Exhibit 4.5
                             ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY


                                       TO


                         HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK,

                                   as Trustee






                          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2

                            DATED AS OF JULY 15, 1999


                                       TO


                           MORTGAGE AND DEED OF TRUST

                             DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1943



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Supplemental  Indenture  No.  2 dated  as of July 15,  1999  (the  "Supplemental
Indenture No. 1"), made by and between  ILLINOIS  POWER  COMPANY,  a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois (the  "Company"),
party of the first  part,  and HARRIS  TRUST AND  SAVINGS  BANK,  a  corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois (the  "Trustee"),
as  Trustee  under  the  Mortgage  and Deed of Trust  dated  November  1,  1943,
hereinafter mentioned, party of the second part;

         WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Mortgage
and Deed of Trust dated November 1, 1943 ("Original Indenture"), to the Trustee,
for the  security of the First  Mortgage  Bonds of the Company  issued and to be
issued thereunder (the "Bonds"); and

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Original Indenture
there were created and authorized by Supplemental Indentures thereto bearing the
following  dates,  respectively,  the First  Mortgage Bonds of the series issued
thereunder and respectively identified opposite such dates:


Date of Supplemental   Identification
    Indenture              of Series                    Called

November 1, 1943      4% Series due 1973          Bonds of the 1973 Series
                      (redeemed)

March 1, 1946         2 7/8% Series due 1976      Bonds of the 1976 Series
                      (paid at maturity)

February 1, 1948      3 1/2% Series due 1978      Bonds of the 1978 Series
                      (paid at maturity)

July 1, 1949          2 7/8% Series due 1979      Bonds of the 1979 Series
                      (paid at maturity)

April 1, 1950         2 3/4% Series due 1980      Bonds of the 1980 Series
                      (paid at maturity)

March 1, 1952         3 1/2% Series due 1982      Bonds of the 1982 Series
                      (paid at maturity)

November 1, 1953      3 1/2% Series due 1983      Bonds of the 1983 Series
                       (paid at maturity)

July 1, 1956          3 3/4% Series due 1986      Bonds of the 1986 Series
                      (paid at maturity)

May 1, 1958           4% Series due 1988          Bonds of the 1988 Series
                      (redeemed)

January 1, 1963       4 1/4% Series due 1993      Bonds of the 1993 Series
                      (paid at maturity)

October 1, 1966       5.85% Series due 1996       Bonds of the 1996 Series
                      (paid at maturity)

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Date of Supplemental   Identification
    Indenture              of Series                       Called

January 1, 1968      6 3/8% Series due 1998      Bonds of the First 1998 Series
                     (redeemed)

October 1, 1968      6 3/4% Series due 1998      Bonds of the Second 1998 Series
                     (redeemed)

October 1, 1969      8.35% Series due 1999       Bonds of the First 1999 Series
                     (redeemed)

November 1, 1970     9% Series due 2000          Bonds of the 2000 Series
                     (redeemed)

October 1, 1971      7.60% Series due 2001       Bonds of the 2001 Series
                     (redeemed)

June 1, 1973         7 5/8% Series due 2003      Bonds of the First 2003 Series
                     (redeemed)

May 1, 1974          Pollution Control Series A  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series A

September 1, 1974    10 1/2% Series due 2004     Bonds of the First 2004 Series
                      (redeemed)

July 1, 1976         8 3/4% Series due 2006      Bonds of the 2006 Series
                      (redeemed)

May 1, 1977          Pollution Control Series B  Bonds of Pollution Control
                     (redeemed)                  Series B

November 1, 1977     8 1/4% Series due 2007      Bonds of the 2007 Series
                     (redeemed)

August 1, 1978       8 7/8% Series due 2008      Bonds of the 2008 Series
                     (redeemed)

July 1, 1979         9 7/8% Series due 2004      Bonds of the Second 2004 Series
                     (redeemed)

July 31, 1980        11 3/8% Series due 1987     Bonds of the 1987 Series
                     (redeemed)

August 1, 1980       12 5/8% Series due 2010     Bonds of the 2010 Series
                     (redeemed)

July 1, 1982         14 1/2% Series due 1990     Bonds of the 1990 Series
                     (redeemed)

November 1, 1982     12% Series due 2012         Bonds of the 2012 Series
                     (redeemed)

