Company: AILIM
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001002910-25-000129
Chunk: 154

Company: Ameren Illinois Co
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 154
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)57 678 935 (257)Ameren Illinois1,117 (a)1,067 (a)50 (1,181)(1,090)(91)92 82 10 

(a)Both Ameren and Ameren Illinois’ cash provided by operating activities included cash outflows of $85 million and $82 million for the electric energy-efficiency rider and $40 million and $20 million for the customer generation rebate program for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Our cash provided by operating activities is affected by fluctuations of trade accounts receivable, inventories, and accounts and wages payable, among other things, as well as the unique regulatory environment for each of our businesses. Substantially all expenditures related to fuel, purchased power, and natural gas purchased for resale are recovered from customers through rate adjustment mechanisms, which may be adjusted without a traditional regulatory rate review, subject to prudence reviews. Similar regulatory mechanisms exist for certain other operating expenses that can also affect the timing of cash provided by operating activities. The timing of cash payments for costs recoverable under our regulatory mechanisms differs from the recovery period of those costs. Additionally, the seasonality of our electric and natural gas businesses, primarily caused by seasonal customer rates and changes in customer demand due to weather, significantly affects the amount and timing of our cash provided by operating activities.

Ameren

Ameren’s cash provided by operating activities increased $451 million in the first nine months of 2025, compared with the year-ago period. The following items contributed to the increase:

•A $423 million increase resulting from higher customer collections primarily from higher electric and natural gas sales volumes due to warmer July temperatures and colder winter temperatures in 2025, increased base rates at Ameren Missouri effective June 1, 2025, pursuant to the April 2025 MoPSC electric rate order, and at Ameren Illinois, electric distribution and transmission base rate increases and higher customer collections under cost recovery mechanisms.

•A $236 million increase due to the transfer of production and investment tax credits to unrelated parties.

•A $27 million increase due to the timing of payments for spent nuclear fuel storage and reimbursements from the DOE.

The following items partially offset the increase in Ameren’s cash from operating activities between periods:

•A $120 million increase in interest payments, primarily due to higher average outstanding debt and interest rates.

•A $