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Borrowings from Money Pool

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Amount of debt and equity financial instruments classified as either held-to-maturity or available-for-sale.

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Amount of cash and cash equivalents, and cash and cash equivalents restricted to withdrawal or usage. Excludes amount for disposal group and discontinued operations. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of investment securities, including, but not limited to, marketable securities, derivative financial instruments, and investments accounted for under the equity method.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Value of all nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) held by shareholders, which is net of related treasury stock. May be all or a portion of the number of preferred shares authorized. These shares represent the ownership interest of the preferred shareholders.

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Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Carrying Amounts And Estimated Fair Values Of Financial Assets and Liabilities) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt	$ 521	$ 484
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	92	68	$ 57	$ 52
Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt	0	39
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	7	7	6	5
Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt	108	62
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	71	41	$ 32	$ 28
Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-maturity Securities	276	276
Short-term Debt	521	484
Long-term debt (including current portion)	8,263	7,935
Preferred stock	142	142
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	92	68
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	56	50
Carrying Amount \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	28
Short-term Debt		39
Long-term debt (including current portion)	4,004	3,961
Preferred stock	80	80
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	7	7
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	23	20
Carrying Amount \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Borrowings from Money Pool	45
Short-term Debt	108	62
Long-term debt (including current portion)	3,114	2,830
Preferred stock	62	62
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	71	41
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	27	24
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	521	484
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	276	276
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	8,393	8,531
Preferred stock	139	131
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	92	68
Fair Value \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	92	68
Fair Value \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	521	484
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	276	276
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	7,981	8,531
Preferred stock	139	131
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	412	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	28
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		39
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	276	276
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	4,173	4,348
Preferred stock	78	80
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	7	7
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	7	7
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	28
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		39
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	276	276
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	4,173	4,348
Preferred stock	78	80
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Advances to Money Pool	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value		0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	108	62
Borrowings from Money Pool	45
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	3,134	3,028
Preferred stock	61	51
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	71	41
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Borrowings from Money Pool	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	71	41
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	108	62
Borrowings from Money Pool	45
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	3,134	3,028
Preferred stock	61	51
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Borrowings from Money Pool	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Preferred stock	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	$ 0	$ 0