policy Center
filed a
Motion to Dismiss the proposed procurement auction in the CIPS, CILCO and
IP
filings. Subsequently, in June 2005, the Administrative Law Judge denied
the
Motion to Dismiss. The Illinois Attorney General and CUB subsequently appealed
the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling to the ICC and this appeal was also denied
by the ICC in July 2005.
The
ICC
Staff and interveners filed testimony regarding our proposed process for
the
generation procurement auction in June 2005. In its testimony, the ICC Staff
continued to support the generation auction process, but sought modifications
to
aspects of the CIPS, CILCO and IP proposed process for the procurement of
power
and the passing of these costs through to customers. The Illinois Attorney
General and CUB in their testimonies recommended that the ICC initiate a
new
docket to investigate alternatives to an auction, among other things. CIPS,
CILCO and IP filed supplemental testimony in early July. That testimony
modified certain aspects of the February proposal and CIPS, CILCO and IP
believe
the modifications will substantially address issues raised by the ICC staff
and
certain other interveners. The modifications included changes to
the
timing of the auction, a limition of 35% on the amount of power any single
supplier can provide of any distribution company's expected annual load and
allowing suppliers to switch their bids between auctions for similar products.
In
early
2005, the Illinois legislature held hearings regarding the framework for
retail
rate determination and generation procurement. We cannot predict what actions,
if any, the Illinois legislature will take, or whether the ICC will approve
our
proposals for generation procurement or electric rate
determination.
Gas
In
May
2005, the ICC issued an order awarding IP increases in annual natural gas
delivery rates of $11 million. In the order approving Ameren’s acquisition of
IP, the ICC prohibited IP from filing for any proposed increase in gas delivery
rates to be effective prior to January 1, 2007, beyond this recently authorized
gas delivery rate increase. IP filed an appeal in the appellate court for
the
Third District in Illinois regarding certain immaterial disallowances issued
by
the ICC in its May 2005 order. Ameren sought indemnification from Dynegy
with
regard to the disallowances under the stock purchase
agreement covering Ameren’s acquisition of IP from Dynegy, and in July 2005
Dynegy paid to Ameren $8.3 million in full settlement of this indemnification
claim. Under the terms of the settlement, IP will retain the benefits of
any
successful appeal of the May 2005 ICC order with no refund obligation to
Dynegy.
Federal
Hydroelectric
License Renewal
In
May
2005, UE, the U.S. Department of the Interior and various state agencies
reached
a settlement agreement which is expected to lead to the FERC’s relicensing of
the Osage hydroelectric plant for another 40 years. The settlement must be
approved by the FERC, which, together with the relicense, is expected by
year-end 2005. The current FERC license expires on February 28, 2006.
NOTE
4 - SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS AND LIQUIDITY
Short-term
borrowings have typically consisted of commercial paper issuances and drawings
under committed bank credit facilities with maturities generally within 1
to 45
days.
The
following table summarizes the short-term borrowing activity and relevant
interest rates as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004,
respectively:
Ameren(a)
|
UE
|
||
June
30, 2005:
|
|||
Short-term
borrowings at June 30, 25
|
$ 161
|
$
138
|
|
Average
daily borrowings outstanding during 2005
|
274
|
239
|
|
Weighted
average interest rate during 2005
|
1.15%
|
2.55%
|
|
Peak
short-term borrowings during 2005
|
468
|
424
|
|
Peak
interest rate during 2005
|
3.52%
|
3.45%
|
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|
Ameren(a)
|
UE
|
|
December
31, 2004:
|
|||
Short-term
borrowings at December 31, 2004
|
$
417
|
$
375
|
|
Average
daily borrowings outstanding during 2004
|
47
|
33
|
|
Weighted
average interest rate during 2004
|
2.19%
|
1.56%
|
|
Peak
short-term borrowings during 2004
|
419
|
375
|
|
Peak
interest rate during 2004
|
2.97%
|
2.40%
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations, but excludes amounts for IP prior to
September
30, 2004.
|
In
July
2005, Ameren, UE, CIPS, CILCO, Genco and IP entered into a five-year revolving
credit agreement, maturing on July 14, 2010, with various lenders which provides
for loans to, and letters of credit issued for, the accounts of Ameren, UE,
CIPS, CILCO, Genco and IP in an amount up to $1.15 billion. The entire amount
of
the facility is available to Ameren; UE may directly borrow under this facility
up to $500 million on a short-term 364-day basis; and CIPS, Genco, CILCO
and IP
may also directly borrow under this facility each up to $150 million and
also on
a short-term 364-day basis. The interest rates applicable under the
facility are based on a Eurodollar rate plus a margin applicable to the
particular borrowing company, a competitive rate bid by the lenders, or a
rate
equal to the higher of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s prime rate and the sum of the
federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 percent per annum, plus the margin
applicable to the particular borrowing company. The credit agreement contains
customary terms and conditions (see Indebtedness Provisions and Other Covenants
below for financial covenant provisions). The obligations of Ameren, UE,
CIPS,
Genco, CILCO and IP under this facility are several and not joint. The
obligations of UE, CIPS, Genco, CILCO and IP are not guaranteed by any other
subsidiary. See Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July
15,
2005, for the full agreement.
Also
in
July 2005, Ameren, as sole borrower, entered into an amended and restated
credit
agreement which revised its $350 million five-year revolving credit agreement
dated as of July 14, 2004. The changes to this facility make the entire amount
of commitments available in the form of letters of credit as well as loans,
extend the maturity date to July 2010 and conform, as applicable, the
affirmative and negative covenants, events of default and representations
and
warranties to the July 2005 $1.15 billion revolving credit agreement discussed
above. See Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 15,
2005,
for the full amended and restated credit agreement.
Upon
execution of the new $1.15 billion credit agreement, Ameren terminated its
$235
million amended and restated three-year revolving credit agreement, dated
as of
September 21, 2004, and its $350 million three-year revolving credit agreement
dated as of July 14, 2004. In addition, this agreement replaced UE’s bilateral
credit agreements in an aggregate amount of $153.5 million, CIPS’ bilateral
credit agreements
in an aggregate amount of $15 million, CILCO’s bilateral credit agreements in an
aggregate amount of $60 million and a bilateral credit agreement of EEI in
the
amount of $25 million. The Ameren Companies will use the proceeds of any
borrowings under this facility to repay any amounts outstanding under these
terminated or replaced credit agreements and for general corporate purposes,
including for working capital, commercial paper liquidity support and to
fund
loans under the money pool arrangements. After giving effect to these changes,
Ameren currently has $1.5 billion of committed credit facilities consisting
of
two facilities each maturing in July 2010.
At
June
30, 2005, certain of the Ameren Companies had committed bank credit facilities
totaling $1 billion, $868 million of which was available for use, subject
to
applicable regulatory short-term borrowing authorizations, by UE, CIPS, CILCO,
IP and Ameren Services through a utility money pool arrangement. All of the
$868
million was available for use, subject to applicable regulatory short-term
borrowing authorizations, by Ameren directly, by CILCORP through direct
short-term borrowings from Ameren, and by most of the non-rate-regulated
subsidiaries including, but not limited to, Resources Company, Genco, Marketing
Company, AFS, AERG and Ameren Energy, through a non-state-regulated subsidiary
money pool agreement. The committed bank credit facilities are used to support
our commercial paper programs under which $139 million was outstanding for
Ameren and UE at June 30, 2005 (December 31, 2004 - $375 million). Access
to
credit facilities for the Ameren Companies is subject to reduction based
on use
by affiliates.
Ameren
has money pool agreements with and among its subsidiaries to coordinate and
provide for certain short-term cash and working capital requirements. Separate
money pools are maintained between rate-regulated and non-rate-regulated
entities. Ameren Services is responsible for operation and administration
of the
money pool agreements. See Note 8 - Related Party Transactions for a detailed
explanation of these money pool arrangements.
In
July
2005, CILCO redeemed 11,000 shares of its 5.85% Class A preferred stock at
a
redemption price of $100 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends. The
redemption satisfied CILCO’s mandatory sinking fund redemption requirement for
this series of preferred stock for 2005.
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In
April
2005, EEI renewed a $20 million bank credit facility, which was scheduled
to
mature in the second quarter of 2005. The credit facility will now expire
in the
second quarter of 2006.
Ameren
and UE are authorized by the SEC under the PUHCA to have an aggregate of
up to
$1.5 billion and $1 billion, respectively, of short-term unsecured debt
instruments outstanding at any time. The aggregate amount of short-term
borrowings outstanding at any time at IP may not exceed $500 million pursuant
to
authorizations from the ICC and the SEC under the PUHCA. In addition, CIPS,
CILCORP and CILCO have the PUHCA authority to have an aggregate of up to
$250
million each of short-term unsecured debt instruments outstanding at any
time.
Genco is authorized by the FERC to have up to $300 million of short-term
debt
outstanding at any time.
Borrowings
under Ameren’s non-state-regulated subsidiary money pool agreement by Genco,
Development Company and Medina Valley, each an exempt wholesale generator,
are
considered investments for purposes of the SEC’s 50% aggregate investment
limitation under the PUHCA. Based on Ameren’s aggregate investment in these
exempt wholesale generators as of June 30, 2005, the maximum permissible
borrowings under Ameren’s non-state-regulated subsidiary money pool pursuant to
this limitation for these entities totaled $525 million.
Indebtedness
Provisions and Other Covenants
Certain
of the Ameren Companies’ bank credit agreements contain provisions which, among
other things, place restrictions on the ability to incur liens, sell assets,
and
merge with other entities. The $1.15 billion July 2005 revolving credit
agreement discussed above also contains a provision that limits Ameren’s, UE’s,
CIPS’, Genco’s and IP’s total indebtedness to 65% of total capitalization and
CILCO’s total indebtedness to 60% of total capitalization pursuant to a
calculation set forth in the agreement. The $350 million July 2005 amended
and
restated credit agreement contains a similar provision only with respect
to
Ameren. Exceeding these debt levels would result in a default under the credit
agreements. As of June 30, 2005, the ratio of total indebtedness to total
capitalization (calculated in accordance with this provision) for Ameren,
UE,
CIPS, Genco, CILCO and IP was 46%, 47%, 42%, 52%, 29% and 44%, respectively
(December 31, 2004 - Ameren 50%, UE 44%, CIPS 53%, CILCO ---43%, not applicable
for Genco or IP). In addition, these credit agreements contain indebtedness
cross-default provisions that could trigger a default under these facilities
in
the event that any of Ameren’s subsidiaries (subject to the definition in the
underlying credit agreements), other than certain project finance subsidiaries,
defaults in indebtedness in excess of $50 million. The credit agreements
also
require us to meet minimum ERISA funding rules.
None
of
the Ameren Companies’ credit agreements or financing arrangements contains
credit rating triggers. One of EEI’s credit agreements contains a credit rating
trigger under which a default can occur in the event any of the credit ratings
of EEI’s sponsors (UE, CIPS and Kentucky Utilities Company) fall below Baa3 or
BBB- by Moody’s and S&P, respectively, and the sponsors do not cover a
payment default. At June 30, 2005, the
Ameren Companies and EEI were in compliance with their credit agreement
provisions and covenants.
NOTE
5 - LONG-TERM
DEBT AND EQUITY FINANCINGS
Ameren
Under
DRPlus, pursuant to an effective SEC Form S-3 registration statement, and
under
our 401(k) plans, pursuant to effective SEC Form S-8 registration statements,
Ameren issued a total of 1.2 million new shares of common stock in the first
six
months of 2005 valued at $57 million.
In
March
2002, Ameren issued $345 million of adjustable conversion-rate equity security
units consisting of $345 million of senior unsecured notes due 2007 and stock
purchase contracts. In February 2005, the annual interest rate on these senior
unsecured notes was reset to 4.263% through a remarketing process in accordance
with and as required by the original terms of the related financing agreements.
The proceeds from remarketing the senior unsecured notes were used by the
holders of the equity security units to purchase treasury securities to secure
their obligations to purchase Ameren common stock on May 15, 2005, pursuant
to
the stock purchase contracts. Ameren did not receive any proceeds as part
of the
remarketing. In the remarketing, Ameren purchased $95 million in principal
amount of the senior unsecured notes, which were subsequently retired. In
May
2005, settlement of the stock purchase contracts resulted in Ameren issuing
7.4
million shares of common stock in exchange for $345 million of proceeds.
The
adjustable conversion-rate equity security units ceased trading on the New
York
Stock Exchange before the opening of the market on May 16, 2005.
UE
In
July
2005, UE issued, pursuant to its effective September 2003 SEC Form S-3 shelf
registration statement, $300 million of 5.30% senior secured notes due August
1,
2037, with interest payable semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each
year beginning in February 2006. UE received net proceeds of $296 million
which
were used to repay short-term debt.
In
January 2005, UE issued, pursuant to its effective September 2003 SEC Form
S-3
shelf registration statement, $85 million of 5.00% senior secured notes due
February 1, 2020, with interest payable semi-annually on February 1 and
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August
1
of each year beginning in August 2005. UE received net proceeds of $83 million,
which were used to repay short-term debt incurred to fund the December 2004
maturity of UE’s $85 million 7.375% first mortgage bonds.
CIPS
In
June
2005, $20 million of CIPS’ 6.49% first mortgage bonds matured and were
retired.
CILCORP
In
May
2005, CILCORP repurchased $5 million in principal amount of its 8.70% senior
notes due 2009.
In
conjunction with Ameren’s acquisition of CILCORP in January 2003, CILCORP’s
long-term debt was recorded at fair value. Amortization related to these
fair
value adjustments was $2 million (2004 - $2 million) and $4 million (2004
- $4
million) for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, respectively,
and was included as a reduction to Interest Charges.
IP
In
conjunction with Ameren’s acquisition of IP in September 2004, IP’s long-term
debt was recorded at fair value. Amortization related to fair value adjustments
was $4 million (2004 - less than $1 million) and $9 million (2004 - less
than $1
million) for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, respectively,
and was included as a reduction to Interest Charges.
Indenture
Provisions and Other Covenants
The
information below represents a summary of the Ameren Companies compliance
with
indenture provisions and other covenants. See Note 6 - Long-term Debt and
Equity
Financings in the Ameren Companies combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the
year ended December 31, 2004, for a detailed description of these
provisions.
UE’s,
CIPS’, CILCO’s and IP’s indenture provisions and articles of incorporation
include covenants and provisions related to the issuances of first mortgage
bonds and preferred stock. The following table includes the earnings coverage
ratio for interest charges and preferred dividends and bonds and preferred
stock
issuable for the 12 months ended June 30, 2005, at an assumed interest and
dividend rate of 7%.
Interest
Coverage
Ratio
|
Bonds
Issuable(a)
|
Dividend
Coverage
Ratio
|
Preferred
Stock
Issuable
|
|
UE
|
7.8
|
$
3,781
|
66.4
|
$
2,169
|
CIPS
|
3.2
|
161
|
2.0
|
148
|
CILCO
|
10.1
|
635
|
24.3
|
252
|
IP
|
4.4
|
885
|
2.07
|
406
|
(a) |
Amount
of bonds issuable based on meeting required coverable
ratios.
|
In
addition, as of June 30, 2005, UE had $31 million of total retained earnings
restricted against payment of common dividends, except those dividends payable
in common stock.
Genco’s
and CILCORP’s indentures include provisions which require the companies maintain
certain debt service coverage and debt to capital ratios in order for the
companies to pay dividends, make certain principal or interest payments,
make
certain loans to affiliates, or to incur additional indebtedness. The following
table summarizes these ratios for the 12 months ended June 30,
2005:
Required
Interest
Coverage
Ratio
|
Actual
Interest
Coverage
Ratio
|
Required
Debt
to
Capital
Ratio
|
Actual
Debt
to
Capital
Ratio
|
|
Genco
(a)
|
1.75
|
5.5
|
60%
|
51%
|
CILCORP(b)
|
2.2
|
2.7
|
67%
|
52%
|
(a) |
Interest
coverage ratio relates to covenants regarding certain dividend,
principal
and interest payments on certain subordinated intercompany borrowings.
The
debt to capital ratio relates to a debt incurrence covenant,
which also
requires an interest coverage ratio of
2.5.
|
(b) | CILCORP must maintain the required interest coverage ratio and debt to capital ratio in order to make any payment of dividends or intercompany loans to affiliates other than to its direct or indirect subsidiaries. |
The
ability for the Ameren Companies to issue securities in the future will depend
on such tests at that time.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
At
June
30, 2005, none of the Ameren Companies had any off-balance sheet financing
arrangements, other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course
of
business. None of the Ameren Companies expect to engage in any significant
off-balance sheet financing arrangements in the near future.
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NOTE
6 -
OTHER INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS
The
following table presents Other Income and Deductions for each of the Ameren
Companies for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004,
respectively:
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Ameren:(a)
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
and dividend income
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
5
|
||||
Allowance
for equity funds used during construction
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
4
|
||||||||
Other
|
2
|
-
|
4
|
3
|
||||||||
Total
miscellaneous income
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
13
|
$
|
12
|
||||
Miscellaneous
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Minority
interest in subsidiary
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
Loss
on disposition of property
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Other
|
(7
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(7
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||||
Total
miscellaneous expense
|
$
|
(9
|
)
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(10
|
)
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
UE:
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
and dividend income
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
2
|
||||
Equity
in earnings of subsidiary
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
||||||||
Allowance
for equity funds used during construction
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
||||||||
Other
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
||||||||
Total
miscellaneous income
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
9
|
||||
Miscellaneous
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
Total
miscellaneous expense
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
CIPS:
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
and dividend income
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
13
|
||||
Total
miscellaneous income
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
13
|
||||
Miscellaneous
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
Total
miscellaneous expense
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
Genco:
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income:
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Total
miscellaneous income
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Miscellaneous
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
Total
miscellaneous expense
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
CILCORP:
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
Total
miscellaneous expense
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
CILCO:
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
Total
miscellaneous expense
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
IP:(b)
|
||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
income:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
and dividend income
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
2
|
||||
Tilton
Lease
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
7
|
||||||||
Allowance
for equity funds used during construction
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
||||||||
Gain
on disposition of property
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
||||||||
Other
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
||||||||
Total
miscellaneous income
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
12
|
||||
Miscellaneous
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
Total
miscellaneous expense
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
(a) Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and intercompany
eliminations, but excludes 2004 amounts for IP.
(b) 2004
amounts represent predecessor information.
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NOTE
7 - DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The
following table presents balances in certain accounts for cash flow hedges
as of
June 30, 2005:
Ameren(a)
|
UE
|
CIPS
|
Genco
|
CILCORP
|
CILCO
|
IP
|
|||||||||||||||
2005:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
Sheet:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Other
assets
|
$
|
66
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
33
|
$
|
33
|
$
|
5
|
|||||||
Other
deferred credits and liabilities
|
25
|
15
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
||||||||||||||
Accumulated
OCI:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Power
forwards(b)
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Interest
rate swaps(c)
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Gas
swaps and futures contracts(d)
|
50
|
8
|
11
|
-
|
29
|
29
|
3
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations.
|
(b) |
Represents
the mark-to-market value for the hedged portion of electricity
price
exposure for periods generally less than one year. Certain contracts
designated as hedges of electricity price exposure have terms up
to three
years.
|
(c) |
Represents
a gain associated with interest rate swaps at Genco that were a
partial
hedge of the interest rate on debt issued in June 2002. The swaps
cover
the first 10 years of debt that has a 30-year maturity and the
gain in OCI
is amortized over a 10-year period that began in June
2002.
|
(d) |
Represents
a gain associated with natural gas swaps and futures contracts.
The swaps
are a partial hedge of our natural gas requirements through March
2008.
|
The
pretax net gain or loss on power forward derivative instruments is
included
in Operating Revenues - Electric or Operating Expenses - Fuel and
Purchased
Power at Ameren, UE and Genco. This represents the impact of
discontinued cash flow hedges, the ineffective portion of cash flow hedges,
and
the reversal of amounts previously recorded in OCI due to transactions going
to
delivery or settlement, resulting in a less than $1 million loss for Ameren
and
Genco for the three months ended June 30, 2005 (2004 - $2 million gain for
Ameren and a $1 million gain for UE and Genco) and a less than $1 million
gain
for Ameren and Genco and a less than $1 million loss for UE for the six months
ended June 30, 2005 (2004 - $2 million gain for Ameren and a $1 million gain
for
UE and Genco).
Other
Derivatives
The
following table represents the net change in market value of option
transactions, which are used to manage our positions in SO2
emission
allowances and coal. Certain of these transactions are treated as nonhedge
transactions under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities,” as amended. The net change in the market value of
SO2
options
is recorded in Operating Revenues - Electric, while the net change in the
market
value
of
coal
options is recorded as Operating Expenses - Fuel and Purchased
Power.
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||
Gains
(Losses)(a)
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
SO2
options:
|
||||
Ameren(b)
|
$ (c)
|
$
(1)
|
$
(6)
|
$ (2)
|
UE
|
$ (c)
|
$
(4)
|
$
(1)
|
$ (7)
|
Genco
|
$ -
|
$ 3
|
$
(5)
|
$ 5
|
(a) |
Coal
option gains and losses were less than $1 million for all periods
shown
above.
|
(b) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations, but excludes 2004 amounts for
IP.
|
(c) |
Less
than $1 million.
|
NOTE
8 - RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The
Ameren Companies have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, affiliate
transactions in the normal course of business. These transactions primarily
consist of gas and power purchases and sales, services received or rendered,
and
borrowings and lendings. Transactions between affiliates are reported as
intercompany transactions on their financial statements, but are eliminated
in
consolidation for Ameren’s
financial statements. For a discussion of our material related party agreements,
see Note 14 - Related Party Transactions under Part II, Item 8 of the Ameren
Companies’ combined Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. Below
are updates to several of these related party transactions as well as additional
related party transactions.
