(As filed April 5, 2001) File No. 70-9775 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Amendment No. 2 to APPLICATION OR DECLARATION on FORM U-1/A under The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ---------------------------------------- AMEREN ENERGY FUELS AND SERVICES COMPANY 1901 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (Name of company or companies filing this statement and address of principal executive offices) ----------------------------------------- AMEREN CORPORATION (Name of top registered holding company parent of each applicant or declarant) ----------------------------------------- Steven R. Sullivan, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Ameren Services Company 1901 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (Name and address of agent for service) ----------------------------------------- The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to: Joseph H. Raybuck, Esq. William T. Baker, Jr., Esq. Ameren Services Company Thelen Reid & Priest LLP 1901 Chouteau Avenue 40 West 57th Street St. Louis, Missouri 63103 New York, New York 10019-4097 The Application/Declaration filed in this proceeding on October 18, 2000, as previously amended by Amendment No. 1, filed March 22, 2001, is hereby further amended as follows: Subsection 1.2 of Item 1 - Description of Proposed Transaction, is amended ----------------------------------- and restated to read as follows: 1.2 Requested Approval. Ameren Fuels requests authorization to provide ------------------ fuel procurement and natural gas supply services to (including acting as agent for) Union Electric and CIPS. Such services, which are similar to those that Ameren Services currently provides to Union Electric and CIPS, would be provided "at cost" in accordance with Section 13(b) of the Act and Rules 90 and 91 thereunder. Ameren Fuels proposes to provide such services pursuant to the terms of the Fuel and Natural Gas Services Agreement (the "Agreement") filed herewith as Exhibit B. The Agreement includes provisions to protect the interests of Ameren's state utility regulators and the retail customers of Union Electric and CIPS. The Agreement has been filed with the Missouri and Illinois public utilities commissions. Ameren Fuels will employ an accounting system that will enable it to identify, track and properly allocate direct and indirect costs associated with all of its activities. Upon the commencement of services under the Agreement by Ameren Fuels, Ameren Services will discontinue rendering any fuel procurement and natural gas supply services to Union Electric and CIPS, and the service agreement between Ameren Services and Union Electric and CIPS will be appropriately modified. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, the undersigned company has duly caused this statement filed herein to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. AMEREN ENERGY FUELS AND SERVICES COMPANY By: /s/ Steven R. Sullivan ------------------------------- Name: Steven R. Sullivan Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Date: April 5, 2001 2