Issues 2010 Earnings Guidance ST. LOUIS, Feb. 18
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) today
announced 2009 net income in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP) of $612 million, or $2.78 per share,
compared to 2008 GAAP net income of $605 million, or $2.88 per
share. Excluding certain items in each year, Ameren recorded 2009
core (non-GAAP) net income of $615 million, or $2.79 per share,
compared to 2008 core (non-GAAP) net income of $622 million, or
$2.95 per share. "I am pleased to report 2009 earnings per share in
line with our expectations," said Thomas R. Voss, president and
chief executive officer of Ameren Corporation. "During 2009, we
reduced planned spending, headcount and investment across the
company to mitigate the negative impact on sales of a weak economy,
the Noranda aluminum smelter outage and milder-than-normal weather.
"We also enhanced our financial strength and liquidity position by
issuing new long-term debt and equity, extending our credit
facilities and taking the difficult step of reducing our common
dividend. Our regulated utilities are seeking rate increases to
recover our costs and earn fair returns on investments. These
actions have established a solid foundation for executing our
future strategies and creating long-term shareholder value. "Today
we are also announcing 2010 GAAP and core earnings guidance of
$2.20 to $2.60 per share," Voss added. "The expected decline in
2010 earnings, compared to 2009, primarily reflects lower projected
merchant generation segment margins." 2009 Earnings Discussion Core
(non-GAAP) 2009 earnings per share declined, compared to 2008.
Factors contributing to that decline included lower electricity and
natural gas sales in the regulated utility businesses and lower
margins in the merchant generation business -- results of weak
economic conditions, milder 2009 weather and, in our regulated
Missouri utility, the Noranda aluminum smelter outage. Higher
depreciation and interest expense and an increased average number
of common shares outstanding also affected comparative results.
Offsetting factors included new utility rates in Illinois and
Missouri and lower operations and maintenance expenses due, in
part, to the absence of a refueling outage at the Callaway nuclear
plant. At Ameren's regulated utilities, milder weather and the
economic slowdown led to a 3% decrease in kilowatthour sales to
residential and commercial customers in 2009, compared to 2008.
However, this sales decline was smaller, an estimated 1%, on a
weather-normalized basis. The weak economy also led to a decline in
kilowatthour sales by Ameren's regulated utilities to their
industrial customers. These sales declined 11% in 2009, compared to
2008, excluding the impact of reduced sales to AmerenUE's largest
customer, the Noranda Aluminum, Inc., smelter plant in New Madrid,
Mo. Noranda's plant sustained damage because of a power
interruption on non-Ameren-owned power lines during a severe ice
storm in January 2009. Electric sales to industrial customers,
including Noranda, declined 17% in 2009, compared to 2008. The
following items were excluded from 2009 and 2008 core (non-GAAP)
earnings, as applicable: -- Net costs associated with the Illinois
comprehensive electric rate relief and customer assistance
settlement agreement (reached in 2007) reduced net income by $17
million in 2009 and by $27 million in 2008. -- Net effects of
unrealized mark-to-market activity increased net income by $29
million in 2009 and reduced net income by $17 million in 2008. --
Charges related to employee separations in 2009 and asset
impairments in 2008 and 2009 reduced net income by $15 million in
2009 and $12 million in 2008. -- A lump-sum settlement payment in
2008 from a coal supplier for expected higher fuel costs in 2009,
as a result of the termination of a contract, benefited 2008 net
income by $16 million. -- The benefits of a Missouri rate order
directing the recording of regulatory assets, related to previously
incurred costs for the January 2007 severe ice storm and a 2007
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) order, increased 2008
net income by $23 million. In the fourth quarter of 2009, Ameren
recorded GAAP net income of $79 million, or 34 cents per share,
compared to $57 million, or 27 cents per share, recorded in the
fourth quarter of 2008. Excluding certain items in each period,
Ameren recorded fourth quarter 2009 core (non-GAAP) net income of
$85 million, or 37 cents per share, compared to fourth quarter 2008
core (non-GAAP) net income of $97 million, or 45 cents per share. A
reconciliation of GAAP to core (non-GAAP) earnings per share is as
follows: Fourth Quarter Year -------------- ---- 2009 2008 2009
2008 ---- ---- ---- ---- GAAP earnings per share $0.34 $0.27 $2.78
$2.88 Illinois electric rate relief settlement, net 0.02 0.03 0.08
0.13 Net unrealized mark-to-market activity - 0.16 (0.14) 0.07
Employee separation & impairment charges 0.01 0.06 0.07 0.06
Coal contract settlement - 2009 portion - - - (0.08) MO order
related to 2007 severe storms & FERC order - (0.07) - (0.11)
Core (non-GAAP) earnings per share $0.37 $0.45 $2.79 $2.95 2010
Earnings Guidance Ameren expects 2010 GAAP and core earnings to be
in the range of $2.20 to $2.60 per share. Any net unrealized
mark-to-market gains or losses will impact GAAP earnings but are
excluded from GAAP and core (non-GAAP) earnings guidance because
the company is unable to reasonably estimate the impact of any such
gains or losses at this time. The projected decline in core
earnings per share in 2010, compared to 2009, is primarily due to
expected lower margins at Ameren's merchant generation segment as a
result of lower realized power prices, reflecting the economic
slowdown, and higher fuel and related transportation costs,
reflecting the expiration of lower-cost coal and rail contracts.