Electric
Power Supply Agreements
The
following table presents the amount of gigawatthour sales under related party
electric power supply agreements.
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Genco
sales to
Marketing
Company
|
5,196
|
4,544
|
10,096
|
9,465
|
||||||||
Marketing
Company
sales
to CIPS
|
2,497
|
1,794
|
4,553
|
3,737
|
||||||||
EEI
sales to UE
|
744
|
830
|
1,441
|
1,646
|
||||||||
EEI
sales to CIPS
|
371
|
414
|
943
|
822
|
||||||||
EEI
sales to IP
|
381
|
438
|
794
|
868
|
Joint
Dispatch Agreement
UE
and
Genco jointly dispatch electric generation under an agreement among UE, Genco
and CIPS. Each affiliate has the option to serve its load requirements from
its
own generation first and then each allows access to any available remaining
generation to its affiliate at incremental cost. Any excess generation not
used
by UE or Genco to serve load requirements is sold to third parties through
Ameren Energy,
38
serving
as each affiliate’s agent. These third party sales margins are allocated between
UE and Genco using the ratio of each company’s load requirements to the
companies’ combined load regardless of which company sourced the power. To
allocate power costs between UE and Genco, an intercompany sale is recorded,
at
cost, by the company sourcing the power to the other company. Ameren Energy
also
acts as agent on behalf of UE and Genco to purchase power when they require
it. The joint dispatch agreement can be terminated by either party
upon one
year’s notice.
Due
to
the MoPSC order approving the Illinois service territory transfer or future
regulatory proceedings, there could be changes to the agreement between
UE and
Genco to jointly dispatch electric generation or changes to the effect
of that
agreement on revenues and/or electric margins. Such changes could affect
the
pricing or availability of power transferred between Genco and UE. Based
on
operating performance for the past year, such changes would likely result
in a
transfer of electric margins from Genco to UE. The ultimate impact of any
modifications to the joint dispatch agreement will be determined by future
native load demand, the availability of electric generation from UE and
Genco
and market prices, among other things, but such impact could be material.
Ameren’s earnings could be affected if electric rates for UE are adjusted by the
MoPSC to reflect the provisions of the MoPSC order approving the service
territory transfer and/or other changes to the joint dispatch agreement.
See
Note 3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters to our financial statements in Part
1, Item
1 of this report for a discussion of modifications to the joint dispatch
agreement ordered by the MoPSC.
The
following table presents the amount of gigawatthour sales under the joint
dispatch agreement.
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Joint
Dispatch Agreement
|
||||||||||||
UE
sales to Genco
|
3,814
|
1,799
|
6,763
|
3,983
|
||||||||
Genco
sales to UE
|
1,219
|
625
|
1,816
|
1,293
|
Money
Pools
Utility
Through
the utility money pool, the pool participants can access any committed credit
facilities at Ameren and excess cash at Ameren, UE, CIPS, CILCO and IP. See
Note
4 - Short-term Borrowings and Liquidity for amounts available under credit
facilities. The total amount available to the pool participants from the
utility
money pool at any given time is reduced by the amount of borrowings by their
affiliates, but increased to the extent the pool participants have surplus
funds
or other external sources are used to increase the available amounts. The
average interest rate for borrowing under the utility money pool for the
three
months ended June 30, 2005 was 3.0% (2004 - 1.0%) and for the six months
ended
June 30, 2005 was 2.7% (2004 - 1.0%) .
Non-state-regulated
subsidiaries
Through
the non-state-regulated subsidiary money pool, pool participants can access
committed credit facilities at Ameren and excess cash at Ameren, Genco and
other
pool participants. See Note 4 - Short-term Borrowings and Liquidity for amounts
available under credit facilities. The
average interest rate for borrowing under the non-state-regulated subsidiary
money pool for the three months ended June 30, 2005 was 5.5% (2004 - 8.8%)
and
for the six months ended June 30, 2005 was 6.9% (2004 - 8.8%).
CILCORP
has been granted authority by the SEC under the PUHCA to borrow up to $250
million directly from Ameren in a separate arrangement unrelated to the money
pools. At June 30, 2005, CILCORP had notes payable under this agreement of
$94
million. The interest rate under this agreement is the same as the
non-state-regulated subsidiary money pool.
Intercompany
Promissory Notes
On
May 1,
2005, Genco and CIPS amended certain terms of its subordinated note payable
to
CIPS by issuing to CIPS an amended and restated subordinated promissory note
in
the principal amount of approximately $249 million with an interest rate
of
7.125% per annum, a 5-year amortization schedule and a maturity date of May
1,
2010. As of June 30, 2005, $197 million was outstanding under this
note.
Also
on
May 1, 2005, the remaining principal balance under Genco’s note payable to
Ameren of $34 million was repaid.
On
May 2,
2005, CIPS issued to UE a subordinated promissory note in the principal amount
of approximately $67 million as consideration for 50% of UE’s Illinois-based
utility assets transferred to CIPS on that date. The note bears interest
at
4.70% per annum and has a 10-year amortization schedule and a maturity date
of
May 2, 2010. See Note 3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters for a discussion of
this
intercompany transfer.
Intercompany
Transfer of Illinois Service Territory and Electric Generating
Facilities
See
Note
3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters for a discussion of the related party
transactions engaged in with respect to the intercompany transfer of UE’s
Illinois service territory and Genco’s electric generating
facilities.
On
June
22, 2005, UE purchased an uninstalled 117 megawatt CT and related vendor
contract rights from
39
Development
Company for an estimated market price of approximately $25 million. Also
on that
date, UE purchased wet compression upgrade equipment for this CT and related
vendor contract rights from Resources Company for an estimated market price
of
approximately $1.5 million. UE is constructing these facilities at Venice,
Illinois.
Summary
of Related Party Transactions
The
following tables present the impact of related party transactions on the
Ameren
Companies’ statements of income based primarily on the transactions discussed
above and in Note 14 - Related Party Transactions under Part II, Item 8 of
the
Ameren Companies’ combined Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004.
UE
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Operating
revenues from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Power
supply agreement with EEI
|
$
|
(a
|
)
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
(a
|
)
|
$
|
2
|
||
Joint
dispatch agreement with Genco
|
56
|
28
|
97
|
58
|
||||||||
Share
of joint dispatch agreement interchange sales
|
74
|
42
|
129
|
95
|
||||||||
Gas
transportation agreement with Genco
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
||||
Total
operating revenues
|
$
|
130
|
$
|
72
|
$
|
226
|
$
|
155
|
||||
Fuel
and purchased power expenses from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Power
supply agreements:
|
||||||||||||
EEI
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
30
|
$
|
33
|
||||
Marketing
Company
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
||||||||
Joint
dispatch agreement with Genco
|
21
|
12
|
31
|
24
|
||||||||
Total
fuel and purchased power expenses
|
$
|
39
|
$
|
32
|
$
|
65
|
$
|
62
|
||||
Other
operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Support
service agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Ameren
Services
|
$
|
40
|
$
|
38
|
$
|
81
|
$
|
76
|
||||
Ameren
Energy
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
||||||||
AFS
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
||||||||
Total
other operating expenses
|
$
|
42
|
$
|
43
|
$
|
85
|
$
|
85
|
||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Borrowings
from money pool
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
1
|
(a) |
Less
than $1 million.
|
CIPS
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
Statement
of Income
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Operating
revenues from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Power
supply agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Marketing
Company
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
16
|
||||
Total
operating revenues
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
16
|
||||
Fuel
and purchased power expenses from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Power
supply agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Marketing
Company
|
$
|
94
|
$
|
71
|
$
|
170
|
$
|
143
|
||||
EEI
|
8
|
8
|
17
|
16
|
||||||||
Total
fuel and purchased power expenses
|
$
|
102
|
$
|
79
|
$
|
187
|
$
|
159
|
||||
Other
operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Support
service agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Ameren
Services
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
22
|
$
|
24
|
||||
AFS
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
||||||||
Total
other operating expenses
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
23
|
$
|
24
|
||||
Interest
income:
|
||||||||||||
Note
receivable from Genco
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
13
|
||||
Borrowings
(advances) related to money pool
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
(a) |
Less
than $1 million.
|
40
Genco
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Operating
revenues from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Power
supply agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Marketing
Company
|
$
|
195
|
$
|
168
|
$
|
374
|
$
|
341
|
||||
EEI
|
(a
|
)
|
1
|
(a
|
)
|
1
|
||||||
Joint
dispatch agreement with UE
|
21
|
12
|
31
|
24
|
||||||||
Share
of joint dispatch agreement interchange sales
|
46
|
22
|
78
|
49
|
||||||||
Operating
lease with Development Company
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
$
|
265
|
$
|
205
|
$
|
488
|
$
|
420
|
||||
Fuel
and purchased power expenses from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Joint
dispatch agreement with UE
|
$
|
56
|
$
|
28
|
$
|
97
|
$
|
58
|
||||
Power
purchase agreement with Marketing Company
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
2
|
(a
|
)
|
|||||
Gas
transportation agreement with UE
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
||||
Total
fuel and purchased power expenses
|
$
|
56
|
$
|
28
|
$
|
99
|
$
|
58
|
||||
Other
operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Support
service agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Ameren
Services
|
$
|
5
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
8
|
||||
Ameren
Energy
|
(a
|
)
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
|||||||
AFS
|
(a
|
)
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||
Total
other operating expenses
|
$
|
5
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
13
|
||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Borrowings
from money pool
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
6
|
||||
Note
payable to CIPS
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
13
|
||||||||
Note
payable to Ameren
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
1
|
1
|
(a) |
Less
than $1 million.
|
CILCORP
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Operating
revenues from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Power
supply agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Bilateral
supply agreement with Marketing Company
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
21
|
$
|
19
|
||||
Total
operating revenues
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
21
|
$
|
19
|
||||
Fuel
and purchased power expenses from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Executory
tolling agreement with Medina Valley
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
18
|
$
|
17
|
||||
Bilateral
supply agreement with Marketing Company
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
||||||||
Total
fuel and purchased power expenses
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
25
|
$
|
26
|
||||
Other
operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Support
services agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Ameren
Services
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
21
|
$
|
25
|
||||
AFS
|
(a
|
)
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||
Total
other operating expenses
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
13
|
$
|
22
|
$
|
26
|
||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Note
payable to Ameren
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
2
|
||||
Borrowings
from money pool
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
(a) |
Less
than $1 million.
|
CILCO
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Operating
revenues from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Power
supply agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Bilateral
supply agreement with Marketing Company
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
21
|
$
|
19
|
||||
Total
operating revenues
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
21
|
$
|
19
|
||||
Fuel
and purchased power expenses from affiliates:
|
||||||||||||
Executory
tolling agreement with Medina Valley
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
18
|
$
|
17
|
||||
Bilateral
supply agreement with Marketing Company
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
||||||||
Total
fuel and purchased power expenses
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
25
|
$
|
26
|
41
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Other
operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Support
services agreements:
|
||||||||||||
Ameren
Services
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
21
|
$
|
24
|
||||
AFS
|
(a
|
)
|
(a
|
)
|
1
|
(a
|
)
|
|||||
Total
other operating expenses
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
22
|
$
|
24
|
||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Borrowings
from money pool
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
2
|
(a) |
Less
than $1 million.
|
IP
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
||||||||||||
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
2005
|
2004(a)
|
2005
|
2004(a)
|
|||||||||
Operating
revenues from affiliates and former affiliates:
|
|||||||||||||
Retail
electricity sales to DMG
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1
|
|||||
Retail
natural gas sales to DMG
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
|||||||||
Transmission
sales to DYPM
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
7
|
|||||||||
Interconnection
transmission with DYPM
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||
Interest
income from former affiliates
|
-
|
43
|
-
|
85
|
|||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
49
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
97
|
|||||
Fuel
and purchased power expenses from affiliates and former
affiliates:
|
|||||||||||||
Power
supply agreements:
|
|||||||||||||
DMG
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
108
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
232
|
|||||
EEI
|
13
|
7
|
27
|
15
|
|||||||||
Gas
purchased from Dynegy
|
-
|
(b
|
)
|
-
|
6
|
||||||||
Total
fuel and purchased power expenses
|
$
|
13
|
$
|
115
|
$
|
27
|
$
|
253
|
|||||
Other
operating expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Support
services agreements:
|
|||||||||||||
Ameren
Services
|
$
|
22
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
22
|
$
|
-
|
|||||
AFS
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|||||||||
Services
and facilities agreement - Dynegy
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
8
|
|||||||||
Total
other operating expenses
|
$
|
23
|
$
|
5
|
$
|
23
|
$
|
8
|
|||||
Interest
expense (income):
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
expense for IP SPT
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
12
|
|||||
Interest
expense on Tilton lease
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
8
|
|||||||||
Interest
income on Tilton lease
|
-
|
(4
|
)
|
-
|
(8
|
)
|
|||||||
Advances
to money pool
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
(a) |
Represents
predecessor information.
|
(b) |
Less
than $1 million
|
NOTE
9 - COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
Reference
is made to Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Note 3 -
Rate
and Regulatory Matters, Note 14 - Related Party Transactions and Note 15
-
Commitments and Contingencies under Part II, Item 8 of the Ameren Companies’
combined Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
Callaway
Nuclear Plant
The
following table presents insurance coverage at UE’s Callaway nuclear plant at
June 30, 2005:
The
following table presents insurance coverage at UE’s Callaway nuclear plant at
June 30, 2005:
Type
and Source of Coverage
|
Maximum
Coverages
|
Maximum
Assessments for Single Incidents
|
||||
Public
liability:
|
||||||
American
Nuclear Insurers
|
$
|
300
|
$
|
-
|
||
Pool
participation
|
10,461
|
101
|
(a)
|
|||
$ | 10,761 | (b) |
$
|
101
|
||
Nuclear
worker liability:
|
||||||
American
Nuclear Insurers
|
$
|
300
|
(c)
|
$
|
4
|
|
Property
damage:
|
||||||
Nuclear
Electric Insurance Ltd.
|
$
|
2,750
|
(d)
|
$
|
21
|
|
Replacement
power:
|
||||||
Nuclear
Electric Insurance Ltd.
|
$
|
490
|
(e)
|
$
|
7
|
42
(a) |
Retrospective
premium under the Price-Anderson liability provisions of the Atomic
Energy
Act of 1954, as amended (Price-Anderson). This is
subject to retrospective assessment with respect to loss from an
incident
at any U.S. reactor, payable at $10 million per year. Renewal of
Price-Anderson was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which
was signed
by President Bush in August 2005. Under the 2005 Act, the retrospective
assessment with respect to loss from a nuclear incident at any
U.S.
reactor was increased to $15 million per
year.
|
(b) |
Limit
of liability for each incident under
Price-Anderson.
|
(c) |
Industry
limit for potential liability from workers claiming exposure to
the
hazards of nuclear radiation.
|
(d) |
Includes
premature decommissioning costs.
|
(e) |
Weekly
indemnity of $4.5 million for 52 weeks, which commences after the
first
eight weeks of an outage, plus $3.6 million per week for 71.1 weeks
thereafter.
|
Price-Anderson
limits the liability for claims from an incident involving any licensed U.S.
nuclear facility. The limit is based on the number of licensed reactors and
is
adjusted at least every five years to reflect changes in the Consumer
Price Index. Utilities owning a nuclear reactor cover this exposure through
a
combination of private insurance and mandatory participation in a financial
protection pool, as established by Price-Anderson.
If
losses
from a nuclear incident at the Callaway nuclear plant exceed the limits of,
or
are not subject to, insurance, or if coverage is unavailable, UE self-insures
the risk. If a serious nuclear incident occurred, it could have a material
but
indeterminable adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position,
or liquidity.
Other
Obligations
To
supply
a portion of the fuel requirements of our generating plants, we have entered
into various long-term commitments for the procurement of coal, natural gas
and
nuclear fuel. In addition, we have entered into various long-term commitments
for the purchase of electricity. For a complete listing of our obligations
and
commitments, see Contractual Obligations under Part II, Item 7 and Note 15
-
Commitments and Contingencies under Part II, Item 8 of the Ameren Companies’
combined Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
As
of
June 30, 2005, the commitments for the procurement of coal have increased
from
amounts previously disclosed as of December 31, 2004. The following table
presents the total estimated coal purchase commitments at June 30, 2005:
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
Thereafter(a)
|
|||||||||||||
Ameren(b)
|
$
|
760
|
$
|
747
|
$
|
699
|
$
|
636
|
$
|
382
|
$
|
114
|
||||||
UE
|
389
|
372
|
368
|
293
|
155
|
57
|
||||||||||||
Genco
|
206
|
206
|
182
|
222
|
160
|
31
|
||||||||||||
CILCORP
|
81
|
84
|
65
|
53
|
29
|
11
|
||||||||||||
CILCO
|
81
|
84
|
65
|
53
|
29
|
11
|
(a) |
Commitments
for coal are until 2010.
|
(b) |
Includes
amounts for Registrant and non-Registrant Ameren subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations.
|
As
of
June 30, 2005, the commitments for the procurement of natural gas have increased
from amounts previously disclosed as of December 31, 2004. The following
table
presents the total estimated natural gas purchase commitments at June 30,
2005:
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
Thereafter(a)
|
|||||||||||||
Ameren(b)
|
$
|
478
|
$
|
403
|
$
|
218
|
$
|
129
|
$
|
51
|
$
|
22
|
||||||
UE
|
77
|
56
|
21
|
12
|
4
|
8
|
||||||||||||
CIPS
|
81
|
79
|
53
|
40
|
25
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Genco
|
18
|
19
|
19
|
14
|
2
|
3
|
||||||||||||
CILCORP
|
156
|
136
|
64
|
50
|
16
|
-
|
||||||||||||
CILCO
|
156
|
136
|
64
|
50
|
16
|
-
|
||||||||||||
IP
|
126
|
103
|
60
|
12
|
4
|
11
|
(a) |
Commitments
for natural gas are until 2014.
|
(b) |
Includes
amounts for Registrant and non-Registrant Ameren subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations.
|
Environmental
Matters
We
are
subject to various environmental regulations by federal, state and local
authorities. From the beginning phases of siting and development to the ongoing
operation of existing or new electric generating, transmission and distribution
facilities, and natural gas storage plants, transmission and distribution
facilities, our activities involve compliance with diverse laws and regulations.
These address noise, emissions, and impacts to air and water, protected and
cultural resources (such as wetlands, endangered species, and
archeological/historical resources), and chemical and waste handling. Our
activities often require complex and often lengthy processes as we obtain
approvals, permits or licenses
43
for
new,
existing or modified facilities. Additionally, the use and handling of various
chemicals or hazardous materials (including wastes) requires preparation
of
release prevention plans and emergency response procedures. As new laws or
regulations are promulgated, we assess their applicability and implement
the
necessary modifications to our facilities or their operations, as required.
The
more significant matters are discussed below.
Clean
Air Act
In
March
2005, the EPA issued its final regulations with respect to SO2
and
NOx
emissions (the Clean Air Interstate Rule) and mercury emissions from coal-fired
power plants. The new regulations will require significant additional reductions
in these emissions from UE, Genco and CILCO power plants in phases, beginning
in
2010. The following table presents preliminary estimated capital costs based
on
current available
technology to comply with the Clean
Air
Interstate Rule and mercury rules:
2005
|
2006
- 2009
|
2010
- 2015
|
Total
|
|
Ameren
|
$50
|
$510 - $ 1,360
|
$355
- $1,130
|
$1,400
- $1,900
|
UE
|
20
|
160 - 880
|
175 - 880
|
840
- 1,140
|
Genco
|
10
|
250
- 340
|
140 - 200
|
400
- 550
|
CILCO
|
20
|
100
- 140
|
40
- 50
|
160
- 210
|
Each
state has 18 months, or until the fall of 2006, to develop state regulation
implementing the Clean Air Interstate Rule and mercury rules. While the federal
rules mandate a specific emissions cap for SO2,
NOx
and
mercury emissions by state from utility boilers, the states have considerable
flexibility in allocating emission allowances to individual utility boilers.
In
addition, a state may choose to hold back certain emission allowances for
growth
or other reasons, and may implement a more stringent program than required
by
the federal rule. The costs reflected in the above table assume each Ameren
generating unit will be allocated allowances based on the model “cap and trade”
rule guidelines issued by the EPA. Should either Missouri or Illinois decide
to
develop alternative allowance allocations for utility units, the cost impact
could be material. At this time, we are unable to determine the impact such
a
state decision would have on our results of operations, financial position,
or
liquidity.
Emission
Credits
As
of
June 30, 2005, UE, Genco, CILCO, and EEI held 1.57 million, 0.52 million,
0.27
million, and 0.29 million tons, respectively, of SO2
emission
allowances with vintages from 2005 to 2012. Each company possesses additional
allowances for use in periods beyond 2012. As of June 30, 2005, UE, Genco,
CILCO
and EEI Illinois facilities held 289, 17,446, 4,266 and 5,490 tons,
respectively, of NOX
emission
allowances with vintages from 2004 to 2007. The Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency (the Illinois EPA) is still determining some NOx
emission
allowance allocations for this period and 2008. UE, Genco, CILCO and EEI
expect
to use a substantial portion of the SO2
and
NOx
allowances for ongoing operations. Allocations of NOx
emission
allowances for Missouri facilities are pending the finalization of rules
by
Missouri regulators. New environmental regulations, including the Clean Air
Interstate Rule, the timing of the installation of pollution control equipment,
and level of operations will have a significant impact on the amount of
allowances actually required for ongoing operations.
