UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 30, 2003
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Illinois 1-3672 37-0211380
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
607 East Adams Street, Springfield, Illinois 62739
(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (217) 523-3600
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On May 30, 2003, in a proceeding before the Illinois Commerce Commission
(ICC) involving a request for approval of an intercompany transfer of certain
electric generating facilities between the Registrant's affiliates, Union
Electric Company, which operates as AmerenUE, and AmerenEnergy Generating
Company, AmerenUE filed a Notice of Withdrawal with the ICC notifying it that
AmerenUE had elected not to pursue approval of the transaction and was
withdrawing its request. In the Notice, AmerenUE states that the concerns
expressed by the ICC Staff regarding AmerenUE's means of satisfying its
generating capacity needs, juxtaposed with the Missouri Public Service
Commission's (MoPSC) views of the appropriate means of meeting generating
capacity obligations, have demonstrated to AmerenUE the difficulty of a single
company operating as an electric utility in both a regulated generation
jurisdiction such as Missouri and an unregulated generation jurisdiction such as
Illinois. To remedy this difficulty, AmerenUE announced in the Notice its plan
to limit its public utility operations to the State of Missouri and to
discontinue operating as a public utility subject to ICC regulation. AmerenUE
intends to accomplish this plan by transferring its Illinois-based electric and
natural gas businesses, including its Illinois-based distribution assets and
personnel and certain of its transmission assets, to the Registrant. AmerenUE's
electric generating facilities and certain of its electric transmission
facilities in Illinois would not be part of the transfer.
The transfer of AmerenUE's Illinois-based utility businesses to the
Registrant will require the approval of the ICC, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, the MoPSC and the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. The Registrant
cannot predict the ultimate outcome of these regulatory proceedings or the
timing of the final decisions of the various agencies. As a result, the
Registrant, at this time, is unable to estimate the impact of this transaction
on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC
SERVICE COMPANY
(Registrant)
By /s/ Martin J. Lyons
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Martin J. Lyons
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: June 2, 2003