ameren8k04012008.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported):
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Commission File
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Exact
Name of Registrant as
Specified
in Charter;
State
of Incorporation;
Address and Telephone
Number
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IRS
Employer
Identification
Number
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(Missouri
Corporation)
1901
Chouteau Avenue
St.
Louis, Missouri 63103
(314)
621-3222
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1-3672
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Central
Illinois Public Service
Company
(Illinois
Corporation)
607
East Adams Street
Springfield,
Illinois 62739
(888)
789-2477
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37-0211380
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2-95569
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CILCORP
Inc.
(Illinois
Corporation)
300
Liberty Street
Peoria,
Illinois 61602
(309)
677-5271
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37-1169387
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1-2732
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Central
Illinois Light
Company
(Illinois
Corporation)
300
Liberty Street
Peoria,
Illinois 61602
(309)
677-5271
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37-0211050
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1-3004
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Illinois
Power Company
(Illinois
Corporation)
370
South Main Street
Decatur,
Illinois 62523
(217)
424-6600
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37-0344645
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ITEM
8.01 Other Events.
Reference
is made to Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters to our financial statements
under Part II, Item 8 in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007 of registrant Ameren Corporation and its registrant
subsidiaries, Central Illinois Public Service Company, doing business as
AmerenCIPS (“CIPS”), CILCORP Inc., Central Illinois Light Company, doing
business as AmerenCILCO (“CILCO”), and Illinois Power Company, doing business as
AmerenIP (“IP”), for a discussion of electric and natural gas delivery service
rate cases filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission (“ICC”) in November 2007
by CIPS, CILCO and IP (collectively, the “Ameren Illinois
Utilities”). CIPS, CILCO and IP filed requests to increase their
annual revenues for electric delivery service by $180 million in the aggregate
(CIPS - $31 million, CILCO - $10 million, and IP - $139 million) and to increase
their annual revenues for natural gas delivery service by $67 million in the
aggregate (CIPS - $15 million, CILCO - $4 million decrease and IP - $56
million).
On March
14, 2008, the ICC staff filed direct testimony recommending a net increase in
revenues for electric delivery service for the Ameren Illinois Utilities
aggregating $38 million (CIPS - $2 million decrease, CILCO - $12 million
decrease and IP - $52 million increase) and a net increase in revenues for
natural gas delivery service aggregating $9 million (CIPS - $3 million increase,
CILCO - $14 million decrease and IP - $20 million increase). The
ICC staff in their direct testimony also opposed the Ameren Illinois Utilities’
requests to implement cost recovery mechanisms for bad debt expenses and
electric infrastructure investments that are being proposed to reduce regulatory
lag. In their direct testimony, the ICC Staff offered limited support
for the Ameren Illinois Utilities’ request to implement a rate adjustment
mechanism for the decoupling of natural gas revenues from sales
volumes. Other parties also made recommendations through direct
testimony in the rate cases.
The ICC
proceedings relating to the proposed electric and natural gas delivery service
rate changes will take place over a period of up to 11 months, and decisions by
the ICC in such proceedings are required by the end of September
2008. The Ameren Illinois Utilities cannot predict the level of any
delivery service rate change the ICC may approve, when any rate change may go
into effect, whether any rate adjustment mechanism will be approved, or whether
any increase eventually approved will be sufficient for the Ameren Illinois
Utilities to recover their costs and earn a reasonable return on their
investments when the increase goes into effect.
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This
combined Form 8-K is being filed separately by Ameren, CIPS, CILCORP, CILCO and
IP. Information contained herein relating to any individual
registrant has been filed by such registrant on its own behalf. No
registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any other
registrant.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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
Senior
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPANY
(Registrant)
/s/ Martin J.
Lyons
Martin J.
Lyons
Senior
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
CILCORP
INC.
(Registrant)
/s/ Martin J.
Lyons
Martin J.
Lyons
Senior
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
CENTRAL
ILLINOIS LIGHT COMPANY
(Registrant)
/s/ Martin J.
Lyons
Martin J.
Lyons
Senior
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
ILLINOIS
POWER COMPANY
(Registrant)
/s/ Martin J.
Lyons
Martin J.
Lyons
Senior
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
Date: April
1, 2008
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