Third Quarter 2004 Form U-9C-3 for Ameren Corporation


U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM U-9C-3








QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO RULE 58 OF
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004








Ameren Corporation
(Name of Registered Holding Company)

1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)








Inquiries concerning this Form U-9C-3 may
be directed to:

Joan E. Bannon
Ameren Corporation
P.O. Box 66149
St. Louis, MO 63166-6149
314-554-3430



 
   
 



AMEREN CORPORATION
FORM U-9C-3
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2004
 
 
Table of Contents
 
 
     Page
 Item 1.  Organization Chart     1
 Item 2.  Issuances and Renewals of Securities and Capital Contributions     1
 Item 3.  Associate Transactions     1
 Item 4.  Summary of Aggregate Investment     5
 Item 5.  Other Investments     5
 Item 6.  Financial Statements and Exhibits     5
 SIGNATURE       6
 CERTIFICATE       7

 
   
 


ITEM 1. - ORGANIZATION CHART

Organizational chart to be filed in paper format as Exhibit 1.0 under Form SE.


ITEM 2. - ISSUANCES AND RENEWALS OF SECURITIES AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

   Company
Issuing Security 
 
Type of
Security
                       Principal
                         Amount
                      of  Security
 
Company to Whom
Securities Were Issued
Collateral
Given With
Security
Consideration
Received for
Each Security
           
Ameren ERC, Inc.
Demand Note
$16,890,000
Non-utility money pool
Not applicable
Not applicable
Ameren Energy, Inc.
Demand Note
7,870,000
Non-utility money pool
    
Missouri Central Railroad
Demand Note
5,500,000
               Ameren ERC, Inc.
    
Ameren Energy Fuels and
Services Company
Demand Note
16,525,000
Non-utility money pool
    
Ameren Energy
Marketing Co.
Demand Note
47,179,492
Non-utility money pool
    
CILCORP Energy
Services Inc.
Demand Note
300,000
Non-utility money pool
    

ITEM 3. - ASSOCIATE TRANSACTIONS
 
Part I - Transactions performed by reporting companies on behalf of associate companies.

Reporting
Company
Rendering
Services
Associate
Company
Receiving
Services
Types of
Services
Rendered
Direct
 Costs
Charged
Indirect
Costs
Charged
(Note 1)
  
Cost
of
Capital
                         Total
                        Amount
                         Billed
             
Ameren Energy
Fuels and Services
Company
Ameren Corporation
Fuel
Procurement
Services
$        72,934
$   8,752
8.84%
$       81,686
             
Ameren Energy
Fuels and Services
Company
AmerenUE
Fuel
Procurement
Services
$      775,679
$ 93,082
8.84%
$      868,761
             
Ameren Energy
Fuels and Services
Company
AmerenCIPS
Fuel
Procurement
Services
$      161,991
$ 19,439
8.84%
$      181,430
             
Ameren Energy
Fuels and Services
Company
Ameren Energy
Generating Company
Fuel
Procurement
Services
$      454,720
$ 54,566
8.84%
$      509,286
             
Ameren Energy
Fuels and Services
Company
AmerenCILCO
Fuel
Procurement
Services
$      160,777
$ 19,293
8.84%
$      180,070
             
Ameren Energy
Fuels and Services
Company
AmerenEnergy
Resources
Generating Company
Fuel
Procurement
Services
$      152,904
$ 18,348
8.84%
$      171,252
             
Fuelco LLC
AmerenUE
 Fuel
Procurement
Services
$        17,749

$          0
8.84%
$        17,749
             
 

 
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ITEM 3. - ASSOCIATE TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)

Ameren
Energy, Inc.
Ameren Energy
Marketing Company
Misc. Services
 
$          9,493
 
$          0
 

8.84%
$          9,493
 
             
Ameren
Energy, Inc.		 AmerenUE  Energy
Trading		 $11,878,949

$          0 

 8.84%

 $11,878,949 
             
Ameren
Energy, Inc.
Ameren Energy
Generating Company
Energy
Trading
                    $ 5,768,831
$         0
8.84%
$   5,768,831
             
Ameren Energy
Marketing Company
Ameren Services
Misc. Services
                    $      16,038
$         0
8.84%
$        16,038
 
Note 1:   12% added to Direct charges on intercompany billing journal entries related to Ameren Energy Fuels and Services Company.

Part II -  Transactions performed by associate companies on behalf of reporting companies.
 
Associate
Company
Rendering
Services
Reporting
Company
Receiving
Services
 
Types of
Services
Rendered
 
Direct
Costs
Charged
Indirect
Costs
Charged
(Note 2)
 
Cost
of
Capital
 
                         Total
                        Amount
                         Billed
             
Ameren
Services Company
Ameren Energy
Fuels and
Services Company
Auditing,
Real Estate,
Executive,
Eng. & Const.,
Legal, Accounting,
Human Resources,
Corp. Communications,
Investor Services,
Information Technology,
Energy Services, Tax,
Industrial Relations,
Supply Services
$  387,081
$ 59,476
8.84%
$   446,557
             
Ameren
Services Company
Ameren Energy
Marketing Company
Auditing,
Real Estate,
Executive,
Eng. & Const.,
Legal, Accounting,
Human Resources,
Corp. Communications,
Investor Services,
Information Technology,
Energy Services, Tax,
Industrial Relations,
Supply Services
$ 1,063,052
$ 191,361
8.84%
$1,254,413
 
 

 
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ITEM 3. - ASSOCIATE TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
 
 
             