New
Source Review
The
EPA
has been conducting an enforcement initiative in an effort to determine whether
modifications at a number of coal-fired power plants owned by electric utilities
in the U.S. are subject to New Source Review requirements or New Source
Performance Standards under the Clean Air Act. The EPA’s inquiries focus on
whether the best available emission control technology was or should have
been
used at such power plants when major maintenance or capital improvements
were
made.
IP
and
DMG had been the subject of a Notice of Violation from the EPA and a complaint
filed in 1999 by the United States in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Illinois alleging violations of the Clean Air Act and certain
related federal and Illinois regulations in connection with certain equipment
repairs, replacements, and maintenance activities at the three Baldwin Power
Station generating units, currently owned by DMG and formerly owned by IP.
In
May
2005, the court approved a comprehensive settlement among DMG, the EPA, the
U.S.
and other intervening parties that resolved this litigation. The settlement
agreement is set forth in a consent decree and resolves all claims in the
litigation as well as similar claims that may have been brought with respect
to
other generation facilities owned by DMG and formerly owned by IP. This consent
decree relieves IP of any civil liability under the Clean Air Act and related
federal and Illinois regulations with respect to IP’s former ownership of the
Baldwin Power Station and other generation assets now owned by DMG.
In
April
2005, Genco received a request from the EPA for information pursuant to Section
114(a) of the Clean Air Act seeking detailed operating and maintenance history
data with respect to its Meredosia, Hutsonville, Coffeen and Newton facilities,
EEI’s Joppa facility and AERG’s E.D. Edwards and Duck Creek facilities. All of
these facilities are coal-fired power plants. The information request requires
Genco to provide responses to specific EPA questions regarding certain projects
and maintenance activities in order to determine compliance with certain
Illinois air pollution and emissions rules and with the New Source Performance
Standard requirements of the Clean Air Act. Genco is complying with this
information request, but cannot predict the outcome of this matter at this
time.
44
Remediation
We
are
involved in a number of remediation actions to clean up hazardous waste sites
as
required by federal and state law. Such statutes require that responsible
parties fund remediation actions regardless of fault, legality of original
disposal, or ownership of a disposal site. UE, CIPS, CILCO and IP have each
been
identified by the federal or state governments as a potentially responsible
party at several contaminated sites. Several of these sites involve facilities
that were transferred by CIPS to Genco in May 2000 and were transferred by
CILCO
to AERG in October 2003. As part of each transfer, CIPS or CILCO has
contractually agreed to indemnify Genco or AERG for remediation costs associated
with pre-existing environmental contamination at the transferred sites.
As
of
June 30, 2005, CIPS, CILCO, and IP owned or were otherwise responsible for
14,
four, and 25 former MGP sites, respectively, in Illinois. All of these sites
are
in various stages of investigation, evaluation and remediation. Under its
current schedule, Ameren anticipates that remediation at these sites should
be
completed by 2015. The ICC permits each company to recover remediation and
litigation costs associated with their former MGP sites located in Illinois
from
their Illinois electric and natural gas utility customers through environmental
adjustment rate riders. To be recoverable, such costs must be prudently and
properly incurred; costs are subject to annual reconciliation review by the
ICC.
As of June 30, 2005, CIPS, CILCO, and IP had recorded liabilities of $24
million, $4 million, and $64 million, respectively, to represent estimated
minimum obligations, which are expected to be recovered through the riders.
On
May 2, 2005, as a part of its Illinois utility service territory transfer,
UE
transferred its one Illinois-based former MGP site to CIPS. In connection
with
the transfer, CIPS succeeded to UE’s ICC-approved environmental adjustment rate
rider, which permits CIPS to recover remediation and litigation costs associated
with UE’s former MGP site from UE’s transferred Illinois electric and natural
gas utility customers. For a discussion of the Illinois service territory
transfer, see Note 3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters in this report.
In
addition, UE owns or is otherwise responsible for 10 MGP sites in Missouri
and
one in Iowa. UE does not have in effect in Missouri a rate rider mechanism,
which permits remediation costs associated with MGP sites to be recovered
from
utility customers. UE does not have any retail utility operations in Iowa.
Because of the unknown and unique characteristics of each site (such as amount
and type of residues present, physical characteristics of the site and the
environmental risk), and uncertain regulatory requirements, we are not able
to
determine the maximum liability for the remediation of these sites. As of
June
30, 2005, UE had recorded $16 million to represent its estimated minimum
obligation. At this time, we are unable to determine what portion of these
costs, if any, will be eligible for recovery from insurance
carriers.
In
June
2000, the EPA notified UE and numerous other companies that former landfills
and
lagoons in Sauget, Illinois, may contain soil and groundwater contamination.
These sites are known as Sauget Area 2. From approximately 1926 until 1976,
UE
operated a power generating facility adjacent to Sauget Area 2 and currently
owns a parcel of property that is used as a landfill. Under the terms of
an
Administrative Order and Consent, UE has joined with other potentially
responsible parties to evaluate the extent of potential contamination with
respect to Sauget Area 2.
In
October 2002, UE was included in a Unilateral Administrative Order list of
potentially liable parties for groundwater contamination for a portion of
the
Sauget Area 2 site. The Unilateral Administrative Order encompasses the
groundwater contamination releasing to the Mississippi River adjacent to
Monsanto Chemical Company’s (now known as Solutia) former chemical waste
landfill and the resulting impact area in the Mississippi River. UE was asked
to
participate in response activities that involve the installation of a barrier
wall around a chemical waste site with three recovery wells to divert
groundwater flow. The projected cost for this remedy method is $26 million.
In
November 2002, UE sent a letter to the EPA asserting its defenses to the
Unilateral Administrative Order and requested its removal from the list of
potentially responsible parties under the Unilateral Administrative Order.
Solutia agreed to comply with the Unilateral Administrative Order. However,
in
December 2003, Solutia filed for bankruptcy protection and is now seeking
to
discharge its environmental liabilities. In March 2004, Pharmacia Corporation,
the former parent company of Solutia, confirmed its intent to comply with
the
EPA’s Unilateral Administrative Order.
As
the
status of future remediation at Sauget Area 2 or compliance with the Unilateral
Administrative Order is uncertain, we are unable to predict the ultimate
impact
of the Sauget Area 2 site on our results of operations, financial position,
or
liquidity. In December 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Cooper Industries,
Inc.
vs. Aviall Services, Inc., limited the circumstances under which potentially
responsible parties could assert cost-recovery claims against other potentially
responsible parties. As a result of this ruling, UE may not be able to recover
from other potentially responsible parties the costs it incurs in complying
with
EPA orders. Any liability or responsibility that may be imposed on UE as
a
result of this Sauget, Illinois environmental matter was not transferred
to CIPS
as a part of UE’s May 2005 Illinois utility service territory transfer discussed
above and in Note 3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters.
In
December of 2004, AERG submitted a comprehensive package to the Illinois
EPA to
address groundwater and
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surface
water issues associated with the recycle pond, ash ponds and reservoir at
the
Duck Creek power plant facility. Information submitted by AERG is currently
under review by the Illinois EPA. CILCORP and CILCO both have a liability
of $4
million at June 30, 2005, included on their Consolidated Balance Sheets for
the
estimated cost of the remediation effort to treat and discharge the recycle
system water in order to address these groundwater and surface water issues.
In
addition, our operations or those of our predecessor companies, involve the
use,
disposal and, in appropriate circumstances, the cleanup of substances regulated
under environmental protection laws. We are unable to determine the impact
these
actions may have on our results of operations, financial position, or
liquidity.
Sustainable
Energy Plan
In
July
2005, the ICC entered a resolution affirming Governor Blagojevich’s Sustainable
Energy Plan as well as an ICC Staff Report dated July 7, 2005. Within 30
days of
the resolution, CIPS, CILCO and IP are expected to file documentation explaining
how they intend to implement the plan. The plan calls for, among other things,
a
renewable portfolio standard whereby 2% of the bundled retail load should
be
obtained from renewable energy resources in 2007, 3% in 2008, 4% in 2009,
5% in
2010, 6% in 2011, 7% in 2012 and 8% in 2013; and an energy efficiency portfolio
standard whereby there is a 10% reduction in load growth in 2007-2008; 15%
in
2009-2011; 20% in 2012-2014; and 25% in 2015-2017.
Asbestos-related
Litigation
Ameren,
UE, CIPS, Genco, CILCO and IP have been named, along with numerous other
parties, in a number of lawsuits that have been filed by certain plaintiffs
claiming varying degrees of injury from asbestos exposure. Most have been
filed
in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Illinois. The number of total defendants
named in each case is significant; as many as 166 parties are named in some
pending cases and as few as five in others. However, the average number of
parties is 56 in the cases that were pending as of June 30, 2005.
The
claims filed against Ameren, UE, CIPS, Genco, CILCO and IP allege injury
from
asbestos exposure during the plaintiffs’ activities at our present or former
electric generating plants. Former CIPS plants are now owned by Genco, and
most
former CILCO plants are now owned by AERG. Most of IP’s plants were transferred
to a Dynegy subsidiary prior to Ameren’s acquisition of IP. As a part of the
transfer of ownership of the CIPS and CILCO generating plants, CIPS or CILCO
has
contractually agreed to indemnify Genco or AERG for liabilities associated
with
asbestos-related claims arising from activities prior to the transfer. Each
lawsuit seeks unspecified damages in excess of $50,000, which, if proved,
typically would be shared among the named defendants.
From
April 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005, four additional asbestos-related lawsuits
were filed against UE, CIPS, CILCO and IP, mostly in the Circuit Court of
Madison County, Illinois; one lawsuit was dismissed and 13 were settled.
The
following table presents the status as of June 30, 2005, of the asbestos-related
lawsuits that have been filed against the Ameren Companies:
|
Specifically
Named as Defendant
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total(a)
|
Ameren
|
UE
|
CIPS
|
Genco
|
CILCO
|
IP
|
|||||||||||||
Filed
|
280
|
26
|
151
|
105
|
2
|
24
|
125
|
||||||||||||
Settled
|
71
|
-
|
44
|
29
|
-
|
3
|
33
|
||||||||||||
Dismissed
|
117
|
12
|
73
|
33
|
1
|
4
|
52
|
||||||||||||
Pending
|
92
|
14
|
34
|
43
|
1
|
17
|
40
|
(a) |
Addition
of the numbers in the individual columns does not equal the total
column
because some of the lawsuits name multiple Ameren entities as defendants.
|
As
of
June 30, 2005, four asbestos-related lawsuits were pending against EEI. The
general liability insurance maintained by EEI provides coverage with respect
to
liabilities arising from asbestos-related claims.
The
Ameren Companies believe that the final disposition of these proceedings
will
not have a material adverse effect on their results of operations, financial
position, or liquidity.
See
Note
3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters - IP and EEI Acquisition under Part II, Item
8
of the Ameren Companies’ combined Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31,
2004,
for
information on the ICC’s approval of a tariff rider through which
asbestos-related litigation claims will be allowed to be recovered from IP’s
electric customers, subject to certain terms, commencing in 2007.
Other
Matters
Leveraged
Leases
Ameren
owns interests in assets that have been financed as leveraged leases. One
of
these leveraged leases is a $10 million investment at June 30, 2005, in an
aircraft leased to Delta Air Lines. Delta Air Lines reported significant
operating
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losses
and disclosed in its Form 10-Q filing for the quarter ended March 31, 2005,
that
it has a transformation plan in place to achieve long-term success by aligning
its cost structure with revenues. However, if Delta Air Lines continues to
experience significant losses, it would need to seek to restructure under
Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Ameren could lose all or a portion
of
its investment in the Delta Air Lines lease in the event of a bankruptcy
or
default by Delta Air Lines or any voluntary restructuring of the lease. As
of
June 30, 2005, Delta Air Lines was current on its payments on this
lease.
By
order
dated April 15, 2004, the SEC determined that certain non-utility interests
and
investments of CILCORP, including investments in several leveraged lease
transactions held by CILCORP’s subsidiary, CIM, or CIM’s subsidiaries, are not
retainable by Ameren under PUHCA standards. The non-retainable interests
primarily consist of lease interests in commercial real estate properties
and
equipment. The April 2004 SEC Order requires that Ameren cause CIM or any
subsidiary to sell or otherwise dispose of the non-retainable interests.
CILCORP
is actively pursuing the sale of its interest in these leverage lease
transactions.
NOTE
10 - CALLAWAY NUCLEAR PLANT
Under
the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the DOE is responsible for the permanent
storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The DOE currently charges one
mill,
or 1/10
of one
cent, per nuclear-generated kilowatthour sold for future disposal of spent
fuel.
Pursuant to this act, UE collects one mill from its electric customers for
each
kilowatthour of electricity that it generates and sells from its Callaway
nuclear plant. Electric utility rates charged to customers provide for recovery
of such costs. The DOE is not expected to have its permanent storage facility
for spent fuel available until at least 2012. UE has sufficient installed
storage capacity at its Callaway nuclear plant until 2020. It has the capability
for additional storage capacity through the licensed life of the plant. The
delayed availability of the DOE’s disposal facility is not expected to adversely
affect the continued operation of the Callaway nuclear plant through its
currently licensed life.
Electric
utility rates charged to customers provide for the recovery of the Callaway
nuclear plant’s decommissioning costs, which include decontamination,
dismantling, and site restoration costs, over an assumed 40-year life of
the
plant, ending with the expiration of the plant’s operating license in 2024. The
Callaway nuclear plant site is assumed to be decommissioned based on immediate
dismantlement method and removal from service. Ameren and UE have recorded
an
asset retirement obligation for the Callaway nuclear plant decommissioning
costs
at fair value, which represents the present value of estimated future cash
outflows. See the discussion of asset retirement obligations in Note 1 -
Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies. Decommissioning costs are charged to
cost of
services used to establish electric rates for UE’s customers. These costs
amounted to $7 million in each of the years 2004, 2003 and 2002. Every three
years, the MoPSC requires UE to file an updated cost study for decommissioning
its Callaway nuclear plant. Electric rates may be adjusted at such times
to
reflect changed estimates.
An
updated cost study is expected to be filed in September 2005.
Costs
collected from customers are deposited in an external trust fund to provide
for
the Callaway nuclear plant’s decommissioning. If the assumed return on trust
assets is not earned, we believe that it is probable that any such earnings
deficiency will be recovered in rates. The fair value of the nuclear
decommissioning trust fund for UE’s Callaway nuclear plant is reported in
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund in Ameren’s and UE’s Consolidated Balance
Sheets. This amount is legally restricted. It 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
and to the regulatory asset recorded in connection with the adoption of SFAS
No.
143. In connection with UE’s transfer of its Illinois electric and gas utility
businesses to CIPS on May 2, 2005, the assets and liabilities related to
the
Illinois portion of the decommissioning trust fund are being transferred
to the
Missouri and the FERC jurisdictions. See Note 3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters
for further information about this intercompany transfer.
NOTE
11 - STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
Outstanding
Shares of Common Stock
The
following table reconciles the outstanding shares of Ameren common stock
for the
three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004:
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Shares
outstanding at beginning of period
|
195.8
|
182.5
|
195.2
|
162.9
|
||||||||
Shares
issued
|
8.0
|
0.8
|
8.6
|
20.4
|
||||||||
Shares
outstanding at end of period
|
203.8
|
183.3
|
203.8
|
183.3
|
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Paid-In
Capital
During
the six months ended June 30, 2005, Ameren issued 1.2 million shares of common
stock valued at $57 million under DRPlus and Ameren’s 401(k) plans and 7.4
million shares of common stock in exchange for proceeds of $345 million to
holders of the adjustable conversion-rate equity security units offset by
$5
million related to open market purchases for employee stock options and
restricted stock awards. See Note 5 - Long-term Debt and Equity Financings
for
further information.
Other
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive
income includes net income as reported on the statements of income and all
other
changes in common stockholders’ equity, except those resulting from transactions
with common shareholders. A reconciliation of net income to comprehensive
income for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 is
shown
below for the Ameren Companies:
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Ameren:(a)
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
185
|
$
|
118
|
$
|
306
|
$
|
215
|
||||
Unrealized
gain on derivative hedging instruments, net of taxes (benefit)
of $4,
$3,
$10, and $3, respectively
|
1
|
6
|
18
|
6
|
||||||||
Reclassification
adjustments for (gains) included in net income, net of taxes
(benefit)
of $1, $1, $1, and $(1), respectively
|
(2
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
Total
comprehensive income, net of taxes
|
$
|
184
|
$
|
121
|
$
|
322
|
$
|
218
|
||||
UE:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
132
|
$
|
109
|
$
|
189
|
$
|
167
|
||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on derivative hedging instruments, net of taxes of
$-,
$-,
$2,
and $1, respectively
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
|||||||
Total
comprehensive income, net of taxes$
|
$
|
131
|
$
|
110
|
$
|
192
|
$
|
170
|
||||
CIPS:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
18
|
||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on derivative hedging instruments, net of taxes
(benefit)
of
$(1), $1, $3, and $2, respectively
|
(2
|
)
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
|||||||
Reclassification
adjustments for (gains) included in net income, net of taxes
(benefit)
of $(1), $-, $- and $-, respectively
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||
Total
comprehensive income, net of taxes
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
18
|
$
|
21
|
||||
Genco:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
31
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
62
|
$
|
46
|
||||
Unrealized
(loss) on derivative hedging instruments, net of taxes (benefit)
of
$-,
$-,
$-, and $(1), respectively
|
-
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
Reclassification
adjustments for (gains) included in net income, net of taxes
of
$-,
$-, $-, and $-, respectively
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
Total
comprehensive income, net of taxes
|
$
|
31
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
61
|
$
|
44
|
||||
CILCORP:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on derivative hedging instruments, net of taxes
(benefit)
of
$(1), $1, $7, and $2, respectively
|
(1
|
)
|
3
|
12
|
6
|
|||||||
Reclassification
adjustments for (gains) losses included in net income, net of
taxes
(benefit) of $-, $(1), $-, and $(1), respectively
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
1
|
(2
|
)
|
|||||
Total
comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
$
|
24
|
$
|
4
|
|||
CILCO:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
26
|
$
|
9
|
||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on derivative hedging instruments, net of taxes
(benefit)
of
$(1), $1, $7, and $2, respectively
|
(1
|
)
|
3
|
11
|
6
|
|||||||
Reclassification
adjustments for (gains) included in net income, net of taxes
(benefit)
of $-, $(1), $-, and $(1), respectively
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
|||||
Total
comprehensive income, net of taxes
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
13
|
||||
IP:(b)
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
24
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
61
|
||||
Minimum
pension liability adjustment, net of taxes of $-, $-, $- and
$-,
respectively
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
||||||||
Total
comprehensive income, net of taxes
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
24
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
62
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries
and
intercompany eliminations, but excludes 2004 amounts for
IP.
|
(b) |
Includes
predecessor information for 2004.
|
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NOTE 12 - RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Ameren’s
pension plans are funded in compliance with income tax regulations and federal
funding requirements. Based on our assumptions at December 31, 2004, in order
to
maintain minimum funding levels for Ameren’s pension plans, we expect future
required contributions to aggregate $400 million for the period of 2005 to
2009,
with no minimum
contribution
required until 2008 assuming continuation of the current federal interest
rate
relief beyond 2005. These amounts are estimates and may change based on actual
stock market performance, changes in interest rates and any changes in
government regulations.
Ameren
made a contribution to its post-retirement plan of $35 million in the second
quarter of 2005 as compared to $32 million in the second quarter of the prior
year.
The
following table presents Ameren’s net periodic benefit costs (and the components
of those costs) for pension and other postretirement benefits for the three
months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004:
|
Pension
Benefits(a)
|
|||||||||||
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
||||||||||
|
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
14
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
29
|
$
|
21
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
41
|
32
|
83
|
65
|
||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(45
|
)
|
(30
|
)
|
(91
|
)
|
(60
|
)
|
||||
Amortization
cost:
|
||||||||||||
Prior
service cost
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
||||||||
Losses
|
9
|
5
|
19
|
12
|
||||||||
Net
periodic benefit cost
|
$
|
22
|
$
|
20
|
$
|
45
|
$
|
43
|
Postretirement
Benefits(a)
|
||||||||||||
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
5
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
7
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
17
|
10
|
36
|
27
|
||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(11
|
)
|
(7
|
)
|
(23
|
)
|
(16
|
)
|
||||
Amortization
cost:
|
||||||||||||
Transition
obligation
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
||||||||
Prior
service cost
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||||
Losses
|
9
|
4
|
19
|
14
|
||||||||
Net
periodic benefit cost
|
$
|
20
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
42
|
$
|
30
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations, but excludes 2004 amounts for
IP.
|
UE,
CIPS,
Genco, CILCORP, CILCO and IP are participants in Ameren’s plans and are
responsible for their proportional share of the pension and other postretirement
costs. The following table presents the pension and other postretirement
costs
incurred for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and
2004:
Pension
Benefits
|
||||||||||||
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Ameren(a)
|
$
|
22
|
$
|
20
|
$
|
45
|
$
|
43
|
||||
UE
|
13
|
12
|
26
|
26
|
||||||||
CIPS
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
||||||||
Genco
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
||||||||
CILCORP
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
||||||||
CILCO
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
10
|
||||||||
IP(b)
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
Postretirement
Benefits
|
||||||||||||
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Ameren(a)
|
$
|
20
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
42
|
$
|
30
|
||||
UE
|
11
|
4
|
22
|
17
|
||||||||
CIPS
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
||||||||
Genco
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
||||||||
CILCORP
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
||||||||
CILCO
|
3
|
5
|
9
|
11
|
||||||||
IP(b)
|
3
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations, but excludes 2004 amounts for
IP.
|
(b) |
Includes
predecessor information for 2004.
|
NOTE
13 - SEGMENT
INFORMATION
As
discussed in the Ameren Companies combined Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended
December 31, 2004, Ameren’s two reportable segments are: (1) Utility Operations,
which generates electricity and transmits and distributes natural gas and
electricity and (2) Other, which is comprised of the parent holding company,
Ameren Corporation.