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Date of Supplemental   Identification
    Indenture             of Series                        Called

December 15, 1983    Pollution Control Series C  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                     (redeemed)                  Series C

May 15, 1984         Pollution Control Series D  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                     (redeemed)                  Series D

March 1, 1985        Pollution Control Series E  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                     (redeemed)                  Series E

February 1, 1986     10 1/2% Series due 2016     Bonds of the First 2016 Series
                     (redeemed)

July 1, 1986         9 7/8% Series due 2016      Bonds of the Second 2016 Series
                     (redeemed)

September 1, 1986    9 3/8% Series due 2016      Bonds of the Third 2016 Series
                     (redeemed)

February 1, 1987     Pollution Control Series F  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                     (redeemed)                  Series F

February 1, 1987     Pollution Control Series G  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                     (redeemed)                  Series G

February 1, 1987     Pollution Control Series H  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                     (redeemed)                  Series H

July 1, 1987         Pollution Control Series I  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                     (redeemed)                  Series I

July 1, 1988         10% Series due 1998         Bonds of the Third 1998 Series
                     (redeemed)

July 1, 1991         Pollution Control Series J  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series J

June 1, 1992         Pollution Control Series K  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series K

June 1, 1992         Pollution Control Series L  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series L

July 1, 1992         7.95% Series due 2004       Bonds of the Third 2004 Series

July 1, 1992         8 3/4% Series due 2021      Bonds of the 2021 Series
                     (redeemed)

September 1, 1992    6 1/2% Series due 1999      Bonds of the 1999 Series

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Date of Supplemental   Identification
    Indenture              of Series                       Called

February 15, 1993    8% Series due 2023          Bonds of the 2023 Series
                     (redeemed)

March 15, 1993       6 1/8% Series due 2000      Bonds of the 2000 Series


March 15, 1993       6 3/4% Series due 2005      Bonds of the 2005 Series

July 15, 1993        7 1/2% Series due 2025      Bonds of the 2025 Series

August 1, 1993       6 1/2% Series due 2003      Bonds of the Second 2003 Series

October 15, 1993     5 5/8% Series due 2000      Bonds of the Second 2000 Series

November 1, 1993     Pollution Control Series M  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series M

November 1, 1993     Pollution Control Series N  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series N

November 1, 1993     Pollution Control Series O  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series O

April 1, 1997        Pollution Control Series P  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series P

April 1, 1997        Pollution Control Series Q  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series Q

April 1, 1997        Pollution Control Series R  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series R

March 1, 1998        Pollution Control Series S  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series S

March 1, 1998        Pollution Control Series T  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series T

July 15, 1998        6 1/4% Series due 2002      Bonds of the 2002 Series

September 15, 1998   6% Series due 2003          Bonds of the Third 2003 Series

June 15, 1999        7.50% Series due 2009       Bonds of the 2009 Series

July 15, 1999        Pollution Control Series U  Bonds of the Pollution Control
                                                 Series U


and

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     WHEREAS,  the Company  desires to create a new series of Bonds to be issued
under the Original  Indenture,  to be known as First Mortgage  Bonds,  Pollution
Control  Series  V (the  "Pollution  Control  Series  V  Bonds")  and  to  issue
additional Bonds under the Original Indenture; and

     WHEREAS,  the Pollution  Control  Series V Bonds are to be issued to Harris
Trust and  Savings  Bank,  as trustee  (the "New  Mortgage  Trustee")  under the
Company's  General Mortgage  Indenture and Deed of Trust dated as of November 1,
1992  (the  "New  Mortgage")  and are to be owned  and held by the New  Mortgage
Trustee as "Pledged  Bonds" (as defined in the New Mortgage) in accordance  with
the terms of the New Mortgage; and

     WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
upon and  reserved to it under the  provisions  of the Original  Indenture,  and
pursuant to appropriate resolutions of the Board of Directors, has duly resolved
and  determined  to make,  execute  and  deliver to the  Trustee a  Supplemental
Indenture No. 2 in the form hereof for the purposes herein provided; and

     WHEREAS,   all   conditions  and   requirements   necessary  to  make  this
Supplemental  Indenture No. 2 a valid,  binding and legal  instrument  have been
done, performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have been in
all respects duly authorized;

          NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2 WITNESSETH:

     THAT Illinois Power Company, in consideration of the purchase and ownership
from  time  to  time  of the  Bonds  and the  service  by the  Trustee,  and its
successors,  under the Original  Indenture  and of One Dollar to it duly paid by
the  Trustee at or before the  ensealing  and  delivery of these  presents,  the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,  hereby covenants and agrees to and with
the Trustee and its  successors in the trust under the Original  Indenture,  for
the benefit of the New Trustee and any successor holder of the Bonds as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.

