Ameren

Ameren Corporation
Company typePublic company
IndustryUtilities
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
HeadquartersSt. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Key people
Martin J. Lyons, Jr. (Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer)

Mark C. Birk (Ameren Missouri Chairman & President) Leonard "Lenny" Singh (Ameren Illinois Chairman & President) Michael L. Moehn (Ameren Services Chairman & President)

Shawn E. Schukar (Ameren Transmission Chairman & President)
ProductsElectricity (16,900 megawatts) and Natural Gas[1]
RevenueDecrease US$5.794 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[2]
Increase US$1.300 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[2]
Increase US$0.871 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[2]
Total assetsIncrease US$32.030 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[2]
Total equityIncrease US$9.080 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[2]
Number of employees
9,116 (December 31, 2021)
Websiteameren.com
Ameren technician replacing a street light

Ameren Corporation is an American power company created December 31, 1997, by the merger of St. Louis, Missouri's Union Electric Company (formerly NYSE: UEP) and the neighboring Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPSCO Inc. holding, formerly NYSE: CIP) of Springfield, Illinois.[3] It is now a holding company for several power companies and energy companies. The company is based in St. Louis, with 2.4 million electric, and 900,000 natural gas customers across 64,000 square miles in central and eastern Missouri and the southern four-fifths of Illinois by area.[4]

Ameren is the holding company for the following:[5]

  • Ameren Missouri
  • Ameren Illinois
  • Ameren Transmission Company
  • Ameren Services

The Ameren Missouri subsidiary owns Bagnell Dam on the Osage River, which forms the Lake of the Ozarks. Ameren Missouri is responsible for managing water levels on the lake according to federal regulations.[6]

  1. ^ Facts about Ameren Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, Accessdate: April 24, 2011
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ameren Corporation 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). Ameren. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Ameren, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Jan 2, 1998". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Jan 5, 2013.
  4. ^ "Ameren, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Nov 9, 2012" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Jan 5, 2013.
  5. ^ "Our Businesses | Ameren Corp". Ameren.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ^ What Is Shoreline Management At Lake Of The Ozarks? by Jeff Green, LakeExpo; https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/lake_news/what-is-shoreline-management-at-lake-of-the-ozarks/article_08ecbb10-fafe-11e4-bc08-175bc99f2987.html