PR-10-22 -- PSC Schedules March Hearings In AmerenUE Electric Rate Case

Contact: Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- JULY 28, 2009

JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission is scheduled to hold formal evidentiary hearings starting in mid-March in an electric rate case filed by Union Electric Company d/b/a AmerenUE.

Hearings are scheduled for March 15-19, 2010 and March 22-26, 2010. These hearings will be held in Room 310 of the Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Jefferson City. The Governor Office Building meets accessibility standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. If any person needs additional accommodations to participate in these hearings, please call the Missouri Public Service Commission’s hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 before the hearings.

The PSC will hold local public hearings to receive customer comment on the rate proposal. That schedule will be announced when dates, times and locations have been finalized.

Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than August 17, 2009, with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0360.

The Office of the Public Counsel is a separate state agency that represents the general public in matters before the Commission. Individual citizens wishing to comment should contact either the Office of the Public Counsel (Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Suite 650, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-2230, telephone (866) 922-2959, e-mail opcservice@ded.mo.gov or the Public Service Commission staff (P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone 1-800-392-4211, e-mail pscinfo@psc.mo.gov).

On July 24, 2009, AmerenUE filed an electric rate case with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to increase annual electric revenues by approximately $401.5 million (18%). AmerenUE also seeks an interim rate increase of approximately $37.3 million (1.67%). The company is seeking to have that take effect October 1, 2009.

AmerenUE provides electric service to approximately 1.2 million customers in Missouri.

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Case No. ER-2010-0036