                DESCRIPTION OF POLLUTION CONTROL SERIES V BONDS.

         SECTION 1. The Company hereby creates a new series of Bonds to be known
as First Mortgage  Bonds,  Pollution  Control Series V (the  "Pollution  Control
Series V  Bonds").  The  Pollution  Control  Series V Bonds  shall be  executed,
authenticated  and delivered in accordance  with the provisions of, and shall in
all respects be subject to, all of the terms,  conditions  and  covenants of the
Original Indenture, as supplemented and modified. The Pollution Control Series V
Bonds will be issued only to the New  Mortgage  Trustee as security for a series
of bonds being issued  under the  Company's  New  Mortgage and the  supplemental
indenture no. 2 to the New Mortgage dated as of July 15, 1999 (the "New Mortgage
Pollution  Control Series V Bonds") and in the same principal  amount as the New
Mortgage Pollution Control Series V Bonds.

         The  Pollution  Control  Series V Bonds  shall be dated as  provided in
Section 6 of Article II of the Original  Indenture,  and the commencement of the
first  interest  period shall be the date of  issuance.  All  Pollution  Control
Series V Bonds shall mature on December 1, 2024,  and shall bear interest at the
rate of seven and four-tenths per cent (7.40%) per annum, payable  semi-annually
on June 1 and December 1 of each year until the  principal  sum is paid in full.
Any  payment by the  Company of  principal  of, or premium or  interest  on, any
Pollution Control Series V Bonds shall be applied by the New Mortgage Trustee to
the  payment  of any  principal,  premium  or  interest,  as the case may be, in
respect of the New Mortgage  Pollution  Control Series V Bonds due in accordance
with the terms of the New Mortgage.

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         SECTION  2. The  Pollution  Control  Series V Bonds  and the  Trustee's
Certificate shall be substantially in the following forms respectively:

                             [FORM OF FACE OF BOND]

                             ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY
             (Incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois)

                 FIRST MORTGAGE BOND, POLLUTION CONTROL SERIES V

No. ____________                                                     $84,150,000

         ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY, a corporation  organized and existing under the
laws of the State of  Illinois  (the  "Company,"  which term shall  include  any
successor  corporation as defined in the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value  received,  hereby  promises to pay to Harris  Trust and  Savings  Bank as
trustee  (the "New  Mortgage  Trustee")  under the  Company's  General  Mortgage
Indenture and Deed of Trust dated as of November 1, 1992 (the "New Mortgage") or
its registered  assigns,  the principal sum of  Eighty-Four  Million One Hundred
Fifty  Thousand  Dollars  ($84,150,000)  on  December  1,  2024,  in any coin or
currency of the United  States of America  which at the time of payment is legal
tender for public and private debts, and to pay interest thereon in like coin or
currency from the date of issuance, payable semi-annually on June 1 and December
1 in each year, at the rate of seven and four-tenths per cent (7.40%) per annum,
until the  Company's  obligation  with respect to the payment of such  principal
shall be discharged as provided in the Indenture. Both the principal of, and the
interest  on,  this Bond are payable at the agency of the Company in the City of
Chicago, Illinois.

         This First Mortgage Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or any indenture  supplemental  thereto, or become valid or obligatory
for any purpose,  until the form of certificate  endorsed hereon shall have been
signed by or on behalf of Harris Trust and Savings  Bank,  the Trustee under the
Indenture, or a successor trustee thereto under the Indenture (the "Trustee").

         The provisions of this First Mortgage Bond are continued on the reverse
hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as though fully set forth at this place.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  Illinois  Power  Company  has  caused  this First
Mortgage Bond to be signed  (manually or by facsimile  signature) in its name by
its  President  or a Vice  President,  and its  corporate  seal (or a  facsimile
thereof) to be hereto affixed and attested (manually or by facsimile  signature)
by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Dated: July __, 1999                              ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY


                                                  By:
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Vice President
(Corporate Seal)

ATTEST:


- --------------------------------
Secretary or Assistant Secretary

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                         [FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE]

         This First  Mortgage Bond is one of the Bonds of the series  designated
therein,  described  in the  within-mentioned  Indenture  and  the  Supplemental
Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 15, 1999.