The merchant generation segment has proactively sold forward or
hedged approximately 90% of its expected 2010 generation output at
an average price per megawatthour that is greater than the current
market price; however, the 2010 average realized price is expected
to be less than that of 2009. An increase in the average number of
common shares outstanding, higher depreciation expense and a
scheduled spring refueling and maintenance outage at the Callaway
nuclear plant are among the other factors contributing to the
expectation of lower earnings per share. The above factors are
projected to be partially offset by, among other things, expected
new electric and natural gas delivery rates in Illinois and new
electric service rates in Missouri, effective in the second quarter
of 2010; the expected return to service of the Taum Sauk
pumped-storage hydroelectric facility; and the anticipated return
to full operation of the Noranda aluminum smelter plant. Ameren
expects its business segments to provide the following
contributions to 2010 GAAP and core (non-GAAP) earnings per share:
Missouri and Illinois Regulated $1.90 - $2.15 Merchant Generation
0.30 - 0.45 ------------- 2010 Core (Non-GAAP) Earnings Guidance
Range $2.20 - $2.60 Ameren's earnings guidance for 2010 assumes
normal weather for the year and is subject to, among other things,
regulatory decisions and legislative actions, plant operations,
energy and capital and credit market conditions, economic
conditions, severe storms, unusual or otherwise unexpected gains or
losses, and other risks and uncertainties outlined, or referred to,
in the Forward-looking Statements section of this press release.
Missouri Regulated Segment Earnings Core (non-GAAP) earnings in
2009 were $241 million versus $236 million in 2008. This earnings
improvement was primarily a result of new electric rates, which
took effect March 1, 2009, and lower operations and maintenance
expenses due in part to the absence of a refueling outage at the
Callaway nuclear plant in 2009. Callaway is refueled on an 18-month
cycle. These positives were largely offset by reduced electric
sales to native load customers due to milder summer weather, the
weak economy and lower sales to the Noranda Aluminum smelter plant,
as well as higher depreciation expense and financing costs, among
other factors. Missouri regulated operations recorded GAAP earnings
in 2009 of $259 million versus $234 million in 2008. In addition to
those mentioned above, factors affecting the GAAP earnings
comparison included a gain in 2009 as opposed to a loss in 2008
from net unrealized mark-to-market activity, expenses in 2009 for
employee separations, and benefits in 2008 of a Missouri rate order
directing the recording of regulatory assets for previously
incurred costs related to the January 2007 severe ice storm and a
2007 FERC order. Illinois Regulated Segment Earnings Core
(non-GAAP) earnings in 2009 were $127 million compared to $51
million in 2008. This earnings improvement was primarily due to new
electric and natural gas delivery service rates that took effect
Oct. 1, 2008 and lower operations and maintenance expenses. These
positives were partially offset by lower electric and natural gas
deliveries due to milder weather and the weak economy, as well as
higher financing costs, among other factors. Illinois regulated
operations recorded GAAP earnings in 2009 of $124 million versus
$32 million in 2008. In addition to those mentioned above, factors
impacting the GAAP earnings comparison were lower charges in 2009
related to the Illinois electric settlement agreement reached in
2007, a swing to a gain in 2009 from a loss in 2008 from net
unrealized mark-to-market activity, expenses in 2009 for employee
separations and the absence of 2008 asset impairment charges.
Merchant Generation Segment Earnings Core (non-GAAP) earnings in
2009 were $273 million, a decline from $336 million earned in 2008.
