PR-10-182 -- PSC Sets Intervention Deadline In AmerenUE Request

Contact: Kevin Kelly (5730 751-9300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- APRIL 6, 2010

JEFFERSON CITY---Union Electric Company d/b/a AmerenUE has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking Commission authority to sell and transfer portions of its electric distribution system to St. James Municipal Utilities (St. James) and Rolla Municipal Utilities (Rolla).  St. James and Rolla are wholesale customers of AmerenUE.

AmerenUE states in its application that the proposed sale of the Phelps Substation with associated distribution facilities and equipment will not be detrimental to the public interest because the sale will not result in any reduced level of service or reliability to any retail customer of AmerenUE, and the sale is being made at the request of the two wholesale customers that currently take wholesale service from the substation at issue.  The application further states that Rolla and St. James will integrate the Phelps Substation and associated equipment with their electric operations in Missouri.

Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than April 26, 2010, with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102.  Copies of the application should be sent to: James B. Lowery, Esq., Suite 200, City Centre Building, 111 South Ninth Street, P.O. Box 918, Columbia, Missouri 65205-0918; General Counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102; and the Office of the Public Counsel, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102.

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Case No. EO-2010-0263