Ameren’s
reportable segment Utility Operations includes the operations of UE, CIPS,
Genco, CILCORP and CILCO. The operations of IP are included in Ameren’s Utility
Operations segment from September 30, 2004.
The
accounting policies for segment data are the same as those described in Note
1 -
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. Segment data include intersegment
revenues, as well as a charge for allocating costs of administrative support
services to each of the operating companies, which, in each case, is eliminated
upon consolidation. Ameren Services allocates administrative support services
based on various factors, such as headcount, number of customers, and total
assets. The following table presents information about the reported revenues
and
net income of Ameren for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005
and
2004:
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Utility
Operations
|
Other
|
Reconciling
Items(a)
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Three
Months 2005:
|
||||||||||||
Operating
revenues
|
$
|
1,956
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(366
|
)
|
$
|
1,590
|
|||
Net
income
|
186
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
185
|
|||||||
Three
Months 2004:(b)
|
||||||||||||
Operating
revenues
|
$
|
1,432
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(283
|
)
|
$
|
1,149
|
|||
Net
income
|
115
|
3
|
-
|
118
|
||||||||
Six
Months 2005:
|
||||||||||||
Operating
revenues
|
$
|
3,900
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(684
|
)
|
$
|
3,216
|
|||
Net
income
|
311
|
(5
|
)
|
-
|
306
|
|||||||
Six
Months 2004:(b)
|
||||||||||||
Operating
revenues
|
$
|
2,948
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(580
|
)
|
$
|
2,368
|
|||
Net
income
|
212
|
3
|
-
|
215
|
(a) |
Elimination
of intercompany revenues.
|
(b) |
Excludes
2004 amounts for IP.
|
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
OVERVIEW
Ameren
Executive Summary
Ameren’s
earnings per share in the second quarter and first six months of 2005 benefited
from stronger interchange power sales margins, earnings from IP,
hotter-than-normal summer weather, and the lack of a refueling and maintenance
outage at UE’s Callaway nuclear plant in the current year.
Increased power plant availability and the MISO Day Two Market provided the
opportunity for increased interchange sales versus the year-ago period while
power prices were also higher.
This
year, CIPS, CILCO and IP have made filings with the ICC outling a proposed
method for procuring power in 2007 and beyond. Hearings on this proposal
are
scheduled for September 2005. By the end of 2005, CIPS, CILCO and IP are
expected to make filings with the ICC that will serve as a basis for adjusting
electric distribution rates. By January 1, 2006, UE will provide an updated
cost
of service study to the MoPSC staff and others. These are milestone events
for
Ameren.
General
Ameren,
headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a public utility holding company
registered with the SEC under the PUHCA. Ameren’s primary asset is the common
stock of its subsidiaries. Ameren’s subsidiaries operate rate-regulated electric
generation, transmission and distribution businesses, rate-regulated natural
gas
transmission and distribution businesses and non-rate-regulated electric
generation businesses in Missouri and Illinois as discussed below. Dividends
on
Ameren’s common stock are dependent on distributions
made to it by its subsidiaries. Ameren’s principal subsidiaries are listed
below. See Note 1 - Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies to our financial statements under Part I, Item 1, of
this
report for a detailed description of Ameren’s principal subsidiaries.
· |
UE
operates a rate-regulated electric generation, transmission and
distribution business, and a rate-regulated natural gas transmission
and
distribution business in Missouri and prior to May 2, 2005, in
Illinois.
|
· |
CIPS
operates a rate-regulated electric and natural gas transmission
and
distribution business in Illinois.
|
· |
Genco
operates a non-rate-regulated electric generation business in Illinois
and
Missouri.
|
· |
CILCO
is a subsidiary of CILCORP (a holding company) and operates a
rate-regulated electric transmission and distribution business,
a
primarily non-rate-regulated electric generation business through
its
subsidiary, AERG, and a rate-regulated natural gas transmission
and
distribution business in Illinois.
|
· |
IP
operates a rate-regulated electric and natural gas transmission
and
distribution business in Illinois. See Note 2 - Acquisitions to
our
financial statements under Part I, Item 1, of this report for further
information.
|
The
financial statements of Ameren are prepared on a consolidated basis and
therefore include the accounts of its majority-owned subsidiaries. As the
acquisition of IP occurred on September 30, 2004, Ameren’s Consolidated
Statements of Income and Cash Flows for the three months and six months ended
June 30, 2004, do not reflect IP’s results of operations or financial position.
See Note 2 - Acquisitions for further information on the accounting for the
IP
acquisition. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.
All
tabular dollar amounts are in millions, unless otherwise indicated.
50
In
addition to presenting results of operations and earnings amounts in total,
certain information in this report is expressed in cents per share. These
amounts reflect factors that directly affect Ameren’s earnings. We believe this
per share information is useful because it enables readers to understand
the
impact of these factors on Ameren’s earnings per share. All references in this
report to earnings per share are based on weighted-average diluted common
shares
outstanding during the applicable period.
IP
Acquisition
On
September 30, 2004, Ameren completed the acquisition of all the common stock
and
662,924 shares of preferred stock of IP and an additional 20% ownership interest
in EEI from subsidiaries of Dynegy. Ameren acquired IP to complement its
existing Illinois gas and electric operations. The purchase included IP’s
rate-regulated electric and natural gas transmission and distribution business
serving 600,000 electric and 415,000 gas customers in areas contiguous to
our
existing Illinois utility service territories. With the acquisition, IP became
an Ameren subsidiary operating as AmerenIP.
The
total
transaction value was $2.3 billion, including the assumption of $1.8 billion
of
IP debt and preferred stock and consideration, including transaction costs,
of
$440 million in cash, net of $51 million cash acquired and a working capital
adjustment of $5 million received from Dynegy in February 2005 pursuant to
the
terms of the stock purchase agreement. Ameren placed $100 million of the
cash
portion of the purchase price in a six-year escrow account pending resolution
of
certain contingent environmental obligations of IP and other Dynegy affiliates
for which Ameren was provided indemnification by Dynegy. On July 27, 2005,
the
conditions for release of the escrow account were satisfied and Dynegy was
remitted the $100 million. In addition, this transaction included a fixed-price
capacity power supply agreement for IP’s annual purchase in 2005 and 2006 of
2,800 megawatts of electricity from DYPM. This agreement is expected to supply
about 70% of IP’s electric customer requirements during those two years. The
remaining 30% of IP’s power needs in 2005 and 2006 will be supplied by other
companies through contracts and open market purchases. In the event that
suppliers are unable to supply the electricity required by existing agreements,
IP would be forced to find alternative suppliers to meet its load requirements,
thus exposing itself to market price risk, which could have a material impact
on
Ameren’s and IP’s results of operations, financial position, or liquidity.
Ameren
funded this acquisition with the issuance of new Ameren common stock. Ameren
issued an aggregate of 30 million common shares in February 2004 and July
2004,
which generated net proceeds of $1.3 billion. Proceeds from these issuances
were
used to finance the cash portion of the purchase price and to reduce IP debt
assumed as part of this transaction and to pay related premiums.
Ameren
expects the acquisition of IP to be accretive to earnings in the first two
years
of ownership. That belief is based on a variety of assumptions related to
power
prices, interest rates, and synergies, among other things.
For
income tax purposes, Ameren and Dynegy have elected to treat Ameren’s
acquisition of IP stock as an asset acquisition under Section 338(h)(10)
of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Earnings
Summary
Our
results of operations and financial position are affected by many factors.
Weather, economic conditions, and the actions of key customers or competitors
can significantly affect the demand for our services. Our results are also
affected by seasonal fluctuations caused by winter heating and summer cooling
demand. With approximately 85% of Ameren’s revenues directly subject to
regulation by various state and federal agencies, decisions by regulators
can
have a material impact on the prices we charge for our services. Our
non-rate-regulated sales are subject to market conditions for power. We
principally use coal, nuclear fuel, natural gas, and oil in our operations.
The
prices for these commodities can fluctuate significantly due to the world
economic and political environment, weather, supply and demand levels and
many
other factors. We do not currently have
fuel
or purchased power cost recovery mechanisms in Missouri or Illinois for our
electric utility businesses, but
we do
have gas cost recovery mechanisms (PGAs) in each state for our gas delivery
businesses. The electric and gas rates for UE in Missouri are set through
June
2006, and electric rates are set for CIPS, CILCO and IP in Illinois through
the
end of 2006, so that cost decreases or increases will not be immediately
reflected in rates. Fluctuations in interest rates affect our cost of borrowing
and pension and postretirement benefits. We employ various risk management
strategies in order to try to reduce our exposure to commodity risks and
other
risks inherent in our business. The reliability of our power plants and
transmission and distribution systems and the level of purchased power costs,
operating and administrative costs, and capital investment are key factors
that
we seek to control in order to optimize our results of operations,
financial position, and
liquidity.
Ameren’s
net income increased $67 million to $185 million, or 93 cents per share,
in the
second quarter of 2005 from $118 million, or 65 cents per share, in the second
quarter of 2004. Ameren’s net income increased $91 million to $306 million, or
$1.55 per share, for the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared to year-ago
earnings of $215 million, or $1.20
51
per
share
in the first six months of 2004. The change in net income for the three months
and six months ended June 30, 2005 was primarily due to the inclusion of
IP
results in the current year, increased margins on interchange power sales,
hotter-than-normal weather conditions in the second quarter of 2005, and
the
lack of a refueling and maintenance outage at UE’s Callaway nuclear plant in the
second quarter of 2005. The Callaway nuclear plant had a 64-day maintenance
and
refueling outage in the second quarter of 2004. The lack of a refueling outage
in the current year also contributed to improved power plant availability,
which
provided the opportunity for increased interchange sales. Partially offsetting
these increases to net income were decreased emission allowance sales and
higher
fuel prices, labor and employee benefit cost and depreciation expenses in
the
current year periods. In addition, second quarter 2004 net income benefited
from
a FERC-ordered refund of $18 million in exit fees, which had been previously
paid by UE and CIPS to the MISO, upon their re-entry into the MISO.
As
a
holding company, Ameren’s net income and cash flows are primarily generated by
its principal subsidiaries: UE, CIPS, Genco, CILCORP and IP. The following
table
presents the contribution by Ameren’s principal subsidiaries to Ameren’s
consolidated net income for the three months and six months ended June 30,
2005
and 2004:
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Net
income:
|
||||||||||||
UE(a)
|
$
|
130
|
$
|
107
|
$
|
186
|
$
|
164
|
||||
CIPS
|
7
|
8
|
14
|
17
|
||||||||
Genco(a)
|
31
|
17
|
62
|
46
|
||||||||
CILCORP(a)
|
2
|
(4
|
)
|
11
|
-
|
|||||||
IP(b)
|
15
|
-
|
36
|
-
|
||||||||
Other(c)
|
-
|
(10
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
|||||
Ameren
net income
|
$
|
185
|
$
|
118
|
$
|
306
|
$
|
215
|
(a) |
Includes
earnings from unregulated interchange power sales that provided
$30
million and $52 million of UE’s net income in the three months and six
months ended June 30, 2005, respectively, (2004 - second quarter
- $15
million; year-to-date - $32 million), $18 million and $30 million
of
Genco’s net income in the three months and six months ended June 30,
2005,
respectively, (2004 - second quarter - $7 million; year-to-date
- $17
million) and $4 million and $9 million of CILCORP’s net income in the
three months and six months ended June 30, 2005,
respectively.
|
(b) |
Ameren
acquired IP on September 30, 2004.
|
(c) |
Includes
corporate general and administrative expenses, transition costs
associated
with the IP acquisition and other non-rate-regulated
operations.
|
Acquisition
Accounting
The
amortization of noncash purchase accounting fair value adjustments at IP
and
Resources Company increased Ameren’s and IP’s net income by $13 million and $9
million, respectively, for the three months, and $26 million and $19 million,
respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2005, as compared with the
same
prior-year periods. The amortization of the fair value adjustments at IP
that
increased net income were related to pension and postretirement liabilities,
long-term debt, and a power supply contract with Dynegy to supply IP 2,800
megawatts for 2005 and 2006. Partially offsetting these items at IP was the
amortization of the fair value adjustment related to a power supply contract
with EEI that expires in 2005. The following table presents the favorable
(unfavorable) impact on Ameren’s and IP’s net income related to the amortization
of purchase accounting fair value adjustments associated with the IP acquisition
during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005:
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||
Ameren
|
IP
|
Ameren
|
IP
|
|||||||||
Statement
of Income line item:
|
||||||||||||
Other
operations and
maintenance(a)
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
13
|
$
|
13
|
||||
Interest(b)
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
10
|
||||||||
Purchased
power(c)
|
10
|
4
|
20
|
8
|
||||||||
Income
taxes(d)
|
(8
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
(17
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
||||
Impact
on net income
|
$
|
13
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
26
|
$
|
19
|
(a) |
Related
to the adjustment to fair value of the pension plan and postretirement
plans.
|
(b) |
Related
to the adjustment to fair value of all the IP debt assumed at acquisition
on September 30, 2004, and the unamortized gain or loss on reacquired
debt. The net write-up to fair value of all the IP debt assumed,
excluding
early redemption premiums, is being amortized over the anticipated
remaining life of the debt.
|
(c) |
Related
to the amortization of fair value adjustments to power supply contracts.
|
(d) |
Tax
effect of the above amortization adjustments.
|
The
amortization of fair value adjustments at EEI as a result of the additional
20%
interest acquired by Ameren on September 30, 2004, were related to plant
in
service, emission credits and a power supply agreement with IP that expires
in
2005. The following table presents the favorable (unfavorable) impact on
Ameren’s net income related to the amortization of purchase accounting fair
value adjustments associated with the EEI acquisition during the three months
and six months ended June 30, 2005:
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||
Statement
of Income line item:
|
||||||
Interchange
revenues(a)
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
2
|
||
Fuel
and purchased power(b)
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||
Depreciation
and amortization(c)
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
Income
taxes(d)
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Impact
on net income
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
(a) |
Related
to the amortization of a power supply
contract.
|
(b) |
Related
to the amortization of emission credits.
|
(c) |
Includes
the amortization of the fair value adjustment related to plant
assets.
|
(d) |
Tax
effect of the above amortization adjustments.
|
52
Electric Operations
The
following table presents the favorable (unfavorable) variations in electric
margins, defined as electric revenues less fuel and purchased power costs,
for
the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, from the comparable
periods
in 2004. We consider electric and interchange margins useful measures to
analyze
the change in profitability of our electric operations between periods. We
have
included the analysis below as a complement to our financial information
provided in accordance with GAAP. However, electric and interchange margins
may
not be a presentation defined under GAAP and may not be comparable to other
companies’ presentations or more useful than the GAAP information we are
providing elsewhere in this report.
The
variation for Ameren shows the contribution from IP for the three months
and six
months ended June 30, 2005, as a separate line item, which facilitates
comparison of other margin components. IP’s electric margins in 2005 include
purchase accounting adjustments and are compared with the same periods in
2004
when Ameren did not own IP and it did not contribute to Ameren’s electric
margins.
Ameren(a)
|
UE
|
CIPS
|
Genco
|
CILCORP
|
CILCO
|
IP(b)
|
|||||||||||||||
Three
Months
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Electric
revenue change:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
IP
|
$
|
268
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||||||
Effect
of weather (estimate)
|
13
|
7
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
3
|
9
|
||||||||||||||
Growth
and other (estimate)
|
41
|
8
|
31
|
27
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
||||||||||||||
Emission
credits
|
(5
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Interchange
revenues
|
67
|
58
|
(2
|
)
|
31
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
384
|
$
|
68
|
$
|
32
|
$
|
58
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
10
|
|||||||
Fuel
and purchased power change:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
IP
|
$
|
(165
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Fuel:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Generation
and other
|
(26
|
)
|
(19
|
)
|
-
|
(4
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
Price
|
(13
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
-
|
(9
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Purchased
power
|
(8
|
)
|
(17
|
)
|
(26
|
)
|
(34
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(11
|
)
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
(212
|
)
|
$
|
(40
|
)
|
$
|
(26
|
)
|
$
|
(47
|
)
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
Net
change in electric margins
|
$
|
172
|
$
|
28
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
5
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Electric
revenue change:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
IP
|
$
|
503
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||||||
Effect
of weather (estimate)
|
8
|
5
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
||||||||||||||
Growth
and other (estimate)
|
33
|
4
|
33
|
33
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Emission
credits
|
(20
|
)
|
(20
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Rate
reductions
|
(7
|
)
|
(7
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Interchange
revenues
|
80
|
71
|
(2
|
)
|
34
|
6
|
6
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
597
|
$
|
53
|
$
|
33
|
$
|
67
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
5
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||
Fuel
and purchased power change:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
IP
|
$
|
(322
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Fuel:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Generation
and other
|
(28
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
-
|
10
|
(6
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
Price
|
(23
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
-
|
(19
|
)
|
4
|
3
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Purchased
power
|
19
|
(2
|
)
|
(32
|
)
|
(43
|
)
|
8
|
8
|
(17
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
(354
|
)
|
$
|
(38
|
)
|
$
|
(32
|
)
|
$
|
(52
|
)
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
(17
|
)
|
||
Net
change in electric margins
|
$
|
243
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
13
|
$
|
(19
|
)
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations.
|
(b) |
Compared
to predecessor information for the three months and six months
ended June
30, 2004.
|
Ameren
Ameren’s
electric margin increased $172 million for the three months and $243 million
for
the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods in 2004.
The
acquisition of IP added electric margins of $103 million and $181 million
in the
three months and six months, respectively. Electric margin also increased
due to
increased interchange margins as discussed below. Favorable weather conditions
contributed to increased margins in the second quarter of the current year,
offsetting the effect of mild weather in our service territory in the first
quarter of 2005. Partially offsetting these increases to margin were reduced
industrial sales, higher fuel prices, and lower sales of emission allowances
in
the current year. Revenues from emission credit sales at UE decreased $5
million
and $20 million for the second quarter and first six months of 2005,
respectively, as compared with the same periods in 2004, as UE continues
to
evaluate options for complying with the Clean Air Interstate Rule, which
includes the possibility of using emission credits for compliance purposes.
Electric rate reductions resulting from the 2002 UE electric rate case
settlement in Missouri negatively affected
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electric
revenues by $7 million during the first quarter of 2005. These were the final
rate reductions under the rate case settlement.
Margins
on interchange sales increased $42 million for the three months and $62 million
for the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods in
2004.
Interchange margins increased principally because of increased availability
of
low-cost generation resulting from improved power plant availability, including
the lack of a Callaway nuclear plant refueling outage in the current year
period. Ameren’s baseload electric generating plants’ average capacity factors
were approximately 78% and 77% for the second quarter and first six months
of
2005 compared with 72% and 73% for the same periods in 2004. Equivalent
availability factors were 86% and 85% for the second quarter and first six
months of 2005 compared with 80% and 81% for the prior-year periods. High
natural gas, emission allowance and coal prices in 2005 contributed to higher
power prices. Average realized power prices on interchange sales increased
to
approximately $38 per megawatthour in both the second quarter and first six
months of 2005, from approximately $30 per megawatthour in the comparable
periods of 2004.
We
experienced mild winter weather conditions during the first quarter of 2005
compared with the same period in 2004. Heating degree-days during that period
in
our service territory were down 4% from the prior year and down 8% from normal
conditions. Cooling degree-days increased 6% in the second quarter of 2005
compared to the prior year period and increased over 20% from normal conditions,
more than offsetting the effect of the mild weather in the first quarter
of
2005. Excluding IP sales, weather-sensitive residential and commercial sales
were up 6% and 2%, for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005,
respectively, compared with the same periods in the prior year.
Industrial
sales, excluding IP sales in the current year, declined 5% in the second
quarter
and first six months of 2005, primarily as a result of the expiration and
non-renewal of low-margin power sales contracts outside of our core service
territory along with the decreased resale of power to the DOE by EEI. Partially
offsetting these decreases were sales to Noranda - a significant new customer
at
UE as discussed below. Excluding these items, industrial sales were comparable
to the same period in the prior year.
Ameren’s
fuel and purchased power costs, excluding the IP results, increased $47 million
in the three months and $32 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005,
compared with the same periods of 2004, as increased purchased power prices,
higher fuel costs, MISO administrative fees and increased generation at UE
in
the current year offset higher purchased power volume in the prior year caused
by the Callaway plant refueling and maintenance outage.
UE
UE’s
electric margin increased $28 million over the second quarter of 2004 and
$15
million for the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same period
in
2004. Electric margin for the periods benefited from increased interchange
sales margins. Margins on interchange sales with non-affiliates increased
$25 million in the second quarter and $33 million in the first six months
of
2005, compared with the same periods of 2004, primarily because of increased
volume. Margins on sales to affiliates also increased over the same periods
in
2004 because of increased sales to Genco under the joint dispatch agreement
resulting from a major power plant maintenance outage at Genco in 2005.