This decline was largely due to lower sales volumes and higher fuel
and related transportation costs, as well as higher financing and
depreciation expense. These negative factors were offset, in part,
by higher realized power prices and lower plant operations and
maintenance expense. Proactive forward sales and hedges of 2009
generation, executed in prior years at higher-than-2009 market
prices, largely shielded merchant generation segment earnings from
the impact of falling market prices for power. GAAP earnings from
merchant generation operations in 2009 were $247 million, down from
$352 million in 2008. In addition to the items noted above, the
GAAP earnings comparison reflected lower charges in 2009 related to
the Illinois electric settlement agreement reached in 2007, a loss
in 2009 as opposed to a gain in 2008 from net unrealized
mark-to-market activity, charges for employee separations in 2009
and asset impairments in 2008 and 2009 and the 2009 portion of the
lump-sum settlement payment received and recorded in 2008 related
to a terminated coal contract. Analyst Conference Call Ameren will
conduct a conference call for financial analysts at 9:00 a.m.
Central Time on Thursday, Feb. 18, to discuss 2009 earnings and
other matters. Investors, the news media and the public may listen
to a live Internet broadcast of the call at http://www.ameren.com/
by clicking on "Q4 2009 Ameren Corporation Earnings Conference
Call," followed by the appropriate audio link. An accompanying
slide presentation will be available on Ameren's Web site. This
presentation will be posted in the "Investors" section of the Web
site under "Webcasts and presentations." The analyst call will also
be available for replay on the Internet for one year. In addition,
a telephone playback of the conference call will be available
beginning at approximately noon Central Time, from Feb. 18 through
Feb. 24, by dialing, U.S. (877) 660-6853 or international (201)
612-7415, and entering account number 352 and ID number 343213.
About Ameren With assets of $24 billion, Ameren serves
approximately 2.4 million electric customers and almost one million
natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area of Missouri and
Illinois. Ameren owns a diverse mix of electric generating plants
strategically located in its Midwest market with a generating
capacity of more than 16,300 megawatts. Regulation G Statement
Ameren has presented certain information in this release on a
diluted cents per share basis. These diluted per share amounts
reflect certain factors that directly impact Ameren's total
earnings per share. The core (non-GAAP) earnings per share and core
(non-GAAP) earnings per share guidance excludes one or more of the
following: the earnings impact of the 2007 settlement agreement
among parties in Illinois for comprehensive electric rate relief
and customer assistance, net unrealized mark-to-market gains or
losses, the costs of employee separations in 2009 and asset
impairment charges in 2008 and 2009, a lump-sum payment in 2008
from a coal supplier for expected higher fuel costs in 2009 as a
result of the termination of a contract, the benefit in 2008 of a
rate order from the Missouri Public Service Commission directing
the recording of regulatory assets for previously incurred costs
for the January 2007 severe ice storm and a 2007 Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission order. Ameren uses core (non-GAAP) earnings
internally for financial planning and for analysis of performance.
Ameren also uses core (non-GAAP) earnings as primary performance
measurements when communicating with analysts and investors
regarding our earnings results and outlook, as the company believes
it allows it to more accurately compare the company's ongoing
performance across periods. In providing consolidated and segment
core (non-GAAP) earnings guidance, there could be differences
between core (non-GAAP) earnings and earnings prepared in
accordance with GAAP for certain items, such as those listed above.
