EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMEREN CORPORATION, a Missouri corporation (herein referred to as
the "Company"), is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
under the Securities Act of 1933, a Registration Statement(s) and any amendments
thereto, covering the registration of Common Stock under the DRPlus Dividend
Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, as authorized by the Company's Board of
Directors on February 11, 2000; and
WHEREAS, each of the below undersigned holds the office or offices in the
Company set opposite his or her name;
NOW THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or Steven R. Sullivan the true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned , for and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned to said
Registration Statement(s) and any amendments thereto, and, for the performance
of the same acts, each with power to appoint in their place and stead and as
their substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned with full
power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands on this
9th day of June, 2000:
Charles W. Mueller, Chairman, President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) /s/ CHARLES W. MUELLER
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William E. Cornelius, Director /s/ WILLIAM E. CORNELIUS
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Clifford L. Greenwalt, Director /s/ CLIFFORD L. GREENWALT
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Thomas A. Hays, Director /s/ THOMAS A. HAYS
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Richard A. Liddy, Director /S/ RICHARD A. LIDDY
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Gordon R. Lohman, Director /S/ GORDON R. LOHMAN
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Richard A. Lumpkin, Director /S/ RICHARD A. LUMPKIN
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John Peters MacCarthy, Director /S/ JOHN PETERS MACCARTHY
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Hanne M. Merriman, Director /S/ HANNE M. MERRIMAN,
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Paul L. Miller, Jr., Director /s/ PAUL L. MILLER, JR.
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Robert H. Quenon, Director /S/ ROBERT H. QUENON
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Harvey Saligman, Director /S/ HARVEY SALIGMAN
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Janet McAfee Weakley, Director
James W. Wogsland, Director /S/ JAMES W. WOGSLAND
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STATE OF MISSOURI )
) SS.
CITY OF ST. LOUIS )
On this 9th day of June, 2000, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in
and for said State, personally appeared the above- named officers and directors
of Ameren Corporation, known to me to be the persons described in and who
executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that they
executed the same as their free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal.
/s/ K.A. BELL
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K.A. Bell
Notary Public - Notary Seal
STATE OF MISSOURI
St. Louis County
My Commission Expires: October 13, 2002
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