Favorable weather conditions in the second quarter more than offset mild
weather
in the first quarter resulting in an increase in weather-sensitive residential
and commercial sales of 3% in the second quarter of 2005. Year-to date sales
were comparable in the first six months of 2005 compared to the same period
in
2004. Rate reductions in the first quarter of the current year negatively
impacted margin for the six-month period. In addition, emission credit sales
decreased $5 million and $20 million for the second quarter and first six
months
of 2005, respectively, as compared with the same periods in 2004.
On
May 2,
2005, following the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, UE completed
the transfer of its Illinois-based electric and natural gas utility businesses,
including its Illinois-based distribution assets, and certain of its
transmission assets, to CIPS. The transfer resulted in an estimated decrease
in
electric margin of $23 million in the second quarter of 2005.
UE
entered into a 15 year agreement with Noranda to supply approximately 470
megawatts (peak load) electric service (or approximately 5% of UE’s generating
capability, including currently committed purchases) to Noranda’s primary
aluminum smelter in southeast Missouri. The additional sales to Noranda
increased electric margin by $10 million in the second quarter of 2005. Overall,
industrial sales were comparable in the second quarter of 2005 compared to
the
same period in 2004 as the effect of UE’s Illinois service territory transfer to
CIPS was offset by the increased sales to Noranda and by economic
growth.
Fuel
and
purchased power increased in the second quarter and first six months of 2005
compared to the same periods in 2004 as increased purchased power prices,
MISO
administrative fees and increased generation in the current year offset higher
purchased power volume of $24 million in the prior year caused by the Callaway
refueling and maintenance outage.
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CIPS
CIPS’
electric margin increased $6 million in the three months, but was comparable
for
the six months, ended June 30, 2005 as compared with the same periods in
2004.
The increase in the second quarter was primarily due to favorable weather
conditions and increased industrial sales as a result of the Illinois service
territory transfer from UE, partially offset by increased purchased power
costs
related to the transfer. This increase to margin offset the effect of
unfavorable weather conditions in the first quarter of 2005.
Genco
Genco’s
electric margin increased $11 million in the three months and $15 million
in the
six months ended June 30, 2005, as compared with the same periods of 2004.
The
increase in electric margin was primarily attributable to an increase in
wholesale margins on sales to new customers and increased interchange
margins. Interchange margins increased $16 million in the three months and
$20
million in the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods
of
2004, primarily because of increased volume. Partially offsetting
these increases was a loss of $6 million due to the settlement of SO2
emission
allowance options in the first quarter of 2005. Increased purchased
power,
principally from UE under the joint dispatch agreement, was the result of a
major power plant maintenance outage, which occurred primarily during the
first
quarter of 2005, in addition to higher purchased power prices from outside
sources.
CILCORP
and CILCO
Electric
margin at CILCORP and CILCO increased $5 million and $4 million, respectively,
in the three months and $12 million and $13 million, respectively, in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods of 2004. Increases
in
electric margin were due to increased interchange margins and the use of
lower
cost coal at one of AERG’s power plants along with the effect of favorable
weather conditions in the second quarter of the current year, partially offset
by transfers of non-rate-regulated customers to Marketing Company. Purchased
power increased in the second quarter of 2005 over the year-ago period
principally due to reduced plant availability at AERG and hotter
weather.
IP
IP’s
electric margin was comparable in the three months ended June 30, 2005 to
the
same period in the prior year, but decreased $19 million in the six-month
period
of 2005 as compared to the same period in 2004 primarily because of reduced
industrial revenues due to customers choosing alternative suppliers. In
addition, purchased power costs increased due to higher net power prices.
While
power costs decreased under IP’s power supply agreement with DYPM, costs on
remaining power purchase contracts were higher than in the same periods of
the
prior year. Favorable weather conditions partially offset the above reductions
to margin for the three months and six months in 2005.
Gas
Operations
The
following table presents the favorable (unfavorable) variations in gas margins,
defined as gas revenues less gas purchased for resale, for the three months
and
six months ended June 30, 2005, from the comparable periods in 2004. We consider
gas margin to be a useful measure to analyze the change in profitability
of our
gas utility operations between periods. We have included the table below
as a
complement to our financial information provided in accordance with GAAP.
However, gas margin may not be a presentation defined under GAAP and may
not be
comparable to other companies’ presentations or more useful than the GAAP
information we are providing elsewhere in this report.
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||
Ameren(a)
|
$
|
24
|
$
|
78
|
||
UE
|
2
|
4
|
||||
CIPS
|
(c
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
||
CILCORP
|
(2
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||
CILCO
|
(2
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||
IP(b)
|
2
|
(3
|
)
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations.
|
(b) |
Compared
to predecessor information for the three months and six months
ended June
30, 2004.
|
(c) |
Less
than $1 million.
|
Ameren’s
gas margin increased $24 million for the quarter and $78 million for the
six
months ended June 30, 2005, as compared to the same prior year periods, due
to
the inclusion of IP results in the current year. Excluding the IP results,
gas
margin decreased $5 million in the second quarter of 2005 compared to the
year
ago period because of hotter weather conditions. Excluding IP, Ameren’s gas
margin was comparable for the first six months of 2005 to the first six months
of 2004. For the current six-month period, rate increases at UE along with
increased transportation revenues offset the negative effect of mild winter
weather. Gas sales in the first six months of 2005 increased almost 39%,
due to
the IP acquisition, while gas sales in Ameren’s preacquisition service territory
were down 20% in the same period due to the mild weather primarily in the
first
quarter of the current year. UE’s gas margin increased for the six months ended
June 30, 2005, as compared with the same period in the prior year, primarily
due
to the effect of rate increases of $3 million in the first quarter of 2005.
CILCORP’s and CILCO’s gas margins decreased for the three months and six months
of 2005 primarily due to unfavorable weather conditions. CIPS’ gas margin
decreased for the first six months of the current year due to the mild weather,
but was comparable for the second quarter to the same period in the prior
year.
IP’s gas margin
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decreased
for the first six months of the current year due to unfavorable weather in
the
first quarter of 2005, partially offset by a rate increase effective in May
2005.
Operating
Expenses and Other Statement of Income Items
Other
Operations and Maintenance
Ameren’s
other operations and maintenance expenses increased $30 million for the three
months and $69 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with
the
same periods in 2004. The IP results in the current year accounted for other
operations and maintenance expenses of $60 million in the second quarter
and
$102 million in the first six months. Excluding the IP results in the current
year, other operations and maintenance expenses decreased in both periods
primarily due to decreased power plant maintenance and labor costs of $39
million, which was primarily a result of the refueling and maintenance outage
at
UE’s Callaway nuclear plant during the second quarter of 2004. However, Ameren,
UE and CIPS, received a refund of previously paid exit fees of $18 million
upon
their re-entry into the MISO during the second quarter of 2004. This refund
did
not recur in 2005 and therefore other operations and maintenance expenses
increased relative to 2004 for this item.
Other
operations and maintenance expenses at UE decreased $11 million in the three
months and $20 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with
the
same periods of 2004, primarily as a result of decreased power plant maintenance
and labor costs at Callaway as a result of the refueling and maintenance
outage
in the second quarter of 2004 and an unscheduled outage at Callaway in the
first
quarter of the prior year. The timing of planned outages at other UE plants
resulted in increased maintenance expenses in the second quarter of 2005
compared to the same period in the prior year. Additionally, other operations
and maintenance expenses increased for the second quarter and first six months
of 2005, compared to the same period in 2004, because of the receipt of the
MISO
refund during the second quarter of the prior year of which UE’s portion was $12
million.
Other
operations and maintenance expenses at CIPS were comparable in the three
months
ended June 30, 2005, but decreased $5 million for the first six months of
2005,
as compared with the same periods in 2004. CIPS’ portion of the MISO refund in
the prior year of $5 million was offset by decreases in various other operations
and maintenance expenses in the current year.
Genco’s
other operations and maintenance expenses decreased $5 million in the three
months ended June 30, 2005, as compared with the same period in 2004, because
of
decreases in various other operations and maintenance expenses in the current
year quarter. Other operations and maintenance expenses increased $5 million
in
the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same period of 2004,
primarily as a result of increased power plant maintenance costs due to a
major
power plant maintenance outage in the first quarter of 2005.
CILCORP’s
and CILCO’s other operations and maintenance expenses both decreased $8 million
in the second quarter of 2005 and decreased $9 million and $11 million,
respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2005, as compared with the
same
periods in 2004, primarily due to reduced power plant maintenance.
Other
operations and maintenance expenses at IP increased $8 million in the three
months ended June 30, 2005, as compared to the prior year period, primarily
because of higher labor costs and increased overhead costs associated with
the
integration of systems and operations with Ameren. Other operations and
maintenance expenses were comparable for the first six months of 2005 to
the
same period in 2004.
Depreciation
and Amortization
Ameren’s
depreciation and amortization expenses increased $25 million in the three
months
and $52 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the
same
periods of 2004, because of the acquisition of IP, which added $19 million
and
$40 million to each period, respectively. Capital additions also resulted
in
increased depreciation expenses in the current year.
Depreciation
and amortization expenses at UE increased $2 million in the three months
and $6
million in the six months of the current year, as compared with the same
periods
of 2004, because of capital additions, partially offset by reduced depreciation
on property transferred to CIPS in the Illinois service territory
transfer.
CIPS’
depreciation and amortization expense increased $5 million in the second
quarter
and six-month period ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods
of
2004, because of depreciation on property transferred from UE in the Illinois
service territory transfer as well as capital additions.
Depreciation
and amortization expenses at CILCORP increased $1 million in the three months
and $3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same
periods of 2004, because of capital additions.
Depreciation
and amortization expenses at Genco and CILCO were comparable for the second
quarter and first six months of 2005 with the same periods in 2004.
IP’s
depreciation and amortization expenses, excluding the amortization of regulatory
assets, were comparable in the
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three
months and six months ended June 30, 2005, with the same periods of 2004.
Amortization of regulatory assets at IP decreased $10 million in the three
months and $21 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005, as compared
with
the same periods of 2004. The transition cost regulatory asset was eliminated
in
conjunction with Ameren’s acquisition of IP.
Taxes
Other Than Income Taxes
Taxes
other than income taxes increased $21 million in the second quarter and $32
million in the six months of the current year, compared with the same periods
of
2004, principally because of the acquisition of IP, which added $18 million
and
$40 million, respectively. Excluding IP in the current year, taxes other
than
income taxes at Ameren increased $3 million for the second quarter primarily
because of higher property taxes, but decreased $8 million for the first
six
months of 2005 because of decreased gross receipts taxes of $4 million and
decreased property taxes of $4 million as discussed below.
UE’s
taxes other than income taxes increased in both the three months and six
months
ended June 30, 2005, as compared with the same periods in 2004, primarily
because of increased property taxes due to higher assessments.
Taxes
other than income taxes at CIPS increased for the second quarter compared
to the
same period in the prior year primarily because of increased property taxes,
but
were comparable for the six-month period in 2005 to the same period in the
prior
year.
Genco’s
taxes other than income taxes were comparable in the three months, but decreased
$8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same
periods
of 2004, due to a favorable property tax court decision in the first quarter
of
2005.
Both
CILCORP’s and CILCO’s taxes other than income taxes decreased in the six months
ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods of 2004, primarily because
of reduced gross receipts taxes, but were comparable for the second quarter
of
2005 compared to the same period in 2004.
Taxes
other than income taxes at IP increased in the three months and six months
ended
June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods of 2004, primarily because
of
higher gross receipts taxes.
Other
Income and Deductions
Other
income and deductions decreased $3 million in the second quarter and $4 million
in the first six months of the current year, compared with the same periods
of
2004. Excluding IP in the current year, other income and deductions at Ameren
decreased $4 million and $7 million in the respective periods. The decreases
were primarily because of reduced interest income as a result of the investment
of equity issuance proceeds in the prior year and other items discussed
below.
Other
income and deductions at UE was comparable in the three months ended June
30,
2005, with the same period in 2004, primarily because of a derivative loss
in
the prior year, and increased $3 million in the six months ended June 30,
2005,
compared with the same period in 2004, primarily because of an increase in
allowance for funds used during construction as a result of capital
additions.
CIPS’
other income and deductions decreased $5 million in the second quarter and
$7
million in the first six months of 2005, compared with the same periods of
2004,
primarily because of reduced interest income on the intercompany note receivable
from Genco.
Other
income and deductions at CILCORP decreased $2 million in the three months
ended
June 30, 2005, and $3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared
with the same periods in 2004, primarily because of the write-off of
unrecoverable natural gas cost.
Other
income and deductions at IP decreased $47 million in the quarter and $93
million
in the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods of
2004,
primarily because of reduced interest income after the elimination of IP’s Note
Receivable from Former Affiliate in conjunction with Ameren’s acquisition of IP.
Other
income and deductions at Genco and CILCO were comparable in the three months
and
six months ended June 30, 2005, with the same periods of 2004.
Interest
Interest
expense increased at Ameren in the three months and six months ended June
30,
2005, compared with the same periods of 2004 principally due to the acquisition
of IP, which added $11 million for the second quarter and $21 million for
the
first six months of 2005. Excluding the IP results in the current year, interest
expense was comparable to the same periods in 2004.
Genco’s
interest expense decreased $5 million in the three months and $7 million
in the
six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods of 2004,
primarily because of a reduction in principal amounts outstanding on
intercompany promissory notes to CIPS and Ameren.
Interest
expense at IP decreased
$29
million in the three months and $58 million in the six months ended June
30,
2005, compared with the same periods of 2004, primarily
because of redemptions and repurchases of indebtedness of
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$700
million in the fourth quarter of 2004 and $70 million in 2005 and reductions
in
notes payable to IP SPT.
Interest
expense at UE, CIPS, CILCORP and CILCO in the three months and six months
ended
June 30, 2005, was comparable to the same periods of 2004.
Income
Taxes
Income
tax expense at Ameren increased $40 million in the second quarter and $52
million in the first six months of the current year, compared with the same
periods of 2004, because of higher pretax income primarily due to the inclusion
of IP results in 2005, partially offset by the recognition in 2005 of a
deduction allowed under the Jobs Creation Act. The second quarter of 2005
was
also higher due to the timing of recording of the nontaxable federal Medicare
Prescription Drug Subsidy in the prior year. Income tax expense was higher
at
UE, Genco, CILCORP and CILCO in the second quarter and first six months of
2005,
compared with the same periods in 2004, due to higher pretax income. UE’s income
tax expense was partially reduced in the current year by the recognition
of the
Jobs Creation Act deduction, but was increased in the second quarter of 2005,
as
compared to the prior year, by the timing of recording of the Medicare
Prescription Drug Subsidy. Income tax expense decreased at CIPS and IP in
the
three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods
of 2004, due to lower pretax income and, in the case of CIPS, a reduction
in
estimates for anticipated settlements of uncertain tax positions.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The
tariff-based gross margins of Ameren’s rate-regulated utility operating
companies (UE, CIPS, CILCO and IP) continue to be the principal source of
cash
from operating activities for Ameren and its rate-regulated subsidiaries.
A
diversified retail customer mix of primarily rate-regulated residential,
commercial and industrial classes and a commodity mix of gas and electric
service provide a reasonably predictable source of cash flows. For cash flows
from operating activities, Genco principally relies on sales to an affiliate
under a contract expiring at the end of 2006 and sales to other wholesale
and
industrial customers under long-term contracts. In addition, we plan to use
short-term borrowings to support normal operations and other temporary capital
requirements.
The
following table presents net cash
provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities for
the six
months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004:
Net
Cash Provided By
Operating
Activities
|
Net
Cash Provided By
(Used
In) Investing Activities
|
Net
Cash Provided By
(Used
In) Financing Activities
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
Variance
|
2005
|
2004
|
Variance
|
2005
|
2004
|
Variance
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Ameren(a)
|
$
|
661
|
$
|
436
|
$
|
225
|
$
|
(443
|
)
|
$
|
(367
|
)
|
$
|
(76
|
)
|
$
|
(260
|
)
|
$
|
331
|
$
|
(591
|
)
|
||||
UE
|
355
|
274
|
81
|
(494
|
)
|
(254
|
)
|
(240
|
)
|
92
|
(20
|
)
|
112
|
||||||||||||||
CIPS
|
96
|
62
|
34
|
-
|
28
|
(28
|
)
|
(97
|
)
|
(103
|
)
|
6
|
|||||||||||||||
Genco
|
62
|
82
|
(20
|
)
|
172
|
(28
|
)
|
200
|
(235
|
)
|
(56
|
)
|
(179
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
CILCORP
|
35
|
103
|
(68
|
)
|
(44
|
)
|
(69
|
)
|
25
|
5
|
(40
|
)
|
45
|
||||||||||||||
CILCO
|
57
|
94
|
(37
|
)
|
(47
|
)
|
(72
|
)
|
25
|
(11
|
)
|
(27
|
)
|
16
|
|||||||||||||
IP(b)
|
149
|
177
|
(28
|
)
|
8
|
(62
|
)
|
70
|
(157
|
)
|
(90
|
)
|
(67
|
)
|
(a) Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and intercompany
eliminations, but excludes 2004 amounts for IP.
(b) 2004
amounts include predecessor information.
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities
Cash
flows provided by operating activities increased for Ameren, UE and CIPS
in the
six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same period of 2004. Ameren’s
increase of $225 million was primarily attributable to $149 million of cash
from
operations of IP, which was acquired on September 30, 2004. Excluding IP,
Ameren’s cash from operations increased $76 million, which was primarily due to
additional income of $55 million and deferred income tax expense of $27 million,
which resulted in lower taxes paid. Significant working capital changes in
the
current period included the purchase of SO2
emission
allowances of $92 million in 2005 and the absence in 2005 of $18 million
of cash
flows in 2004 from a coal contract settlement. Other working capital changes
were primarily the result of timing differences.
An
increase in UE’s electric margins and reduced other operations and maintenance
expenses, as discussed under Results of Operations, contributed to a $28
million
increase in net income before depreciation and amortization and cash flow
from
operations activities. Tax payments also decreased $24 million compared to
the
same period in 2004 principally due to the timing of payments benefiting
cash
flows from operating activities. In the six months ended June 30, 2004, UE’s
cash flows from operating activities were higher due to the receipt of $18
million related to a coal contract settlement. Timing differences related
to
working capital also contributed
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to
UE’s
cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared to the same period
last year.
CIPS’
increase in cash flows from operating activities in the six months ended
June
30, 2005, was principally due to timing differences related to working capital
for the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared to the same period last year.
Cash
flows provided by operating activities decreased for Genco in the six months
ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same period of 2004. Purchases of
SO2
emission
allowances and increased coal inventories accounted for a $68 million decrease
in materials and supplies cash flow for the six months ended June 30, 2005
compared to the same period in 2004. These decreases in cash flows from
operating activities were partially offset by differences in the timing and
amount of accounts and wages payable, along with incremental electric margins
as
discussed under Results of Operations.
Cash
flows from operating activities decreased for CILCORP and CILCO in the six
months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same period in 2004. Contributing
to the reduction in cash flows from operating activities were purchases of
SO2
emission
allowances of $20 million and a decrease in deferred income tax expense of
$16
million. Differences in the timing and amount of accounts and wages payable
and
accounts receivable also contributed to CILCORP’s and CILCO’s decrease in cash
flows from operating activities. These decreases were partially offset by
increased electric margins as discussed under Results of
Operations.
IP’s
decrease in cash flows provided by operations is due primarily to increased
cash
purchased power costs and the elimination of the Note Receivable from affiliate,
partially offset by lower cash interest expense as discussed under Results
of
Operations.
Cash
Flows from Investing Activities
Cash
flows used in investing activities increased for Ameren and UE
and
decreased for CILCORP and CILCO for the six months ended June 30, 2005, compared
with the same period in 2004. Investing activities were a source of cash
for IP
and Genco in the first six months of 2005 as compared to a use of cash in
the
first six months of 2004. CIPS’ cash flows from investing activities decreased
from the year-ago period.
Ameren’s
increase in cash used in investing activities was primarily due to additional
capital expenditures of $61 million at IP.
UE’s
capital expenditures included $241 million for 550 megawatts of CTs purchased
from Genco. Otherwise, UE’s capital expenditures were flat in the six months
ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same period in 2004. UE’s 2005 capital
expenditures also included $25 million for a 117 megawatt CT from Development
Company and related equipment from Resources Company.
CIPS’
cash flows from investing activities for the six months ended June
30, 2005
decreased compared to the year-ago period to $28 million advanced
to
the money pool in 2005.
Genco’s
cash flows provided by investing activities increased in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005,
compared
with the same period in 2004, because of the sale of 550 megawatts of CTs
at
Pinckneyville and Kinmundy, Illinois to UE for $241 million. These proceeds
were
partially offset by incremental capital, expenditures and net advances to
the
money pool. Genco’s
higher capital expenditures were attributed to upgrades at one of its power
plants in the first quarter of 2005.
CILCORP’s
and CILCO’s cash flows used in investing activities decreased in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005,
compared
with the same period in 2004 primarily because of reduced capital expenditures.
In 2004, AERG made capital expenditures for significant power plant upgrades
to
increase fuel supply flexibility for power generation.
IP’s
cash
flows from investing activities increased in the six months ended June 30,
2005,
primarily because of cash received from repayment of money pool advances.
Intercompany
Transfer of Illinois Service Territory
On
May 2,
2005, UE completed the transfer of its Illinois-based electric and natural
gas
utility businesses to CIPS, at a net book value of $133 million. UE transferred
50 percent of the assets directly to CIPS in consideration for a CIPS
subordinated promissory note in the principal amount of approximately $67
million and 50 percent of the assets by means of a dividend in kind to Ameren,
followed by a capital contribution by Ameren to CIPS. See Note 3 - Rate and
Regulatory Matters, under Part I, Item 1 of this report for a discussion
of the
asset transfer.