                                                  HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK,
                                                  Trustee



                                                  By:
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Authorized Officer

                            [FORM OF REVERSE OF BOND)

     This First Mortgage Bond is one of a duly authorized  issue of Bonds of the
Company (the "Bonds") in unlimited  aggregate  principal  amount,  of the series
hereinafter specified,  all issued and to be issued under and equally secured by
the  Mortgage  and Deed of Trust  (the  "Indenture"),  dated  November  1, 1943,
executed by the Company to Harris  Trust and Savings  Bank (the  "Trustee"),  as
Trustee, to which Indenture and all indentures  supplemental thereto,  including
the  Supplemental  Indenture dated February 15, 1993, which amended Section 1 of
Article IX of the  Indenture,  reference is hereby made for a description of the
properties  mortgaged and pledged,  the nature and extent of the  security,  the
rights of the  registered  owners of the Bonds  and of the  Trustee  in  respect
thereof,  and the terms and conditions  upon which the Bonds are, and are to be,
secured.  The Bonds may be issued in series,  for various  principal  sums,  may
mature  at  different  times,  may bear  interest  at  different  rates  and may
otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided.  This First Mortgage Bond is one of
a series designated as the First Mortgage Bonds, Pollution Control Series V (the
"Pollution  Control  Series V Bonds") of the  Company,  unlimited  in  aggregate
principal amount, issued under and secured by the Indenture and described in the
supplemental  indenture  no.  2 dated  as of July 15,  1999  (the  "Supplemental
Indenture  No.  2 of July 15,  1999"),  between  the  Company  and the  Trustee,
supplemental to the Indenture.

     To  the  extent   permitted   by,  and  as  provided  in,  the   Indenture,
modifications or alterations of the Indenture,  or of any indenture supplemental
thereto,  and of the rights and obligations of the Company and of the holders of
the  Bonds  and  coupons  may be made  with the  consent  of the  Company  by an
affirmative  vote of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in amount of the Bonds
entitled to vote then outstanding,  at a meeting of Bondholders  called and held
as provided in the Indenture,  and by an affirmative  vote of the holders of not
less than 66 2/3% in amount of the  Bonds of any  series  entitled  to vote then
outstanding and affected by such modification or alteration, in case one or more
but less than all of the series of Bonds then  outstanding  under the  Indenture
are so affected; provided however, that no such modification or alteration shall
be made which will affect the terms of payment of the  principal of, or interest
or premium, if any, on this First Mortgage Bond.

     The  Pollution  Control  Series  V  Bonds  are  subject  to  redemption  in
accordance with the terms of Article III of the Supplemental  Indenture No. 2 of
July 15, 1999.

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         In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture,  shall occur,
the principal of all the Bonds at any such time outstanding  under the Indenture
may be declared or may become due and payable,  upon the  conditions  and in the
manner and with the effect  provided in the  Indenture.  The Indenture  provides
that such  declaration  may in certain  events be  rescinded by the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding.

         No  recourse  shall be had for the  payment  of the  principal  of,  or
premium or interest on this First  Mortgage  Bond, or for any claim based hereon
or  on  the  Indenture  or  any  indenture  supplemental  thereto,  against  any
incorporator,  or against any stockholder,  director or officer,  as such, past,
present  or  future,  of  the  Company,  or  of  any  predecessor  or  successor
corporation,  either directly or through the Company or any such  predecessor or
successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the  enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise,  all such
liability, whether at common law, in equity, by any constitution,  statute, rule
of law, or  otherwise,  of  incorporators,  stockholders,  directors or officers
being  released by every owner hereof by the  acceptance of this First  Mortgage
Bond and as part of the consideration  for the issue hereof,  and being likewise
released by the terms of the Indenture;  provided,  however, that nothing herein
or in the  Indenture  or any  indenture  supplemental  thereto  contained  shall
prevent  the  enforcement  of the  liability,  if  any,  of any  stockholder  or
subscriber  to capital  stock upon or in respect of shares of capital  stock not
fully paid up.

