Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

The table below presents our estimated minimum fuel, purchased power, and other commitments at March 31, 2020. Ameren’s and Ameren Illinois’ purchased power commitments include the Ameren Illinois agreements entered into as part of the IPA-administered power procurement process. Included in the Other column are minimum purchase commitments under contracts for equipment, design and construction, and meter reading services, among other agreements, at March 31, 2020.



	Coal		Natural Gas^(a)		Nuclear Fuel		Purchased Power^(b)(c)			Methane Gas		Other		Total
Ameren:
2020	$	242	$	150	$	35	$	85	^(d)	$	2	$	55	$	569
2021	219		129		57		51			3		40		499
2022	185		69		11		13			3		24		305
2023	105		39		44		3			3		24		218
2024	94		13		15		—			3		23		148
Thereafter	55		43		16		—			24		59		197
Total	$	900	$	443	$	178	$	152		$	38	$	225	$	1,936
Ameren Missouri:
2020	$	242	$	32	$	35	$	—		$	2	$	43	$	354
2021	219		26		57		—			3		31		336
2022	185		15		11		—			3		23		237
2023	105		13		44		—			3		24		189
2024	94		6		15		—			3		23		141
Thereafter	55		19		16		—			24		26		140
Total	$	900	$	111	$	178	$	—		$	38	$	170	$	1,397
Ameren Illinois:
2020	$	—	$	118	$	—	$	85	^(d)	$	—	$	5	$	208
2021	—		103		—		51			—		4		158
2022	—		54		—		13			—		—		67
2023	—		26		—		3			—		—		29
2024	—		7		—		—			—		—		7
Thereafter	—		24		—		—			—		—		24
Total	$	—	$	332	$	—	$	152		$	—	$	9	$	493


(a)	Includes amounts for generation and for distribution.


(b)	The purchased power amounts for Ameren and Ameren Illinois exclude agreements for renewable energy credits through 2035 with various renewable energy suppliers due to the contingent nature of the payment amounts, with the exception of expected payments of $15 million through 2024.


(c)	The purchased power amounts for Ameren and Ameren Missouri exclude a 102-megawatt power purchase agreement with a wind farm operator, which expires in 2024, due to the contingent nature of the payment amounts.

(d)

In January 2018, as required by the FEJA, Ameren Illinois entered into agreements to acquire zero emission credits, through 2026. Annual zero emission credit commitment amounts will be published by the IPA each May prior to the start of the subsequent planning year. The amounts above reflect Ameren Illinois’ commitment to acquire approximately $11 million of zero emission credits through May 2020.

In April 2020, Ameren Illinois conducted procurement events, administered by the IPA, to purchase energy products and capacity through May 2023. In the April 2020 procurement events, Ameren Illinois contracted to purchase 3,550,800 megawatthours of energy products for $92 million from June 2020 through May 2023 and 617 megawatts of capacity for $4 million from June 2021 through May 2023. See Note 8 – Related-party Transactions for additional information regarding the capacity agreement between Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois as a result of the April 2020 capacity procurement event.