We
continually review our generation portfolio and expected power needs. As
a
result, we could modify our plan for generation capacity, which could include
changing the times when certain assets will be added to or removed from our
portfolio, the type of generation asset technology that will be employed,
and
whether capacity may be purchased, among other things. Any changes that we
may
plan to make for future generating needs could result in significant capital
expenditures or losses being incurred, which could be material.
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See
Note
9 - Commitments and Contingencies to our financial statements under Part
I, Item
1, of this report for a discussion of environmental matters.
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities
Cash
flows from financing activities decreased for Ameren in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005,
as
compared with the same period of 2004, primarily because of the receipt of
$935
million related to common stock issuances in the first six months of 2004.
These
proceeds were used to fund the acquisition of IP and Dynegy’s 20% interest in
EEI on September 30, 2004. In 2005, total common stock proceeds of $402 million
included $345 million from the issuance of 7.4 million shares of common stock
related to the settlement of a stock purchase obligation in Ameren’s adjustable
conversion-rate equity security units. Short term debt redemptions increased
by
$130 million for the first six months of 2005 compared to the same period
last
year. In 2005, the absence of a $67 million UE nuclear fuel lease payment
partially offset the decreases in cash from financing activities.
UE’s
cash
flows from financing activities increased in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005,
compared
with the same period of 2004. This increase was caused, in part, by a net
increase in money pool borrowings, lower redemptions of long-term debt, a
decrease in the payment of dividends to Ameren and the absence of a nuclear
fuel
lease payment that was made in the first three months of 2004. These increases
were partially offset by higher redemptions of short-term debt, and lower
issuances of long-term debt.
CIPS’
cash flows used in financing activities decreased slightly in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005,
as
compared with the same period of 2004. A $19 million cash benefit from reduced
dividends paid to Ameren was offset by increased redemptions of long-term
debt
of $20 million.
Genco’s
cash flows used in financing activities increased in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005,
as
compared with the same period of 2004, primarily because of a net change
in
money pool borrowings of $148 million, repayment of its $34 million note
payable
to Ameren, and payment of $52 million on its note payable to CIPS. The funds
for
these note repayments came from the $241 million in proceeds from the May
2005
asset sale of 550 megawatts of CTs to UE.
Effective
May 1, 2005, Genco and CIPS amended certain terms of Genco’s subordinated
affiliate note payable to CIPS by the issuance to CIPS of an amended and
restated subordinated promissory note in the principal amount of approximately
$249 million with an interest rate of 7.125% per annum, a 5-year amortization
schedule and a maturity of May 1, 2010.
CILCORP’s
and CILCO’s cash flows used in financing activities decreased in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005,
compared
with the same period of 2004. CILCORP’s net increase in the use of cash for
money pool borrowings of $169 million for the first six months of 2005 compared
to the same period in 2004 was partially offset by a capital contribution
from
Ameren in the amount of $101 million. There were no significant debt redemptions
in 2005 compared to 2004 debt redemptions of $120 million and $100 million
at
CILCORP and CILCO, respectively. Dividend payments to Ameren increased $12
million and $10 million for CILCORP and CILCO, respectively, for the first
six
months of 2005 compared to the same period in 2004.
IP’s
cash
flows used in financing activities increased in the
six
months ended June 30, 2005,
compared
with the same period of 2004 primarily because of incremental redemptions,
repurchases and maturities of long-term debt of $70 million and dividend
payments of $40 million made to Ameren in 2005, partially offset by a decrease
in prepaid interest on a note receivable from a former affiliate.
Short-term
Borrowings and Liquidity
For
information on short-term borrowing activity, relevant interest rates, and
borrowings under Ameren’s utility money pool arrangement and non-state-regulated
subsidiary money pool arrangement, see Note 4 - Short-term Borrowings and
Liquidity to our financial statements under Part I, Item 1, of this report.
The
following table presents the various committed bank credit facilities of
certain
of the Ameren Companies and EEI subsequent to the changes to the credit
facilities effective July 14, 2005. See Note 4 - Short-term Borrowings and
Liquidity to our financial statements under Part I, Item 1, of this report
for
additional information concerning the changes to these credit
facilities.
Credit
Facility
|
Expiration
|
Amount
Committed
|
Amount
Available
|
Ameren:(a)
|
|||
Multiyear
revolving(b)
|
July
2010
|
$
1,150
|
$
1,075
|
Multiyear
revolving
|
July
2010
|
350
|
350
|
EEI:
|
|||
One
bank credit facility
|
April
2006
|
20
|
-
|
Total
|
$
1,520
|
$
1,425
|
(a) |
Ameren
Companies may access these credit facilities through intercompany
borrowing arrangements.
|
(b) |
UE,
CIPS, CILCO, Genco and IP are direct parties to this
agreement.
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In
addition to committed credit facilities, a further source of liquidity for
Ameren from time to time is available cash and cash equivalents. At June
30,
2005, Ameren had $27 million of cash and cash equivalents.
Ameren
and UE are authorized by the SEC under the PUHCA to have an aggregate of
up to
of $1.5 billion and $1 billion, respectively, of short-term unsecured debt
instruments outstanding at any time. The aggregate amount of short-term
borrowings outstanding at any time at IP may not exceed $500 million pursuant
to
authorizations from the ICC and the SEC under the PUHCA. In addition, CIPS,
CILCORP and CILCO have PUHCA authority to have an aggregate of up to $250
million each of short-term unsecured debt instruments outstanding at any
time.
Genco is authorized by the FERC to have up to $300 million of short-term
debt
outstanding at any time.
Long-term
Debt and Equity
The
following table presents the issuances of common stock and the issuances,
redemptions, repurchases and maturities of long-term debt and preferred
stock
for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, for certain of the Ameren
Companies. For additional information, see Note 5 - Long-term Debt and
Equity
Financings to our financial statements under Part I, Item 1, of this
report.
Month
Issued, Redeemed, Repurchased or Matured
|
Six
Months
|
||
2005
|
2004
|
||
Issuances
|
|||
Long-term
debt
|
|||
UE:
|
|||
5.00%
Senior secured notes due 2020
|
January
|
$
85
|
$
-
|
5.50%
Senior secured notes due 2014
|
May
|
-
|
104
|
Total
Ameren long-term debt issuances
|
$
85
|
$
104
|
|
Common
stock
|
|||
Ameren:
|
|||
7,402,320
Shares at $46.61(a)
|
May
|
$345
|
$
-
|
19,063,181
Shares at $45.90
|
February
|
-
|
875
|
DRPlus
and 401(k)(b)
|
Various
|
57
|
60
|
Total
common stock issuances
|
$402
|
$
935
|
|
Total
Ameren long-term debt and common stock issuances
|
$487
|
$1,039
|
|
Redemptions,
Repurchases and Maturities
|
|||
Long-term
debt
|
|||
Ameren:
|
|||
Senior
notes due 2007(c)
|
February
|
$
95
|
$
-
|
UE:
|
|
||
7.00%
First mortgage bonds due 2024
|
June
|
-
|
100
|
CIPS:
|
|||
6.49%
First mortgage bonds due 2005
|
June
|
20
|
-
|
CILCORP:
|
|||
8.70%
Senior notes due 2009
|
May
|
6
|
|
9.375%
Senior bonds due 2029
|
May
|
-
|
20
|
CILCO:
|
|||
Secured
bank term loan
|
February
|
-
|
100
|
EEI:
|
|||
2000
Bank term loan, 7.61% due 2004
|
June
|
-
|
40
|
IP:
|
|||
6.75%
First mortgage bonds due 2005
|
March
|
70
|
-
|
Note
payable to IP SPT
|
|||
5.38%
Series due 2005
|
Various
|
46
|
43
|
Less:
IP activity prior to acquisition date
|
-
|
(43)
|
|
Total
Ameren long-term debt redemptions, repurchases and
maturities
|
$237
|
$ 260
|
(a) |
Includes
issuances of common stock of 1.2 million shares during the six
months
ended June 30, 2005 under DRPlus and 401(k)
plans.
|
(b) |
Shares
issued upon settlement of the purchase contracts which were a
component of
the adjustable conversion-rate equity security units. See Note
5 -
Long-term Debt and Equity Financings to our financial statements
under
Part I, Item 1, of this report.
|
(c) |
Component
of the adjustable conversion-rate equity security units. See
Note 5 -
Long-term Debt and Equity Financings to our financial statements
under
Part I, Item 1, of this report.
|
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The
following table presents the authorized amounts under SEC shelf registration
statements filed and declared effective
for certain of the Ameren Companies as of June 30, 2005:
Effective
Date
|
Authorized
Amount
|
Issued
|
Available
|
|
Debt:
|
||||
Ameren
|
July
2004
|
$2,000
|
$459
|
$1,541
|
UE(a)
|
September
2003
|
1,000
|
689
|
311
|
CIPS
|
May
2001
|
250
|
150
|
100
|
(a) |
UE
issued securities totaling $300 million in July 2005 leaving $11
million
of securities currently available for
issuance.
|
Ameren
also has approximately 7 million shares of common stock available for issuance
under various other SEC effective registration statements applicable to our
DRPlus and 401(k) plans as of June 30, 2005.
Ameren,
UE and CIPS may sell all or a portion of the remaining securities registered
under the registration statements if market conditions and capital requirements
warrant such a sale. Any such offer and sale will be made only by means of
a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
rules
and regulations thereunder.
Indebtedness
Provisions, Other Covenants and Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
See
Note
4 - Short-term Borrowings and Liquidity to our financial statements under
Part
I, Item 1, of this report for a discussion of the covenants and provisions
contained in certain of the Ameren Companies’ bank credit facilities. Also see
Note 5 - Long-term Debt and Equity Financings to our financial statements
under
Part I, Item 1, of this report for a discussion of off-balance sheet
arrangements and of covenants and provisions contained in certain of the
Ameren
Companies’ indenture agreements and articles of incorporation.
At
June
30, 2005, the Ameren Companies were in compliance with their credit agreement
indenture and articles of incorporation provisions and covenants.
We
rely
on access to short-term and long-term capital markets as a significant source
of
funding for capital requirements not satisfied by our operating cash flows.
Our
inability to raise capital on favorable terms, particularly during times
of
uncertainty in the capital markets, could negatively impact our ability to
maintain and grow our businesses. After assessing our current operating
performance, liquidity, and credit ratings (see Credit Ratings below), we
believe that we will continue to have access to the capital markets. However,
events beyond our control may create uncertainty in the capital markets.
Such
events might cause our cost of capital to increase or our ability to access
the
capital markets to be adversely affected.
Dividends
The
amount and timing of dividends payable on Ameren’s common stock are within the
sole discretion of Ameren’s board of directors. The board of directors has not
set specific targets or payout parameters when declaring common stock dividends.
However, the board considers various issues including Ameren’s historic earnings
and cash flow, projected earnings, cash flow and potential cash flow
requirements, dividend payout rates at other utilities, return on investments
with similar risk characteristics and overall business considerations. Dividends
paid by Ameren to stockholders during the first six months of 2005 totaled
$253
million, or $1.27 per share (2004 - $232 million or $1.27 per share).
UE’s
preferred stock dividends are payable August 15, 2005, to shareholders of
record
on July 20, 2005. CIPS’ preferred stock dividends are payable September 30,
2005, to shareholders of record on September 8, 2005. CILCO paid a preferred
stock dividend of approximately $1 million on July 1, 2005. IP paid a preferred
stock dividend of approximately $1 million on August 1, 2005.
Certain
of our financial agreements and corporate organizational documents contain
covenants and conditions that, among other things, restrict the Ameren
Companies’ payment of dividends. UE would experience restrictions on dividend
payments if it were to extend or defer interest payments on its subordinated
debentures. CIPS has provisions in its articles of incorporation restricting
dividend payments based on ratios of common stock to total capitalization
and
other provisions related to certain operating expenses and accumulations
of
earned surplus. Genco’s indenture includes restrictions that prohibit making any
dividend payments if debt service coverage ratios are below a defined threshold.
CILCORP has restrictions if leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio
thresholds are not met or if CILCORP’s senior long-term debt does not have
specified ratings as described in its indenture. CILCO has restrictions on
dividend payments relative to the ratio of its balance of retained earnings
to
the annual dividend requirement on its preferred stock and amounts to be
set
aside for any sinking fund retirement of its 5.85% Series preferred stock.
At
June 30, 2005, none of the conditions described above that would restrict
the
payment of dividends existed. In its approval of the acquisition of IP by
Ameren, the ICC issued an order that provides for the ability of IP to pay
dividends on its common stock subject to certain conditions related to credit
ratings of IP and Ameren and the elimination of IP’s 11.50% mortgage bonds.
Given the current credit ratings of IP and the amount of IP’s 11.50% mortgage
bonds that remain outstanding, IP’s payment of dividends on its common stock is
restricted to $80
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million
in 2005 and $160 million cumulatively through 2006. In addition, in accordance
with the order issued by the ICC, IP will establish a dividend policy comparable
to the dividend policy of Ameren’s other Illinois utilities and consistent with
achieving and maintaining a common equity to total capitalization
ratio between 50% and 60%.
The
following table presents dividends paid by Ameren Corporation and by Ameren’s
subsidiaries to their respective parents for the six months ended June 30,
2005
and 2004:
Six
Months
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
UE
|
$
|
135
|
$
|
145
|
||
CIPS
|
9
|
28
|
||||
Genco
|
34
|
35
|
||||
CILCORP(a)
|
30
|
18
|
||||
IP(b)
|
40
|
-
|
||||
Non-Registrants
|
5
|
6
|
||||
Dividends
paid by Ameren
|
$
|
253
|
$
|
232
|
(a) CILCO
paid dividends of $20 million and $10 million for the six months ended June
30,
2005 and 2004, respectively.
(b) Prior
to
October 2004, the ICC prohibited IP from paying dividends. If permitted
to be
paid, IP’s dividends would have been paid directly to Illinova and therefore
indirectly to
Dynegy.
Contractual
Obligations
For
a
complete listing of our obligations and commitments, see Contractual Obligations
under Part II, Item 7 and Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies under Part
II,
Item 8 of the Ameren Companies’ combined Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004. See Note 12 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
to
our financial statements under Part I, Item 1 of this report for information
regarding expected minimum funding levels for our pension plan.
Subsequent
to December 31, 2004, obligations related to the procurement of coal and
natural
gas increased at Ameren, UE, CIPS, Genco, CILCORP, CILCO and IP to $4,639
million, $1,812 million, $278 million, $1,082 million, $745 million, $745
million and $316 million, respectively, as of June 30, 2005. Total other
obligations at December 31, 2004, updated for material changes since year-end
through June 30, 2005, at Ameren, UE, CIPS, Genco, CILCORP, CILCO and IP
are
$5,062 million, $1,967 million, $522 million, $1,082 million, $770 million,
$770
million and $617 million, respectively.
Credit
Ratings
On
March
31, 2005, Moody’s upgraded IP’s credit ratings. IP’s senior secured debt rating
was upgraded from Baa3 to Baa1, its issuer rating was upgraded from Ba1 to
Baa2,
and its preferred stock rating was upgraded from Ba3 to Ba1. This rating
action
concluded Moody’s review for possible upgrade that was initiated for these
ratings on March 18, 2005. The ratings outlook for IP is now stable.
Any
adverse change in the Ameren Companies’ credit ratings may reduce access to
capital and/or increase the cost
of
borrowings, resulting in a negative impact on earnings. At June 30, 2005,
if UE,
CIPS, Genco, CILCORP, CILCO or IP were to receive a sub-investment-grade
rating
(less than BBB- or Baa3), Ameren, UE, CIPS, Genco, CILCORP, CILCO and IP
could
have been required to post collateral for certain trade obligations amounting
to
$98 million, $28 million, $1 million, $12 million, $1 million, $1 million,
and
$29 million, respectively. In addition, the cost of borrowing under our credit
facilities can increase or decrease based on credit ratings. A credit rating
is
not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and it should be evaluated
independently of any other rating. Ratings are subject to revision or withdrawal
at any time by the assigning rating organization.
OUTLOOK
Below
are
some key trends that may impact the Ameren Companies’ financial condition and
results of operation in 2005 and beyond:
Revenues
· |
Electric
rates for Ameren’s operating subsidiaries have been fixed or declining for
periods ranging from 12 years to 22 years. In 2006, electric
rate
adjustment moratoriums and intercompany power supply contracts
expire in
Ameren’s regulatory jurisdictions. Approximately 8 million megawatthours
supplied annually by Genco and 6 million megawatthours supplied
annually
by AERG have been subject to contracts to provide CIPS and
CILCO,
respectively, with power. The prices in these power supply
contracts of
$34.00 per megawatthour for AERG and $38.50 per megawatthour
for Genco
were below estimated market prices for similar contracts in
July 2005.
CIPS, CILCO and IP have made filings with the ICC, in 2005,
outlining,
among other things, a proposed framework for generation procurement
after
2006. In 2005, Ameren will also begin the process of preparing
utility
cost-of-service studies to be submitted in Illinois and Missouri
in late
2005 to
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determine
rates for UE, CIPS, CILCO and IP. In March 2005 legislative
hearings, Ameren indicated it expected the average rates for its Illinois
utilities, on a combined basis, may increase by 10% to 20% in 2007
over present
bundled rate levels, with 50% to 70% of this increase resulting from
higher
power costs. This estimate was based on a number of assumptions about
market
prices for power, which
were based on 2005 prices at that time,
the
type
of power supply product to be procured, future auction results,
ratemaking outcomes and various other factors. The final results of
the auction
process and regulatory proceedings could be significantly different
from these
assumptions. Based on the results of a cost of service study that will
be
submitted by UE by the end of 2005 and the status of the environmental
and fuel
cost recovery rulemaking proceedings, UE will determine what course
of action it
believes should be taken in resetting electric rates for Missouri.
The
MoPSC staff and other stakeholders will also review the study and,
based upon
their analyses, may also make rate recommendations. See
Note
3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters to our financial statements under Part
I, Item
1, of this report.
· |
We
expect continued economic growth in our service territory
to benefit
electric demand in 2005.
|
· |
UE,
Genco and CILCO are also seeking to raise the equivalent availability
and
capacity factors of power plants from 2004
levels.
|
· |
In
2005, we expect natural gas and coal prices to support power
prices in
excess of 2004 levels. Power prices in the Midwest affect the
amount of
revenues UE, Genco and CILCO (through AERG) can generate by
marketing any
excess power into the interchange markets and influence the
cost of power
we purchase in the interchange markets.
|
· |
On
April 1, 2005, the MISO Day Two Markets began operating. The
Day Two
markets present an opportunity for increased power sales from
UE, Genco
and CILCO power plants and improved access to power for UE,
CIPS, CILCO
and IP, but also higher MISO-related costs. During initial
MISO Day Two
operations, we experienced what we believed was suboptimal
dispatching of
power plants and some price volatility, which have
improved.
|
Fuel
and Purchased Power
· |
In
2004, 86% of Ameren’s electric generation (UE-80%, Genco-93%,
CILCO-99%) was supplied by its coal-fired power plants
and
approximately 85% of the coal used by these plants (UE-97%,
Genco-66%,
CILCO-26%) was delivered by railroads from the Powder
River Basin
(“PRB”) in Wyoming. On May 7 and 8, 2005, the joint Burlington
Northern-Union Pacific rail line in the PRB suffered two derailments
due
to unstable track conditions. As a result, the Federal Rail
Administration
placed slow orders, or speed restrictions, on sections of the
line until
the track could be made safe. These actions reduced deliveries
of coal
from PRB mines. Because of the railroad delivery problems,
UE expects to
receive about 85 to 90% of scheduled deliveries of PRB coal
until track
repairs are complete and the slow orders are removed. The railroads
are
projecting that maintenance of the joint rail line will be
completed in
November 2005 and normal deliveries should resume at that time.
|
Ameren,
UE, Genco and CILCO believe they have sufficient coal inventories to
maintain
generation at all coal plants through the maintenance period at the projected
delivery levels. In order to reduce coal inventory shortage risk should
other
variations in deliveries occur, Ameren, UE, Genco and CILCO are implementing
a
coal management strategy. This strategy includes reducing sales of power
during
low-margin periods and purchasing economically available coal in the
spot
market. Actual power plant performance, power market conditions, weather-induced
demand for power, availability of alternative coal supplies and the actual
time
required for the railroads to resume normal deliveries of PRB coal could
have a
significant impact on the effectiveness of these strategies.
· |
Ameren’s
coal and related transportation costs rose in 2004 and are
expected to
increase 3% to 5% in 2005, an additional 5% to 10% in 2006,
and to
increase again by 10% to 15% in 2007. See Item 3 - Quantitative
and
Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk for information about
the
percentage of coal and transportation requirements that are
price-hedged
for 2005 through 2009.
|
· |
In
July 2005 a new law was enacted that will enable the
MoPSC to put in
place an environmental cost recovery mechanism for Missouri’s
utilities. In addition, it will enable the MoPSC to
allow electric
utilities to recover fuel and purchased power costs through
a similar
recovery mechanism. The legislation also includes rate
case filing
requirements, a 2.5% annual rate increase cap for the environmental
recovery mechanism and prudency reviews, among other
things.
|
Other
Costs
· |
UE’s
Callaway nuclear plant will have a refueling and maintenance
outage
beginning in September 2005, which is expected to last 70 to
75 days.
During this outage, major capital equipment will be replaced
and
upgraded providing a 60 megawatt increase in the generating capacity
of
the plant. As a result, the outage will last longer than a typical
refueling outage, which usually lasts 30 to 35 days and occurs
approximately every 18 months. During a refueling outage, maintenance
and
purchased power costs increase, and the amount of excess power
available
for sale decreases versus non-outage
years.