Ameren is unable to estimate the impact, if any, on future GAAP
earnings of such items. Forward-looking Statements Statements in
this release 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" provisions 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 release and in our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause
actual results to differ materially from management expectations
suggested in such forward-looking statements: -- regulatory or
legislative actions, including changes in regulatory policies and
ratemaking determinations such as the outcome of pending AmerenUE,
AmerenCIPS, AmerenCILCO and AmerenIP rate proceedings, and future
rate proceedings or legislative actions that seek to limit or
reverse rate increases; -- the effects of, or changes to, the
Illinois power procurement process; -- changes in laws and other
governmental actions, including monetary and fiscal policies; --
changes in laws or regulations that adversely affect the ability of
electric distribution companies and other purchasers of wholesale
electricity to pay their suppliers, including AmerenUE and Ameren
Energy Marketing Company; -- 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 occurred when the
electric rate freeze and power supply contracts expired in Illinois
at the end of 2006; -- the effects on demand for our services
resulting from technological advances, including energy efficiency
and distributed generation sources, which generate electricity at
the site of consumption. -- increasing capital expenditure and
operating expense requirements and our ability to recover these
costs in a timely fashion in light of regulatory lag; -- the
effects of participation in the Midwest Independent Transmission
System Operator, Inc.; -- the cost and availability of fuel such as
coal, natural gas and enriched uranium used to produce electricity;
the cost and availability of purchased power and natural gas for
distribution; and the level and volatility of future market prices
for such commodities, including the ability to recover the costs
for such commodities; -- the effectiveness of our risk management
strategies and the use of financial and derivative instruments; --
prices for power in the Midwest, including forward prices; --
business and economic conditions, including their impact on
interest rates, bad debt expense, and demand for our products;
disruptions of the capital markets or other events that make the
Ameren companies' access to necessary capital, including short-term
credit and liquidity, impossible, more difficult or more costly; --
our assessment of our liquidity; -- the impact of the adoption of
new accounting guidance and the application of appropriate
technical accounting rules and guidance; -- actions of credit
rating agencies and the effects of such actions; -- the impact of
weather conditions and other natural phenomena on us and our
customers; -- the impact of system outages caused by severe weather
conditions or other events; -- generation plant construction,
installation and performance, including costs associated with
AmerenUE's Taum Sauk pumped-storage hydroelectric plant incident
and the plant's future operation; -- the recovery of costs
associated with AmerenUE's Taum Sauk pumped-storage hydroelectric
plant incident and investment in a combined nuclear plant
construction and operating licensing application for a second unit
at its Callaway nuclear plant; -- impairments of long-lived assets
or goodwill; -- operation of AmerenUE's nuclear power facility,
including planned and unplanned outages, and decommissioning costs;
-- the effects of strategic initiatives, including mergers,
acquisitions and divestitures; -- the impact of current
environmental regulations on utilities and power generating
companies and the expectation that more stringent requirements,
including those related to greenhouse gases and energy efficiency,
will be enacted over time, which could limit or terminate the
operation of certain of our generating units, increase our costs,
reduce our customers' demand for electricity or natural gas, or
otherwise have a negative financial effect; -- labor disputes,
workforce reductions, future wage and employee benefits costs,
including changes in discount rates and returns on benefit plan
assets; -- the inability of our counterparties and affiliates to
meet their obligations with respect to contracts, credit facilities
and financial instruments; -- the cost and availability of
transmission capacity for the energy generated by the Ameren
companies' facilities or required to satisfy energy sales made by
the Ameren companies; -- legal and administrative proceedings; and
-- acts of sabotage, war, terrorism or intentionally disruptive
acts. 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 update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to
reflect new information or future events. AMEREN CORPORATION (AEE)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME (Unaudited, in millions, except
per share amounts) Three Months Ended Year Ended December 31,
