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Commitments And Contingencies (Callaway Nuclear Energy Center) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Threshold Amount For Retrospective Insurance Assessment For Covered Loss Under Public Liability And Nuclear Worker Liability Insurance Policy $ 375,000,000aee_ThresholdAmountForRetrospectiveInsuranceAssessmentForCoveredLossUnderPublicLiabilityAndNuclearWorkerLiabilityInsurancePolicy
Insurance aggregate maximum coverage 13,616,000,000aee_InsuranceAggregateMaximumCoverage [1]
Insurance maximum coverage per incident 128,000,000aee_InsuranceMaximumCoveragePerIncident
Annual payment in the event of an incident at any licensed commercial reactor 19,000,000aee_MaximumAnnualPaymentPerIncidentAtLicensedCommerciaLnuclearReactor
Aggregate maximum assessment per incident under Price-Anderson liability provisions of Atomic Energy Act 128,000,000aee_AggregateMaximumAssessmentPerIncidentUnderPriceAndersenLiabilityProvisionsOfAtomicEnergyAct
Maximum annual payment to be paid in a calendar year per reactor incident under liability provisions of Atomic Energy Act 19,000,000aee_MaximumAnnualPaymentInCalendarYearPerReactorIncidentUnderPriceAndersenLiabilityProvisionsOfAtomicEnergyAct
Amount of coverage in excess of primary property liability coverage 2,250,000,000.00aee_AmountOfCoverageInExcessOfPrimaryPropertyLiabilityCoverage
Amount of weekly indemnity coverage commencing eight weeks after power outage 4,500,000aee_AmountOfWeeklyIndemnityCoverageCommencingEightWeeksAfterPowerOutage
Number of weeks of coverage after the first eight weeks of an outage 1 year
Amount of additional weekly indemnity coverage commencing after initial indemnity coverage 3,600,000aee_AmountOfAdditionalWeeklyIndemnityCoverageCommencingAfterInitialIndemnityCoverage
Number of additional weeks after initial indemnity coverage for power outage, minimum 1 year 4 months 10 days
Amount of weekly indemnity coverage thereafter not exceeding policy limit 490,000,000aee_AmountOfWeeklyIndemnityCoverageThereafterNotExceedingPolicyLimit
Amount of secondary weekly indemnity coverage for prolonged nuclear plant outage in excess of primary indemnity coverage 900,000.0aee_AmountOfSecondaryWeeklyIndemnityCoverageForProlongedNuclearPlantOutageInExcessOfPrimaryIndemnityCoverage
Aggregate nuclear power industry insurance policy limit for losses from terrorist attacks within twelve month period 3,240,000,000aee_AggregateNuclearPowerIndustryInsurancePolicyLimitForLossesFromTerroristAttacksWithinTwelveMonthPeriod
Public Liability And Nuclear Worker Liability - American Nuclear Insurers  
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Insurance aggregate maximum coverage 375,000,000aee_InsuranceAggregateMaximumCoverage
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PublicLiabilityAndNuclearWorkerLiabilityAmericanNuclearInsurersMember
Insurance maximum coverage per incident 0aee_InsuranceMaximumCoveragePerIncident
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PublicLiabilityAndNuclearWorkerLiabilityAmericanNuclearInsurersMember
Public Liability And Nuclear Worker Liability - Pool Participation  
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Insurance aggregate maximum coverage 13,241,000,000aee_InsuranceAggregateMaximumCoverage
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PublicLiabilityAndNuclearWorkerLiabilityPoolParticipationMember
[2]
Insurance maximum coverage per incident 128,000,000aee_InsuranceMaximumCoveragePerIncident
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PublicLiabilityAndNuclearWorkerLiabilityPoolParticipationMember
[3]
Property Damage - Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd  
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Insurance aggregate maximum coverage 2,250,000,000aee_InsuranceAggregateMaximumCoverage
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PropertyDamageNuclearElectricInsuranceLtdMember
[4]
Insurance maximum coverage per incident 23,000,000aee_InsuranceMaximumCoveragePerIncident
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PropertyDamageNuclearElectricInsuranceLtdMember
[5]
Replacement Power - Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd  
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Insurance aggregate maximum coverage 490,000,000aee_InsuranceAggregateMaximumCoverage
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_ReplacementPowerNuclearElectricInsuranceLtdMember
[6]
Insurance maximum coverage per incident 9,000,000aee_InsuranceMaximumCoveragePerIncident
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_ReplacementPowerNuclearElectricInsuranceLtdMember
[5]
Replacement Power - Energy Risk Assurance Company  
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Insurance aggregate maximum coverage 64,000,000aee_InsuranceAggregateMaximumCoverage
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_ReplacementPowerEnergyRiskAssuranceCompanyMember
[7]
Insurance maximum coverage per incident 0aee_InsuranceMaximumCoveragePerIncident
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_ReplacementPowerEnergyRiskAssuranceCompanyMember
Property Damage European Mutual Association for Nuclear Insurance  
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Insurance aggregate maximum coverage 500,000,000aee_InsuranceAggregateMaximumCoverage
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PropertyDamageEuropeanMutualAssociationforNuclearInsuranceMember
[8]
Amount of primary property liability coverage 500,000,000aee_AmountOfPrimaryPropertyLiabilityCoverage
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PropertyDamageEuropeanMutualAssociationforNuclearInsuranceMember
Property Damage  
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Insurance aggregate maximum coverage 2,750,000,000aee_InsuranceAggregateMaximumCoverage
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PropertyDamageMember
Insurance maximum coverage per incident 23,000,000aee_InsuranceMaximumCoveragePerIncident
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_PropertyDamageMember
Non-radiation event [Member]  
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]  
Aggregate nuclear power industry insurance policy limit for losses from terrorist attacks within twelve month period $ 1,830,000,000aee_AggregateNuclearPowerIndustryInsurancePolicyLimitForLossesFromTerroristAttacksWithinTwelveMonthPeriod
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= aee_NonradiationeventMember
[1] Limit of liability for each incident under the Price-Anderson Act liability provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. A company could be assessed up to $128 million per incident for each licensed reactor it operates, with a maximum of $19 million per incident to be paid in a calendar year for each reactor. This limit is subject to change to account for the effects of inflation and changes in the number of licensed reactors.
[2] Provided through mandatory participation in an industrywide retrospective premium assessment program.
[3] Retrospective premium under the Price-Anderson Act. This is subject to retrospective assessment with respect to a covered loss in excess of $375 million in the event of an incident at any licensed United States commercial reactor, payable at $19 million per year.
[4] NEIL provides $2.25 billion in property damage, decontamination, and premature decommissioning insurance.
[5] NEIL-insured plants could be subject to assessments should losses exceed the accumulated funds from NEIL.
[6] Provides replacement power cost insurance in the event of a prolonged accidental outage. Weekly indemnity is up to $4.5 million for 52 weeks, which commences after the first eight weeks of an outage, plus up to $3.6 million per week for a minimum of 71 weeks thereafter, for a total not exceeding the policy limit of $490 million. Nonradiation events are sub-limited to $328 million.
[7] Provides replacement power cost insurance in the event of a prolonged accidental outage. The coverage commences after the first 52 weeks of insurance coverage from NEIL concludes; it is a weekly indemnity of up to $0.9 million for 71 weeks in excess of the $3.6 million per week set forth above. Missouri Energy Risk Assurance Company LLC is an affiliate; it has reinsured this coverage with third-party insurance companies. See Note 14 – Related Party Transactions for more information on this affiliate transaction.
[8] European Mutual Association for Nuclear Insurance provides $500 million in excess of the $2.25 billion property coverage provided by NEIL.