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Over
the next few years, we expect increased expenses for rising
employee
benefit costs as well as higher insurance and security costs
associated
with additional measures we have taken, or may have to take,
at UE’s
Callaway nuclear plant and our other operating
plants.
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· |
We
are currently undertaking cost reduction or control initiatives
associated
with the strategic sourcing of purchases and streamlining of
administrative functions.
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Capital
Expenditures
· |
The
EPA has issued more stringent emission limits on all coal-fired
power
plants. Between 2005 and 2015, Ameren expects that certain of
the Ameren
Companies will be required to invest between $1.4 and $1.9 billion
to
retrofit their power plants with pollution control equipment.
These
investments will also result in higher ongoing operating expenses.
Approximately two-thirds of this investment will be in Ameren’s regulated
Missouri operations and therefore is expected to be recoverable
over time
from ratepayers. The recoverability of amounts expended in
non-rate-regulated operations will depend on the adjustment of
market
prices for power as a result of this increased
investment.
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· |
In
June 2005, UE issued a request for proposal for the purchase
of 500 to 800
megawatts of capacity and associated energy starting in 2006
through the
acquisition of gas-fired, simple-cycle or combined-cycle electric
generating resources currently operating in the MISO.
UE is also
evaluating its longer-term needs for new baseload and peaking
electric
generation capacity.
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Affiliate
Transactions
· |
Due
to the MoPSC order approving the Illinois service territory
transfer or
future regulatory proceedings, there could be changes to the
agreement
between UE and Genco to jointly dispatch electric generation
or changes to
the effect of that agreement on revenues and/or electric margins.
Such
changes could affect the pricing or availability of power transferred
between Genco and UE. Based on operating performance for the
past year,
such changes would likely result in a transfer of electric
margins from
Genco to UE. The ultimate impact of any modifications to the
joint
dispatch agreement will be determined by future native load
demand, the
availability of electric generation from UE and Genco and market
prices,
among other things, but such impact could be material. Ameren’s earnings
could be affected if electric rates for UE are adjusted by
the MoPSC to
reflect the provisions of the MoPSC order approving the service
territory
transfer and/or other changes to the joint dispatch agreement.
See Note 3
- Rate and Regulatory Matters to our financial statements in
Part 1, Item
1 of this report for a discussion of modifications to the joint
dispatch
agreement ordered by the
MoPSC.
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Recent
Acquisitions
· |
Ameren,
CILCORP, CILCO and IP expect to continue to focus on realizing
integration
synergies associated with these acquisitions, including lower
fuel costs
at CILCORP and CILCO and reduced administrative and operating
expenses at
IP.
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Other
· |
In
August 2005, the president signed into law the Energy Policy Act
of
2005. This legislation includes several provisions that
impact the
Ameren Companies, including, among others, the repeal of the PUHCA
effective in February 2005, under which Ameren is registered, and
tax
incentives for investments in pollution control equipment, electric
transmission property, clean coal facilities and natural
gas
distribution lines. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 also extends
the
Price-Anderson nuclear plant liability provisions under the Atomic
Energy
Act of 1954.
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The
outcome and developments related to the above items could have a material
impact
on our results of operations, financial position, or liquidity. Additionally,
in
the ordinary course of business, we evaluate strategies to enhance our results
of operations, financial position, and liquidity. These strategies may include
acquisitions, divestitures, opportunities to reduce costs or increase revenues,
and other strategic initiatives to increase Ameren’s shareholder value. We are
unable to predict which, if any, of these initiatives will be executed. The
execution of these initiatives may have a material impact on our future results
of operations, financial position, or liquidity.
RISK
FACTORS
Ameren
may not be able to integrate IP successfully into its other businesses or
achieve the benefits it anticipates.
Ameren
cannot ensure that it will be able to integrate IP successfully with its
other
businesses. The integration of IP with its other businesses will present
significant challenges; Ameren may not be able to operate the combined company
as effectively as expected. Ameren may also fail to achieve the anticipated
benefits of the acquisition as quickly or as cost-effectively as anticipated,
or
it may not be able to achieve those benefits at all. Ameren expects that
this
acquisition will be accretive to earnings per share in the first two years.
This
expectation is based on important assumptions, which may be incorrect, including
assumptions related to expected financing arrangements, regulatory treatment,
interest rates, market prices for power, and synergies. As a result, if Ameren
is unable to integrate its businesses effectively or to achieve the benefits
anticipated, its results of operations, financial position, and liquidity
may be
materially adversely affected.
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The
electric and gas rates that certain Ameren Companies are allowed to charge
in
Missouri and Illinois are largely set through 2006. These “rate freezes,” along
with other actions of regulators that can significantly affect our earnings,
liquidity and business activities, are largely outside our
control.
The
rates
that certain Ameren Companies are allowed to charge for their services are
the
single most important item influencing the results of operations, financial
position, and liquidity of the Ameren Companies. Our industry is highly
regulated. The regulation of the rates that we charge our customers is
determined, in large part, by governmental organizations outside of our control,
including the MoPSC, the ICC, and the FERC. We are also subject to regulation
by
the SEC under the PUHCA. Decisions made by these regulators could have a
material impact on our results of operations, financial position, and
liquidity.
As
a part
of the settlement of UE’s Missouri electric rate case in 2002, UE is subject to
a rate moratorium that prohibits changes in its electric rates in Missouri
before July 1, 2006, subject to limited statutory and other exceptions.
Furthermore, as part of the settlement of UE’s Missouri gas rate case, which was
approved by the MoPSC on January 13, 2004, UE agreed to a rate moratorium.
UE will make no changes in its gas delivery rates prior to July 1,
2006,
subject to certain exceptions. Also, in the order approving Ameren’s acquisition
of IP, the ICC prohibited IP from filing for any proposed increase in gas
delivery rates to be effective prior to January 1, 2007, beyond IP’s
then-pending request for a gas delivery rate increase. In addition, a provision
of the Illinois legislation related to the restructuring of the Illinois
electric industry put a rate freeze into effect in Illinois through
January 1, 2007, for CIPS, CILCO and IP. This Illinois legislation
also
requires that 50% of the earnings from each respective Illinois jurisdiction
in
excess of certain levels be refunded to CIPS’, CILCO’s and IP’s Illinois
customers through 2006. The ICC conducted workshops seeking input from
interested parties on the framework to be used for retail rate determination
and
for generation procurement by customers after the current Illinois rate freeze
and supply contracts end in 2006. In 2005, CIPS, CILCO and IP have made filings
with the ICC outlining a proposed framework for a generation procurement
auction
and a rate mechanism to legislators to pass generation costs through to
customers, among other things.
As
a part
of the settlement of UE’s Missouri electric rate case in 2002, UE also undertook
to use commercially reasonable efforts to make critical energy infrastructure
investments of $2.25 billion to $2.75 billion from January 1, 2002
through
June 30, 2006. Ameren also committed IP to make between $275 million
and
$325 million in energy infrastructure investments over its first two years
of
ownership, in conjunction with the ICC’s approval of Ameren’s acquisition of IP.
UE’s agreement to a rate moratorium in Missouri and CIPS’, CILCO’s and IP’s rate
freezes mean that capital expenditures will not become recoverable in rates,
and
will not earn a return, before July 1, 2006, for UE and January 1, 2007,
for
CIPS, CILCO and IP. Therefore, undertakings with respect to energy
infrastructure investments and funding new programs, coupled with the rate
reductions and rate moratoriums, could result in increased financing
requirements for UE, CIPS, CILCO and IP and thus have a material impact on
our
results of operations, financial position, and liquidity.
The
Ameren Companies do not currently have in either Missouri or Illinois a fuel
adjustment clause for their electric operations that would allow them to
recover
from customers, the costs for purchased power or increased fuel used for
generation. Therefore, to the extent that we have not hedged our fuel and
power
costs, we are exposed to changes in fuel and power prices to the extent that
fuel for our electric generating facilities and power must be purchased on
the
open market in order for us to serve our customers. See the Outlook section
in
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for a discussion of Missouri legislation enabling a fuel adjustment
clause.
Steps
taken and being considered at the federal and state levels continue to change
the structure of the electric industry and utility regulation. At the federal
level, the FERC has been mandating changes in the regulatory framework for
transmission-owning public utilities such as UE, CIPS, CILCO and IP. In
Missouri, restructuring bills have been introduced in the past, but no
legislation has been passed.
Principally
because of rate reductions and rate moratoriums that affect certain Ameren
Companies, increased costs and investments have resulted in decreased returns
in
our distribution utility businesses. In 2005, Ameren began the process for
preparing and submitting proposals for utility rate adjustments in Illinois
and
Missouri to take effect after the expiration of the applicable rate
moratoriums.
We
are
not able to predict what rate treatment certain Ameren Companies will receive
after the rate moratoriums expire in Missouri and Illinois. See Note 3 -
Rate
and Regulatory Matters to our financial statements under Part I, Item 1,
of this
report. In response to competitive, economic, political, legislative and
regulatory pressures, we may be subject to further rate moratoriums, rate
refunds, limits on rate increases or rate reductions, any and all of which
could
have a significant adverse affect on our results of operations, financial
position, and liquidity.
Increased
federal and state environmental regulation will require UE, Genco and CILCO
to
incur large capital expenditures and increase operating
costs.
Approximately
65% of Ameren’s generating capacity is coal-fired. The balance is nuclear,
gas-fired, hydro, and oil-
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fired.
In
March 2005, the EPA issued final regulations with respect to SO2,
NOx,
and
mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. These new rules will
require significant additional reductions in these emissions from our power
plants in phases, beginning in 2010. Preliminary estimates of capital costs,
based on Ameren systems’ current technology, to comply with the EPA proposed
SO2,
NOx,
and
mercury emission regulations, range from $1.4 billion to $1.9 billion by
2015.
Future
initiatives regarding greenhouse gas emissions and global warming continue
to be
the subject of much debate. Coal-fired power plants are significant sources
of
carbon dioxide emissions, a principal greenhouse gas. The related Kyoto Protocol
was signed by the United States, but it has since been rejected by the
president, who instead has asked for an 18% voluntary decrease in carbon
intensity. In response to the administration’s request, six electric power
sector trade associations, including the Edison Electric Institute, of which
Ameren is a member, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the DOE in December 2004 calling for
a 3%
- 5% decrease in carbon intensity from the
utility sector between 2002 and 2012 on a voluntary basis. Currently, Ameren
is
considering various initiatives to comply with the MOU. These include enhanced
generation at our nuclear and hydro power plants, increased efficiency measures
at our coal-fired units, and investing in renewable energy and carbon
sequestration projects.
The
EPA
has been conducting an enforcement initiative in an effort to determine whether
modifications at a number of coal-fired power plants owned by electric utilities
in the U.S. are subject to New Source Review requirements or New Source
Performance Standards under the Clean Air Act. The EPA’s inquiries focus on
whether the best available emission control technology was or should have
been
used at such power plants when major maintenance or capital improvements
were
made.
In
April
2005, Genco received a request from the EPA for information pursuant to Section
114(a) of the Clean Air Act seeking detailed operating and maintenance history
data with respect to its Meredosia, Hutsonville, Coffeen and Newton facilities,
EEI’s Joppa facility and AERG’s E.D. Edwards and Duck Creek facilities. All of
these facilities are coal-fired plants. The information request requires
Genco
to provide responses to specific EPA questions regarding certain projects
and
maintenance activities in order to determine compliance with certain Illinois
air pollution and emissions rules and with the New Source Performance Standard
requirements of the Clean Air Act. Genco is fully complying with this
information request, but cannot predict the outcome of this matter at this
time.
We
are
unable to predict the ultimate effect of any new environmental regulations,
voluntary compliance guidelines, enforcement initiatives, or legislation
on our
results of operations, financial position, or liquidity. Any of these factors
would add significant pollution control expenditures and operating costs
to
UE’s, Genco’s and CILCO’s generating assets and, therefore, could also increase
financing requirements for some Ameren Companies. Although costs incurred
by UE
would be eligible for recovery in rates over time, subject to MoPSC approval
in
a rate proceeding, there is no similar mechanism for recovery of costs by
Genco
or CILCO in Illinois.
UE’s,
CIPS’, CILCO’s and IP’s participation in the MISO could increase costs, reduce
revenues, and reduce UE’s, CIPS’, CILCO’s and IP’s control over their
transmission assets. Genco could also incur increased costs or reduced revenues
as a result of participation in the MISO Day Two Markets.
On
May 1,
2004, functional control of the UE and CIPS transmission systems was transferred
to the MISO. On September 30, 2004, IP transferred functional control of
its
transmission system to the MISO. CILCO had transferred functional control
of its
transmission system to the MISO before its acquisition. Ameren, UE, CIPS,
CILCO
and IP may be required to incur expenses or expand their transmission
systems according to decisions made by MISO rather than according to their
internal planning process. See Note 3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters to our
financial statements under Part II, Item 8, of the Ameren Companies’ combined
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
The
MISO
Day Two Market, which began operation on April 1, 2005, is designed to result
in
improved transparency of power pricing and efficiency in generation dispatch.
Since this is a new and complex market, there could be significant initial
price
volatility. In addition, the movement of power could result in unanticipated
transmission congestion charges or credits.
Until
we
achieve some degree of operational experience participating in the MISO,
including the MISO Day Two Market, we are unable to predict the impact that
the
MISO participation or ongoing RTO developments at the FERC or other regulatory
authorities will have on our results of operations, financial position, or
liquidity.
Increasing
costs associated with our defined benefit retirement plans, health care plans,
and other employee- related benefits may adversely affect our results of
operations, financial position, and liquidity.
We
have
defined benefit and postretirement plans that cover substantially all of
our
employees. Assumptions related to future costs, returns on investments, interest
rates, and
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other
actuarial assumptions have a significant impact on our earnings and funding
requirements. Assuming that we continue to receive federal interest rate
relief
beyond 2005, we do not expect contributions to our defined benefit plans
to be
required until 2008 and 2009, when an aggregate $400 million is expected
to be
contributed. This amount is an estimate; it may change because of actual
investment performance, changes in interest rates, or any pertinent changes
in
government regulations, any of which could also result in a requirement to
record an additional minimum pension liability.
In
addition to the costs of our retirement plans, the costs of providing health
care benefits to our employees and retirees have increased substantially
in
recent years. We believe that our employee benefit costs, including costs
related to health care plans for our employees and former employees, will
continue to rise. The increasing costs and funding requirements associated
with
our defined benefit retirement plans, health care plans and other employee
benefits may adversely affect our results of operations, financial position,
or
liquidity.
UE’s,
Genco’s, CILCO’s, AERG’s, Medina Valley’s and EEI’s electric generating
facilities are subject to operational risks that could result in unscheduled
plant outages, unanticipated operation and maintenance expenses, and increased
purchased power costs.
UE,
Genco, CILCO, AERG, Medina Valley, and EEI own and operate coal, nuclear,
gas-fired, hydro, and oil-fired generating facilities. Operation of electric
generating facilities involves certain risks that can adversely affect energy
output and
efficiency levels. Included among these risks are:
· |
increased
prices for fuel and fuel
transportation;
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· |
facility
shutdowns due to a failure of equipment or processes or operator
error;
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· |
longer-than-anticipated
maintenance outages;
|
· |
disruptions
in the delivery of fuel and lack of adequate
inventories;
|
· |
labor
disputes;
|
· |
inability
to comply with regulatory or permit
requirements;
|
· |
disruptions
in the delivery of electricity;
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· |
increased
capital expenditures requirements, including those due to environmental
regulation; and
|
· |
unusual
or adverse weather conditions, including catastrophic events such
as
fires, explosions, floods or other similar occurrences affecting
electric
generating facilities.
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A
substantial portion of Genco’s and CILCO’s generating capacity is committed
under affiliate contracts that expire at the end of 2006. Upon expiration
of
these contracts, Genco’s and CILCO’s electric generating facilities must compete
for the sale of energy and capacity, which exposes them to price
risk.
As
of
June 30, 2005, Genco and CILCO, through AERG, owned 4,199 megawatts and 1,165
megawatts, respectively, of non-rate-regulated electric generating facilities.
Of these non-rate-regulated electric generating facilities, approximately
3,700
megawatts are currently under full-requirements contracts with our affiliates.
The remainder of the generating capacity must compete for the sale of energy
and
capacity.
To
the
extent electric capacity generated by these facilities is not under contract
to
be sold, the revenues and results of operations of these non-rate-regulated
subsidiaries will generally depend on the prices that they can obtain for
energy
and capacity in Illinois and adjacent markets. Among the factors that could
influence such prices (all of which are beyond our control to a significant
degree) are:
· |
the
current and future market prices for natural gas, fuel oil and
coal;
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· |
current
and forward prices for the sale of
electricity;
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· |
the
extent of additional supplies of electric energy from current competitors
or new market entrants;
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· |
the
pace of deregulation in our market area and the expansion of deregulated
markets;
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· |
the
regulatory and pricing structures developed for Midwest energy
markets as
they continue to evolve and the pace of development of regional
markets
for energy and capacity outside of bilateral
contracts;
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· |
future
pricing for, and availability of, transmission services on transmission
systems, and the effect of RTOs and export energy transmission
constraints, which could limit the ability to sell energy in markets
adjacent to Illinois;
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· |
the
rate of growth in electricity usage as a result of population changes,
regional economic conditions, and the implementation of conservation
programs; and
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· |
climate
conditions prevailing in the Midwest
market.
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In
a
report issued by the ICC in late 2004, a process was outlined that would
have
CIPS, CILCO and IP procuring power through an auction monitored by the ICC
after
the current Illinois rate freeze and supply contracts end in 2006. Genco
and
AERG, through Marketing Company, would probably participate in this auction,
but
there might be a limit on the maximum amount of power they could supply to
Ameren’s Illinois utilities. See Note 3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters to our
financial statements under Part I, Item 1, of this report.
Genco
and
UE have signed an agreement to dispatch their generating facilities jointly,
which produces benefits and efficiencies for both generating parties. Recently
completed or future federal and state regulatory proceedings and policies may
evolve in ways that could affect Genco’s ability to participate in these
affiliate transactions on current terms. For example, as a result of the MoPSC
order approving the transfer of UE’s Illinois-based utility business to CIPS,
certain terms of the joint dispatch agreement were ordered to be
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modified.
Due to
this MoPSC order or future regulatory proceedings, there could be changes to
the
joint dispatch agreement that would affect revenues and/or electric margins.
Such changes could affect the pricing or availability of power transferred
between Genco and UE. Based on operating performance for the past year, such
changes would likely result in a transfer of electric margins from Genco to
UE.
The ultimate impact of any modifications to the joint dispatch agreement will
be
determined by future native load demand, the availability of electric generation
from UE and Genco and market prices, among other things, but such impact could
be material. Ameren’s earnings could be affected if electric rates for UE are
adjusted by the MoPSC to reflect the provisions of the MoPSC order approving
the
service territory transfer and/or other changes to the joint dispatch agreement.
See Note 3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters to our financial statements in Part
1,
Item 1 of this report for a discussion of modifications to the joint dispatch
agreement ordered by the MoPSC.
UE’s
ownership and operation of a nuclear generating facility creates business,
financial and waste disposal risks.
UE
owns
the Callaway nuclear plant, which represents approximately 13% of UE’s
generation capacity. Therefore, UE is subject to the risks of nuclear
generation, which include the following:
· |
potential
harmful effects on the environment and human health resulting from
the
operation of nuclear facilities and the storage, handling and disposal
of
radioactive materials;
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· |
limitations
on the amounts and types of insurance commercially available to cover
losses that might arise in connection with UE’s nuclear operations or
those of others in the United
States;
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· |
uncertainties
with respect to contingencies and assessment amounts if insurance
coverage
is inadequate;
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· |
increased
public and governmental concerns over the adequacy of security at
nuclear
power plants;
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· |
uncertainties
with respect to the technological and financial aspects of decommissioning
nuclear plants at the end of their licensed lives (UE’s facility operating
license for the Callaway nuclear plant expires in 2024); and
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· |
costly
and extended outages for scheduled or unscheduled
maintenance.
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The
NRC
has broad authority under federal law to impose licensing and safety
requirements for the operation of nuclear generation facilities. In the event
of
non-compliance, the NRC has the authority to impose fines, shut down a unit,
or
both, depending upon its assessment of the severity of the situation, until
compliance is achieved. Revised safety requirements promulgated by the NRC
could
necessitate substantial capital expenditures at nuclear plants such as UE’s. In
addition, if a serious nuclear incident occurred, it could have a material
but
indeterminable adverse effect on UE’s results of operations, financial position,
or liquidity. A major incident at a nuclear facility anywhere in the world
could
cause the NRC to limit or prohibit the operation or licensing of any domestic
nuclear unit.
Operating
performance at UE’s Callaway nuclear plant has resulted in unscheduled or
extended outages including the extension of Callaway’s scheduled refueling and
maintenance outage in 2004. In addition, Ameren and UE incurred significant
unanticipated replacement power and maintenance costs. As a result, the
operating performance at UE’s Callaway nuclear plant has declined in comparison
with both its past operating performance and the operating performance of other
nuclear plants in the U.S. Ameren and UE are actively working to address the
factors that led to the decline in Callaway’s operating performance. Management
and supervision of operating personnel, equipment reliability, maintenance
worker practices, engineering performance, and overall organizational
effectiveness have been reviewed with some actions taken and other actions
currently under consideration. However, Ameren and UE cannot predict whether
such efforts will result in an overall improvement of operations at Callaway.
Any actions taken are expected to result in incremental operating costs at
Callaway. Further, additional unscheduled or extended outages at Callaway could
have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial position,
and liquidity of Ameren and UE.
