Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

The following table presents a reconciliation of the federal statutory corporate income tax rate to the effective income tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:

	Ameren				Ameren Missouri				Ameren Illinois
	2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021
Three Months
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate	21	%	21	%	21	%	21	%	21	%	21	%
Increases (decreases) from:
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	—		(1)		(1)		(1)		—		—
Amortization of excess deferred taxes(a)	(8)		(8)		(15)		(17)		(2)		(2)
Depreciation differences	—		—		—		—		—		(1)
Renewable and other tax credits(b)	(4)		(2)		(10)		(8)		—		—
State tax	4		4		3		4		7		7
Stock-based compensation	1		—		—		—		—		—
Cash surrender value of COLI	1		—		—		—		—		—
Effective income tax rate	15	%	14	%	(2)	%	(1)	%	26	%	25	%
Nine Months
Federal statutory corporate income tax rate	21	%	21	%	21	%	21	%	21	%	21	%
Increases (decreases) from:
Amortization of deferred investment tax credit	—		—		(1)		—		—		—
Amortization of excess deferred taxes(a)	(8)		(9)		(15)		(17)		(2)		(3)
Renewable and other tax credits(b)	(4)		(3)		(10)		(8)		—		—
State tax	5		5		3		3		7		7
Stock-based compensation	—		(1)		—		—		—		—
Effective income tax rate	14	%	13	%	(2)	%	(1)	%	26	%	25	%

(a)Reflects the amortization of amounts resulting from the revaluation of deferred income taxes subject to regulatory ratemaking, which are being refunded to customers. Deferred income taxes are revalued when federal or state income tax rates change, and the offset to the revaluation of deferred income taxes subject to regulatory ratemaking is recorded to a regulatory asset or liability.

(b)Includes credits associated with the High Prairie and Atchison renewable energy centers. Ameren Missouri placed the High Prairie Renewable Energy Center in service in December 2020. Additionally, Ameren Missouri placed in service the wind turbines at its Atchison Renewable Energy Center throughout the first half of 2021. The benefit of the credits associated with Missouri renewable energy standard compliance is refunded to customers through the RESRAM.

IRA

The IRA was enacted in August 2022, and includes various income tax provisions, among other things. The law extends federal production and investment tax credits for projects beginning construction through 2024 and allows for a 10% adder to the production and investment tax credits for siting projects at existing energy communities as defined in the law, which includes sites previously used for coal-fired generation. The law also creates clean energy tax credits for projects placed in service after 2024. The clean energy tax credits will apply to renewable energy production and investments, along with certain nuclear energy production, and will be phased out beginning in 2033, at the earliest. The phase-out is triggered when greenhouse gas emissions from the electric generation industry are reduced by at least 75% from the annual 2022 emission rate or at the beginning of 2033, whichever is later. The law allows for transferability to an unrelated party for cash of up to 100% of certain tax credits generated after 2022. In addition, the new law imposes a 15% minimum tax on adjusted financial statement income, as defined in the law, for corporations whose average annual adjusted financial statement income exceeds $1 billion for three consecutive preceding tax years effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022. Once a corporation exceeds this three-year average annual adjusted financial statement income threshold, it will be subject to the minimum tax for all future tax years. Ameren is currently evaluating the IRA and does not expect to be subject to the minimum tax imposed by the IRA in 2023. Implementation of the IRA provisions is subject to additional regulations, interpretations, amendments, or technical corrections that may be issued by the IRS or United States Department of Treasury.