EXHIBIT 12
ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY
STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO
FIXED CHARGES
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
Year Ended December 31,
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2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
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Earnings Available for Fixed Charges:
Net Income (Loss) $160,695 $166,179 $134,935 $113,089 ($1,552,435)
Add:
Income Taxes:
Current 15,486 15,859 (102,704) 47,639 7,556
Deferred - Net 25,212 25,619 111,935 8,083 (30,203)
Allocated income taxes 64,933 76,693 75,047 16,992 (3,506)
Investment tax credit - deferred (1,422) (950) (982) (1,339) (8,256)
Income tax effect of CPS impairment -- -- -- -- (1,143,252)
Interest on long-term debt 94,738 104,861 115,329 124,261 106,879
Amortization of debt expense and
premium-net, and other interest charges 18,135 18,638 23,795 24,190 28,107
One-third of all rentals (Estimated to be
representative of the interest
component) 2,442 2,250 3,285 3,836 4,054
Interest on in-core fuel -- -- -- 4,424 3,716
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Earnings (loss) available for fixed charges $380,219 $409,149 $360,640 $341,175 ($2,587,340)
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Fixed charges:
Interest on long-term debt $94,738 $104,861 $115,329 $124,261 $ 106,879
Amortization of debt expense and
premium-net, and other interest charges 18,135 18,638 23,795 29,830 35,829
One-third of all rentals (Estimated to be
representative of the interest component) 2,442 2,250 3,285 3,836 4,054
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Total Fixed Charges $115,315 $125,749 $142,409 $157,927 $ 146,762
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 3.30 3.25 2.53 2.16 N/A*
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(1)
* Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges. Additional earnings
(thousands) of $2,734,102 for 1998 were required to attain a one-to-one ratio of
earnings to fixed charges.
(1) The ratio of earnings to fixed charges would still be N/A if the write-off
related to Clinton Impairment was excluded from the above calculation.