Our
energy risk management strategies may not be effective in managing fuel and
electricity pricing risks, which could result in unanticipated liabilities
or
increased volatility in our earnings.
We
are
exposed to changes in market prices for natural gas, fuel, electricity, and
emission credits. Prices for natural gas, fuel, electricity, and emission
credits may fluctuate substantially over relatively short periods of time and
expose us to commodity price risk. We use long-term purchase and sales contracts
in addition to derivatives such as forward contracts, futures contracts,
options, and swaps to manage these risks. We attempt to manage our risk
associated with these activities through enforcement of established risk limits
and risk management procedures. We cannot assure that these strategies will
be
successful in managing our pricing risk, or that they will not result in net
liabilities to us as a result of future volatility in these
markets.
Although
we routinely enter into contracts to hedge our exposure to the risks of demand,
market effects of weather, and changes in commodity prices, we do not always
hedge the entire exposure of our operations from commodity price volatility.
Furthermore, our ability to hedge our exposure to
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commodity
price volatility depends on liquid commodity markets. As a result, to the extent
the commodity markets are illiquid, we may not be able to execute our risk
management strategies, which could result in greater unhedged positions than
we
would prefer at a given time. To the extent that unhedged positions exist,
fluctuating commodity prices can adversely affect our results of operations,
financial position, and liquidity.
Our
counterparties may not meet their obligations to us.
We
are
exposed to risk that counterparties who owe us money, energy or other
commodities or services will not be able to perform their obligations. Should
the counterparties to these arrangements (which include agreements for a
subsidiary of Dynegy and others to supply electricity to IP during 2005 and
2006) fail to perform, we might be forced to replace the underlying commitment
at then-current market prices. In such event, we might incur losses in addition
to the amounts, if any, already paid to the counterparties.
Our
facilities are considered critical infrastructure and may be targets for acts
of
terrorism.
Like
other electric and gas utilities, our power generation plants, fuel storage
facilities, and transmission and distribution facilities may be targets of
terrorist activities that could result in disruption of our ability to produce
or distribute some portion of our energy products. Any such disruption could
result in a significant decrease in revenues or significant additional costs
to
repair, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations,
financial position, and liquidity.
Our
businesses are dependent on our ability to access the capital markets
successfully. We may not have access to sufficient capital in the amounts and
at
the times needed.
We
use
short-term and long-term capital markets as a significant source of liquidity
and funding for capital requirements, including those related to future
environmental compliance, not satisfied by our operating cash flows. The
inability to raise capital on favorable terms, particularly during times of
uncertainty in the capital markets, could negatively impact our ability to
maintain and expand our businesses. Based on our current credit ratings, we
believe that we will continue to have access to the capital markets. However,
events beyond our control may create uncertainty in the capital markets that
could increase our cost of capital or impair our ability to access the capital
markets.
REGULATORY
MATTERS
See
Note
3 - Rate and Regulatory Matters to our financial statements under Part I, Item
1, of this report.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK.
Market
risk represents the risk of changes in value of a physical asset or a financial
instrument, derivative or non-derivative, caused by fluctuations in market
variables such as interest rates, commodity prices and equity security prices.
We handle market risks in accordance with established policies, which may
include entering into various derivative transactions. In the normal course
of
business, we also face risks that are either nonfinancial or nonquantifiable.
Such risks, principally business, legal and operational risks, are not
represented in the following discussion.
Our
risk-management objective is to optimize our physical generating assets within
prudent risk parameters. Our risk-management policies are set by a Risk
Management Steering Committee, which is comprised of senior-level Ameren
officers.
Except
as
discussed below, there were no material changes from the disclosures in the
Ameren Companies’ combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004. See the 2004 Form 10-K for a more detailed discussion of
our
market risks.
Interest
Rate Risk
We
are
exposed to market risk through changes in interest rates. The following table
presents the estimated increase (decrease) in our annual interest expense and
net income if interest rates were to increase by 1% on variable rate debt
outstanding at June 30, 2005:
Interest
Expense
|
Net
Income(a)
|
|||||
Ameren
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
|
UE
|
10
|
(6
|
)
|
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CIPS
|
(b
|
) |
(b
|
) | ||
Genco
|
-
|
-
|
||||
CILCORP
|
2
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
CILCO
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
IP
|
3
|
(2
|
)
|
(a) |
Calculations
are based on an effective tax rate of 36%.
|
(b) | Less than $1 million. |
Credit
Risk
Credit
risk represents the loss that would be recognized if counterparties fail to
perform as contracted. NYMEX-traded
70
futures
contracts are supported by the financial and credit quality of the clearing
members of the NYMEX and have nominal credit risk. On all other transactions,
we
are exposed to credit risk in the event of nonperformance by the counterparties
to the transaction.
Our
physical and financial instruments are subject to credit risk consisting of
trade accounts receivables, executory contracts with market risk exposures,
and
leveraged lease investments. The risk associated with trade receivables is
mitigated by the large number of customers in a broad range of industry groups
who make up our customer base. At June 30, 2005, no nonaffiliated customer
represented greater than 10%, in the aggregate, of our accounts receivable.
Our
revenues are primarily derived from sales of electricity and natural gas to
customers in Missouri and Illinois. UE, Genco and Marketing Company have credit
exposure associated with accounts receivable from nonaffiliated companies
for interchange
power sales. At June 30, 2005, UE’s, Genco’s and Marketing Company’s combined
credit exposure to non-investment-grade counterparties related to interchange
sales was less than $1 million, net of collateral (2004 - $2 million). We
establish credit limits for these counterparties and monitor the appropriateness
of these limits on an ongoing basis through a credit risk-management program
that involves daily exposure reporting to senior management, master trading
and
netting agreements, and credit support, such as letters of credit and parental
guarantees. We also analyze each counterparty’s financial condition prior to
entering into sales, forwards, swaps, futures or option contracts, and we
monitor counterparty exposure associated with our leveraged leases. We
are
currently evaluating our credit exposure associated with the implementation
of
the MISO Day Two Markets on April 1, 2005. At June 30, 2005, we estimate this
credit exposure to be $10 million.
Equity
Price Risk
Our
costs
of providing defined benefit retirement and postretirement benefit plans are
dependent upon a number of factors, including the rate of return on plan assets.
To the extent the value of plan assets declines, the effect could be reflected
in net income and OCI, and the amount of cash required to be contributed to
the
plans.
Commodity Price Risk
The
Ameren Companies are exposed to changes in market prices for natural gas, fuel
and electricity to the extent they cannot be recovered through rates.
The
following table presents the percentages of the projected required supply of
coal and coal transportation for our coal-fired power plants, nuclear fuel
for
UE’s Callaway nuclear plant and natural gas for our gas-fired generation (CTs)
and retail distribution, as appropriate, which are price-hedged over the
remainder of 2005 through 2009:
2005
|
2006
|
2007
-
2009
|
|||||||
Ameren:
|
|||||||||
Coal
|
99
|
%
|
93
|
%
|
62
|
%
|
|||
Coal
transportation
|
100
|
96
|
83
|
||||||
Nuclear
fuel
|
100
|
100
|
40
|
||||||
Natural
gas for generation
|
41
|
12
|
3
|
||||||
Natural
gas for distribution(a)
|
n/a
|
24
|
6
|
||||||
UE:
|
|||||||||
Coal
|
98
|
%
|
91
|
%
|
58
|
%
|
|||
Coal
transportation
|
100
|
99
|
85
|
||||||
Nuclear
fuel
|
100
|
100
|
40
|
||||||
Natural
gas for generation
|
24
|
6
|
3
|
||||||
Natural
gas for distribution(a)
|
n/a
|
37
|
10
|
||||||
CIPS:
|
|||||||||
Natural
gas for distribution(a)
|
n/a
|
34
|
%
|
13
|
%
|
||||
Genco:
|
|||||||||
Coal
|
100
|
%
|
98
|
%
|
73
|
%
|
|||
Coal
transportation
|
100
|
98
|
65
|
||||||
Natural
gas for generation
|
47
|
13
|
4
|
||||||
CILCORP:
|
|||||||||
Coal
|
100
|
%
|
95
|
%
|
58
|
%
|
|||
Coal
transportation
|
100
|
72
|
64
|
||||||
Natural
gas for distribution(a)
|
n/a
|
29
|
10
|
||||||
CILCO:
|
|||||||||
Coal
|
100
|
%
|
95
|
%
|
58
|
%
|
|||
Coal
transportation
|
100
|
72
|
64
|
||||||
Natural
gas for distribution(a)
|
n/a
|
29
|
10
|
71
2005
|
2006
|
2007
-
2009
|
IP:
|
|||||||||
Natural
gas for distribution(a)
|
n/a
|
14
|
%
|
1
|
%
|
(a) |
Represents
the percentage of natural gas price-hedged for the peak winter season
which includes the months of November through March. The year 2005
represents the period January 2005 through March 2005 and therefore
is
non-applicable (n/a) for this report. The year 2006 represents November
2005 through March 2006. This continues each successive year through
March
2009.
|
The
following table presents the estimated annual increase in our total fuel expense
and decrease in net income if coal and coal transportation costs were to
increase by 1% on any requirements currently not covered by fixed-price
contracts for the remainder of 2005 through 2009:
Coal
|
Transportation
|
|||||||||||
Fuel
Expense
|
Net
Income(a)
|
Fuel
Expense
|
Net
Income(a)
|
|||||||||
Ameren
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
||
UE
|
4
|
(2
|
)
|
(b
|
) |
(b
|
) | |||||
Genco
|
2
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||
CILCORP
|
1
|
(b
|
) |
1
|
1
|
|||||||
CILCO
|
1
|
(b
|
) |
1
|
1
|
(a) |
Calculations
are based on an effective tax rate of
36%.
|
(b) | Less than $1 million. |
In
the
event of a significant increase in coal prices, UE, Genco and CILCO would
probably take actions to further mitigate their exposure to this market risk.
However, due to the uncertainty of the specific actions that would be taken
and
their possible effects, the sensitivity analysis assumes no change in our
financial structure or fuel sources.
See
Note
9 - Commitments and Contingencies to our financial statements under Part I,
Item
1, of this report for further information.
Fair
Value of Contracts
Most
of
our commodity contracts qualify for treatment as normal purchases and normal
sales. We use derivatives principally to manage the risk of changes in market
prices for natural gas, fuel, electricity and emission credits. The following
table presents the favorable (unfavorable) changes in the fair value of all
derivative contracts marked-to-market during the three months and six months
ended June 30, 2005. The sources used to determine the fair value of these
contracts were primarily active market quotes and other external sources. All
of
these contracts have maturities of less than three years.
Ameren(a)
|
UE
|
CIPS
|
CILCORP
|
CILCO
|
|||||||||||
Three
Months
Fair
value of contracts at beginning of period, net
|
$
|
47
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
34
|
$
|
34
|
||||
Contracts
realized or otherwise settled during the period
|
(4
|
)
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
Changes
in fair values attributable to changes in valuation technique and
assumptions
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Fair
value of new contracts entered into during the period
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Other
changes in fair value
|
(3
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
|||||
Fair
value of contracts outstanding at end of period, net
|
$
|
41
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
30
|
$
|
30
|
Six
Months
Fair
value of contracts at beginning of period, net
|
$
|
21
|
$
|
(10
|
)
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
14
|
$
|
14
|
||||
Contracts
realized or otherwise settled during the period
|
(9
|
)
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Changes
in fair values attributable to changes in valuation technique and
assumptions
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Fair
value of new contracts entered into during the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Other
changes in fair value
|
29
|
3
|
7
|
16
|
16
|
||||||||||
Fair
value of contracts outstanding at end of period, net
|
$
|
41
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
30
|
$
|
30
|
(a) |
Includes
amounts for Ameren Registrant and non-Registrant subsidiaries and
intercompany eliminations.
|
72
ITEM
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a) |
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and
Procedures
|
As
of
June 30, 2005, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer
of each of the Ameren Companies have evaluated the effectiveness of the design
and operation of such Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act). Based upon that
evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer
of
each of the Ameren Companies have concluded that such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective in timely alerting them to any material information
relating to such Registrant that is required in such Registrant’s reports filed
or submitted to the SEC under the Exchange Act and are effective in ensuring
that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Exchange
Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
(b) |
Change
in Internal Controls
|
There
has
been no change in the Ameren Companies’ internal control over financial
reporting during their most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, their internal control over
financial reporting, except for the following. As a result of the acquisition
of
IP on September 30, 2004, Ameren is integrating the accounting and financial
reporting processes of IP into certain Ameren shared service functions. In
that
regard, certain aspects of IP's internal control over financial reporting
were
modified to conform to the existing Ameren internal controls during the quarter
ended June 30, 2005. On April 1, 2005, Ameren converted IP from its legacy
financial information systems (excluding IP's billing system) to the financial
information systems of Ameren. As a result of these system conversions, certain
of Ameren's internal controls over financial reporting were modified to
accommodate the accounting processes of IP. Additionally, on April 1, 2005,
certain internal controls over financial reporting were implemented or modified
in conjunction with Ameren's participation in the MISO Day Two Market. These
internal controls primarily related to revenue and cost recognition associated
with power sales and purchases and market administration expenses.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS.
Note
3 -
Rate and Regulatory Matters, Note 8 - Related Party Transactions and Note
9 -
Commitments and Contingencies to our financial statements under Part I, Item
1
of this report contain information on legal and administrative proceedings
which
are incorporated by reference under this item.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS.
The
following table presents Ameren Corporation's purchases of equity
securities reportable under Item 703 of Regulation S-K:
Period
|
(a)
Total Number
of
Shares
(or
Units) Purchased(a)
|
(b)
Average Price
Paid
per Share
(or
Unit)
|
(c)
Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or Programs
|
(d)
Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units)
that May
Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
|
April
1 -
April
30, 2005
|
4,000
|
$
51.20
|
-
|
-
|
May
1 -
May
31, 2005
|
64,197
|
53.08
|
-
|
-
|
June
1 -
June
30, 2005
|
6,250
|
55.44
|
-
|
-
|
Total
|
74,447
|
$
53.18
|
-
|
-
|
(a) |
These
shares of Ameren common stock were purchased by Ameren in open-market
transactions in satisfaction of Ameren’s obligations upon the exercise by
employees of options issued under Ameren’s Long-term Incentive Plan of
1998. Ameren does not have any publicly announced equity securities
repurchase plans or programs.
|
None
of
the other Registrants purchased equity securities reportable under Item 703
of
Regulation S-K during the April 1 to June 30, 2005, period.
73
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
Ameren
At
Ameren’s annual meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2005, the following
matters were presented to the meeting for a vote and the results of such
voting
are as follows:
Item
(1) Election
of 12 directors (comprising Ameren’s full Board of Directors) to serve until the
next annual meeting of shareholders in 2006.
Name
|
For
|
Withheld
|
Non-Voted
Brokers(a)
|
Susan
S. Elliott
|
161,243,487
|
2,911,323
|
-
|
Gayle
P.W. Jackson
|
161,257,847
|
2,896,963
|
-
|
James
C. Johnson
|
161,242,998
|
2,911,812
|
-
|
Richard
A. Liddy
|
160,963,364
|
3,191,446
|
-
|
Gordon
R. Lohman
|
161,150,037
|
3,004,773
|
-
|
Richard
A. Lumpkin
|
161,178,339
|
2,976,471
|
-
|
Paul
L. Miller, Jr.
|
161,313,464
|
2,841,346
|
-
|
Charles
W. Mueller
|
161,245,972
|
2,908,838
|
-
|
Douglas
R. Oberhelman
|
155,588,964
|
8,565,846
|
-
|
Gary
L. Rainwater
|
161,091,987
|
3,062,823
|
-
|
Harvey
Saligman
|
161,166,492
|
2,988,318
|
-
|
Patrick
T. Stokes
|
161,174,647
|
2,980,163
|
-
|
(a) |
Broker
shares included in the quorum but not voting on the
item.
|
Item
(2) Ratification
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ameren’s registered independent public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005.
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Non-Voted
Brokers(a)
|
160,652,035
|
1,770,125
|
1,732,183
|
19,227,906
|
(a) |
Broker
shares included in the quorum but not voting on the
item.
|
Item
(3) Shareholder
proposal relating to the storage of irradiated fuel rods at UE’s Callaway
nuclear plant.
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Non-Voted
Brokers(a)
|
9,880,824
|
99,773,516
|
10,714,943
|
63,012,966
|
(a) |
Broker
shares included in the quorum but not voting on the
item.
|
Item
(4) Shareholder
proposal requiring an independent chairman of Ameren’s Board of
Directors.
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Non-Voted
Brokers(a)
|
26,009,212
|
90,908,627
|
3,451,676
|
63,012,734
|
(a) |
Broker
shares included in the quorum but not voting on the
item.
|
UE
At
UE’s
annual meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2005, the following individuals
(comprising UE’s full Board of Directors) were elected to serve until the next
annual meeting of shareholders in 2006: Warner L. Baxter, Daniel F. Cole,
Richard J. Mark, Gary L. Rainwater, Steven R. Sullivan, Thomas R. Voss and
David
A. Whiteley. Each individual received 102,123,834 votes for election and
no
withheld votes or broker non-votes.
CIPS
At
CIPS’
annual meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2005, the following individuals
(comprising CIPS’ full Board of Directors) were elected to serve until the next
annual meeting of shareholders in 2006: Warner L. Baxter, Daniel F. Cole,
Scott
A. Cisel, Gary L. Rainwater, Steven R. Sullivan, Thomas R. Voss and David
A.
Whiteley. Each individual received 25,452,373 votes for election and no withheld
votes or broker non-votes.
CILCO
At
CILCO’s annual meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2005, the following
individuals (comprising CILCO’s full Board of Directors) were elected to serve
until the next annual meeting of shareholders in 2006: Warner L. Baxter,
Scott
A. Cisel,
74
Daniel F.
Cole, Gary L. Rainwater, Steven R. Sullivan, Thomas R. Voss and David A.
Whiteley. Each individual received 13,563,871 votes for election and no withheld
votes or broker non-votes.
IP
At
IP’s
annual meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2005, the following individuals
(comprising IP’s full Board of Directors) were elected to serve until the next
annual meeting of shareholders in 2006: Warner L. Baxter, Scott A. Cisel,
Daniel F.
Cole, Gary L. Rainwater, Steven R. Sullivan, Thomas R. Voss and David A.
Whiteley. Each individual received 23,000,000 votes for election and no withheld
votes or broker non-votes.
GENCO
and CILCORP
The
information called for by this item is omitted in reliance on General
Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q.
ITEM
5. OTHER
INFORMATION.
Mr.
Paul
L. Miller, Jr., a director of Ameren Corporation, died on July 14, 2005.
No
decision has been made as to who, if anyone, will be appointed to replace
Mr.
Miller.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS.
(a)
Exhibits. The documents listed below are being filed on behalf of Ameren,
UE,
CIPS, Genco, CILCORP, CILCO and IP as indicated.
Exhibit
Designation
|
Registrant(s)
|
Nature
of Exhibit
|
Rule
13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certifications
|
||
31.1
|
Ameren
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
of
Ameren
|
31.2
|
Ameren
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
of
Ameren
|
31.3
|
UE
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
of
UE
|
31.4
|
UE
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
of
UE
|
31.5
|
CIPS
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
of
CIPS
|
31.6
|
CIPS
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
of
CIPS
|
31.7
|
Genco
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
of
Genco
|
31.8
|
Genco
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
of
Genco
|
31.9
|
CILCORP
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
of
CILCORP
|
31.10
|
CILCORP
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
of
CILCORP
|
31.11
|
CILCO
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
of
CILCO
|
31.12
|
CILCO
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
of
CILCO
|
31.13
|
IP
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
of
IP
|
31.14
|
IP
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
of
IP
|
Section
1350 Certifications
|
||
32.1
|
Ameren
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer of
Ameren
|
32.2
|
Ameren
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer of
Ameren
|
32.3
|
UE
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer of UE
|
32.4
|
UE
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer of UE
|
32.5
|
CIPS
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer of
CIPS
|
32.6
|
CIPS
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer of
CIPS
|
32.7
|
Genco
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer of
Genco
|
32.8
|
Genco
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer of
Genco
|
32.9
|
CILCORP
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer of
CILCORP
|
32.10
|
CILCORP
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer of
CILCORP
|
32.11
|
CILCO
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer of
CILCO
|
32.12
|
CILCO
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer of
CILCO
|
32.13
|
IP
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer of IP
|
32.14
|
IP
|
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer of
IP
|
75
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Exchange Act, each Registrant has duly caused
this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
The signature for each undersigned company shall be deemed to relate only
to
matters having reference to such company or its subsidiaries.
AMEREN
CORPORATION
(Registrant)
/s/ Martin J.
Lyons
Martin
J.
Lyons
Vice
President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
UNION
ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Registrant)
/s/
Martin J.
Lyons
Martin
J.
Lyons
Vice
President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(Registrant)
/s/
Martin J.
Lyons
Martin
J.
Lyons
Vice
President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
AMEREN
ENERGY GENERATING COMPANY
(Registrant)
/s/
Martin J.
Lyons
Martin
J.
Lyons
Vice
President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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CILCORP
INC.
(Registrant)
/s/
Martin J. Lyons
Martin
J.
Lyons
Vice
President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS LIGHT COMPANY
(Registrant)
/s/
Martin J.
Lyons
Martin
J.
Lyons
Vice
President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
ILLINOIS
POWER COMPANY
(Registrant)
/s/
Martin J.
Lyons
Martin
J.
Lyons
Vice
President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
Date:
August 9, 2005
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