Company: AILIM
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001002910-25-000055
Chunk: 276

Company: Ameren Illinois Co
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 276
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 and proposed environmental laws that affect, or may affect, our facilities and capital expenditures to comply with such laws.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Cash provided by, or used in, financing activities is a result of our financing needs, which depend on the level of cash provided by operating activities, the level of cash used in investing activities, the level of dividends, and our long-term debt maturities, among other things.

Ameren’s cash provided by financing activities increased $459 million during 2024, compared with 2023. During 2024, Ameren utilized net proceeds of $2.5 billion from the issuance of long-term debt for capital expenditures, to repay then-outstanding short-term debt, to repay $49 million of maturities of long-term debt at ATXI, and to finance energy transition 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. In addition, Ameren utilized proceeds from net commercial paper issuances of $607 million, aggregate cash proceeds of $273 million from the issuance of common stock under the ATM program, the DRPlus, and the 401(k) plan, and cash provided by operating activities to repay $800 million of long-term debt maturities at Ameren (parent) and Ameren Missouri, and to fund, in part, capital expenditures. In comparison, in 2023, Ameren utilized net proceeds of $2.3 billion from the issuance of long-term debt for general corporate purposes, for capital expenditures, to repay then-outstanding short-term debt, and to repay $100 million of maturities of long-term debt. Ameren also repaid net commercial borrowings totaling $533 million. In addition, Ameren utilized aggregate cash proceeds of $346 million from the issuance of common stock under the ATM program, the DRPlus, and the 401(k) plan, and cash provided by operating activities to fund, in part, capital expenditures. During 2024, Ameren paid common stock dividends of $714 million, compared with $662 million in dividend payments in 2023.

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Ameren Missouri’s cash provided by financing activities increased $766 million during 2024, compared with 2023. During 2024, Ameren Missouri utilized net proceeds of $1.8 billion from the issuance of long-term debt for capital expenditures,