- CEO
- Martin J. Lyons Jr.
- Full Time Employees
- 3,108
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Electric
- Address
- 10 Executive Drive Collinsville IL United States of America 62234
- IPO Date
- Feb 1, 2012
- Business
- Ameren Illinois Company Ameren Illinois Company (AILIH), a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation Ameren Corporation, operates as the second-largest regulated energy delivery company in Illinois, providing rate-regulated electric transmission and distribution services as well as natural gas distribution to approximately 1.2 million electric customers and 816,000 natural gas customers across central and southern Illinois in a 43,700-square-mile service territory spanning 89 counties and over 1,200 communities; its infrastructure encompasses 4,600 miles of electric transmission lines, 46,000 miles of distribution lines (15% underground), 1,500 electric substations, more than 1.3 million power poles, 18,300 miles of natural gas mains, and 12 underground natural gas storage fields with 25 billion cubic feet capacity. Headquartered in Collinsville, Illinois, and founded in 1902 as Central Illinois Public Service Company, it changed its name to Ameren Illinois Company in October 2010 following the merger of Ameren's three Illinois operating companies into a single entity with three rate zones. The company maintains over $2.5 billion in annual revenue through ownership and operation of wires, poles, substations, and enabling technologies that deliver safe, reliable energy to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, while supporting energy efficiency programs including rebates, incentives, smart meters, and low-income assistance for measures such as central air conditioning, insulation, efficient furnaces, and health/safety repairs. Recent developments include ongoing multi-billion-dollar investments in smart grid infrastructure for storm-hardening, reliability enhancements, and advanced metering deployments across Illinois; approval by the Illinois Commerce Commission of a four-year integrated grid plan under the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act to sustain reliability; advancement of transmission projects such as the Peoria County Reliability Project (new 138-kV line in-service by December 2025), Logan County Connector Project (energized), Grand Tower Crossing Project (final route filed May 2025), and Central Illinois Grid Transformation Program (380 miles of new/upgraded lines); a $73 million natural gas rate increase effective January 2026 after ICC reduction of the proposed hike; and implementation of asset management modernization with Copperleaf’s Decision Analytics Solution since 2017 for electric distribution and gas investments. Ameren Illinois Cares program donates over $3 million annually to communities, complemented by over 3,400 employees focused on infrastructure fortification and customer service.