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Short-Term Debt And Liquidity (Narrative) (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commercial paper outstanding
Commercial Paper [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Average daily commercial paper borrowings outstanding	2,000,000	84,000,000
Weighted average interest rate	0.80%	0.94%
Peak short-term borrowings	21,000,000	186,000,000
Peak short-term borrowings interest rate	0.85%	1.25%
Utilities [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	0.11%	0.11%
Non State Regulated Subsidiaries [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	0.22%	0.76%
Credit Agreements 2012 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,060,000,000
Actual debt-to-capital ratio percentage	0.52
Minimum ratio of consolidated funds from operations plus interest expense to consolidated interest expense as of balance sheet date	2.0 to 1
Covenant terms, ratio of consolidated operational funds to consolidated interest expense, minimum
Current ratio of consolidated funds from operations plus interest expense to consolidated interest expense as of balance sheet date	5.1 to 1.0
Covenant compliance, ratio of consolidated operational funds to consolidated interest expense
Credit Agreements 2012 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Actual debt-to-capital ratio percentage	0.65
Credit Agreements 2012 [Member] \| Union Electric Company [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Actual debt-to-capital ratio percentage	0.48
Credit Agreements 2012 [Member] \| Ameren Illinois Company [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Actual debt-to-capital ratio percentage	0.42

Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Ratio of Consolidated Operational Funds to Consolidated Interest Expense

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms, Ratio of Consolidated Operational Funds to Consolidated Interest Expense, Minimum

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Peak Short Term Borrowings Interest Rate

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of short-term borrowings using unsecured obligations issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers to investors. The maturities of these money market securities generally do not exceed 270 days.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

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-Subparagraph a(3)

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Identification of whether the entity has been in compliance with any credit facility debt covenants during the period.

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Description of the conditions for borrowing under the credit facility including the nature of any restrictions.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 129

-Paragraph 2, 4

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Indebtedness divided by net capital.

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For the form of debt having an initial term of less than one year or less than the normal operating cycle, if longer, average borrowings during the period.

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For the form of debt having an initial term of less than one year or less than the normal operating cycle, if longer, the maximum amount borrowed at any time during the period.

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Reflects the calculation as of the balance sheet date of the average interest rate weighted by the amount of short-term debt outstanding by type or by instrument at that time.

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