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Callaway Energy Center (Fair Values Of Investments In Debt And Equity Securities In Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Amortized Cost | $ 382 |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 272 | $ 216 | $ 155 | $ 301
Fair Value | 1,150 | 958 |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 25 | 10 |  |
Ameren Missouri |  |  |  |
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt, Equity, Marketable, And Other Securities, Available-For-Sale, Amortized Cost | 582 | 562 |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 10 | 13 | $ 8 | $ 145
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 606 | 455 |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 38 | 59 |  |
Fair Value | 1,150 | 958 |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 0 | 0 |  |
Debt, Equity, Marketable, And Other Securities, Available-For-Sale | 1,150 | 958 |  |
Ameren Missouri | Debt securities |  |  |  |
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Amortized Cost | 382 | 374 |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 3 | 0 |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 31 | 45 |  |
Fair Value | 354 | 329 |  |
Ameren Missouri | Equity securities |  |  |  |
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale Equity Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 191 | 177 |  |
Available-for-sale Equity Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 603 | 455 |  |
Available-for-sale Equity Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 7 | 14 |  |
Equity Securities, FV-NI | 787 | 618 |  |
Ameren Missouri | Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Marketable Securities | 5 | 8 |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 0 | 0 |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents | 0 | 0 |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 5 | 8 |  |
Ameren Missouri | Other Debt And Equity Securities |  |  |  |
Nuclear Waste Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net Receivables (Payables) From Pending Securities Sales, Interest, and Securities Purchases, Cost Basis | 4 | 3 |  |
Net Receivables (Payables) From Pending Securities Sales, Interest, And Securities Purchases, Available-For-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, Before Tax | 0 | 0 |  |
Net Receivables (Payables) From Pending Securities Sales, Interest, And Securities Purchases, Available-For-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, Before Tax | 0 | 0 |  |
Net Receivables (Payables) From Pending Securities Sales, Interest, and Securities Purchases, Fair Value | $ 4 | $ 3 |  |

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