         Notwithstanding  any  provision  in  the  Indenture,  the  Supplemental
Indenture  No. 2 of July 15, 1999 or this First  Mortgage  Bond to the contrary,
any payment by the Company under the New Mortgage of principal of, or premium or
interest on, bonds which shall have been  authenticated  and delivered under the
New Mortgage  (the "New  Mortgage  Pollution  Control  Series V Bonds") upon the
basis of the issuance and delivery to the New Mortgage  Trustee of the Pollution
Control Series V Bonds shall,  to the extent  thereof,  be deemed to satisfy and
discharge the obligation of the Company to make a payment of principal,  premium
or interest, as the case may be, in respect of this First Mortgage Bond which is
then due.

         This First  Mortgage Bond  constitutes a "Pledged  Bond" (as defined in
the  New  Mortgage)  and  is  subject  to all of  the  rights  and  restrictions
applicable to Pledged Bonds as set forth in the New Mortgage.  Without  limiting
the  generality of the  foregoing,  this First Mortgage Bond shall be subject to
surrender by the New  Mortgage  Trustee in  accordance  with the  provisions  of
Section  7.03 of the New  Mortgage.  To the extent  that any  provisions  in the
Indenture,  the  Supplemental  Indenture of July 15, 1999 or this First Mortgage
Bond are inconsistent with the provisions relating to Pledged Bonds that are set
forth in the New Mortgage, the provisions of the New Mortgage shall apply.

         SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding  any  provision in the Original  Indenture,
this  Supplemental  Indenture No. 2, or the Pollution  Control Series V Bonds to
the contrary, any payment by the Company under the New Mortgage of principal of,
or premium or interest on, New Mortgage  Pollution Control Series V Bonds shall,
to the extent thereof,  be deemed to satisfy and discharge the obligation of the
Company to make any payment of principal,  premium or interest,  as the case may
be, in respect of the Pollution Control Series V Bonds which is then due.

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         SECTION 4. The Pollution  Control  Series V Bonds  constitute  "Pledged
Bonds" (as defined in the New Mortgage) and are subject to all of the rights and
restrictions  applicable  to  Pledged  Bonds as set  forth in the New  Mortgage.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Pollution Control Series V
Bonds shall be subject to surrender by the New  Mortgage  Trustee in  accordance
with the provisions of Section 7.03 of the New Mortgage.  To the extent that any
provisions in the Original Indenture,  this Supplemental  Indenture No. 2 or the
Pollution Control Series V Bonds are inconsistent  with the provisions  relating
to Pledged Bonds that are set forth in the New Mortgage,  the  provisions of the
New Mortgage shall apply.


                                   ARTICLE II.

                   ISSUE OF POLLUTION CONTROL SERIES V BONDS.

         SECTION  1. The  Company  hereby  exercises  the  right to  obtain  the
authentication  of $84,150,000  principal amount of additional Bonds pursuant to
the terms of Section 6 of Article III of the Original  Indenture in substitution
for refundable Bonds.
All such additional Bonds shall be Pollution Control Series V Bonds.

         SECTION 2. Such Pollution  Control Series V Bonds may be  authenticated
and delivered prior to the filing for recordation of this Supplemental Indenture
No. 2.

         SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding  any provision in the Original Indenture to
the contrary, execution of the Pollution Control Series V Bonds on behalf of the
Company,  and the attesting of the corporate seal of the Company  affixed to the
Pollution Control Series V Bonds by the officers of the Company authorized to do
such acts by Section 12 of Article II of the Original  Indenture  may be validly
done  either  by the  manual  or the  facsimile  signatures  of such  authorized
officers of the Company.


                                  ARTICLE III.

                                   REDEMPTION.

         The Pollution  Control Series V Bonds shall,  subject to the provisions
of the Original  Indenture,  be redeemable on the same terms,  on the same dates
and in the same  manner as the New  Mortgage  Pollution  Control  Series V Bonds
shall be redeemed  under the terms of  supplemental  indenture  no. 2 to the New
Mortgage dated as of July 15, 1999.

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                                   ARTICLE IV.

                                  THE TRUSTEE.

