Warner Baxter, Ameren Executive Vice President and CFO, to Present at American Gas Association Financial Forum

ST. LOUIS, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warner L. Baxter, Ameren Corporation executive vice president and chief financial officer, will speak Monday, May 8, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. (Central Time) at the American Gas Association Financial Forum.

Baxter will present an overview of Ameren's business strategy and financial performance.

Ameren's presentation will be available on a live audio Webcast from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Central) via a link on the Investors/Presentations section of Ameren's Web site, http://www.ameren.com/ . It will be available for replay at this site approximately one hour after the presentation for one year.

With assets of more than $18 billion, Ameren serves approximately 2.4 million electric customers and about one million natural gas customers in a 64,000 square mile area of Missouri and Illinois. Ameren owns a diverse mix of electric generating plants strategically located in its Midwest market with a generating capacity of more than 16,200 megawatts.