EXHIBIT H
PROPOSED FORM OF FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
(Release No. 35- )
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Filings under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
("Act")
November , 2000
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Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been made with
the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules promulgated
thereunder. All interested persons are referred to the application(s) and/or
declaration(s) for complete statements of the proposed transaction(s) summarized
below. The application(s) and/or declaration(s) and any amendments thereto
is/are available for public inspection through the Commission's Office of Public
Reference.
Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the
application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in writing by
December , 2000 to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission,
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Washington, D.C. 20549, and serve a copy on the relevant applicant(s) and/or
declarant(s) at the address(es) as specified below. Proof of service (by
affidavit or, in case of an attorney at law, by certificate) should be filed
with the request. Any request for hearing shall identify specifically the issues
of fact or law that are disputed. A person who so requests will be notified of
any hearing, if ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order issued
in the matter. After December __, 2000, the application(s) and/or
declaration(s), as filed or as amended, may be granted and/or permitted to
become effective.
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AMEREN ENERGY FUELS AND SERVICES COMPANY (70-[ ])
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Ameren Energy Fuels and Services Company ("Ameren Fuels"), 1901 Chouteau
Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, an indirect wholly-owned non-utility
subsidiary of Ameren Corporation ("Ameren"), a registered holding company, of
the same address, has filed an application-declaration pursuant to Section 13(b)
of the Act and Rules 90 and 91 thereunder. Ameren owns all of the issued and
outstanding common stock of Union Electric Company ("Union Electric") and
Central Illinois Public Service Company ("CIPS"), each of which is an electric
and gas utility company. Together, Union Electric and CIPS provide retail and
wholesale electric service to approximately 1.5 million customers and retail
natural gas service to approximately 300,000 customers in a 24,500 square-mile
area of Missouri and Illinois. Ameren Services Company ("Ameren Services"), a
subsidiary service company of Ameren, currently provides various administrative
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and management services to Union Electric and CIPS and other companies in the
Ameren system.
Ameren's direct non-utility subsidiaries include Ameren Energy Resources
Company ("Ameren Resources"), an intermediate subsidiary that holds the
securities of other exempt and authorized non-utility companies of Ameren.
Ameren Resources indirectly owns all of the issued and outstanding common stock
of Ameren Energy Generating Company ("Ameren GenCo"), an "exempt wholesale
generator" ("EWG"). Ameren GenCo was formed to acquire all of the generating
assets of CIPS, which occurred in May 2000, and, in addition, is the vehicle
through which Ameren intends to construct approximately 3000 MW of new gas-fired
generation in the Midwest. Ameren Resources also holds all of the common stock
of Ameren Fuels, which was formed to engage in fuels-related businesses that are
permitted by Rule 58, specifically, (i) marketing of energy commodities,
including coal and natural gas, and (ii) ownership and operation of fuel
procurement, transportation, handling and storage facilities.
It is stated that the focus of Ameren Fuels' business will be on the
unregulated operations of Ameren and on the competitive marketplace for the
services and energy commodities it sells. Specifically, Ameren Fuels will
provide fuel, natural gas, and related procurement and management services to
Ameren GenCo, as well as to other utility companies and unaffiliated energy
marketers, independent power generators, and industrial companies. Ameren Fuels
is also investigating opportunities to acquire or construct coal handling, coal
washing and fuel and gas storage facilities, primarily in the Midwest.
For the near term, Ameren Fuels will be staffed by approximately 29
individuals who currently are employees of Ameren Services. Ameren Fuels expects
to hire additional employees who will devote most of their time to new business
development and fuel infrastructure management activities that are unrelated to
Ameren's core business. The individuals who will be transferred from Ameren
Services have devoted most of their time to providing fuel procurement and gas
supply services to Union Electric and CIPS. However, with the transfer of CIPS'
generating plants to Ameren GenCo, the planned addition of nearly 3000 MW of new
gas-fired generation in Ameren GenCo, and Ameren's strategic decision to
aggressively compete in the Midwest market for fuels and fuel services through
other non-utility subsidiaries and ventures, Ameren anticipates that these
individuals will eventually devote less than half of their time to rendering
services to Union Electric and CIPS.
Ameren Fuels is requesting authorization to provide fuel procurement and
natural gas supply services to (including acting as agent for) Union Electric
and CIPS. Such services, which are similar to those that Ameren Services
currently provides to Union Electric and CIPS, would be performed "at cost" in
accordance with Section 13(b) of the Act and Rules 90 and 91 thereunder. Ameren
Fuels proposes to provide such services pursuant to the terms of a Fuel and
Natural Gas Services Agreement (the "Agreement"), which includes provisions
regarding liability and indemnification, as well as provisions to protect the
interests of Ameren's state utility regulators and the retail customers of Union
Electric and CIPS. The Agreement will be filed with the Missouri and Illinois
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public utilities commissions. Ameren Fuels states that it will employ an
accounting system that will enable it to identify, track and properly allocate
direct and indirect costs associated with all of its activities.
Ameren states that it has determined that it is cost effective to combine
all fuel management and gas supply capabilities in Ameren Fuels and have Ameren
Fuels provide to Union Electric and CIPS the services currently performed by
Ameren Services. This, according to Ameren, will avoid the expense of
duplicating personnel and other resources to serve Ameren's regulated utility
operations and its unregulated and exempt operations.
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