December 31, ------------ ------------ 2009 2008 2009 2008 ----
---- ---- ---- Operating Revenues: Electric $1,320 $1,423 $5,909
$6,367 Gas 355 485 1,181 1,472 --- --- ----- ----- Total operating
revenues 1,675 1,908 7,090 7,839 ----- ----- ----- ----- Operating
Expenses: Fuel 274 372 1,141 1,275 Purchased power 201 246 909
1,210 Gas purchased for resale 226 360 749 1,057 Other operations
and maintenance 444 496 1,738 1,857 Depreciation and amortization
184 172 725 685 Taxes other than income taxes 101 93 412 393 --- --
--- --- Total operating expenses 1,430 1,739 5,674 6,477 -----
----- ----- ----- Operating Income 245 169 1,416 1,362 Other Income
and Expenses: Miscellaneous income 22 19 71 80 Miscellaneous
expense (9) (8) (23) (31) --- --- --- --- Total other income 13 11
48 49 --- --- --- --- Interest Charges 132 109 508 440 --- --- ---
--- Income Before Income Taxes 126 71 956 971 Income Taxes 44 8 332
327 --- --- --- --- Net Income 82 63 624 644 Less: Net Income
Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests 3 6 12 39 --- --- --- ---
Net Income Attributable to Ameren Corporation $79 $57 $612 $605
--------------------------------- --- --- ---- ---- Earnings per
Common Share - Basic and Diluted $0.34 $0.27 $2.78 $2.88 Average
Common Shares Outstanding 237.0 211.5 220.4 210.1
--------------------------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- AMEREN
CORPORATION (AEE) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited, in
millions) December 31, December 31, 2009 2008 ---- ---- ASSETS
Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents $622 $92 Accounts
receivable - trade, net 434 516 Unbilled revenue 367 427
Miscellaneous accounts and notes receivable 308 315 Materials and
supplies 782 842 Mark-to-market derivative assets 121 207 Other
current assets 208 209 --- --- Total current assets 2,842 2,608
----- ----- Property and Plant, Net 17,610 16,567 Investments and
Other Assets: Nuclear decommissioning trust fund 293 239 Goodwill
831 831 Intangible assets 129 167 Regulatory assets 1,430 1,653
Other assets 655 606 --- --- Total investments and other assets
3,338 3,496 --------------------------- ----- ----- TOTAL ASSETS
$23,790 $22,671 ------------ ------- ------- LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities: Current maturities of long-term debt $204 $380
Short-term debt 20 1,174 Accounts and wages payable 694 813 Taxes
accrued 54 54 Interest accrued 110 107 Customer deposits 101 126
Mark-to-market derivative liabilities 109 155 Other current
liabilities 419 268 --- --- Total current liabilities 1,711 3,077
----- ----- Credit Facility Borrowings 830 - Long-term Debt, Net
7,113 6,554 Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities: Accumulated
deferred income taxes, net 2,554 2,131 Accumulated deferred
investment tax credits 94 100 Regulatory liabilities 1,338 1,291
Asset retirement obligations 429 406 Accrued pension and other
postretirement benefits 1,165 1,495 Other deferred credits and
liabilities 496 438 --- --- Total deferred credits and other
liabilities 6,076 5,861 ----- ----- Ameren Corporation
Stockholders' Equity: Common stock 2 2 Other paid-in capital,
principally premium on common stock 5,412 4,780 Retained earnings
2,455 2,181 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (16) - --- ---
Total Ameren Corporation stockholders' equity 7,853 6,963
Noncontrolling Interests 207 216 --- --- Total equity 8,060 7,179
------------ ----- ----- TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY $23,790
$22,671 ---------------------------- ------- ------- AMEREN
CORPORATION (AEE) CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited,
in millions) Year Ended December 31, ------------ 2009 2008 ----
---- Cash Flows From Operating Activities: Net income $624 $644
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities: Gain on sales of emission allowances (6) (8)
Loss on asset impairments 7 14 Net mark-to-market gain on
derivatives (23) (3) Depreciation and amortization 748 705
Amortization of nuclear fuel 53 37 Amortization of debt issuance
costs and premium/discounts 25 20 Deferred income taxes and
investment tax credits, net 402 167 Other (17) (9) Changes in
assets and liabilities: Receivables 21 12 Materials and supplies 67
(100) Accounts and wages payable (42) 57 Taxes accrued - (30)
Assets, other (66) 83 Liabilities, other 103 113 Pension and other
postretirement benefit obligations (9) (4) Counterparty collateral,
net (17) (25) Taum Sauk costs, net of insurance recoveries 107
(149) --- ---- Net cash provided by operating activities 1,977
1,524 ----------------------------------------- ----- ----- Cash
Flows From Investing Activities: Capital expenditures (1,704)
(1,896) Nuclear fuel expenditures (80) (173) Purchases of
securities - nuclear decommissioning trust fund (383) (520) Sales
of securities - nuclear decommissioning trust fund 380 497
Purchases of emission allowances (4) (14) Sales of emission
allowances - 6 Other 2 3 --- --- Net cash used in investing
