_                                                                   Exhibit 99.2

                                   CERTIFICATE
                                 furnished under
                  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


     In connection with the accompanying Annual Report of the Employees' Savings
Plan of Central  Illinois  Light  Company (the "Plan") on Form 11-K for the year
ended  December 31, 2002 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission
(the "Report"),  I, Warner L. Baxter, chief financial officer of Ameren Services
Company,  the  administrator  of the Plan,  and Central  Illinois Light Company,
hereby  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section  1350,  as adopted  pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of 13(a) or 15(d) of the
     Securities Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Plan.

     A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has
been provided to Central  Illinois Light Company and will be retained by Central
Illinois Light Company and furnished to the  Securities and Exchange  Commission
or its staff upon request.


                                             /s/ Warner L. Baxter
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                                             Warner L. Baxter
                                             Senior Vice President, Finance
                                             Ameren Services Company
                                             (Plan Administrator)
                                             Central Illinois Light Company

Date:  June 30, 2003