Company: AILIM
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001002910-25-000055
Chunk: 285

Company: Ameren Illinois Co
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 285
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 reached consensus among approximately 190 nations on an agreement, known as the Paris Agreement, that establishes a framework for greenhouse gas mitigation actions by all countries, with a goal of holding the increase in global average temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and an aspiration to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In accordance with the new presidential administration’s approach to United States energy policy, in January 2025, the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement. The current federal administration is expected to review, and has already revised, compliance requirements under a number of federal environmental regulatory programs; however, differences in energy policy priorities adopted by future federal administrations could result in additional greenhouse gas reduction requirements in the United States.

We provide information regarding our sustainability initiatives through our website, including in our annual sustainability report, our responses to the annual climate change and water surveys conducted by CDP, and a sustainability investor presentation. In addition, we issue an annual report in accordance with the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) and American Gas Association’s (AGA) environmental, social, governance and sustainability-related reporting program. We also issue a periodic climate risk report aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and a report on our management of CCR. Additionally, we have posted a Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) mapping of sustainability data. The reports may be updated at any time. The information on Ameren’s website, including the reports and documents mentioned in this paragraph, is not incorporated by reference into this report.

OUTLOOK

Below are some key trends, events, and uncertainties that may reasonably affect our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity, as well as our ability to achieve strategic and financial objectives, for 2025 and beyond. For additional information regarding recent rate orders, lawsuits, and pending requests filed with state and federal regulatory commissions, including those discussed below, see Note 2 – Rate and Regulatory Matters and Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies under Part II, Item 8, of this report.

Operations

•The PISA permits Ameren Missouri to defer and recover 85% of the depreciation expense for investments in qualifying property, plant, and equipment placed in service and not included in base rates. Investments not eligible for recovery under the PISA include amounts related to new nuclear and natural gas generating units and service to new customer premises. Additionally, the PISA permits Ameren Missouri to earn a return at the applicable WACC on 85