activities (1,789) (2,097) -------------------------------------
------ ------ Cash Flows From Financing Activities: Dividends on
common stock (338) (534) Capital issuance costs (65) (12)
Short-term and credit facility borrowings, net (324) (298)
Short-term and credit facility borrowings, net (21) (40)
Redemptions, repurchases, and maturities: Long-term debt (631)
(842) Preferred stock - (16) Issuances: Common stock 634 154
Long-term debt 1,021 1,879 Generator advances received for
construction, net 66 19 --- --- Net cash provided by financing
activities 342 310 ----------------------------------------- ---
--- Net change in cash and cash equivalents 530 (263) Cash and cash
equivalents at beginning of year 92 355
---------------------------------------------- -- --- Cash and cash
equivalents at end of year $622 $92
---------------------------------------- ---- --- AMEREN
CORPORATION (AEE) CONSOLIDATED OPERATING STATISTICS Three Months
Ended Twelve Months Ended December 31, December 31, -------------
------------- 2009 2008 2009 2008 ---- ---- ---- ---- Electric
Sales - kilowatthours (in millions): Missouri Regulated Residential
3,279 3,337 13,413 13,904 Commercial 3,484 3,485 14,510 14,690
Industrial 1,815 2,266 7,037 9,256 Other 536 179 1,655 785 --- ---
----- --- Native load subtotal 9,114 9,267 36,615 38,635 Off-system
sales 3,428 1,926 12,447 10,457 ----- ----- ------ ------ Subtotal
12,542 11,193 49,062 49,092 ------ ------ ------ ------ Illinois
Regulated Residential Generation and delivery service 2,764 2,949
11,089 11,667 Commercial Generation and delivery service 1,194
1,609 5,235 6,095 Delivery service only 1,862 1,592 6,797 6,147
Industrial Generation and delivery service 154 351 514 1,442
Delivery service only 2,723 2,733 10,712 11,300 Other 146 149 546
555 --- --- --- --- Native load subtotal 8,843 9,383 34,893 37,206
----- ----- ------ ------ Merchant Generation Non-affiliate energy
sales 6,683 6,835 25,673 26,395 Affiliate native energy sales 620
1,416 3,529 6,055 --- ----- ----- ----- Subtotal 7,303 8,251 29,202
32,450 ----- ----- ------ ------ Eliminate affiliate sales (620)
(1,416) (3,529) (6,055) Eliminate Illinois Regulated/ Merchant
Generation common customers (1,511) (1,283) (5,566) (4,939) ------
------ ------ ------ Ameren Total 26,557 26,128 104,062 107,754
------------- ------ ------ ------- ------- Electric Revenues (in
millions): Missouri Regulated Residential $201 $192 $982 $948
Commercial 177 165 881 838 Industrial 67 77 314 372 Other 36 20 122
108 --- --- --- --- Native load subtotal 481 454 2,299 2,266
Off-system sales 99 72 401 490 --- --- --- --- Subtotal $580 $526
$2,700 $2,756 ---- ---- ------ ------ Illinois Regulated
Residential Generation and delivery service $256 $287 $1,094 $1,112
Commercial Generation and delivery service 105 154 521 616 Delivery
service only 28 21 103 77 Industrial Generation and delivery
service 7 25 22 102 Delivery service only 10 8 36 30 Other 22 55
157 285 --- --- --- --- Native load subtotal $428 $550 $1,933
$2,222 ---- ---- ------ ------ Merchant Generation Non-affiliate
energy sales $345 $332 $1,340 $1,389 Affiliate native energy sales
76 132 385 441 Other (17) 22 (15) 106 --- --- --- --- Subtotal $404
$486 $1,710 $1,936 ---- ---- ------ ------ Eliminate affiliate
revenues (92) (139) (434) (547) --- ---- ---- ---- Ameren Total
$1,320 $1,423 $5,909 $6,367 ------------ ------ ------ ------
------ AMEREN CORPORATION (AEE) CONSOLIDATED OPERATING STATISTICS
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended December 31, December 31,
------------- ------------- 2009 2008 2009 2008 ---- ---- ---- ----
Electric Generation - megawatthours (in millions): Missouri
Regulated 12.5 11.2 48.8 49.3 Merchant Generation Ameren Energy
Generating Company (Genco) 3.0 4.4 13.4 16.6 AmerenEnergy Resources
Generating Company (AERG) 1.9 1.6 6.8 6.7 Electric Energy, Inc.
(EEI) 2.1 2.1 7.1 8.0 AmerenEnergy Medina Valley Cogen, L.L.C. 0.1
0.0 0.2 0.2 --- --- --- --- Subtotal 7.1 8.1 27.5 31.5 --- --- ----
---- Ameren Total 19.6 19.3 76.3 80.8 ------------ ---- ---- ----
---- Fuel Cost per kilowatthour (cents) Missouri Regulated 1.305
1.365 1.356 1.312 Merchant Generation 2.006 1.924 2.007 1.912 Gas
Sales - decatherms (in thousands) Missouri Regulated 3,954 4,172
11,666 12,694 Illinois Regulated 32,092 34,546 92,590 103,668 Other
91 2,228 3,391 3,350 -- ----- ----- ----- Ameren Total 36,137
40,946 107,647 119,712 ------------ ------ ------ ------- -------
Net Income (Loss) by Segment (in millions): Missouri Regulated $15
$(38) $259 $234 Illinois Regulated 27 17 124 32 Merchant Generation
42 68 247 352 Other (5) 10 (18) (13) --- --- --- --- Ameren Total
$79 $57 $612 $605 ------------ --- --- ---- ---- December 31,
December 31, 2009 2008 ---- ---- Common Stock: Shares outstanding
(in millions) 237.4 212.3 Book value per share $33.08 $32.80
Capitalization Ratios: Common equity 50.3% 45.9% Preferred stock
1.3% 1.3% Debt, net of cash 48.4% 52.8% DATASOURCE: Ameren
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