         The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts hereby declared and provided, and
agrees  to  perform  the same  upon the terms  and  conditions  in the  Original
Indenture set forth and upon the following terms and conditions:

                  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner  whatsoever
         for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency  of this  Supplemental
         Indenture No. 2 or the due execution hereof by the Company or for or in
         respect of the recitals  contained  herein,  all of which  recitals are
         made by the  Company  solely.  In  general,  each  and  every  term and
         condition  contained in Article XIII of the  Original  Indenture  shall
         apply to this  Supplemental  Indenture  No. 2 with the same  force  and
         effect  as if the  same  were  herein  set  forth in  full,  with  such
         omissions,  variations and modifications  thereof as may be appropriate
         to make the same conform to this Supplemental Indenture No. 2.


                                   ARTICLE V.

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

     This  Supplemental  Indenture No. 2 may be  simultaneously  executed in any
number of counterparts,  each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original;  but such counterparts shall together  constitute but one and the same
instrument.

                                      121


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Illinois Power Company has caused this Supplemental
Indenture No. 2 to be executed on its behalf by its Chairman and President,  one
of its Executive Vice  Presidents,  one of its Senior Vice  Presidents or one of
its Vice  Presidents  and its corporate  seal to be hereto affixed and said seal
and this Supplemental  Indenture No. 2 to be attested by its Secretary or one of
its Assistant  Secretaries;  and said Harris Trust and Savings Bank, in evidence
of its  acceptance  of the trust hereby  created,  has caused this  Supplemental
Indenture No. 2 to be executed on its behalf by its President or one of its Vice
Presidents  and its corporate  seal to be hereto  affixed and said seal and this
Supplemental  Indenture  No. 2 to be  attested  by its  Secretary  or one of its
Assistant Secretaries, all as of the date first above written.

                                                  ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY


                                          By
                                            ------------------------------------
                                             Robert A. Schultz
                                             Vice President - Finance

(CORPORATE SEAL)

ATTEST:



- ------------------------------
Leah Manning Stetzner
Corporate Secretary

                                          HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, Trustee


                                          By
                                            ------------------------------------
                                             J. Bartolini
                                             Vice President

(CORPORATE SEAL)

ATTEST:


- --------------------------
C. Potter
Assistant Secretary

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STATE OF ILLINOIS    )
                     )SS.:
COUNTY OF MACON      )

         BE IT REMEMBERED,  that on this ____ day of July, 1999,  before me, the
undersigned,  a Notary  Public  within and for the  County and State  aforesaid,
personally  came Robert A.  Schultz,  Vice  President--Finance  and Leah Manning
Stetzner,  Corporate  Secretary,  of Illinois Power Company,  a corporation duly
organized,  incorporated  and existing  under the laws of the State of Illinois,
who are personally known to me to be such officers, and who are personally known
to me to be the same persons who executed as such officers the within instrument
of writing,  and such persons  duly  acknowledged  that they signed,  sealed and
delivered  the said  instrument as their free and voluntary act as such officers
and as the free and voluntary  act of said  Illinois  Power Company for the uses
and purposes therein set forth.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  I have hereunto  subscribed my name and affixed my
official seal on the day and year last above written.


                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Notary Public, Macon County, Illinois

My Commission Expires on _________________.

(NOTARIAL SEAL)


STATE OF ILLINOIS    )
                     )SS.:
COUNTY OF COOK       )

         BE IT REMEMBERED,  that on this ____ day of July, 1999,  before me, the
undersigned,  a Notary  Public  within and for the  County and State  aforesaid,
personally came J. Bartolini, Vice President and C. Potter, Assistant Secretary,
of Harris Trust and Savings Bank, a corporation duly organized, incorporated and
existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, who are personally known to me
to be the same persons who executed as such  officers the within  instrument  of
writing,  and such  persons  duly  acknowledged  that they  signed,  sealed  and
delivered the said  instrument as their free and voluntary act as such officers,
and as the free and  voluntary act of said Harris Trust and Savings Bank for the
uses and purposes therein set forth.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  I have hereunto  subscribed my name and affixed my
official seal on the day and year last above written.


                                          Notary Public, Cook County, Illinois

My Commission Expires on ______________.
(NOTARIAL SEAL)

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     ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY               SCHIFF HARDIN & WAITE
     Real Estate Dept. F-14               6600 Sears Tower
     500 S. 27th Street                   233 South Wacker Drive
     Decatur, IL 62525                    Chicago, IL  60606

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