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In June 2024, the MoPSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds by AMF to finance $476 million of costs related to the accelerated retirement of the Rush Island Energy Center, which included the remaining unrecovered net plant balance associated with the facility, among other costs. Ameren Missouri will collect the amounts necessary to repay the bonds over approximately 15 years from the date of bond issuance. The securitized tariff bonds were issued in December 2024. The financing order also included a determination that the decision to retire the Rush Island Energy Center was reasonable and prudent. The MoPSC did not make a determination regarding the prudency of Ameren Missouri's prior actions that resulted in the adverse ruling in the NSR and Clean Air Act litigation discussed in Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies under Part II, Item 8, of this report, however, claims regarding such actions could be considered in future regulatory proceedings. If future regulatory proceedings result in revenue reductions based on Ameren Missouri’s prior actions that resulted in the adverse ruling in the NSR and Clean Air Act litigation, it could have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial position, and liquidity of Ameren and Ameren Missouri.
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In 2024, the MoPSC issued orders approving requested CCNs for the Split Rail, Vandalia, Bowling Green, and Cass County solar projects. Ameren Missouri acquired the Cass County, Boomtown, and Huck Finn solar projects in June 2024, September 2024, and October 2024, respectively, and placed the assets of the projects, totaling $1 billion, in service in December 2024. In October 2024, the MoPSC issued an order approving a nonunanimous stipulation and agreement filed by Ameren Missouri, the MoPSC staff, and other intervenors requesting a CCN for the Castle Bluff Natural Gas Project. The order also includes the use of a post-construction cost deferral related to the project, which allows Ameren Missouri to defer and recover depreciation expense, financing costs, and applicable income taxes incurred from the date the project is placed in service to the date when project costs are reflected in updated base rates as a result of a regulatory rate review. The period of deferral would be limited to the earlier of the time the project costs are reflected in base rates or six months.
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In September 2024, Ameren Missouri filed a request with the MoPSC seeking approval to increase its annual revenues for natural gas delivery service by $40 million. The natural gas rate increase request is based on a 10.25% ROE, a capital structure composed of 52% common equity, a rate base of $531 million, and a test year ended March 31, 2024, with certain pro-forma adjustments expected through the true-up date of December 31, 2024. The MoPSC proceeding relating to the proposed natural gas delivery service rate changes will take place over a period of up to 11 months, with a decision by the MoPSC expected by August 2025 and new rates effective by September 2025.
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In November 2024, the MoPSC issued an order approving a nonunanimous stipulation and agreement for Ameren Missouri’s MEEIA 2025 plan, which includes a portfolio of customer energy-efficiency and demand response programs, along with the continued use of the MEEIA rider, which allows Ameren Missouri to collect from customers its actual MEEIA program costs, related lost electric revenues, and performance incentives. Ameren Missouri intends to invest $51 million annually in 2025 and 2026 and $22 million in 2027 for customer energy-efficiency and demand response programs. In addition, the order approved performance incentives applicable to each plan year to earn revenues by achieving certain spending and demand response goals. If 100% of the goals are achieved in 2025, 2026, and 2027, Ameren Missouri would earn performance incentive revenues of $5 million, $5 million, and $2 million, respectively.
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transmission capital investments included in the order, among other things. In January 2024, the ICC denied Ameren Illinois’ rehearing request, and Ameren Illinois filed an appeal with the Illinois Appellate Court for the Fifth Judicial District. In January 2025, the appellate court ruled on the appeal filed by Ameren Illinois. In that ruling, the court reversed a reduction of planned transmission capital investments of $48 million, but affirmed the ICC-approved 9.44% ROE and the remaining reduction of planned distribution capital investments. Ameren Illinois took prudent steps to align its operations with the ICC order, while continuing to ensure safe and adequate service is maintained.
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billion. Ameren Illinois used a 2026 future test year in this proceeding. A decision by the ICC in this proceeding is required by early December 2025, with new rates expected to be effective in December 2025.
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In October 2024, the FERC issued an order, which decreased the allowed base ROE for FERC-regulated transmission rate base under the MISO tariff from 10.02% to 9.98% and required refunds, with interest, for the periods from November 2013 to February 2015 and from late September 2016 forward. In November 2024, the MISO transmission owners, including Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois, and ATXI, filed a request for rehearing with the FERC, arguing, among other things, the FERC should not have ordered refunds back to September 2016 or imposed interest on those refunds. Also in November 2024, another intervenor filed a request for rehearing with the FERC, requesting the FERC correct aspects of the ROE methodology used in the October 2024 order and reconsider its decision in a February 2015 complaint case to deny refunds for the period from February 2015 to May 2016. In December 2024, the FERC issued a notice indicating a future order related to the rehearing requests will be issued but did not specify a timeline. In January 2025, the MISO transmission owners, including Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois, and ATXI, filed an appeal of the October 2024 order to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. As a result of the October 2024 order, Ameren and Ameren Illinois recognized reductions to electric revenues of $10 million and $7 million, respectively, and recognized interest expense of $2 million and $1 million, respectively, on their statements of income in 2024.
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•increased base rate revenues at Ameren Illinois Natural Gas effective November 28, 2023, pursuant to the November 2023 ICC natural gas rate order, partially offset by increased depreciation and amortization expenses included in base rates (4 cents per share); and
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•increased taxes other than income taxes at Ameren Missouri, largely resulting from the absence in 2024 of employee retention tax credits received under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (2 cents per share).
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(d)The electric deferred income tax adjustment relates to certain excess deferred income taxes that will be amortized through 2025. Offsetting expense increases or decreases are reflected within "Income Taxes" on the statement of income. This item has no overall impact on earnings.
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