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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	$ 155	$ 107	$ 92	$ 68
Short-term Debt	544	597
Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	14	8	7	7
Short-term Debt	144	55
Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	117	80	$ 71	$ 41
Short-term Debt	310	72
Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	155	107
Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-maturity Securities	270	270
Short-term Debt	544	597
Long-term debt (including current portion)	8,987	8,439
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	65	58
Carrying Amount \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	14	8
Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-maturity Securities	270	270
Short-term Debt	144	55
Long-term debt (including current portion)	4,115	3,998
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	27	22
Carrying Amount \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	117	80
Short-term Debt	310	72
Long-term debt (including current portion)	3,279	3,296
Debt Issuance Costs, Net	31	31
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	155	107
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	544	597
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	270	270
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	10,218	8,669
Fair Value \| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	155	107
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Fair Value \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	544	597
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	270	270
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	9,727	8,240
Fair Value \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	491	429
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	14	8
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	144	55
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	270	270
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	4,766	4,156
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]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	14	8
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	144	55
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	270	270
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	4,766	4,156
Fair Value \| Union Electric Company \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	117	80
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	310	72
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	3,788	3,391
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]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	117	80
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	310	72
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	3,788	3,391
Fair Value \| Ameren Illinois Company \| Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Short-term Debt, Fair Value	0	0
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 0	$ 0