Ameren
Services Company
Ameren Energy, Inc.
Auditing,
Real Estate,
Executive,
Eng. & Const.,
Legal, Accounting,
Human Resources,
Corp. Communications,
Investor Services,
Information Technology,
Energy Services, Tax,
Industrial Relations,
Supply Services
$  314,066
$  52,304
8.84%
$ 366,370
 
Ameren
Services Company
Ameren ERC, Inc.
Auditing,
Real Estate,
Executive,
Eng. & Const.,
Legal, Accounting,
Human Resources,
Corp. Communications,
Investor Services,
Information Technology,
Energy Services, Tax,
Industrial Relations,
Supply Services
$    103,282
$   15,888
8.84%
$ 119,170
             
Ameren
Services Company
CILCORP Energy
Services Inc.
Auditing,
Real Estate,
Executive,
Eng. & Const.,
Legal, Accounting,
Human Resources,
Corp. Communications,
Investor Services,
Information Technology,
Energy Services, Tax,
Industrial Relations,
Supply Services
 $      52,250
$    5,964
8.84%
$   58,214
 
 

 
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ITEM 3. - ASSOCIATE TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
 
 
             
Ameren
Services Company
CILCORP Infra-
Services Inc.
Auditing,
Real Estate,
Executive,
Eng. & Const.,
Legal, Accounting,
Human Resources,
Corp. Communications,
Investor Services,
Information Technology,
Energy Services, Tax,
Industrial Relations,
Supply Services
$      23,732
$    3,155
8.84%
$     26,887
             
Ameren
Services Company
Ameren Energy
Marketing Company
Energy Services
            $1,032,398          
$           0
8.84%
$1,032,398
         
 
  
AmerenUE
Ameren Energy
Marketing Company
Energy Services
                     $     92,571
$           0
8.84%
$     92,571
             
AmerenCIPS
Ameren Energy
Marketing Company
Energy Services
                     $   275,976
$           0
8.84%
$   275,976
                 
Ameren Energy
Generating Company
Ameren Energy
Marketing Company
Energy Services
                     $   540,850
$           0
8.84%
$   540,850
             
AmerenCILCO
Ameren Energy
Fuels and
Services Company
Misc. Services
                     $1,559,780
$ 311,956
8.84%
$1,871,736
             
AmerenCILCO
CILCORP Energy
Services Inc.
Misc. Services
                     $   361,437
$  72,287
8.84%
$   433,724
             
AmerenCILCO
Ameren ERC, Inc.
Misc. Services
                     $     16,292
$     3,258
8.84%
$     19,550
     
 
Note 2:   Charges from Ameren Services Company are charged on indirect corporate or indirect functional service requests. Each month the percentage of corporate service requests costs (or functional costs) to each company (or function) is determined based on their proportion of charges received from direct or indirect service requests in that month.


 
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ITEM 4. - SUMMARY OF AGGREGATE INVESTMENT
 
Investments in energy-related companies (in thousands):
 
Total consolidated capitalization as of September 30, 2004
           $12,506,000
  
             Line 1
Total capitalization multiplied by 15% (Line 1 multiplied by 0.15)    
               1,875,900
  
             Line 2
Greater of $50 million or Line 2
  
            $1,875,900
             Line 3
Total current aggregate investment:
      
(categorized by major line of energy-related business)
      
Energy-related Business Category V
                    54,599
    
Energy-related Business Category VII
                    38,915
    
Total current aggregate investment
  
            $     93,514
             Line 4
Difference between the greater of $50 million or 15% of
  
            $1,782,386
             Line 5
capitalization and the total aggregate investment of the
      
registered holding company system (Line 3 less Line 4)
      
 
Investments in gas-related companies: NONE

ITEM 5. - OTHER INVESTMENTS

 
Major Line of
Energy-Related
Business
 
Other Investment in
Last U-9C-3 Report
 
Other Investment in
This U-9C-3 Report
 
Reason for Difference
In Other Investment
         
Ameren Energy,
Inc.
Energy Marketing
                         & Brokering
$450,000
$450,000
  


ITEM 6. - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

A.   Financial Statements:
 
To be filed confidentially under Rule 104 as Exhibit 2.0.

B.   Exhibits:
 
1.0    Organization Chart required by Item 1.
2.0    Financial Statements required by Item 6.A.
3.0    Certificate as to filings with interested state commissions.
 
Contracts required by Item 3. - NONE

  
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SIGNATURE

The undersigned registered holding company has duly caused this quarterly report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned officer thereunto duly authorized pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
 
 
     
  AMEREN CORPORATION
 
 		  
 		  
 
Date: November 24, 2004 By:   /s/ Jerre E. Birdsong
 
Jerre E. Birdsong
  Vice President and Treasurer

  
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                                                    Exhibit 3.0


CERTIFICATE


I certify that a copy of the foregoing was mailed via first class U. S. mail on this 24th day of November, 2004 to Ameren Corporation's interested state commissions whose names and addresses are listed below.

Mr. Robert Schallenberg
Director - Utility Services Division
Missouri Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 360
Jefferson City, MO 65102

Ms. Elizabeth A. Rolando, Chief Clerk
Illinois Commerce Commission
527 East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, IL 62701

Ms. Mary Selvaggio, Director
Financial Accounting Division
Illinois Commerce Commission
527 East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, IL 62701


     
  AMEREN CORPORATION
 
 		  
 		  
 
Date: November 24, 2004 By:   /s/ Ronald K. Evans
 
Ronald K. Evans
Managing Associate General Counsel
Ameren Services Company
1901 Chouteau Avenue
P.O. Box 66149 (MC-1310)
St. Louis, MO  63166-6149
(314) 554-2156
(314) 554-4014 (fax)
 

 
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